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pensive whaling ship to manage as
well as a whale factory where mat
ters are conducted as Systematically
as IN a salmon or beef packing es-
adjustment.
The waters of the Pacific are well
stocked with whales. A hundred
years ago boats sailed from Hawaii
to the Arctic on periodical whaling
excursions. Then San Francisco took
up the trade and in a crude man
ner caught a few whales every year.
But 1t was not until recently that
whaling was taken up on scientific
principles.
1t is estimated that millions of dol
lars from the depths of the sea will
be gathered by modern methods.
Nine whales in one day were caught
at one station, and as each whale is
worth over a thousand dollars, some
idea of the industry may be gained
though the expenses for equipment
and men are high. In fact old fash
toned whaling days have passed and
the present whaling station is a pro-
sale affair conducted on business-like
lines Whales are caught by whaling
ships especially constructed for the
industry. These vessels are stanch
and stout with iron plates everything
steel ribs and they often cost from
forty-five to sixty thousand dollars.
They are arranged so they can steal
noiselessly up to the whale and in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-10

char acteristics of the standard types
OF cloud-clim bers have been so fully
exploited in the press that they do
not arouse quite the same curiosity
that they did when they were more
of a novelty. And just here it should
be added that Uncle Sam in making
up his aerial feet is combining himself
to the products of the American in
ventors of aeroplanes. This is not
due to any blind, unreasoning patriot
ism, either-for Uncle Sam is always
out for the best-but to sincere con
victiOn, clinched by tests, that our
home products are very much the best
in the aeroplane line. The Wright
and Curtiss models have the prefer
ence and are likely to continue to
have. but the War Department stands
ready to purchase any aeroplane that
gives promise of genuine superiority
for any class of work.
But, to get back to the subject of
the training of the aviators. il may
be noted that it is no slight task
to tutor a young army officer to the
point where he can be trusted to take
an aeroplane aloft under the most try
ing conditions of weather and in the
face of possible wartime exigencies
that would in themselves prove dis
concerning to a man who felt secure
in his mastery of aviation. Then,
too, it is not that the War Depart
ment desires to qualify merely enough
officers to man the aerial feet. On
the contrary, they want to have a
long list of officers. distributed in all
parts of the country and in all
branches of the service. who will
have been fitted by experience to sud
denly assume command of a twentieth
century war eagle. For, you know.
aeroplanipg is going to prove quite
the most hazardous branch of military
service and consequently our war
sharps, looking ahead, want to dis
count the possibility of heavy fatali-
ties in times of stress, for there will
be no leisure to train new aviatcrs
when a war is on.
In one respect there would seem
to be no need for alarm over posi-
BILE shortage of military aeroplanists,
for the War Department now has a
waiting list of $50 young officers who
have volunteered for this exciting ser
vice-not been drafted. mind you, but
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come up to the surface two or three
times to blow, though he is still at
tached to the boat, for when the
| harpoon strikes the whale many faith
oms of line go with it.
The captain is on the alert every
moment for he must guide his boat
toward the spot where the whale will
next be SEEN Nor does a whale submit
without rebellion. It may jump into
the air, returning to the water with
thud that sends out water spouts
over the ship, or it may go directly
toward the ship, lashing it with it's
tail and injuring it badly. Some
times the whale will be four or Eve
hours circling around the ship and
battling for its life. Finally, if 1t
does not die, the sailors kill it with
harpoons. Then an air pipe is forced
into its stomach and it is inflated.
This keeps the carcass afoat. and it
is marked with a flag and towed be-
hind the vessel into the factory.
There is always much excitement
when a whaling boat comes home,
and great crowds collect around the
factory. This building is fitted with
up-to-date machinery. and in 1t the
whale goes through several processes.
of slaughtering and rendering. Even
with the modern methods, whale
catching is exciting work. and many
are the stories told by whale cap
tains and their men. On one occasion
the whaler was coming into port with
four whales tied by their tails 10 the
boat when big sulphur whale
swung around and hit the propeller,
breaking it in two so the vessel had
to be beached- One of the hardest
catches was that of an immense sui
phur whale which towed the boat
twenty miles before it gave out The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-10

stead of a small boat. whale line
and hand harpoon. a heavy harpoon
is now shot from a gun placed in
the bow of the boat. The whale has
at last found his master.
Many people objected to the great
loss of whales on the Newfoundland
Coast as only the blubber was used.
At last a German scientist. DR.. Rish-
muller, discovered a chemical process
to use all of the waste. This method
was adopted on the Pacific Coast. In
other words the new whaleries en-
p1oy German methods for disposing
of the whale and Norwegian methods
for catching the monster, for the gun
that does the deadly work was In
vented by a Norwegian, for modern
whaling was first introduced by Cap
tain Svend Foyn. of Tonsberg. Nor
way. He commenced fishing for
whales with a small steamer but he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-10

soon saw the hand harpoon was a
primitive instrument and shortly af
ter constructed one to be fired from
a gun. It cost him $4,000 to sue
coed. but he made an immense for
tune from his patent. Ever since a
whaling vessel equipped in this way
came around from St. John to Vic
toria to hunt for whales the Pacific
Coast industry has been booming.
All is hustle about a whaling
station. The captain of the whaling
vessel with ten picked men usually
starts out at daybreak after his game.
Everything is prepared for the fray.
the platform on the ships bow holds
a ponderous harpoon ready to be shot
from the cannon and the men are
prepared for hard chase, for Of
ten they must go over a long stretch
of sea in bad weather. One man is
stationed aloft as a lookout, and as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-10

back to headquarters at the earliest
possible moment the results OF such
observation. 1t may even be impera-
tive to convey the tidings lest the aer-
oplane and its occupants DO annihi-
lated by the enemy's guns. In the
face of possibilities it may Do appre-
ciated that the subject OF wireless
telegraphy from aeroplanes Is
mighty important one-aimost az i'm
portant as the question OF flight It
self They realize this a Coiiegs
Park, and they are bending their err
ergies to perfect a communicative
chain between the earth and the war
birds on the wing.
1t has not been as simple as Il
might seem, for not even the equip
nent was to be had in the open mar
ket. On the contrary, the Signal
Corps has had to develop its own spe-
cial aerial wireless set Of a size and
weight capable of being carried aloft
in the limited confines Of an aero
plane. Mr.. Rufus r. Berman. the
Wireless Expert of the Signal Corps.
has evolved a lightweight sending
and receiving set that will work sat
isfactorily but he hopes to further
improve it ere a standard is adopted
for all aeroplane equipment. This en-
ables an aerial telegraph station that
is seif-suficient, too. for a light dy-
namo connected TO the engine shaft
of the aeroplane motor may be used
to operate the wireless transmitter
and will furnish more energy with
less weight than a storage battery
such as has been employed in the
early experiments of the Signal Corps
in this field. Especially interesting
among the experiments at College
Park was the recent demonstration
of an automobile wireless station
war automobile fitted with a tele-
scopic mast for use in instantly estab-
fishing wireless communication. Thus
far the Signal Corps experiments With
wireless biography have been he
tween an aeroplane in flight and a
station on the ground. but ultimately
wireless interchanges between aero
planes in fight will be attempted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-10

whales feed on animal life and come
to the surface to blow he is liable
at any time to call out Whale ahead"
or Whale on starboard" or Whale
to larboard," as the case may be.
When such a call comes all is ex-
element Quick as a flash the stanch
craft goes full speed and noiselessly
bears down upon the prey with the
captain up in the bow with his hand
on the cannon. He waits until the
boat is about a hundred and fifty
yards from the whale when fash
goes the harpoon. This is a large
instrument six feet long, with claws
that open and fasten themselves
firmly into the flesh. To make as
surance doubIy sure the harpoon has
on it a shell that explodes after the
instrument enters the whale Then
begins a chase after the whale if
he is not killed outright. He may
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-10

engines were set at half speed stern
to tire the whale out. but he kept
up the tow and for three hours hauled
the boat while sailors poured water
over the line to keep it from catching
on fire. Finally another harpoon I'm
ished him.
Northern Pacific whales travel in
herds, and 1t IS a common sight to
see several hundred though there may
be many varieties in the same herd
The most valuable is the BoWhead
which averages in oil and whalebone
$4,000. Next in Importance IS the
Right whale. which contains as much
oil but only half as much whalebone.
The Sperm whale is caught for its
oil. as much as ffty-five barrels be-
ing pumped from the head Of a single
whale. Besides these there are
Humpback, Finback, Grampus. and
Sulphur Bottom whales, each YIELD
ing about $1,000 worth OF oil ana
by-products. Much whale meat Is now
sold in japan and China, and only
recently whale captain was offered
fifty dollars a ton for whale tails
by the japanese. who consider them
a luxury. When he reflected how
many he had thrown away he groaned
in spirit.
1t is really the by-products Of the
"H0-S nat Dl4hb the money. Whale
guano is made from the contents OF
the stomach and pieces OF flesh. ana
this is sold to sugar plantations in
Hawaii Other parts are used for
bone fertilizers. Tallow is furnished
To- soap and candle making, while
glue finds ready sale in furniture
factories. Ambergris. the basis OF
nigh grade French perfumes is a
valuable by-product. and white amber
Is used by harness makers. The blum
Der is on the outside of a whale ana
underneath 1t is a large skin which
is used for upholstery. THE ,nto.
tines make kid gloves. In fact every
part of the whale is OF use. II T.
claimed there are enough whales IN
the Pacific ocean to last for aftv
years. MY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-10

velopment of the age.
The Signal Corps has established a
small military post at College Park
with miniature mess hall. a small
stable and all the other adjuncts of
such a community and the War De-
partment has constructed at the edge
of the flying field four hangars or
aeropIane houses, each designed to
shelter one machine. These build
ings, which, 1t will be noted from the
accompanying illustration, are of
unique design and are so braced that
it is believed that they will withstand
any stress of weather, for all that
they present large surfaces to the
wind. The entire front of a hangar
may be quickly thrown open to per-
nit the passage of the aeroplane by
rolling aside four huge doors that are
hung from an overhead rail, but
which are so heavy that the strength
of two or three men is required to
move one.
The College Park Aviation Field is
the first permanent home of the new
est branch of our regular army-the
Provisional Aero Company, U. S. A.
There was an Aeronautic Detachment
of a sergeant and eight men in the
days when Uncle Sam first took hold
of the original Wright machine, but
now this has been succeeded by the
new Provisional Company, which
numbers some twenty-five men and
five non-comnissioned officers. These
members of the Signal Corps guard
the hangers, patrol the aviation field
and, as the result of special training,
assemble and maintain the aeroplanes
in condition for service. Their IA
cility may be surmised from the fact
that on a recent occasion they set
up two aeroplanes Gas received boxed
from the factories) complete in a day
and a half, and they have repeatedly
demonstrated their ability to make
repairs of all kinds to the flying ma
chimes and their motors. In addition
to the enlisted men there is a squad
OF laborers at College Park whose
duty it is to keep the aviation field
in condition They are busy constant
ly removing stones and leveling off
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Ez q HETHER the whale swa1-
Al lowed Jonah or that gentle
AAE man of ancient times swal-
W. lowed the whale makes lit
tie difference these days to the men
who are working off the Pacific Coast
and Puget Sound with modern whalery
methods. Only recently has this in
dustry been established on a large
scale, but it bids fair to be one of
the most lucrative of the fisheries
on the Western waters. All romance
has gone from the whale now that
up-to-d date measures are adopted.
Though whaling is an old business
in the waters of the Pacific present
day fishermen laugh with scorn at
the old methods. Old Whalers sit
ting on coils of rope in the harbors
of Victoria, Vancouver and. Seattle
tell long yarns of how they harpooned
the whale and were tossed about in
their small boats, nearly losing their
lives in their endeavors to get the
leviathan, which after capture was for
the most part given to the Indians.
The whaIebone and a little oil were
all that were thought worthy of pres
ervatfon Alaskan Indians still so
out in small canoes and occasionally
catch a whale, which is always the
occasion for a potlatch. But these
are crude and inefectual methods.
The modern whaler is too busy to
loaf around docks for he has an ex-
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- NCLE SAM is busily engaged
in shaking down" the ships of
an aerial fleet that. when fully
wv orRanized. should enable this
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a NCLE SAM is busily engaged
in shaking down" the ships of
an aerial fleet that. when fully
w organized, should enable this
country to measure up fairly well
against those European powers which
a short while ago seemed TO be get
ting the start of US in military aero
nausies. This seeming superiority of
the nations beyond the Atlantic WASH t
a bit hattering to Yankee pride, see
ing as how Langley and the Wright
brothers, all Americans, pointed the
way to the development of the sue
cessful modern flying machine and
particularly by reason of the fact
that the United States War Depart
ment had ordered a Wright machine
for experimental purposes before any
other government had a chance at the
invention.
Uncle Sans present activity in as
sembling and preparing for war serv-
ice an up-to-date aerial feet is the
direct result of the Congressional ap-
preparation of $685. 900 for this new
undertaking. The national legislature
was trlfle tardy il voting this initial
allowance, but there is reason to be-
neve that now that a beginning has
been made there Will be yearly addf-
ions 10 the uOck OF m6cnan1C-l D1rdS
of war just as there are annual ad-
ditio1s to our naval fleet. Gen. James
Allen. Chief Signal Officer of the Unit
ed States Army military aeronautics
come under the jurisdiction of the
Signal Corps-has predicted that
within a year or two our War Depart
ment will have a fleet of twenty aerial
cruisers, manned by not less than 40
officers specially trained in this ex-
acting science. If this prediction
comes true Uncle Sam will have re-
covered, at one bound as it were. his
lead among the nations
Just at present the most interesting
phase Of this latest activity in behalf
Of military preparedness is found in
the training of the military aviators-
To pc sure, the acquisition, from time
to time, of new flying machines is of
interest also, for almost every fresh
addition to the fleet embodies some
innovations or improvements that did
not appear in any of the predecessors
Of the type. At the same time all the
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-05-19
What He Had TO sav.

Every once in while a new cam.
paign story yet hobs up In Washinr.
ton. This one Is on Ralph Cole, Ohio
member OF congress, who did his bef !:
TO make his district 60 Republican, bu !;
who cannot point to any particula,.
bowling success In that regard. A:
one town in his district he was to d..
vide his time with local spellbinder
The local man spoke first, and was to
have kept going for half an hour, bus
he made II an hour and half When
he got through he made an apology Tor
ancroaching on Coles time.
1T reminds me-" Cole said. az he
faced his audience. "of what I once
heard In courtroom. The defendant
had been found guilty of criminol
charge. The Judge sentenced him tn
10 years. Have you anything TO say
demanded the court Of the prisoner.
Nothing but this was the reply. 4
think you're mighty damned aberal
with another mans time"
Thon Cole turned loose and coaxed
back the departing audience by tho
now Of his wonderful oratory.-Cin.
cinnau Times.star
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-05-19
Elk stole tho Grain.

Thefts of oats and other grains
from the Kingsbury camp on the wes.
portal Of the Laramie Poudre tunnel
were explained when watchers discoy.
cred herd OF eleven elk, led by 4
monster buck. deyourins the grain.
This is. the FIRST time in recent years
thai elk have approached 30 neay
civilization, and old families on thu
Roudre say that their presence pre-.
diets . severe winter.
Men at WORK on the tunnel repor
deer and bear are numerous. and Ali
sro on the lookout for huge CHINA.
mon bear which chased some of tho
workmen into camp the other day
The bear 10 said 70 have taken I'D hi,
headquarters near the tunnel tvs
years seo.--Donver Republican.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-05-19

NOTICE OF CONTEST
(For publicAtion.l
Department Of the Interior.
United States Land Office
Serial 02O80 CD 412
Carson City. Nevada.
April 81. 1s11
To Thomas C. Tennille Of II IT.
ain City Nevada. Contestee: -
You are hereby notified that
Claude l.. Womack who gives
Mountain City, Nevada. as his post
Office address did on February q.
1911. file in this Office his duly
corroborated application to contest
and secure the cancellation of your
Homestead Entry No. 1862. Serial
No. c2080 made Jan. a, 1907. for
Lots a, 8 and 9 Section 18Township
As N Range 30 E.. M. ID. Meridian
and as grounds for his, contest he
alleges that for more than six
months last passed said Thomas
C. Tennille has abandoned said
homestead and failed to reside
thereon or have his hume thereon; :
that he has left the vicinity for
more than l8 months and his
whereabouts is unknown.
You are. THEREFORE. further
notified that the said allegations
will be taken by this Office as hav-
ing been confessed by you and your
said entry will be cancelled there
under without your further right
to be heard therein either befor4
this Office or on appeal if you fail
to file in this Office within tweny
days after the FOURTH publics-
tion of this notice as shown below
your answer, under oath specifically
meeting and responding to these
allegations of contest, or if you
fail within that time to file in
this Office due proof that you have
served copy of your answer on
the said contestant either in person
or by registered mail. If this
servcie is made by the delivery of
copy Of your answer to the con-
testant in person, proof of sucl
service must be either the said
contestants written acknowledge
ment Of his receipt Of the copy
showing the date of its receipt, or
the affidavit of the person by whorl
the delivery was made stating
when and where the copy was
delivered; If ma de by registeNN
mail. proof of such service mutt
consist of the affidavit Of the pei
son by whom the, copy was mailed
stating when and the post office to
which it was mailed, and this
affidavit must be accompanied by
the postmaster's receipt for the
letter.
You should state in your answer
the name of the pustoffice to which
you desire future notices to be sert
to you.
Louis j. Cohn, Register.
Earl W. fremont, Receiver.
Date of first publication May 2,
1911.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-22
MICHIGAN PATENTS.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., June "a
Michigan patents were issued yester-
day as follows Henry f. Bechman,
Battle Creek, stereotype plate casting
apparatus; Arthur j. Fox. Almont, cul-
vert mold; Henry J. Gilbert, Sag
NAV, bushing; Henry Hamper, De-
troit, tobacco pipe: Geo. A. Honsarn,
Benton Harbor, perforating machine;
Frank Huh and G.. p Hull, Constan-
tine, mechanical cranking device for
engines; VIM. ~ Hunter. Detroit,
brush machine: Frank w. Knott, De.
troit, distributing pump; Walter l..
MARI, Flint, distributor for electric ig
milton system; Ernest M. Moore and
w. b. Undertake, Jackson, stand for
displaying dolls and the like; Robert
]. Russell, Flint, insect trap; Jos. Il.
Schaefer, Jr., Detroit, spark plug;
Peter Scholl, Crystal Falls. phono.
graph record cabinet; Edward X.
Standish, Detroit. blower for boilers;
Herschel 3. Strunk. Detroit, starting
device for explosion engines; Alfred
VALE, Ludington, foot power ham
mer; Thomas 8. Waller, Detroit,
blower for boilers; Earl Woodwork.
VI. ]. Outwater and 4. Hoff. Leonidas,
mail bag holder.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-22
TEARS OF ACTIVE
rDRK ENTITIES
q TO Retire
--rROF. l.. M. JONES.
nt Of Michigan Normal Col
Says He win Take Long
lest In Europe and Return
TO Ypsilanti.
y Had Mind Made Up For Several
Years to Resign and Take Up
Literary Work.
---rRoF. L. n. JONES.
an ALFREp ). PITTS.

4 YPsII.ANTI. Mich. June 22.-For-
~ years service I'm administrative
&ducational work entities man TO
|ofire, Is the view OF Lewis M. Jones,
~ M, president OF the Michigan
4iata Normal college. who has sent
hIs resignation to the state board OF
education to take effect June 30, 1912.
HIS mind has been made up for sew
era1 years 10 lay down the scepter on
HAT date--the end OF his tenth year
" the head of the normal college. he
may be chagrined a little because ad-
0ltlonal appropriations We're not pro-
rided for his Institution, but this had
<ery little TO do with his decision to
step down. He had announced his
plans to his friends long before the
recent session Of the Legislature.
There Is not the slightest fric-
kion,s said Prof. Jones, as he sat In
his home opposite the Normal col