The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-09
WHALE FISHING CONTINUES TO
 BE PROFITABLE

! The romance of whale fishing is ] still existent, with all it's ancient thrills, according to Captain G. Earl l ing. an experienced whaler and owner of q fleet of whalers near Port Arm ] strong. Alaska. Here the United States Whaling Company is operat- ing under the superintendency Of l Captain Earling.
 This veteran hunter has high re- gard for the sperm whale, for several reasons. Primarily it is one of the most profitable of the big ocean nam mals to bag. The sperm whale. un- like many of the other species, has big throat aperture. In the stomach or one captured recently were found the following: One devilfsh with feelers twelve feet long. the creature being twenty-five feet across with head out: two sharks. one twelve and the other eight feet long, and an end less variety of smaller fish. Accord ing to the captain. these were all in state of good preservation. indicat- ing that the whale was feeding at the time it was taken
 The gender "he" is correct in speak ing of sperm whales of tn" Pacific coast waters. Tt is one of the won ders of the Pacili.." said Captain Earl ing, "why no females have ever been taken in this ocean"
 We have killed around 25o sperm whales at this station since it was established in 1912. and none of them have been females. have hunted whales from Panama to the Arctic. and have neither heard of nor seen q female. said the old whaIor.
 "7he sperm whale i~ like camel too.' said the captain. "I, seems nat they store oil in a tank for future nso. just as a camel stores water. Sometimes t&a tanks are nearly empty. and aea.n they are full The sig" Of tn" creature, therefore. is not necessarily an indication of the amount of oil that may be found
 The average amount of oil found in the tank is from fifteen to thirty barrels. The blubber also produces many barrels of good grade of sperm oil
 The sperm is the favorite game hunted by whalers. But many other varieties are sought and captured Among those commonly taken in Port Armstrong are; Sulphur bottoms that measure up to ninety feet in length; finbacks, which attain a length of fifty to sixty feet, as do also the sperm whales: and hump backs. that run around twenty-five to thirty feet in length, They will all ! average ton or more to the foot of '''S'"' ~ us op'i III iS NdiutN bN those who capture him at from ST. 900 to s5.OOO.
 Most whales have a small throat. and are provided with gill bones that serve as strainers to let the water out and keep the small fish in as they open their mouths and close them again when feeding on schools of small fish. such as herring. But the sperm whale is not thus supplied. On tn" other hand, it has teeth its lower ones but tn" upper part Of its mouth ha" nothing bat gum sockets into which the teeth of the lower jaw fiji when tn" mouth is closed These teeth nr" ground up and form the raw product ont of which compound ivory billiard halls gre manufactured
 Tn" vhrlos captured at this .tation ar" :n oadc into fertilizer after the oil Aa'nhor" and ivory has been re " There is one other whaling ,.'t.ao located at Akutan, norr Uni m"E pass, Alaska, and il is understood that they are preparing to freeze tho choicor co's ol whale meat for human consumption