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  ALASKA 
  FISHEEIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  other 
  products 
  are 
  prepared:- 
  Cattle 
  food, 
  made 
  from 
  clean 
  meat; 
  

   guano, 
  from 
  meat 
  and 
  bones 
  mixed; 
  and 
  bone 
  meal, 
  from 
  pure 
  bones. 
  

   The 
  price 
  obtained 
  for 
  the 
  cattle 
  food 
  is 
  about 
  $40 
  a 
  ton, 
  for 
  the 
  

   guano 
  S27 
  a 
  ton, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  bone 
  meal 
  grade 
  $20 
  a 
  ton. 
  

  

  OFFSHORE 
  WHALING 
  FLEET. 
  

  

  The 
  steamer 
  Herman 
  (229 
  tons) 
  cleared 
  from 
  San 
  Francisco 
  on 
  

   March 
  24, 
  1914, 
  for 
  a 
  whaling 
  voyage 
  and 
  returned 
  to 
  that 
  port 
  on 
  

   November 
  7. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  take 
  of 
  10,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  whalebone 
  as 
  a 
  

   result 
  of 
  this 
  cruise, 
  and 
  certain 
  skins 
  were 
  obtained 
  in 
  trade 
  with 
  

   natives 
  at 
  Herschel 
  Island. 
  The 
  Herman 
  made 
  a 
  catch 
  of 
  six 
  bow- 
  

   head 
  whales. 
  

  

  The 
  brigantine 
  Jeanette 
  (217 
  tons) 
  cleared 
  from 
  San 
  Francisco 
  on 
  

   May 
  27, 
  1914, 
  for 
  Point 
  Barrow, 
  and 
  returned 
  from 
  there 
  on 
  October 
  

   3 
  with 
  whale 
  products 
  amounting 
  to 
  2,461 
  pounds 
  of 
  bone. 
  

  

  The 
  power 
  schooner 
  Polar 
  Bear 
  (55 
  tons), 
  operated 
  by 
  Louis 
  Lane, 
  

   of 
  Seattle, 
  returned 
  to 
  that 
  place 
  on 
  October 
  25, 
  after 
  having 
  been 
  left 
  

   in 
  the 
  ice 
  throughout 
  the 
  previous 
  winter 
  at 
  a 
  place 
  near 
  Point 
  Hum- 
  

   phries 
  and 
  about 
  12 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  steamer 
  Belvedere. 
  A 
  catch 
  of 
  

   10 
  bowheads 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  Arctic 
  this 
  season 
  by 
  the 
  Polar 
  Bear, 
  

   and 
  a 
  take 
  of 
  17,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  bone 
  resulted. 
  

  

  The 
  steamer 
  Belvedere 
  (339 
  tons) 
  returned 
  to 
  Seattle 
  on 
  November 
  

   2, 
  1914. 
  A 
  total 
  of 
  five 
  bowhead 
  whales 
  were 
  taken, 
  and 
  8,000 
  pounds 
  

   of 
  bone 
  represented 
  the 
  season's 
  product. 
  This 
  was 
  valued 
  at 
  75 
  

   cents 
  per 
  pound, 
  or 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  $6,000. 
  No 
  oil 
  was 
  taken, 
  the 
  blubber 
  

   from 
  the 
  whales 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  carcasses 
  being 
  given 
  to 
  natives 
  of 
  

   Alaska 
  for 
  food. 
  The 
  Belvedere 
  went 
  north 
  from 
  San 
  Francisco 
  in 
  

   March, 
  1913, 
  and 
  wintered 
  in 
  the 
  ice 
  near 
  Point 
  Humphries. 
  

  

  The 
  bark 
  Gay 
  Head 
  (252 
  tons), 
  which 
  left 
  San 
  Francisco 
  in 
  Octo- 
  

   ber, 
  1913, 
  on 
  a 
  voyage 
  to 
  southern 
  whaling 
  grounds, 
  worked 
  north- 
  

   ward 
  into 
  Alaskan 
  waters 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1914. 
  Wliile 
  cruising 
  

   along 
  that 
  coast 
  the 
  vessel 
  stranded 
  in 
  heavy 
  weather 
  on 
  June 
  27, 
  

   1914, 
  at 
  Chignik 
  Bay 
  and 
  became 
  a 
  total 
  loss. 
  There 
  were 
  31 
  per- 
  

   sons 
  aboard 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  but 
  all 
  got 
  ashore 
  safely 
  and 
  made 
  their 
  

   way 
  to 
  a 
  near-by 
  cannery. 
  There 
  was 
  quite 
  a 
  loss 
  of 
  sperm 
  oil 
  

   which 
  had 
  been 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  cruise 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  seas. 
  The 
  Gay 
  

   Head 
  was 
  built 
  in 
  Massachusetts 
  in 
  1877 
  and 
  sailed 
  upon 
  many 
  

   whaling 
  voyages. 
  

  

  The 
  steamer 
  Karluk 
  (247 
  tons), 
  for 
  years 
  identified 
  with 
  the 
  San 
  

   Francisco 
  whaling 
  fleet, 
  went 
  north 
  with 
  the 
  Stefansson 
  Arctic 
  expe- 
  

   dition 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1913. 
  Although 
  official 
  advices 
  have 
  not 
  as 
  

   yet 
  been 
  received, 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  this 
  steamer 
  was 
  crushed 
  in 
  the 
  

   ice 
  near 
  Herald 
  Island, 
  80 
  miles 
  from 
  Wrangell 
  Island, 
  Alaska, 
  in 
  

   December, 
  1913, 
  or 
  in 
  January, 
  1914. 
  No 
  particulars 
  regarding 
  the 
  

   vessel 
  are 
  available 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time. 
  

  

  