The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-07

be permitted to make That word, M
I haven't time To look up the Greek
one. because their teeth are semi
canine. II IN believed they live on
the Arctic tom-cod, which Is a small
tcn-inch fish, myriads 81 which in
habit these waters. In fact u was
their fondncss FOR these hsh that led
20 the capture Of the four that
saw. ! looked them up, and they are
IN mammal like the real whale. and
this rs probably what secured them
their nickname Of white whale
The scientists call them Bel
iugas. and say that they belong
60 the dolphin family. whey are pref
~ bis though. for that family. 4
man al Nome had during the fall
caught than sixty OF them. and
had their thick. glossy, white hides
prepared for shipment to the states.
when the big storm came along and
washed away his entire establishment.
lie had through correspondence OBJ
tanned n market In Massachusetts FOR
the hides. Personally I believe the
hide Is nrst-class material from
which to manufacture hand bags,
trunks. and In fact anything where
alligator hide could be used. I would
not be SURPRISED also " the flesh
should turn out To be useful, and u
Il does there Is an immense supply
OF the fish in the Northland.
Tomcod Fishing.
Primitive man IL slow to change
his mode Of doing things. IL HIS
father carried his Rrist 90 the mill
by throwing the sack over his Shout
der with a stone in one end TO bal
ance the grain in the othei end, he
resents any suggestion hat Il would
be better TO put a portion OF the grain
In each n OF the sack and thus get
rid OF carrying the weight OF the use
less stone ~ least he h liable To re-
sent Il. as the old story goes. Well.
80 Il Is with the Esklmos OF Alaska.
They fish as their fathers did. and
pay little heed to the example of the
Swedes to use nets. Any winter day
In Boring sea In front OF Nome. when
the weather IN not too cold. you can
see many squaws sitting on little snow
heaps beside "A small round hole In
the ice % the seq. A squaw will sit
there hour after hour. holding a little
tuitc-ittN hahluk pole with a uttetn-
foot line. with several steel or bone
hooks attached to It's end. baited with
little bits of red flannel She holds
the pole in one hand. and ever and
anon gives Il a little short jerk To see
IL she has a fish. and " she has a fish
or W or three, she pulls up the
string n the nsh from the little ice
hole, n gives each fish a smart tap
with n short stick to deRden him. SO
that he viii not wiggle back into tho
hole ana escape before freezing. as
he does freeze In a few minutes. h
usually has "A half bushel or a bushel
pile OF these little savory tomcod fish
frozen stin right bedsic her. and IN
the evening n sacks them up. swings
them on her back, and stalks home
with her load to her cabin and lazy
husband, To prepare them for supper.
Sometimes when she wants some of
the white mans "kow-tow' Cgrub)
she Will take some of her load TO the
n sell or swap the fish for
tea, sugar or flour for her larder.
once in a while she watches for a
ss~ at his blow hole. and spears him.
and when she succeeds II IL a day Of
JOY In that family. for then they have
meat and blubber and a feast. when