The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-25

He has also the skin of Kadiak bear
measuring twelve feet in length. This
species of bear is the largest in the world
Mr.. Craine has four drayloads of ami
mails now being mounted by local taxi
dermists.
A Ton of Fossils.
There is over ton of fossils in the
collection, including what Is believed to
be the largest mammoth tusk ever found
in the klondike country. 1t weighs 30i
pounds. There are also mammoth horns.
under jaws, skull and teeth. Mr.. Craine
has one joint of mastodon's hind leg
which Is nearly four feet long and four
teen inches in diameter. One of the teeth
is thirteen inches long. There IL also a
piece of whalebone thirteen feet long.
with the. hair strainers still attached.
whale rib. and the skull Of an extinct
Arctic ram, which is the only one known
to be In existence by the scientific world.
II is of peculiar formation.
The collection of native curios and pieces
of workmanship is unique There Is an
ancient chiefs belt studded with rare old
Russian beads and reindeer teeth. and
also specimens OF the old Hudson Bay
Company's trading money formed Of a
pearl-like substance. and the shell money
used by the Russian traders. pieces OF an
cient armor, a funeral wand with human
hair stili clinging to II. potlatch spoon
ten feet long. a native stone lamp for
cooking old masks worn at the Indian
festivals and dances. and medicine mems
headgear and robes. One Of the robes Is
composed of the skins Of six animals
and contains 80 pieces. IL II said that
an entire winter was required for its
Manufacture. a valuable parky owned
by Mr. Craine IS made from sea parrot
skins. and contains ia4 pIeces One OF
the most interesting implements Of war
in the collection Is an ancient ivory war
club. dyed with human blood In adj
ditinn to these there are ancient Indian
dolls and toys. household furnishings
carved ivory pipes ~ a beautiful nat
tern. old fish nets made from skins ci0aks
% cedar bark almost as soft as wool ola
snowshoes and musical instruments There
able curios
Mr. craine has also fine collection OF
Alaskan minerals. including a gold mug
get worth $3.50
The Quest for CurIos
The owner o. this rare assortment %
animals. antiquities and curi0s is nne
type Of the frontiersman and hunter.
native of Ohio. he has spent nearly an
his life on the Pacific coast and now
claims y as his home For years he hunt
ed IN The wiias 81 British Columbia ana
the Rocky mountains He went north IN
1895. going 20 the Klnnd.ke where ne
opened the last Chance raadhousB. drift
ing naturally into the collection OF rare
forms ~ animal life ard native curIas
Since then he has hunted and trapped
throughout Alaska and has even visited
the Siberian coast in his Quest ~ reIics
leading an adventurous existence
Tn person Mr.. Craine e. above medium
height. with strong. airy frame Injured
to hardship and privatl0u He o. well ed
acated in natural science. and s. an in
tsresting cenversationalist. He returned
from the North last October and since
then has Keen busy getting his collection
in order.
Il have always had a taste for collect
Inc ihiugs" hs said yesterday "and this
collection Is the cream Of two years hard
work What I am principally after Is s0ne
piece az native handicrafi that has been
used for a long time and hears the marks
Of that usage upon IT, The old crafts
manship Of the Alaskan Indian IS dis
appearing with the advent Of the white
80. and in the course OF time 1t will be