Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-26
REVIVAL OF THE
WHALING INDUSTRY
Recent Good Luck Of Som,
New England Whale-
bone Seekers.
GOOD CATCHES MADE
70 Less Than 6,779 Barrels Of Sperm
Taken by Vessels Cruising in A.
lantic Aione in Less Than
Six Months.


From the Boston Herald
Tina sh' bio-o-ws!" The ancient
vail. trumpeted by leathern lungs from
cloud aspiring crows nests" rings
anew DER all the time honored Atlaniio
whale grounds" AS OF yore. the New
England copper bottoms come snor-
ing homeward. bearing fat freight Of
'sparm" and ivory from far southern
seas. Again is profit accruing. long
deemed unremunerative. for the Ply
steter family has multiplied apace liz
recent years and sperm whaling is com-
ing 20 on. 'ls o"h acco'o: ~.
WIN w u. Tue schooner
1onn H. Man.a oi 1rosanIs."" mm.ouI
lho".ns q, sea on ner lna.uci sosase
nol Que OK .ne "i1aln,s Vessels nov san
nls i.o'n .>e" i.,ls.a"u po.sS 10 iess
.n'., t"eI'y-tw" years uiu' wine many
~ 'hr iot we're JUN. ior o'nel Mork.
lne Eiieh "A, owi.,. t"e".y-.wo yeat"
,,". anu tnt feari NELSON. u~e'.ty- 'nsee'
we're cou''snerlheh oristlalls, .ne Aoel,
IA 'nase' nine was d macAere.
,atrher: the 'haries n. ana
MARY r.. summons iorty years each.
anu ens fisa,or o. ,onwe,, Ior'y,hNe.
we're ''rahd hanker wniie tne iedro
Nareia' for1y-eiSnt years oio, was A
revenue cutter.
oi .ne 'lny Atlanlic nee. OF Inc pres
emf. two we're constructed In the Sos.
I'VE IN lhe rvs. nve IN tme oVs. SIX IN the
oos Two IN tne 4os. while the bark can
ton. patriarch OF the whaling fleets OF
.ne world, made her nrst courtesy I"
rather Neptune away back In 1885,
sixty-nine years ago.
All engaged IN the pursuit are We'll
preserved ana III fine fettle. however.
ma good FOR many more years OF sim
tlar service. and the splendid success
achieved by the mass during the las,
three years presages the revival of the
work and the speedy enlistment OF
more. perhaps newer. bottoms.
Small Vessels Lucky.
Some startling lucrative vovape.
have marLsa ,ho nrnaraas " ."yass"
ness of late 1,,a Nsarnnn oua
canton no Srrhan ~ sa, -
the Older shins havs sxca,lo, rat. 80
nrevio,,s rannras w 49,. .nslr oeS'
p r.S ,seo.us III point OF
osscars go ajoun, ui owners sno
o.ho ~" lne snial'est o. tha
,sa .,ass nav struck iucK;, ana
...hho ~ Spestac.s Oh zone "nalerx
D'''"s "e's anu eneIe over All the
,,h,s OF SEA from the Azores south to
"ai,Son uas' wtSl COAST Oh AfrAca' re-
ihii,ds or me palmy days or the Amer
""n "ia's "sne'S' Wien spou'S We're
rs.on IN an 'he westsrH ocean.
.aNe 'ne casA "l Inc schooner
T.l"anor II. 'oh"eii. lhat craft left
49, "ns's sne nau ,anaen her pre-
slous catcn; carry IN OCTOBER, 1908, to
oauise so".n, spari''h Inc nurri-
, INC , ,'1 ,'., sTnpi ."t AIores oc.oner y
her of All boats otto driyir, nov .a
Game de Verde To ronort CS,,nea :"
proceed IN 81 kitts wost y,d1as 10
nroc,,re new ho.ts .na ,sn,tr shn AZ,
not resume whaling untiI March y.han
she vas rushed north To tho 1I.tta,,r
grounds. She found whales there and
in reimbursement days after sighting
her first spout" she was homeward
bound. a full ship, reaching New Red
ford June 23 with 400 spern, and decks
still bearing traces OF the last .cut."
the last whale having been taken only
four days prior to arrival.
The bark Canton. whose sixteen
months voyage, ending September.
1902. yielded 1900 barrels sperm. a rec
ord equaling the hest Of the palmy day
voyaEes garnered nightly among the
whale herds south during the voyage
INST ended. 2.3oO sperm constituting
her tota! catch from May, 1908. t" tu-
gust ~ last. the date OF ARRIVAL at hcr
nome p"f,.
y ne park S"nnea"' 700. whose ca,ch
ot the voyage Immediately preceulnS
* sa.a 10 pave neen worth sVo'VV". ~
y prime FACTOR Oh to,tuie. thlS luuhy,
noN OF q snip rTa.hlns We" neul"Iu
w. 'u'e :" ~ e"U"e1 = "n. ~on. III.
lr.P VII " s.anu 'sa y, 80" 49,. -.
~ sperm III" =. ans ~.
Ut, NV anr rsc,,d
'"''e ""a'''s
Some H'ch 'au's.
III. sunbcsm's l'tes' voyage. good for
5000 proved a money winner from A 10
y. When she entered Flyal in October.
1907. only two months from home. she hail
$50 barrels OF sperm on board. When mex
she touched there april. 1909. after a
southern cruise. her total was $l.375 bar
RS. TIL" summer trip proved less produc-
I'VE IMAM me TWO next preceding. stil
when the bark reached Fayal in August.
TIE luck OF the Sunbeam is being shared
for long or short cruises by the world
famous hrm CT D. w. r. Wing and their
contemporaries. The Lconora, still at sea.
took 800 sperm from May to September: