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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL., PORTLAND, FRIDAY, JULY 21. 1916.
SEA LION KILLING IS
PROFITABLE WORK
i FOR PORT ORFORDITE
George Forty Sells the Hides,
Whiskers and Gall of Mon
sters of the Deep,
SHOOTS THEM IN BRAIN
Ftrll Surround! Msn Who Brava
Mtm to Attack Qraat Sastruotlve
Animal; raw Tux Seals Xtaft.
By Fred Lockley.
Port Orford, Or., July 20. Port Or-
ford liaa one of the most unique In
duatrlen on U$ Pacific coaat. It la
the killing of sea Hons and the sale
of their hlJes, whiskers, gall anJ
other parts. I have Investigated and
written up many unique Industries,
such as the making of wooden decoy
ducks, the gathering and sale of
rhlttim bary, the sale of. bales of
moss to the nurseries, the gathering
and shipping of tan oak bark, the
getting out of snip knees, the Port
Orford match wood industry. and
many other unusual Industries; but
the sea lion Industry is the most
unique I have yet run across.
Llom on Blanco Baaf.
A few miles off the "urry county
shore In the vicinity of Port Orforl
a group of rocks, called the Cape
Blanco reef, projects above the sea.
These rocks are the breeding groundd
of the Ufa lions. Key 33 years George
Forty lias carried on tl-.e .justness of
killing sva linns. He was born In
Kngtaiul, but raised in Australia.
When a young man he came to Amer
ica and settled at Port Orford.
Deer are still killed within a mile
of the town of Port Orford, so It can
he seen thut Port Orford Is Bomewhat
off the beaten trail. When George
Forty came here elk were as plentiful
as rows in a dairy district.
"When I fiixt took up hunting as
profession here," said Mr. Forty, "I
used to get a gcod many fur seals
and sea otter.
Passing of Tut Baal.
"The last fur seal I killed on the
Port" Orford rocks was about 20 year
ego. I got $33 for Its skin. The last
sea otter I killed was four years ago
I got $S00 for Its pelt. The best sea
son I ever had with sea otters was
the year I got 22 skins. They are
so scarce now that you can get $ 1 290
or 11500 for a good sea otter ski
The biggest season I ever had with
sea lions was the year I got over 2000
hides. This season so far I have
something over 150 hides. We had a
big day yesterday. We killed 11 bulls
and fiB pups. I hae three boys, all
experienced sea lion hunters. One
of my hoys, liOren, was hired when
he was 12 years old by R, V. Hume,
the salmon canner at Wedderburn, as
a sea lion hunter. He Is 23 now.
Keen Eye Required.
"To be a successful sea lion hunter
you must put your bullet in'a radius
of two Inches midway between the eye
and the ear. This hits the sea lion
in the brain and kills It Instantly.
If you do not hit It In the brain tho
ea lion will flop off the rock, and
when they get into the water they
sink and you lose it.
"A big bull will weigh from 6500
to 6000 pounds and his hide wih
Weigh 100 pounds. I get five cents a
pound for the hide, so a poor shot
means I lose $5 on the hide alone,
besides the loss of the other salable
parts. Hunting sea lions Is no game
for amateurs. I have to have as my
assistants men on whom I can depend
absolutely. Often the lives of all of
us depend on the courage, quickness
and coolness of one man.
Dangerous Occupation.
For example, a sudden storm will
hlosv up while some of us are on th
rocks skinning the sea lions we have
shot. The water will begin breaking
over the rocks. The man in the boat
must put the boat alongside for us
to jump In. If his judgment is at
fault the boat will be swamped and
we will be drowned or tho. boat may
be smashed on the rocks. I have
landed on the rocks when the water
was breaking .10 or 12 feet high. If
you Jump as the boat Is going down
you will be washed off the rock. Tou
must Jump Just as the boat reaches
the highest point or as It Is rising
Just before It pauses to go down.
Tony Canino, a Frenchman, born In
Tunis, Africa, Is my assistant. He is
, always cool and not afraid of any
thing. We get seven cents a pound
for the hide of the pups. The big
bulls, the ones that weigh from two
to three tons, have six marketable
whiskers, three on each side. These
whiskers are about 22 inches long.
High class and wealthy Chinamen buy
them 'from SI to $2.60 a pair. They
mount them In gold. They use them
for toothpicks. You can't wear them
out and they are far superior to quill
. toothpicks. The Chinese also buy the
gall and certain other parts, which are
dried and ground up for medicine.
BnU Worth 910.
A blr bull brings me about $7.60 to
$10. His hide sells for $6, his whisk
ers for from $1 to $2.60, and the
medical products for about .' ..60.
XUona Destroy Salmon.
"If the salmon canneries would se
cure legislation putting a bounty on
the killing of shags, hair-seal and
sea Hons, the salmon would be much
more plentiful. I cut open the stom
ach Of a large bull Hon yesterday and
found 16 good sized salmon heads,
beside a large amount of other fish.
The shags eat the salmon when they
are flngerlings, while the sea Hons
and hair seals get them when they
are full grown.
The sea lions suckle their young
pups. The pups are born on the rocks
and do not take to the water till they
are about three weeks to a month old,
The mothers show great love for their
pups. They teach them to swim and
when Inland on the rocks they take
their young pups In their mouth and
slide off Into the sea, Frequently the
pup la drowned and the mother will
' arwim around and bring it back to the
rock, and when it will not respond to
her mudging and caress she grieves
over It Lots of the sea lion pups are
killed by the killer-sharks or gram
pus. Tnese Killer sharks are about 80
feet long and are very savage. Oh
yes, I have had plenty of narrow es
capes. I have had my boat overturn
lots of times but I , have somehow
managed to come out of It all right,
though I have lost four or five good
guns by my boat overturning. Sure
-I will take you out with me. I am
going out tomorrow. You will find
It rather gory, bloody job. Tea. I
will sea that you land on the rocks
.. and see the whole thing'
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DEEP SEA MONSTERS HAVE COMMERCIAL VALUE
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HARNEY LAKE BED IS
ASSERTED PROPERTY
OF ADJOINING OWNERS
F, Otley of Lawen Protests
Plan to Give Rights to
Basin Development Co,
GOVERNOR IS ACCUSED
Communication Alleges Wlthycombe
Promised Support to Have It
Usted as a Swamp.
here Thursday with Corporation Com
missioner Schulderman: La Grande
Gas company. La Grande, $126,000,
George E. Good, M. K. Hall and Fred
T. Holmes; Oregon Oil company, Mc
Minnville. $25,000. G. W. Evans and
others. A certificate of dissolution
was filed by the Fletcher Investment
company, of Portland.
Ethyl Alcohol Affected.
Salem. Or.. July 21. A common car
rier cannot deliver ethyl alcohol to
a druggist in Oregon without such
druggist making the affidavit provided
by section 12, chapter 141, general laws
of 1915, Attorney General Brown told
District Attorney Mullins, of Astoria.
Thursday. A wholesale druggist may
make such an affidavit througn his
agent, however.
Above Skinning a big bull sea lion.
Below Bob Forty, skinning a sea lion.
"-:'- - Waca writing ot ealuag on advartlsm, pleat
pMtttM The ioonal. .. (A4.)
Salem, Or.. July 21. Asserting that
the meander line owners of tracts sur
rounding Harney lake, 150 or more in
number, are the real owners of the
bed of the lake and that the supreme
court three years ago decided this
question of ownership, Pred Otley of
Lawen, Malheur county, vigorously as
sailed any plan whereby the bed of the
lake' would be turned over to the Har
ney Basin Development company, rep
resented by C. B. McConnell, for de
velopment, in a communication to the
state land board read Tuesday after
noon. Otley said McConnell was trying to
get possession of the land through the
"corrupt swamp act vetoed by Gov
ernor West" and that McConnell had
told him he had secured a promise
from Governor Withycombe to use his
influence with the secretary of the
interior to remeander the lake and get
It listed as a swamp.
Governor Withycombe denied at the
board meeting that he had made any
such promise and asked Secretary G.
G. Brown to write Otley to that effect.
Brown was instructed to make it plain
that the board had made no promises
of any kind to McConnell or the Har
ney Basin Development company.
Otley estimated in his letter that
there are 7000 acres of land in the
lake bed and that it is worth $50 an
acre. This would make a total valu
ation of $3,500,000.
The board Instructed the secretary
to write C. A. Shepard, Portland coun
sel for Jason Moore, In regard to pro
gress being made in securing $15,000
required to complete the bond on the
Summer and Abert lakes lease. The
bond should have been posted May 15.
Councilman's Trial Set.
Salem, Or., July 2'.. A. large share
of the population of Turner will be
here next Tuesday, It is expected,
when the trial of Councilman Jeans,
on a charge of stabbing Robert Hun
saker during a fight between city of
ficials of Turner and the Turner band
begins. Hunsaker sustained a few
slashes across the abdomen which did
not prove serious, and be soon recovered.
Olcott Befriends Birds.
Salem, Or., July 21. To encourage
birds to make their homes on the cap
ltol grounds. Secretary of State Olcott
has had a cement drinking place in
stalled for their exclusive use.
Tells of 10 Drownings.
Asheville. N. C. July 21. (U. P.)
Wr. H. Suttle, of Asheville, arrived
here today exhausted and his clothing
in rags to tell of the drowning of lo
persons at Alta Pass, McDowell coun
ty, in the recent floods. Suttle had
been walking with only short periods
of rest since Tuesday.
Danish Paper Says
Sea Battle Fought
Supposed Susslans Repulsed German
Warships ia Engagement In Baltic
Sea Off the Swedish Coast.
London. July 21. (I. N. .) The
newspaper Dagens Nyheder, of Copen
hagen, believes that a naval battle has
been fought in the Baltic between t'.ie
Swedish lslanas ot Lardsort and Got-ska-Sar.do.
The Dagens Nyheder states that dur
ing the whole night a violent cannon
ading was heard and it is supposed
that the Russians repulsed the Ger
man warships as the firing v H audi
ble in a more southerly dire ion to
wards 11 o'clock the next morning.
Firing was also heard near Sunds-
l vail, nearly 200 miles frc.. Landsort I
and Gotska-Sando islands.
Harmony Gathering
Is Lead by Hughes
Bepubllcans Conducting the Campaign
Meet to Urge Unity of Effort; Pres.
ldentlal Homlnee Wakes Address.
New York. July 21. (U. P.) Har
mony of effort was the object of a
meeting yesterday of Republican
Nominee Hughes. Chairman Wilcox,
the natjonal KenWJcan campaign
committee, the committee of senator
appointed! to handle the senatorial -campalo
i and members of the Repub-
lican . ongressional committee. . It
was tr . . first "get together" meeting .;
of all .he forcs who will have con- .'
trol ot! the campaign to oust Wilson. ;
and tie Democratic majority in flOn,
gross..'
Ilutf hes addressed the meeting brief--,
ly uriflng that he would not consider
Republican success complete unless
there was a victory of the president.'.'
senaj orlal and congressional fights. ,
"Shaveteria" Is Opened.
Eftn Krancisco, July 21. (U. P.)
ThJ first shaveteria, where the busy
mn can shave himself without the
trf.uble of going clear home to get his
r-ezor, was opened here today. '
To Look and Feci
Bright in Hot Weather
Firms Are Incorporated.
Salem, Or., July 21. The following
articles of incorporation were filed
This is the season when she who
would have a lily-white Complexion
should turn her. thoughts to mercolized
wax, the firm friend of the summer
girl. Nothing bo effectually over
comes the soiling effects of sun.
wind, duet and dirt. The wax literally
absorbs the scorched. discolored,
freckled, withered or coarsened cuti
cle bringing forth a brand new skin,
clear, soft'and girlishly beautiful. It
also unclogs the pores, removing"
blackheads and increasing the Kin's
breathing capacity. An ounce of mer
colized wax. obtainable at any drug
store, applied nightly like cold cteam.
and washed off mornings, will grad
ually Improve the woret complexion.
When depressed by the heat and you
want to freshen up for the afternoon
or evening, bathe the face in a lotion
made by dissolving an ounce of pow
dered saxolite in a half pint witch
hazel. You'll find this more refresh
ing than an hour's rest. It is flie for
smoothing out wrinkles, even the
deeper ones. (Alv.)
LET your boy wear a Suit like
this during 1 f f
vacation for . . . tp d V V
Nobby cheviots, cassimeres and fancy
mixtures made in full Norfolk style, with
belt and extra knickers. Serviceable:,
well made suits at a moderate
price. See them here tomor
row. Children's Wash Suits
Cool, crisp middys and mvddy
Norfolks in all the popular
wash fabrics, for warm weath
er and for the beach.
$1.25 to $5.00
The second floor
Elevator and Stairway.
BEN SELLING
MORRISON STREET AT FOURTH
BUY YOUR FURNITURE
On Our Easy-Payment Plan
Pay 10 of amount of bill at time of purchase and bal
ance in small weekly or monthly installments. Reasonable in
terest charge on deferred payments. Come in and select
what you need in the way of furniture and floor coverings
and take advantage of our Easy-Payment Plan.
Wax Paper ;
Sale
delivered only
with other pur
chases made in
Stat i o n e r y De
partment WAX
paper irr
6 ROLLS
DM, Wortmam & lim
The Pioneer Store Established in 1851
Reliable Merchandise
Reliable Methods
Great Stock Reducing Sale
In the Basement
SHARP REDUCTIONS in prices of Spring and Summer
merchandise to effect a Bpeedy CLearaway before New Fa1!
Goods begin to arrive. Bxtraordinary low price on Women's
Apparel. Shoes, Muslin. Underwear, Corsets, Hosiery, Un
derwear, Wash Goods, Allen's and Boys' Wear, Blankets, etc.
Stamp
books
redeemed in Cash
in Our New Gift
Room on 4th
Flour. Get the
cash and buy yout
gifts!
Splendid Opportunities to Save on Vacation Needs at This Store Saturday
Women's Sport Coats
Worth Up to $25.00 at
$10
Second Floor Smart, Dressy Coats for street, outing and sport
wear this season's best styles in li and -length models some
with novelty belts, fancy collars and cuffs others in loose, full
flaring effects, with sailor of roll collars. Materials include flannels,
wool jerseys, golfines, gabardines, serges and white chinchilla. Good
selection of wanted plain colors, also checks and stripes. I"1 t
y special at P-i-"
Coats formerly priced up to 125.00
20c KERCHIEFS
Special 11c
Main Floor Women's plain linen
initial Kerchiefs, also colored ini
tial and striped border and
white with colored embroidered
corners and corded hem. " -
15c to 20c grades, choice JLlv
COLORED BORDER and Col
ored Embroidered Kerchiefs
also plain white on sale CfT
5c each, or the dozen DOC
Saturday sp
Silk Sport Coats
$7.43 and $8.95
Second Floor Women's and
Misses' All-Silk Jersey Sport
Coats in all the latest plain
shades and in combinations of
plain and striped materials in
rose, purple, green, gold, Alice,
white, navy, etc. Short or hip
length styles loose effects with
sailor or. round collars, cuffs,
belted ties and pockets. Very
fashionable for sport and beach
wear. Shown in all sizes. The
prices are $7.45 and $8.95
$5 Low Shoes
$1.98
Main Floor Hundreds of pairs
to select from. Popular styles,
including Bronze Laced Oxfords
with cloth tops- Bronze Kid
Peggy Pumps with covered Louis
heels Patent and Kid Military
Pumps Black Satin Pumps
White Satin "Cleo" Pumps, and
dozens of other styles. Stand
ard 4.00 to 5.00 (J-t QQ
Low Shoes at, a pair $170
Fiber Silk SWEATERS, $5.00 to $8,95
New Tub Skirts, $1.89 and $2.39
Women's
95c NECKWEAR
At 50c
Main Floor Women's Fancy Col
lars, Vestees and Sets of voile,
organdie, chiffon and Georgette
crepe. This season's best styles,
worth up to 95c, for Sat- CAp
urday's special, choice at tlUU
PONGEE SPORT TIES and Hat
Bands to match with stripes ana
dots of newest shades; QQ
65c grades, special at OJU
FANCY SILK GIRDLES in plain
and fancy styles. Of taffeta arid
messaline. Widths 2 to iQ
6 inches; 1.25 grades, atr7l
WOMEN'S AUTO CAPS
Closing out broken lines in linen,
poplins and corduroys. Tan, Or
ange, navy, maroon, green,
checks, stripes, etc. Reg- QQ
ular 65c to 1.00 Caps, atO7t
Second Floor Special showing of
Fiber Silk Sweaters in the popular
plain shades, such as rose, Copen,
pink, green, maize also in vari
ous colored stripes, combined with
black or white. Some styled with
belts, others with . sashes. We
have priced them from $5 to $8.95
Second Floor Tub Skirtr in plain
white, plain colors and in fancy
stripes. Bedford cords, gabar
dines, galatea, pique, duck, etc.
Tailored and novelty styles with
patch pockets, belts, pearl buttons,
etc. All sizes, including stouts.
Priced now at $1.89 and $2.39
Women's Fine Waists Special $3.69
Bathing Suits at $3.25 to $19.50
Second Floor Beautiful Waists of
Georgette Crepe, Crepe de Chine,
and tub silks. Various styles, some
with large sailor collars others
with circular or pointed collars.
Smart tailored effects and more
fancy styles. Sizes 36 dQ Q
up to 44. Very special vO.U
Second Floor Bathing Suits in lat
est models. Of mohair, silk, silk
jersey. Plain styles with fancy
colored borders or novelty styles
with new full skirts, sailor collars
and V-necks. Priced $3.50 to $10
Silk and Mohair Bathing Suits,
all colors. Priced $3.25 to $19.50
Women's.&lisses' Middy Blouses $1.25
Trunks and Bags, 4th FL
$8.00 Bads T 2 g
Special at MO.OVl
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-Genuine Cowhide Leather Traveling
Bags, in 16 and 1 8-inch sizes. Sewed
corners and leather lined. Q fTfk
Worth up to 8.00, special tPU.uU
Matting Bags, priced at 65c and Up
Matting Suit Cases at $1.25 and Up
Fiber Suit Cases at $1.50 and Up
Leather Suit Cases at $4.50 and Up
TRUNKS of best makes in all sizes and
prices. Get our prices before you buy!
Second Floor Many attractive
styles in this assortment some
with belts, others in loose effect or
with sashes. Plain white and
35c RIBBONS 15c
Main Floor 4 to 5-inch Taf
feta Ribbons in plain colors and
H to 2-inch picot edge and gros
grain ribbons; 25c to 35c "f Pn
grades, special at, the yard IOC
New Novelty Scroll Veils in
black, floral and conven- CT
Saturday Clean-Up of MILLINERY
at $2.50, $3.50 and $5
Offerings of special interest to women who desire, an extra hat to tide
them over the Summer season and yet do not care to spend a great deal
of money. These three lots contain practically all that is left of our
Spring and Summer Hats. Many of them are worth two or three times
the sale price. Fashionable models in large, medium and small effects,
trimmed with flowers, wings, bows, and various other novelties. Hats
for street and sport wear in black, white and colors in Milans, Panamas,
Leghorns and Novelty Straws.
3 BIG SPECIAL LOTS CHOICE AT $2.50, $3.50 and $5.00
Millinery Salons Second Floor
Model Grocery
Fourth Floor
Ginger d- fTA
Special, the dozen pJ-.cV
SHEBOYGAN
Ale.
Log Cabin Syrup,
Sale of 100 Boys' Suits
It $3.98
BOILED HAM. machine
gallon $1.25
sliced. Priced at, a pound UtrKt
Tillamook Cheese at, pound 19c
Ripe Olives (bulk), quart 40c
Large Queen Olives, quart 35c
SPECIAL ATTENTION given to
filling of Grocery orders for the
camp or beaches. Mail us your or
der. Satisfaction is guaranteed.
tional; fl.00 grades, now
Sale of Girls' TUB FROCKS
S3.00 Grades S2.25
$4.63 Grades $3.49
Second Floor Special sale of Girls'
Tub Dresses in intermediate sizes.
Attractive styles in ginghams, pop
lins, chambrays and linens. Plain
colors, fancy stripes and Checks.
Girls' $3.00 Tub Dresses $2.25
Girls' $4.25 Tub Dresses $3.19
lirls' $4.65 Tub Dresses $3.49
Grades Worth
Up to $7.50
Main Floor Fancy tweeds, cheviots and home
spuns in attractive patterns and serviceable col
ors. Pinch-back or plaited Norfolks with full
lined pants, patch pockets and 3-piece belt.
Sizes in the assortment from
years. Suits worth up to
m 6 to 18 JQ QQ
$7.50, at DO70
Men's "Batchelor Friend" Hosiery
Main Floor We have decided to close out our entlr
stock of Men's "Batchelor Friend" Hosiery. The fol
'owing prices do not carry the usual guarantees
25c Batchelor's "1 Qp I 35c Grades, pair 25c
Friend Hose now AtC 5oc grades, pair 35c
Tub Dresses at 79c
thing for beach wear.
Great many different
Just the
Aires to 6.
styles made up in gooa graae nn
srineiiams and chambrays I
GIRLS' MIDDY BLOUSES of good grade white material all white or
with colored collars and cuffs. Some have fancy lacing at sides and
front. Sizes for girls up to 14 years of age. Middies worth up OQp
to $1.49. For Saturday's selling, we have priced them at only 07C
fancy collars and cuffs. QJ?
Specially priced now at vliO
Saturday Sale Drugs, Toilet Articles
Main Floor On account of the ex
tremely low prices quoted in this
list, we resenre the right to limit
quantity sold to a customer.
5 Cakes of Ivory Soap,
1 Cake of Lurline Soap
No deliveries of Soap except with
other purchases in the Drug Dept
10c Palmolive Soap for only 7c
10c Calif. Medicated Soap now 7c
18c
-EXTRA !-
PROPHYLACTIC Tooth
Brushes, factory "seconds,"
quality fully guaranteed. On
sale in Drug Department JT
Saturday at only, each -LJl
lQc Stork Castile Soap now at 7c
25c Bar Domestic Castile now 19c
$1.00 Calol Paraffine Oil for 79c
25c Oakley's Violet Ammonia 19c
25c 4711 Opal Glycerine Soap He
SPECIAL-75c Ivory Talcum Holder
and 25c cans of Djerkiss Tal- ?Q
cum. Both articles for only tUKs
25c Ricksecker's Cold Cream 16c
Odds and Ends in Talcums worth up
to 25 c, on sale Saturday for 10c
50c Bay Rum, 16-oz. size, at 35c
25c Babcoek's Corylopsis Talcum
Powder on sale Saturday at 13c
Sale of Men's Clothing
Our Semi-Annual Sale of Men's High-Grade Suits
is now in progress, affording substantial savings
, no thoughtful man will overlook. Fancy worsteds,
:assimeres, cheviots, etc. Blues and blacks excepted.
-Men' and Young Men' $15.00 Fancy Suit- Sale Price
-Men'a and Young Men's $20.00 Fancy Suit Sale Price
-Men's and Young Men's $22.50 Fancy Suits Sale Price
-Men's and Young Men's $25.00 Fancy Suits- Sale Price
-Men's and Young Men's $30.00 Fancy Suits Sale Price
$1
$1
J:
.85
.85
$16.85
$18.75
$22.50
Aluminum Boilers $1.58
Third Floor
Aluminum Double Boiler, similar to
:ut, 99 pure aluminum. Easy
to clean, no enamel to chip, crack or
peel off save fuel will last for years
l household necessity. Buy Q" f?Q
one of these Boilers Saturday pxJO
BLUE AND , WHITE WARE
Blue-and-white Pudding Pans, from 35c to 57c
Blue-and-white Mixing Bowls, from 29c to 60c -
on ci -o Btoe-and-wMte pe plat". rnE 15c to 30c
syt. 3lZel0BIue-and-white Cake Moulds, range 25c to 30c
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