Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-20 | Page 7 | Alaska Deer Expert Here

ALASKA DEER EXPERT HERE H. W. Johnson, Former Ogden Og-den Man, Tells of Experiences Experi-ences in Far North I Taking trips of more than 1100 I miles on dog-sleds while engaged for I the biological survey in studying the llife and habits of rnceer In Alaska I ln order that a better breed might be I developed to feed the Eskimo and the whites In that country, living In sec-Itions sec-Itions where the average temperature I for months is h degrees below zero and where occasionally the mercury drops to 4 T. degrees below and In summer sum-mer rises In the lower Yukon section to as high as 10U degrees ln the shade, thee were some of the experiences told to employes at the district offices of district four of the forest service this morning by i V Johnston, back from that country and on his way to his home in Idaho for a -brief visit before be-fore he returns. Mr Johnston was formerly a grazing graz-ing examiner for the fo-ost service with headquarters In Ogden and transferred trans-ferred to the biological survey" when he planned to go to Alaska where he has been for the past two years. With him at his headquarters at Nome is L.. J. Palmer, asslstnnt ln charge of the reinleer Investigations, E. T Forsllng, assistant and Dr. Seymour Sey-mour Hadwen, a Canadian, who re-Hignr-d last spring and Is now engaged In the same work for the government in Norway The party went Into Alaska In 1920 Relative to the work that is being done Mr Johnston said that In 1890 to procure feed for the Eskimos tho government had Imported 1280 head Of reindeer from Siberia, Importations being made at various times and that of the total number imported they hud increased until at present there were between 1 20.000 and 136 000 head in that country. Studies are now being conducted relative to results of croaking the reindeer rein-deer with the caribou which hae been von.' successful, the reindeer-caribou reindeer-caribou weighing when dressed about 300 pounds as against lf.n pounds on the average of the reindeer proper.