The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-22
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UnjuIe Exhibit 10 Be Seen al The
jamestown Exposition.
SOMETHING NEW AFTER AL
OLD PHILOSOPHER IS UPSET BY
LATEST EXAMPLE OF MANS
INGENUITY.
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JAMESTOWN, Va, Feb. Z2-Oniy
a short distance out an the Atlantic
ocean from Cape Charles and Cape
Henry that. guard the entrance to
Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay.
schools of whales may be seen by pas
sengers on almost any Atlantic liner
or other ship that passes. They are
of the Atlantic or Biscay, or right
whale species and often venture so
close to a vessel that they could cas-
ily be harpooned. They grow to an
enormous size, some of them being
fully so feet long,
Once upon a time, there was man
who said there is nothing new under
the sum-" but that was a long time
ago and the old gentleman had no
idea of the modern genius. and many
new things have appeared since then
or have appeared for the first time as
everything has to do, which amounts
to the same thing. ,a.;.
Latest Thing in Concessions.
And, now comes the latest thing in
the form of an application for. con-
cession at the jamestown exposition
to exhibit two or three large whales.
This latter day Barnum proposes to
build a stockade in Hampton Roads
AUDITING On the exposition grounds,
that will inclose about 10 acres, build
a broad walk on the top of the heavy
piling, that visitors may enter at ons
gate walk around the corral and pass
out at another gate. In this stock
ade he proposes to impfison two OF
three large whales for the edihcatioH
of the visitors as they. pass around
the semi-circle. 49,, - -. -. E.. ,..
This is certainly something that has
never been attempted before at any
exposition. First, because the whales
could not have been taken. to previou'
expositions alive if they had beer
caught, and if they had been caught
and taken to the expositions they coulc
not have been kept alive for want Of
their native salt water,,c. In this case
however, the leviathan of .the deep car
not only be landed within the stock
ade of heavy piling in Hampton Roads
containing about 10 acres Of their &C
customed salt water, bdt may dispor
themselves in plain view of visitor:
| without any serious Inconvenience Il
/ themselves. - '''-@'s'-
ga: How to Catch Whales?.
When asked how he was going t.
| get the whales, the promoter glib!
| remarked, That's easy. 4 shall sim
ply charter a powerful sea-going tug
rig up a drum near the stern of thu
vessel, connect it with a donkey Ell
CINE, by friction gear and run onto tn
drum thousand or two feet Of thu
| best rope used. in farpooning whales
except that instead of a harpoon OF
the end of it 1 will have a lasso.
will then run out onto a shOal o.
and daily with him till get the vesse
close enough and swish will go tn
larriat over the whales head ant
| tighten up. OF course the whale a
this new sensation will start to rul
away and 1 will give him slack for {
| few seconds when l will gradually pu
on the brake, making the pull for him
harder and harder till he gets tired O.
| the sport and slacks up or turns about
AS soon as there is any slack in thu
rope, 1 will take it up by the donkey
and the tug will be signaled to e
ahead slowly. If the whale come:
along all right, well and good, but i
he gets obstreperous and goes to rur
| away again, I'll let him run and slacl
him up as before When he is finally
| tired out as he will soon be
he will come along quietly int
Hampton Roads and into, TIL
stockade where he will be turre'
loose and the entrance closed. the lar
riat removed. and there you have it.
1t certainly would be a novelty tina
| few exposition visitors would mis-
seeing. 1t now seems that the onl,
thing in the way of this unique al
traction. is securing the proper sit
and it is thought that may be arranged
in time for the opening of the exposi
ton, April 26.