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Gunnison news-champion., 1913-08-01

Miss AbbIe Reid. who has been
employed at the laundry, left Mon
day for her home in Salida
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eral characteristics. among them being
possess The tails of the whales and
their tribe are set lateralIy, while those
Of true fish are vertically placed. Then,
as above suggested, whales breathe air,
having no gills as the fish Another very
striking difference is the fact that the
young of whales are born alive, while
young fish are Matched from eggs.
Among the whales proper there is quite
variety, in size, shape and peculiar
characteristics. There are whales with
teeth and ones without: whales from
which great quantity of valuable oil is
taken, and those with scant amount and
of little value. Then there are whale
bone whales, with great supplies of
mercial value. and others whose baleen
is small, and of no commercial worth.
There are large and lazy whales and
smaller ones Of great activity and vicious
ness.
OF the toothed whales, the largest and
most valuable is the well known sperm
whale, or "cachalot," as 1t is known to
the French. These great specimens of
the whale family pass freely from ocean
to ocean by rounding the most southern
tips of the continents. While very abund-
ant in the north Atlantic some two CEN
turtles back, the vigorous work of the
whale fishery since the eighteenth CEN
fury has been the prime cause OF their
scarcity in that region. The islands OF
the Polynesian group are their special
feeding places. and 1t is the opinion of
Andrew Murray that most places which
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great ferocity. Their method in attack
ing a large whale is to Seize Il by the
lips and drag it under water, and i the
mouth is open they eat out the tongue.
Capt Scammon describes an attack he
saw upon a California cray whale with
her young one the young having crown
to three times the size in bulk of the
largest killer making the attack. 1t oc-
Cured in one of the lagoons on the
southern coast of Lower California.
The attack lasted for an hour or more.
while the three killers made alternate as
saults upon the old whale and her on
spring They finally killed the latter and
1t sank to the bottom in five fathoms Of
water. The mother. almost exhausted by
the struggle and several deep wounds
about the throat and lips managed TO
make her escape after her young one had
been sent to the bottom. The attackers
then fell upon the carcass of the young
whale. which they devoured in great
pieces as they tore them from the dead
whale and brought them to the surface.
Another captain stated that thirteen
porpoiseS and fourteen seals We're once
found in the stomach OF an Atlantic
killer which measured only sixteen feet
in length. 1t seemed to have lived up to
its name all right, as the rest of its fel-
lows certainly do.
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Bagpipes, Sweet or Sour.

From the New York Tribune.
Strange to tell, coarse, critical neigh
bors objected strenuously to the music
of a restaurant in 39th street which had
a baepipe for its central figure. Words
failed them when they tried to describe
the sounds to Magistrate Nolan The best
suggestion Of the awful truth was given
by Police Sergeant Jopson. musical CEN
sor of the department. Il have been in
South Africa said he, land have heard
the music of a kaffir band. This band has
the Kaffin aggregation dashed to the
mast
Some such lack of appreciation befell
thu, great Angus McClan. hero OF the
Gilbert ballad He piped for years with
out melting the heart Of his beloved.
Then, in the words of the ballad. he suo-
ceeded in piping something distinctly re-
sembling an air" The results were in-
Simultaneous The lady flung herself on
his breast, and all Scotland cheered. -
There is of course, large poetical
license in this denouemenf The real
truth u.s. we suppose. that by listening
to any sound long enough you can get to
like it, and sigh for il, and imagine all
manner Of beauty in it, Some day soon.
for example, we shall undoubtedly see an
orchestra composed exclusively of the
instrument of the hour. the electric auto
mobile horn-and perhaps have an autos
mobile opera written by the great strauss
with a choir of these seasick elephants
in the band Why not?
And where will the bagpipe be then!s
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a row of large conical teeth, and
owing to it's peculiar shape and sit
uation the animal has to turn under
side-up so the under jaw may come
above the object he is going to bite.
Such terrible jaws have smashed small
boats, throwing their occupants into
the air, and crushing their bodies in
twain as they fell back into the water.
With their enormous tails also they
can make times rather lively for
crowd of men in small boat.
DR.. Hugh NJ. Smith of the bureau of
fisheries wrote that I'm 1920 the Ameri-
can ship Essex was rammed twice by a
the second ASA ult'' When it is consid-
cred that these animals measure from
eighty to eighty-four feet in length such
stories of their sending ships to the bot
tom are not hard to believe
AS to size the sexes differ greatly, the
females being from one-third to one
fourth as large as the measurements
given above for the males, and the head
measures about one-third of the whole
length.
The color of the sperm whale is black
or brownish black. of lighter shade on
the sides and gray upon the breast. With
age 1t becomes gray about the top OF the
head and nose. Like most other whales,
they are seen in large schools composed
of females with their young and one or
two adult males. This whale is sought
for the valuable sperm OIL which is
found in a cavity in the head called the
lease" from which is sometimes taken
as much as twenty-five barrels of oil.
Since whales are hot-blooded animals,
they are incased in a heavy coating OF
fat or blubber from six to fifteen inches
in thickness which was formerly in
great demand as the product from which
whale oil was made but now being large
ly replaced by fish oils and petroleum.
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was determined to cinematograph the
Matterhorn if it was humanity possible
to do so. Making light OF the Difficult
ties, we pushed on toward the Shout
der" long. steep, smooth ice slope Sew
eral beautiful cinematographic effects
showing the great difficulties Were aban-
doned to gain time, which confirmed my
previous conviction that 1t is Impossible
to cinematograph such mountain dur
ing one climb so l concentrated on get
ting few great effects and let the others
so.
Arriving at the shoulder" We found
wind in violence amounting almost to
gale. From the expression on the faces
of the guides l could see they thought
the game was up.
So strong was the air current that
we were in imminent danger of being
blown off the mountain, and used every
precaution known to mountaineers 10
prevent such an accident taking place
The air was filled with means and par
ticles of graduated ice cut our skin I'M
til it was raw. It had been our inten-
ton to rest a quarter of an hour here
but the wind ruined our plans.
MAKE for the rocks above" shouted
sheltered position"
It was too cold to remain long still SO
I prepared to cinematograph the ascent
of the shoulder. keeping one guide with
me and sending the others before the
camera. To do this l was roped in
safety" behind a projecting rock. The
GUIDE helping me placed himself below,
where he could brace the tripod and
hold me by the knees 1t was delicate
thing to remain poised on such slope
and take picture where slip "ouio
have precipitated us both some 900 feet
below. The extreme concentration needed
to ge the picture / wanted prevented me
from thinking of the abyss at my feet
In slightly changing my position to FOL
low the climbers better with my cinema
camera my feet started the snow moving
and 1t went down kissing at ever increaS-
ing velocity until lost to sight below.
It was already II o'clock and eight and
oen-half hours since We left the caplne
below. To the summit was still one and
one-half to two hours and everybody was
feeling the fatigue.
ut is scarcely prudent to proceed in
this wind" said Zumtaugwald.
IF you say turn back, We turn back, Il
said with all the courage l could muster,
but if we do, it all has to be done over
again.
Nobody relished a second ascent. AS a
compromise it was agreed we should go
UP higher and see If the wind was not
less violent. Strangely enough within
fifteen minutes we were in a relative
calm. Above the shoulder in the
rocks are several permanent cables, some
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one place, while paying close attention
to footholds, I nearly cracked my skull
on an overhanging ledge above. This
acted as warning; moreover, ] had no
climbing very fast-too rapidly the
guides said afterward-and while we
soon grew warm from the violent phys
ical exertion. l lost my breath which
performance. The guides were blowing
as well as l, and no wonder when one
considers what was being carried.
On Mont Blanc, for instance, baggage
is limited by regulation to ten kilos per
person. Here we were at night ascend
ing a mountain infinitely more difficult
with a cinema camera weighing fifteen
kilos. an unwieldy tripod weighing ten
kilos. 1.5G0 feet of film in boxes, extra
rope and clothing. seven itres of light
white wine for there is nothing found to
drink anywhere during the climb. food
for five. and I personally carried some
extra clothing, a half plate camera and
two dozen films. The truth is We were
extra pOrters.
At dawn we reached the abandoned club
hut on the Matterhorn, which was COM
pletely filled with snow. This hut is
scarcely bigger than a large box and is
placed in the one position on the noun
tain large and fiat enough to support it.
Being forced to remain outside, there was
scarcely room anywhere to sit down.
While eating an extremely light second
breakfast we remained roped together,
and ] recall bracng my feet on a project
ing rock and sitting down hard two or
three times in the snow to get a place
fiat enough to sit. With the handle of my
ice ak laid across the indenture l sat eat
ing and wondering how such a steep
mountain ever got here. All l had to do
was to stir the snow with my feet to see
it slide down rapidly out of sight below.
Our baggage was SO heavy and oppres-
sive that before going forward it was de-
cided to leave behind nearly all of our
food, this being the least essential to the
success of the expedition. / stuffed some
dried prunes into my pocket to eat occa-
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have been mentioned as their feeding
grounds have been considered as the
sites OF submerged lands

have been mentioned as their feeding
grounds have been considered as the
sites Of submerged lands.
Among the many remarkable habits
OF whales their peculiar manner of
breathing is of interest, and among
the whole order of the cetaceans none
breathes with the same regularity as
does the sperm whale
On coming to the oceans surface this
great animal respires slowly for about
the space OF three seconds sending
from his blow hole" on the top of his
great nose a volume of whitish vapor
resembling the escape of steam from
the safety-valve of locomotive This
''spouting" of the whale may be seen
in good weather from the masthead
at a distance of from three to five
miles.
After blowing" the act of inspiration
may take but an instant. when the
huge creature may dip his head a little
and disappear beneath the surface of
the sea, only to reappear the next mo-
respirations is made with great regu-
larity. and the largest animals will
blow from sixty to seventyfive times
at one rising before going below" for
prolonged spell. IhlS going below Is
an interesting sight, even IL a sor-
rowful one to the whaler who is in
tent on a prize.
After having breathed out his spout
ings" during his twelve minutes So
journ on the surface. and raising his
great fiukes high in the air, until his
huge body is nearly perpendicular, he
makes q dive headforemost and de-
sends to a great depth, far beyond
the reach of mans attempts at capture,
where he remains from one-quarter to
one and one-quarter hours. If fright
enod, he has the ability to sink in
stantly, and when startled he has
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Another worthy member of this great
order is the boWhead, Greenland or
Arctic whale, whose home is among the
ice fields of the far north, where he has
gained the name of ice breaker from
his habit of breaking through ice of
three-inch thickness by humping against
it with his huge head. This is the most
valued of "Whalebone'' whales yielding
an average of 100 barrels of oil from the
blubber and carrying several thousand
pounds of "baleen," from which our
'whalebone'' is derived.
This baleen, wrongly called whale
bone" consists of a series of flexible
horny and hairy plates. placed closely to-
sether and hanging from each side of
the roof OF the animals mouth While
swimming along with mouth open near
the surface of the water these series of
plates hang down like great curtains,
leaving only the front of the mouth open,
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which NAV he heard for several miles.

which may be heard for several miles.
The largest of all whales and. SO far as
we know, the largest of all creatures thai
ever existed. is the sulphur bottom whaia
of the Pacific. The dimensions OF one of
then. as given by Capt. Roys and quoted
by Capt. s;cammon, is as follows: Length
50 feet: girth. 30 feet: length of jawbone
II feet length Of longest aeen. feet;
yield of baleen. $40 pounds; yield Of oil
11a barrels; weight of whole animal from
celebrations. $4,000 pounds
The "sulphur-bottom' derives it's name
from the yellowish \coloring upon the
white belly of the animal. The skin on
the throat and under parts of this whale
occurs in folds. This is a novel example
of natures corrugated work, allowing
the part to be greatly distended after big
dinners have been eaten. which must take
some time to encompass, as the throat
opening of these large whales is only
about eight or ter inches in diameter,
while the whole mouth opening is enor
nous as has been described.
Not only is the sulphur-b bottom whale
the largest of existing animals. but il is
the swiftest swimmer OF all whales, is
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ed by falling 1900 feet. and since then
accident has succeeded accident.
The form of the mountain inspires awe
steep pyramid in shape. it rises LOS
feet in a series of tremendous precipices
On all sides 1t stands menacing, its over
hanging crags defying the amateur. In
spite. of it's forbidding appearance, how
ever, the Matterhorn is now climbed from
three sides by experienced Alpinists bold
enough to attempt it. The mountain,
however. must be in good condition and
the weather fine.
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seldom pursued and very rarely captured,
and never taken except by aid of the
bomb lance, which is a form of lance
that is shot from : gun and exp20des on
entering the body o. the antma.
Another swift whale is the fin-back.
which may be captured only with bomb
lance; not having much fat. they gen
orally sink to the bottom and are then
usually eaten by sharks.
The California gray whale is another
of the smaller class which congcegate in
lagoons along the southern coast where
they are captured from time to time
The capture of large whales is accom-
plished by aid of whaling vessels equip
ped with various paraphernalia for the
work. Small boats are sent out for at
tack upon the whales, hazardous work.
The most voracious of sea creatures
and greatest enemy Of all large sea ami
mails in general is the killer whale, or
rocas, which, on account of its tremen-
dous speed. is impossible to capture. The
high-.inned variety possesses a great
daggerlike fin six feet in height upon it's
back which sticks high out of water as
the animal speeds along near the surface
Capt. Scammon well terms these savage
creatures wolves OF the ocean," rs they
hunt in packs and attack their prey with
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wire and some half rotten rope We
made use of these where possible and
climbed swiftly. These cables are not
necessary. for the rocks here are ac-
cessible. but by using them a great deal
OF time is saved and. in my opinion, no
honor lost. The Alpinist who spurns a
friendly cable logically should climb
without nailed boots. Moreover II Alpin-
lists use the cables hanging above the
shoulder 1T should not be forgotten that
in the most difficult places on the Mat
terhorn there are no artificial supports.
Passing to the left of the spot where
four of the Whymper party lost their
lives we left behind the cables and
mounted carefully and tediously to the
summit ridge. Our arrival there. i was
tould later. created great excitement at
Zermatt Ryffelalp. Gornergrat and at
SchwarZsee. where crowds all day col
lected around the telescopes.
Even here we were Obliged to proceed
with great caution as on the north side.
which. we had just assembled the steep
rock slope was deep in snow while on the
Italian side the summit was actually
overhanging. the north wind having
blown the snow over until 1t found a
cornice and had one broken through here
he would have fallen in a few tremendous
bounds into the valley of Breuil, some
$ 900 feet below.
X
feet. almost without a cloud. Ten thou
sand feet beneath us in Switzerland was
the village of Zermatt we had left the
day before, while beneath us to the
south in Italy were the pastures of
Breull. The chalets were only specks
studded in the green fields. The I'M
mensity of the scene around us dulled
the perceptive faculties. Unable to cope
with such a flood of impressions the eye
sees without distinguishing and one is
choked with emotion.
AS one became calmer the panorama
could be seen in detail. On one side
was the terrific Dent Blanche, a master
piece of nature; the ODER Gabelhorn and
pointed Rothhorn: and then the peerless
Weisshorn; further to the right lowered
the Acknowledgement and then the Monte
Rosa, the Lyskamm and the Breithorn.
Behind We're the Bernese Oberland, the
Simplon and St Gothard groups. To the
south one could see the Viso nearly loo
miles away. Further around were the
Dauphine Alps and lastly in the west
Mont Blanc, sublime in the glorious sun
light, the highest mountain in Europe.
But this is not taking cinematograph-
ing pictures. We split up again, Biner
this time holding my legs, while the
other three passed over the ridge. With
! out losing precious time We began the
descent. 1t was going down that the
Whymper party were killed and we
needed all our wits to move rapidly and
securely. In the scramble in the rocks
| some one upset some small stones. One
| hit me in the forehead but / scarcely
| felt it in the excitement.
As far as the shoulder We made very
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sionally when my mouth became dry and
we started again. We had little time to
watch the sun rise and mediate on the
extreme grandeur of the scene before us, a
panorama extending from the Dent
Blanche past the Gabelhorn to the Micha-
belhorner. and from the Monte Rosa, the
highest mountain in Switzerland, to the
Lyskamn and the Breithorn. On the
south We could see across the Theodule
Pass into Italy and to the north the bot
tom of the Rhone valley was choked with
thick cotton looking clouds while the
heights above the river We're bathed by
the light of the glorious sunrise.
Immediately on leaving the abandoned
hut all our attention was concentrated on
passing a steep ice slope covered with
loose snow. Imagine being on a very
steep ascending ridge bordered on either
side by tremendous precipices and then
becoming confronted straight ahead with
gendarme, or high impossible stone pin
nacle which bars further progress To
continue one must go over to the left on
the face of the precpice.
When the mountain is in good condition,
say in August after fine spell of wealth
err. these slopes are fairly free from ice.
The route before us was all ice and snow
and I accepted Zumtaugwalds estimate
that the slope was inclined at 10 degrees.
THE mountain is in bad condition.,
continued Zumtaugwald. land very much
more difficult than ii would be later in
the season.
By cutting steps in the ice, however
and by crossing one at a time we con-
tnued to advance. 1t was clear, how
ever that we We're progressing slowly
and the whole project was i'm peril Good
Alp!nism is climbing a mountain and
coming back safely. not climbing up and
falling back, as so many amateurs do.
In other words, what good would it do II
we reached the summit too late to re-
turn before dark and risked being killed
by crossing these same ice slopes with
out lights by night? :
For the moment my heart sank, for
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with most of the head projecting out
of water. SO he may look about and
listen. While at play he will raise
his f1ukes high out of water and
bring them down with great force on
the surface. turning the water about
him into foam and spray.
Then. again, he will go below few
fathoms and make a powerful shoot
upward out of water, falling back on
his side with a great splash, producing
a mountain of foam which may be
seen ten miles distant and making a
noise like the report of a big gun
delivering its armor- piercing projectile.
The lower jaw of the sperm whale
is narrow and long, and is fitted with
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Alpinist's Own Ac-
count of the Trip
Which Threatened Sew
eral Times to End Fa-
tally Famous Guide
Who Has Been to the
Top of the World With
Mrs. Bullock Workman
and Miss Annie Peck,
the American Woman
Climber, Leads the
Party-CarryingHeavy
Camera and Tripod Up
Almost Impossible Ice
clad Slopes.