The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-03

WHALE ! TOW TWO
Men out ] TO SEA | ! J
They Harpoon the Monster But
He Refuses'to Play. the Game
!. as They Figured.

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Assistance OF Brothers Vine {: q
Is q s,.- Had Caught Whale. tffN eii
.,Jg.-- 49, s s}fssss}tg $sw II
Southampton or the second time
in two weeks fishermen took "a their
boats and went out after d whale.
They had him hooked, too, and if
the durn thing hadn't up with its tail
and knocked Cap'n Silas Edwards out
Of the boat just as he was about to
spear n's Illere nlgilt even now now. NC .
oeau "ia.ie " w Deacl. 81. ~. y.
=. Inc 'M,lale1,Was sighted ~ oap.a,l,
TRUNK = llAs, Wv
nuliner VINO .ehus tue me savlns s .,.
tion zA ., Mner He nIsl saw =. ,z ,''7
Wilale i1,Was u.'oul s'sos n,iest ~ slote
aiu no'is ou..o seq WIN tlie Soo 's'
pfotnets IRON ~ wafer MN.
AZ y !na.t 't' U iact tue Eoc ~.
pivlneis NV saus .ne WINNIE ~.
onls eiouD.e "as ellsle, Aaxins eusn.
te'y uiu SHOW s"i'al :. 70 2 " WI u
L. saessi5,; ~. : Sc. saaS!, ~
was so'lle eilue s ealner - uns NY l,.s.
tl,at tue Gool'er o,otners hau seen In. ane
"i...le alu s ~. oue ~ tnet1 it.t'e
lu.oi cu'tufs '' i.
WIN them = .nnct' po'nD sll's NJ |. ~ J.
strument Mh.y co nm = ~,
Whale huntlns. ilss gpn y suppvsel
20 save wear anu =, tear On tne a sal,
~ seAp l9' cnarse iAs y. r. auu
therenpo 1 renderlng tH more OF less
hors oe conc 60 az. e., ; 81 rs +
Starts for SOMEWHERE
So the Cooper brothers went after
the whale and had the good fortune
to be in excellent firing position a. a
moment when it saw fit to come to
the surface to blow the water out of
its nose. K q . - s. ..!&.,s 5zs :
.."Thar she blows ~ yelled the Cooper
brothers, who had taken q correspond
ence course in whale hunting, and
bang! off went the lance bomb gun.
The lance struck the whale squarely
in the tonneau and the fishermen
waited expectantly for the dull ex-,
plosion which would indicate to them
that their quarry was about to roll
over anu ask 70 pc taken ken nome. 81.
: 40 suclf@exp de1 happenea. Inc
nshermen "ait a ana; Walteu. All III . .,
WINK me Wla1e tar1ed3 I2f' somewhere "
Ana tthe cooper soro ,aal HAVING
lodsed the ss haIpoon,, securely sec N tlle
Whaie' Ioun ~ themselves aecolnpa lll.s
lngat. ~ e ? ss..ts5 ~: -
Ihey <1rleu reversing g q tne engine me ~
the nope that py 80 dong tney might
convey TO the "haie tne'r iack u N
terest IN any extensive sea Voyase.
me motion was en- elntireiy iost on tn en-
captlve, W, VINO Q. KEPT e r lel gu.
me cooper Dr re tnens t - .
increase .tne speed q. tle Doat 80 tn NAT
'hey might overtaAe tne Wila' lf,i anu e.-
pam me sltu tl1ll WHICH, ~ =. "oru'
was TINS: $50, :
: Inc me connecting tue Doat VIII
the, Whaie was taut' ana stne nsnerlhen
couid not Tree themselves. AS 1ast. ~
their boat Went the Wna!e Went 1aseer.
Ihere was nothing 10 40 Dut ADMIRE
the scenery as It passed them'
Captains to the Rescue.
They had gone about a mile and
half, and were still going, when Cap
tain White saw what was up and
piped all his trusty whale hunters to
their. posts In response to the call
came Captain. Silas Edwards, Ed
White, Frank Burnett, William Bennett
and Erastus Rowland. sSss ~
{: They, launched % boat and headed
for the whale; and it's resretfulEcap-
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