The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-03
WHALE TORE UP RAFT.
Monster Gives the Crew of Sound
 Tug a Big Scare.

From the Seattle Times.
 A whale hunt will be held on the waters of Puget sound, near Seattle, in the near future if the antics of the sportiye monster now haunting this vicinity does not cease at once. The latest prank is reported from Maury island where a tow of logs from Rob- inson's Point to this city was discoy- cred by his whaleship, and under the apparent impression that it was new game solely for his amusement, the big mammal slid beneath the raft of logs and began to wag his tail. The result was indescribable. Immense fir trees were thrown into the air like toothpicks. The crew on the tug hay ing failed to see the whale, thought that submarine mine had exploded or volcano broken forth beneath them. They were panic-stricken and in helpless fright watched for several minutes the log raft fly into the air and descend only to fly up once more. ; Then, apparently tired of this game, the whale emerged, spouted column of water into the air by way of thanks and dove from sight leaving the log tow in a dismantled condition and the whole scattered in various parts of the surrounding waters.
 The tug men spent hours reassem- bling the tow and then proceeded to- ward the city, where they will arrive this afternoon, meanwhile keeping sharp lookout with guns and harpoons for the return of the frolicsome speci- men of the order cetacea.
 Tho cannery bark, Harvester, was proceeding down the sound this morn ing, returning to this port with salmon from Alaska, for the Northern Fish cries company. Suddenly the lookout was seen to rub his eyes and heard to mutter "Vot iss der matter wit me? Do I wake or am I dreaming? Do 1 see a whale? Can dis be Seattle or am gone bughouse?'
 He called out to the other fellows to come and see.
 "Dere she blows," cried a compan- ion in wild excitement as the whale came to the surface for moment just ahead of the bark Instantly the crew plunged into discussion regarding the kind of whale and it's size. Some claimed it was 150 feet in length. with aDOut lU-IOOI DedH. nSlt "cic uc' fenders of the opinion that it was a sperm whale or chachalot of the di- vision of odontocete, and they even asserted that they saw the teeth of the monster when it smiled to sub stantiate their statements.
 Others were equally positive that 1t was a whalebone whale of the family Mysticete. and pointed out the plates of baleen ranging from the upper jaw. Bowhead, humpback. finback and TOT qual, were some of the names hurled back and forth by the disputants. while the whale, oblivious of the discussion ii was causing, slipped swiftly through the water ahead of the bark.
 When a little south of Smith cove the whale disappeared and was seen no more. It is impossible at this hour to state whether the monster is right whale, gray whale, a Greenland, Antarctic or Biscay whale. but definite information in the matter is expected before the end of the week from Capt. ]. Ketcblog Hughes. one of the best informed whalemen on the front, who is cruising in the bay hourly in search of the monster to identify and if pos sible capture it.
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