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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-23

though it sometimes wanders up along
our Atlantic coast In fact the sperm
whale was always the most priced
member Of his family, because his
tremendous head contains reservoir
of oil that formerly had a much wider
use than it now finds. because of the
improvements in the manufacture If
petroleum and its products. At pres
ent the oil is used principally in the
manufacture of lubricants.
However, the sperm whale yields no
bone, being supplied with teeth, so
that the southern cruises do not
profit from this startling change IN
the market The sperm feeds largely
on squids and giant cuttlefsh, so that
the teeth are of much service to him
in holding his food in his mouth until
he gets the water out of it.
However. the prospects of sensa-
tional finds of ambergris yield a great
er zest to the pursuit of the sperm
whale than to any others of MS KIND
When the Viola, with her owner and
commander, Captain John A. Cook,
and his wife, known as the Angel OF
Pauline Cove" for her work for sail.
ors, left New Bedford on June 80, 1910
it was to proceed to the haunts of the
ocean bulldogs.
From the catch, as reported from
Fayal. in the Azores, recently, was
obtained ambergris to the value of
$4,000. Oil to the amount Of 1870
barrels was obtained, and this was
valued at $24,727, so that the cruise
has yielded S41727, or $4,000 more
than the entire cost of the vessel.
The find of ambergris was shared
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-23

1880 there was a marked Improvement
Never at any time, however could
the Pacific ports compare with the
Atlantic in the Importance of the whal-
ing industry Long before the revolu-
tionary war the giants of the deep
were hunted along the Atlantic coast
from Nantucket island, Boston, New
Bedford and host of smaller ports.
From the revolution until after the war
of 1912 the business langushed, be-
cause of the inroads made upon the
fleets by foreign privateers. Alter
there came a permanent peace, how
ever the golden age of whaling began,
and until the civil war it gained con-
stantly. Sperm oil was never worth
less than 81 a gallon, and sometimes
flor instance, after the war; went as
high as $225. Now it fuctuates around
, cents. Ordinary whale oil, after the
early forties, varied from 80 to so
cents a gallon, going as high as $l.47.
Now it sells around 80 cents, and it Is
doubtful if whales would be hunted for
it alone, as their carcasses yield far
more bone and other products than IN
oil
In the old days there were some
valuable Cargoes In April 1866, the
Cornithian and George Howland ar
rived at New Bedford within five days
Of each other. each with products val
ued at $25O,OOO in the rough, on which
net profits of $l25,OOO we're realized.
AS late as 1856 the bark Europa, which
had been cruising in Japanese and
other eastern waters came home with
a cargo valued at $24S,OO0.
They were the records, and represent
few prosperous voyages out of a
great many lean ones. For never, at
any time, was there a great margin of
profit found in the business, unless a
ship were very lucky and found the
quarry plentiful. Many a vessel cruis-
ed for several years and got virtually
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-23

be exact--it was calculated that forty
four out of sixty-eight boats due to
arrive at New Bedford had made los
ing trips, the aggregate loss benng 81 e
100000
On the island of Nantucket the in
dustry offered the only possible oc.
cuption. nd the inhabitants got along
at it. largely because they had to. At
best there were many hardships and
few great rewards. Before the revolu-
tionary war, seventy eight vessels put
out from the island. OF this one writer
says.
Twas Usually Poor Picking.
"The employment of so great and
such an increasing capital may lead
our readers to suppose that a cores,
ponding profit was realized; but care
full examination Of the circumstances
under which the business was carried
on will show the falacy of such con
clusion. Many branches of labor were
conducted by those Immediately in
terested in the voyages. The young
men, with few exceptions, were
brought up to some trade necessary
to the business. The rope-maker, the
cooper the blacksmith, the carpenter,
in fine the workme were either the
shipowners of their household; so were
the officers and men who navigated
the vessels and killed the whales
While a ship was at sea the owners at
home were busily employed in the
manufacture of casks, ironwork, cord.
age, blocks and other articles for the
succeeding voyage. Thus the profits
of the labor were enjoyed by those in.
terested in the fishery, and voyages
were rendered advantageous, even
when the oil obtained was barely suf
ficient to pay for the outfits. estimating
the labor as part thereof
Taking it by the large, the ordinary
whaler is pretty lucky that he is being
forced into other callings ,-Oregonian
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-23

The largest tbingg that ever lived on
the earth, in the air above or the
waters beneath is the blue or sulphur
bottom whale Specimens of him have
reached eighty-seven feet in length,
with weight Of something like
seventy-five tons. His enormous mouth
is large enough to permit ten or twelve
men to stand upright in it, while his
throat has a diameter Of only about
nine inches, though this is pl nty large
enough for practical purposes, as he
feeds mostly on small shrimp Roy
Chapman Andrews, who made col
lection OF whales for the American
Museum of Natural History, in New
York. says that on Vancouver island
five barrels Of shrimps were taken
from one stomach and it was by no
means full
Closely allied to the sulphur-b1ttom
is the nuback, which is the greyhound
of the whale family Built on the
lines of racing yacht, it can cut the
waves with the speed of steamship.
Naturally, it has not the tremendous
pooned between the shoulders, so that
strength of its cousin, which when har-
its exertious are not impeded can tow
a whaling steamer, with engines going
full speed asteru, as if it were mere
Towboat.
There are two varieties that are
much hunted by shore whalers' along
the northern Pacific coast and in ia
panese waters. They afford great
quantities Of whalebOne, which used
to be thrown away as useless, but has
been bringing 81 or more "a pound in
London for the last five or six years.
Those caught along the Pacific coast
are used merely to make oil and tertll-
izer, but the ones captured in Japan
furnish a staple article Of food for the
poor
These shore fisheries which have eX-
tended gradually from their Norwegian
home to British Columbia, Alaska, Der,
muda, South AnSerica, Russia, Africa
and even New zealand, are rapidly
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-04-13
5000 ACRES STATE LANDS
NEAR hurley, IDAHO.

To be sold at public auction at Bur.
ley. Idaho, April 21st. This land is
under the Minidoka government pro-
ject.- Land selling for twenty-five dol
lars an acre or less will require one
tenth payment on date of purchase.
balance in eighteen annual INSTALL
ments. Land selling for over twenty
i've dollars per acre will require two
denths payment on date of purchase
and balaCce in sixteen annual install
ments. Reduced rates will be made
via the Oregon Short Line, tickets on
sale from Utah points April 10Th and
1Vth, and from Idaho pot-ts, April
10th and 21st. See agents for rates
and further particulars.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-04-13
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.

StVte 0eoVt~6 GAAmuUVN uONs
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an examina-
ton ON May 10, 1911, in this city to
secure eligibles from which to make
certification to fill vacancies as they
may occur in the position of clerk
In the railway mail service at $500
per annum. Only mem who are bona
fide residents Of this state will be
admitted to this examination. Appli-
cants must have reached their 18th
but not their 35th birthday on the
date of the examination. For appli-
cation blank and information regard
ing the examination apply to the Com
missions local representative at the
post office building In this city or to
the Secretary of the Eleventh Civil
Service District, Federal Building,
Seattle, Washington.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-04-13
UNIVERSITY NOTES.

President MAGICIAN, Dean Carlyle
and N. E. Lewis, President of the
Board of Regents, have made plans
and estimates for the rev barns to
be constructed for the live stock de-
partment of the University. With tn,
$4,000 appropriated by the recent leg
islaturc, they propose to build mod
ern stock Judging pavilion and cat
tie barn. The pavilion will have con-
crete floors, raised seats for $50 stu
dents, and will be lighted so that ac-
curate work can be done in studying,
animal form. The cattle barn will
co- Sist OF main section and one
wing, the former will be 4Sx6O feet
and will contain stalls for bulls and
steers. calf stalls, feed rooms, hay
mows and feed bb-s. The pavilion
and barn will be located On the east
ern and southern slopes of the univer
sity farm, 40 rods west of the present
campus. uekiEE
In AIN interesting Prepar-
atCry gilrs track meet held in the
gymnasium this after noon, April 7,
Under the supervision of Physical Dir
ector Van der Veer arid Miss Jean
Void, instructor, Miss Verne Smith
of Kettle Falls, Wash, was the indi-
vidnal star. She won two cups to be
permanently her own; enc as the
highest individual point winner, and
the other as captain of the winning
preparatory team. Miss Smiths most
striking record was made in the high
jump, measuring feet 3 inches.
The Props won the lOng ball game,
the relay race, the running high jump
and the 25 yard dash. The Freshmen
won only one point in the high jump
and five points in the an-up contest
E. T. Allen, Forester for the West
ern Forestry and Conservation Asso-
citation, an organization to afford CEN
trail facilities fer all association de-
voting organized effort to the con-
servatiOn of forest resources ,reeorcst-
fires in Montana Idaho, Washington,
Oregon and California is here to Ice.
ture to the school of forestry at Pro-
fessor Shattuck's suggestion, his sub.
jects will be: O Prospects of en-
ployment for forestry school gradu-
ates by (a) government, (b) states,
tc) timber owners, the RUG of men
wanted, etc. ca State forest legisla.
tlons, its trend and the chief prob
lens of securing and executing it.
The present general policies of each
of cur five states. CD The timber
owners association movement, scope
and methods in Idaho, Washington
and Oregon. Mr.. Allen has held
some of the highest positions in for
estry service in this country.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-04-13
D4AAR :
,~S] ~ ~ ~
N44H IAEea

Sorghum is an excellent feed for
dairy cows
A sorghum dairy ration will In
crease the flow. of milk
1t will pay any farmer or dairyman
having more than three good cows to
buy a good hand separator.
The ideal ration for the dairy. COW
should include a mixture of grains,
or alfalfa hay and cut silage.
The cows ration must be governed
by her ability to eat. digest and as
simulate her food and convert it into
milk
II conditions in and about your COW
stable are bad, look out for visit
from some member OF the dairy and
food commission.
You cannot expect to get good fla
in a filthy stable and fed on poor un-
wholesome feed.
Heifers with their first calves are
nervous and can be induced to give
down their milk only by careful and
judicious treatment.
1t Is not advisable to return the calf
to a heifer after 1t has been weaned.
BY doing 80 a habit is formed that
will remain with the COW through life.
Ropy or stringy milk Is fermenta,
ton and should not be confused with
garget 1t develops after milk is
drawn and 10 caused by bacterial
growth.
Have regular stall for each COW
put the mixed feed in the trough be.
fore opening the stable door; each one
will then go into her own stall and
can be battered without confusion.
SKINNED milk. used pure. fresh and
warm from the separator can be
turned to almost as much profit as the
cream from the milk, which will great.
ly increase the net profits in dairy.
Ing.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-04-13
TESTED RECIPES.

FURNISHED by the Domestic Science
Department of the University OF
ldaIhO Moscow, April T.
CAKES.
There are two classes of cakes
butter and sponge.
Golden Cake.
n cup butter, rs cup flour, a cup
milk. yolks of 3 eggs, u cup sugar,
~ teaspoon baking powder. Grated
rind OF / orange. Cream butter, add
sugar gradually, yolks of eggs beaten
until thick and lemon colored and
orange rind Mix and sift flour and
with milk to first mixture. Mot a
very large cake.)
Newer Fail Sponge Cake.
eggs, (scant) cup flour, (gen-
eruus) cup sugar, grated rind and
Juice of l lemon. Separate THE eggs
Beat the yolks until thick ard lemon
color. Beat the whites until stiff
Add the lemon juice and rimd to the
ydlk and half the sugar. Beat five
minutes. Add the remainder of the
sugar to the whites and beat five
minutes. Combine the yo,ks and
whites and cut and fold in the flour
SpuftIkle the top of the cake with l
tablespoon of sugar before baking anG
bake in a moderate oven as minutes
Boiled Frosting.
! cup sugar, l teaspoon flavorimg,
1-3 cup water. white of one egg. Add
the sugar to the water, boil to a syr-
up which will form al soft ball or UNI
til it forms long thread. Add slowly
to stiffly beaten whites. Beat thor
olkgtlly with am egg whip.
Imperial Cake.
1 10. sugar, l Id. butter, | h. flour,
10 eggs, l Id. citron, cut up, l Id.
raians, lib. curants, a cup Of fruit
juice (lemon), Y lbs. shelled almond
" teaspoon Soda Cream the butter,
add sugar, then yolks OF eg.6 beat
thoroughly. Add flour and fruit Juice
Use part of flour in Touring fruit. AL
mOndS blanched and whole. Add fruit
and lastly the stiffly beaten whites
of eggs. Bake slowly 2 hours.
Hermits.
cups brown sugar, eggs, cup
nuts. Il teaspoons cinnamon, 3 cups
flour, u teaspoon soda, q cup but
ter, l cup raiSinS, | cup currantS. |
teaspoon cloves, l teaspoon baking
powder, a cup boiling water. Cream
the butter. add the sugar then the
eggs well beaten Add the dry ingre-
dients which have been sifted togeth-
er, alternately with the water Add
the floured fruit last Drop on but
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-04-13
Muskmelons.

There is a general impression that
muskmelons are of much better quail
ity when grown in sandy soils. Ger
tainly melons of very high quality are
produced in sections of the country
where the soil is very sandy and yet
1t would be difficult to find better
cantaloupes than were produced this
year at State College. Pa, on Hagers.
town clay loan. The plants were
started in paper pots under glass and
transplanted to the open ground after
danger of froSts.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-04-13

from the north ON a new right of way
between w. A. Lees and John r.
Foulkis. A bridge will be built across
the big draw on the north edge of
the TOWNSHIP giving the people of that
section a dry road in times of high
water-Aberdeen Times.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-04-13

torney general. Accordingly, hereaf-
ter the attorney general will refer all
inquiries except from county attorney
to the county attorney for the county
from which the inquiry comes. He will
continue to give the best advice DOS
sible to county attorneys.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-04-13
NEW COUNTY ROAD.
Will Extend from Aberdeen to Black.
foot.

L. r. Jones has commegced work
uni o. AeMpeoI pIeAaInoq M0u IL no
between Aberdeen and Blackfoot
through Pingree and Springfield.
The upper end of the road between
Blackfoot and Pingree, a distance
OF II miles is nearly completed. Hill
tops have been cut down and the low
places between, graded up to make a
GOOD road bed. This road is intend
ed to be the basis or backbo' e of a
new county system of good roads.
When the main thoroughfare has been
completed more attention will be paid
to side and cross reads. The new
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-04-13
ADVERTISED LETTERS,

April II, 1911.
Baker, Mr.. Austin
Briggs, Miss Amy
Carson, Mr.. NJ.
German, Mrs. Julia ..
Hetterick, Mr.. VIM.
Hcey, Billey
Lewis, Chas.
Reed, Mr.. Sam T.
Scott, MIR. Henry
Tcrrazowa, Mr.. r. Japanese Ind.
CO..
H. B. CURTIS, p. NJ
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-04-13

Flies In Alfalfa.
Prof. H. w. Howard of the Wash
ington state experiment station has
discovered that the common house f1y
multiplies and thrives In the alfalfa
fields. This discovery has caused a
great deal of interest in the west, and
investigations by scientists are now
being made to ascertain just how the
ny breeds in alfalfa and how the pest
may be overcome.
Feed for Milk Cows.
Some dairymen believe that if the
food of theirscows is changed it will
have bad effect upon the milk flow.
but repeated scientific experiments
show that changing from one feed to
another. with frequent additions to
the regular food, helps the milk flow.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-04-13
ANENT THE CASH
VALUE ASSESSMENT.

Attorney General Declares Assessor
Must Exercise Good Judgment
Must Not Become Excited in His
Efforts to Obey the Letter OF the
Law.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-04-13

Peanut Cookies.

tered baking; dish from the tip of the
spoon.
Peanut Cookies.
" cup butter, " CUP sugar, 2 eggs.
2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 cup
flour, "A cup milk,A cup ground pea
nuts, teaspoon lemon juice. Cream
butter, add sugar and eggs, we'll
beaten. Mix and sift dry ingredients,
add to first mixture, then add milk,
peanuts, and lemon Juice. Drop from
a teaspoon ON baking sheet Bake.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-31
WOMAN MOUNTAIN CLIMBER.
Mime. Girard Reaches 12,ooo Foot Peak. . Guide Keeps Her Low Shoes
 as Souvenir.

Mime. Gabrielle Girard returned to this country after three months spent abroad. during which time she made a number of ascents among the Alps in Switzerland. She made the ascent of the Dent Blanche, climbing to the summit of that mountain, a trifie less than 14,O0O feet above the sea level. This feat of Mime. Girard was under taken on a dare, and she at the time wore ordinary low shoes and nothing of the Alpine climbing garb usually in- sisted upon by the guides.
 One of the oldest guides at the Cham pery retained the low shoes worn by Mime. Girard as souvenirs. According to this guide, Mime. Girard was the fourth woman who ever attempted this climb.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-31
SERIOUS BLOW GIVEN
 TO BEATTIE DEFENSE
Cousin TeStifiGS Prisoner Cor
 feSSed to Him.

With the lawyers for the defense put ting Paul Beattie under a bitter, re- lentless crossfire of questions in an eff fort to upset or at least weaken his startling testimony when he declared his cousin had confessed to him that he had slain his wife on the night of July IS, the most momentous day in the trial of Henry Clay Beatte, Jr., charged with murder, opened in the quaint little Chesterfield courthouse.
 Lawyers, jury, prisoner and specta- tors came into court with these omi- nous words of the witness last evening ringing in their ears:
 ''I wish to God had not done it. I wouldn't have done this thing for a million dollars. But she d@ln't love me; she never married me for anything but my money. I would like to know how those detectives learned there was No. 6 shot in that gun"
 These were the words Paul Beattie swore Henry Beattie had uttered to him alone on the second night follow ing the killing of Louise Owen Beattie on the Midlothian turnpike.
 These fatal sentences had no doubt rung in the prisoners ears throughout the night. He looked 1t, at any rate, as be entered the courtroom.
 These fatal sentences confronted his attorneys as they took up their task of breaking down the witness, of coHfus- ing him, of refuting, if possible, in his own words the condemning testimony he had gwen.
 Whether Paul Beattie, the weak young man whose examination at the coroner's inquest was interrupted by an epileptic fit, could bear up under the crossfire directed against him be- came the big problem of the entire trial.
 Paul Beattie was a cool, composed witness. He came through the ordeal in good shape, making few contradic- tory statements, and those of miRor importance. and becoming confused comparatively few times.
 One thing in the effort to refute Paul's testimony was made plain be- fore court opened. That was that Henry Beattie would go on the stand to answer every damaging bit of evil dence against him. This was an- nounced by Harry NJ. Smith, Jr., chief of counsel for the defense, ouAsie the courtroom.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-31
CHARLESTON WIND
 SWEPT AND INUNDATED
Fear Many Lives Have Been
 Lost In Hurricane.

Charleston, S. C., has been isolated by storm which destroyed all its com munication with the outside world.
 It Is reported that the city Is men, aced by flood. but no confirmation has been possible.
 Reports from adjacent coast points tell of high winds and rough seas, but no word ha~ come from Charleston ex- cept that brought by passengers on trains leaving there before the storm reached its height
 One of these said that when the train left Charleston every one on Sul- hvan's island, a popular summer re- sort, was hurrytng to the city, having been warned of the coming storm, and that the wind was blowing sixty miles an hour.
 No reports of loss of life have been received, but it is feared many lives have been lost on the islands off the coast.
 On the Isle of Palms, north of Sulli- vans island, where there is a summer hotel, dancing pavilion and other buildings, the waves had reached the pavilion, which ordinarily is out of the danger line.
 Beaufort and Georgetown, lying to the south and north respectively, also were isolated.
 The Clyde liner Apache, from New York, was off Charleston harbor, un- able to go in on account of the rough seas.
 Very high tides are reported from Tybee island and, before the wires were lost, from Beaufort
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-31
PEARSONS LAST GIFT..
Aged PhiIsnthroplst Almost Penniless After Having Disposed of Home
 as Municipal Art Gallery.

pr. D. K. Pearsons, the philanthropist of Hinsdale, H., who has distributed a fortune of S7,OOo,oOO in beneficiaries has made his last gift.
 He gave the town of Hinsdale his residence and five acres of ground. valued at $35.000.
 With the bestowal of the residence and grounds to be maintained us a public library, art gallery and park. Dr. Pearsons accomplished his pur- pose, the distribution of all his wealth for the benefit of humanity.
 Entering upon his ninety-second year. with failing health, Dr. Pearsons will leave to spend his last days at the Hinsdale sanitarium, to which he goes almost penniless.
Connecticut western news., 1911-08-31

 ing, officially completing his circuit of the world in thirty-nine days, nineteen hours, forty-thEee minutes and thirty seven and four-ffths seconds.
 Jager-Schmidt started from Paris at 1:45 p. m. July IT in an, attempt to beat the record of NJ. Stiegler of the Paris Matin, who made the journey around the world in sixty-three days. The route followed by Jager-Schmidt took him to vladivostock by way of Moscow. At Vladiyostock the French man boarded a steamer bound for Yo- kohama, whence he sailed for British Columbia, arriving at Vancouver ahead of his schedule. Taking a train at Vancouver the traveller passed through Montreal Aug. IT bound for New York, reaching that city Aug. IS, and on the following day he left the American city, sailing on board the steamer Olympic on the last leg Of his journey.
 He beat his own schedule by nearly four and a half hours, travelling at a rate of 4SO miles a day, or nearly twenty miles an hour.