Show WILL ROUND UP REINDEER HERDS Animals Increasing at Rapid Rate Over Over- Overstocking Overstocking stocking Feared AKIAK Alaska Oct 13 By 13 By The Associated Press Preparations are being made here hele for the first roundup of the estimated reindeer In Inthe Inthe inthe the J river herds Reindeer owned by Eskimos and whites alike will ill be to Akiak 1 next ne t month for counting and marking The roundup which will be under the supervision of Professor Clark M M. Ger- Ger Gerber ber district superintendent for lor the United States bureau of education will mark marlc the first attempt to determine the exact rate of Increase In the deer herds of herds of this region Since reindeer were Introduced Into Alaska from Siberia 35 years ears ago to toward toward toward ward oil off threatened starvation among the lmos the Animals have hae in increased In- In Increased increased creased In number at a rate estimated at 30 per cent a year car Some of the herds virtually are d and many owners do not know how Isow many deer they possess The rate ot of increase has far ex exceeded ex- ex exceeded exceeded the demand and government officials have ha predicted that Alaskan ranges ranges' will be overstocked with the animals in another ten years ears unless reindeer meat finds a growing gro mar mar- market market market ket In the states during that time |