Thursday, April 24, 1952
BROOKINGS HARBOR H L O T . BROOKINGS, OREGON
The Sperm Whale
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Before petroleum was pumped
fro m wells, the w o rld pot most of
its o il fro m whales. In those days,
Meets o f s a iliin g ships roamed the
seas in search of the ocean giants.
M any a fierce b a ttle was fought
between men arm ed w ith h a r
poons and the pow erful creatures
whose bodies could be turned in to
oil.
The big fellow s w ere w aging
a game, but losing, b a ttle fo r
existence when tw o discoveries
w ere made. Men found it easier
to get o il fro m the ground, and
they learned th a t e le c tric ity gave
b e tte r lig h t than w hale oil.
Thanks to the rise of the pe-
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Dealers in the
following
merchandise:
Groceries
Hardware
Fred Moore, who registered the
voters of this area, predicts the
L. A. H arvey w ent to G o l d heaviest election in years. A p
Beach Thursday fo r a m edical p ro xim a te ly 200 persons h a v e
check-up. He returned the same registered in the last three weeks
the books were open. These had
day.
not previously registered in this
M rs. Eugene A ckley entered precinct.
Seaside hospital, Crescent C ity ,
M r. and Mrs. R. G. Simmons
last w e e k fo r o b s e n a tio n and
o f Torrence. C alif., and children,
tre a tm e n t.
Local News
M r. and Mrs. Bob C ollins, son.
Glenn, and daughter, Judy Cole,
have moved to V a lle jo , C a lif, to
live. M y rtle regrets to leave her
office as Madam President o f the
Eagles A u x ilia ry .
Y.
& M.
are v is itin g the parental home
of R. E. Sim m ons on Cape F er-
re llo road. M r. Sim m ons is Gen»
e ra l T ire d is trib u to r fo r Santa
C lara c o u n ty Mrs. Cummings, a
dau g h te r and sister, is also guest
of her parents.
H a rry Lockland. employed at
S eattle, has been v is itin g his Tam
ils here fo r a week.
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Across from Shell Station
P. O. Box 596
Brookings, Oregro
Phone 344
National W ildlife Federation
Sperm W hale
tro le u m in d u stry and the inven-
| tion of ele ctric lights, w h a l e s
w ere spared.
B u t today, says, the N a tio n a l
W ild life Federation, they face a
new th re a t. W hale oil, though no
longer needed fo r lamps, is a v a l
uable raw m a te ria l in the m an
u fa c tu re of textiles, cosmetics,
and candles. In some countries,
people buy and eat w hale meat.
To meet these demands, 20th
c e n tu ry w hale hunters roved in
deadly packs. Leading the chase,
in each w h a lin g fleet, is a fac
to ry ship. I t is o u tfitte d w ith m a
chinery to butcher a record haul
of whales on a s n g le voyage. The
crew is seldom idle, because sm all
k ille r sh ps keep b rin g in g in fresh
vic tim s a ll of them snared by
accurate}
h a rd -firin g
harpoon
guns.
Am ong the prizes caught in this
way. are the massive S p e r m
W hales. They live in a ll of the
oceans o f the w orld, staying in
w a rm cu rre n ts when they can,
but often sw im m ing in to the fr ig
id A n ta rc tic .
The m ale is among the largest
of the e n tire w hale fa m ily. He
sometimes grows to be 60 feet
long, and he may w eigh as much
as 60 tons. The fem ale Sperm
W h ile is about h a lf as big.
B oth are d a rk in co lo r and
shaped lik e g ig a n tic tadpoles.
They have big, b lu n t heads and
p o w e rfu l teeth. W ith the aid of
th e ir side flippers and th e ir broad
forked tails, they can swim at
speeds of three to fo u r knots w ith
ease. W hen pursued, they can
plow ahead at ten o r tw elve knots.
F o r food they eat m ostly squids,
o r cu ttle fish , but sometimes they
g u lp down la rg e r creatures.
F rom the tim e they are born,
at a length of ten to 12 fe e t.> u n
t i l l they reach fu ll size, Sperm
W hales grow th ic k layers of blu b
ber around th e ir l>odies. I t is
fro m this coating of fa t th a t much
w hale o il is taken. An even finer
grade of o il comes from th e ir
heads.
Besides oil, the Sperm W hales
sometimes produce a valuable
substance called am bergris. It is
a gray o r blackish mass of m a
te ria l w hich form s inside them
when they are sick. Though ugly
to look at, it is a h ig h ly prized
ingredien t in the m aking of fine
perfumes. A 400-pound chunk of
am bergris once sold fo r m ore than
$100 000
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