Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-14

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and leased, these Mislandsster twenty
years for whiphftha5spaya 'lsrge rent,
besides a Rda4y ';rcyaltya upon every
seal skin. They hive Alteaay'p paid the
government NEARLY representations Of
dollars. 4hey' Keep "a large force of
men on these iblands atiad'are under
contract to :Keeps'a school, upon each.
The seals co5meiln'May BY ihe million
and the whole btsiness'of The year is
done up "a 'fbrty'sdays:: 'Thermen are
paid by tile pfeeetfor killing the seal
and curing i skins, aid. sohe9 Of them
make as high al fort8' d6llafs'ia day.
The seals cethet TO these islandBto breed.
The Older: Yhales of about sever years
age come first, ,ahd':fntf'abont Two or
three days the Females ana }5hnger
members of this legion ssataily's aappear
and cover the islands.h Aid although
the company IS limited -tH''a Hundred
thousaEdt'ta' yeaf theif men are kept
busy to get whdt they want. ran ex-
pert is kept TO 'pass among the flock
and select such is Gre destfesd.. Nd fe-
males are killed! Aad'thY only males
suitable for dss are those abo1t three
years old" When the seleetionis made
by the EXPERT a man stands by with a
stick apdi STRIKES THE sseeh 'njpS6A6 tie nose
by which he IL easily captured 81 d III After
killing several Thousand the large force
of men take off their skins aid cure
them with salt. They are then sent to
San Fra1tisea for inspection. From
there they ! afe all Sent to London where
they are numbered, catalogued, aBdver-
tised and Esai11aa '; at auction !OlRlie house
does nearly all the finishing Of these
skins for the markets of the world.
After this preparation they + return
ed to this country, besides being sent
TO other parts of the world to be made
into garments which command very
high price. Besides this large seal
trade there are in Alaska other valua.
BILE resources, OF mining, fisheries and
timber. These are all being developed
as fast as could be expected in a poun-
try so new" It will take q long time to
inform the world Of Tits; vast country
and bring the means Of practical work.
ing into this far off region on account
of the distance and means of transpor.
tatlon.
We have a fine excursion party OF
nearly a bundled composed of con.
gressmen and various professional and
business in,ien fromeatl parts of our
land. A. P. GRAVES.
,sitka, Alaska, July. 1888.
Mitchell Republican: The celebra.
ton of the oolored hoys in Mitchell Of
Emancipation Day makes the mind re-
vert to that period during ."the wah,'
when Lincoln issfsd the greatest state
document that aSt vas eyer framed. Great
as a political meaasHre-magpifcent az
an act Of white handed Justice to the
faithful cplored people, the cQntinua
tion of whose status as slaves ,".in the
land of the free" had become i4tolerra
BILE and impossible. The war that
ragged between the sections IS now
scarcely more than a memory; its hit
%ternesses have been aassuaged by thu
hand Of old Father Time; the colloret
meA are free; and a dark stain is re
moved from the national escutcAeon-
but Lincoln is at home among tn,
white rohed forms of light of tn,
EmpyreaAl-hls name everywhere rev
erenced.
The commissioners of Morton count!
offer a reward Of 800 for information
leading to the conviction of any person
setting a prairie fire in that county
The example should oe followed al
over the Territory.-Bismarck Journal
Farmers are bitterly complaining o
the shortage Of the hay crop, and at
tribute it to these fires. Thousands o
dollars worth of property is. annual,
destroyed, but still the dastardly worl
is permitted to go unpunished.-Buffa
10 Co. Sentinel,
An attorney at DeSmet received
collection from an eastern firm wit
the suggestive postscript: "You mus
make the cnss believe that you will
jump down on his crop like the presi
dent on a partisan postmaster
The Chicago, Milwaukee 4 st. Pau
Railway Company has purchased tn
Fargo Il Southern railroad from Farg
to Ortonvllle, giving them a line int
North Dakota. 1t will be run in cor
nection with their regular line fror
Aberdeen to Minneapolis, and viii Civ
them an advantage over any other lin
running into the southern part of tn
territory.