THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
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Current Comments
Washington weather is warm,
hot in fact, with the thermometer
at 94 degrees It has been quite
as warm in Congress. The rise
in temperature there arose from
opposition to a bill supplying a ;
billion and a half dollars for re- j
lief without specifying so clearly
as some wished, the particular
manner in which the money was
to be spent. The bottom dropped
out of the opposition in the house
a few days ago, and the appro
priation went through, after in- •
formal indication from the White
House as to the channels through
which a part of the cash might
be expected to flow.
The relief matter beyond the
lowerhouse at least, attention is
being directed to the President's
pointed message to the effect that
something must be done to put a
curb on wealthy tax evaders, who
according to common belief, have
larger loopholes of escape than
those of moderate means, and a
keener eye for loopholes. Neith
er the rich man nor the tax col
lector is popular. How is a per
in or new
Alt HftocK’ftg
son to know which side to take?
We growl about paying our taxes
and in the same breath berate
those who are able to avoid pay
ment. Perhaps the whole matter
boils down to the adage that mis
ery likes company. In this inst
ance probably it is entitled to
larger company. That, in any
event, is the President's view.
The royal family in England
have their gifts for Wallis and
Edward in the mail, under sep
arate cover, charges prepaid, whi
ch reminds one that a wedding
is a wedding, the world over, and
with the high as well as the low
ly. Among the problems that have
escaped the notice of the League
of Nations and legislators every
where :s the necessity for a safe
and sane wedding, so far as gifts
are concerned. Not a few cou
ples start life with six sugar
bowls, or four cocktail shakers
when neither of the contracting
parties drink, and as the mer
chandise is viewed, there arises
the sobering thought that the 2nd
payment on the house must be
met next month. It might be a
good plan for both donors and
recipients to lay aside false pride
and get right down to business
at the start. Why not announce
frankly that the ceremony will
be conducted on a five dollar cash
basis, for example. That would
save the guests a lot of running
around from store to store in the
hot sun, and would also relieve
the wedded pair of the necessity
for carrying a dozen smoking
stands as surplus stock, the pro
per article being brought down
from the attic when the well
meaning relative who supplied it
writes that he is coming for a
visit.
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Live And Thrive
Pribiloff
The following story, which ap
peared in the S. S. Victoria ship's
news, is a particularly intelligible
account of the habits and life of
the Fur Seal which inhab;t the
PribilofT Islands.
The Alaska Fur Seal (Callor
hinus Alascanus), which is found
exclusively on the Pribildf Is
land: n Bering Sea, although s;m
ilar in appearance, has certain
characteristics by which it is re
cogr.*.!ed o> naturalists a- dist
inct from t>,a seals inhabiting the
Russian and Japanese islands ly
ing near the coast of Asia.
They have a range peculiar to
themselves and are not associat
ed at any season of the year wilh
the other species of fur seals. It
is demarkable among large ani
mals for its highly gregarious and
polygamous nature and its habit
oi performing long migration. It
comes to land only in the sum
mer for the purpose of breeding
and rearing :ts young; the remain
der of the year is spent entirely
at sea. It is an animal of exceed
ingly strong instincts and rela
tively small intelligence. The dis
parity in size between the sexes
is very great, the adult male be
ing nearly, or quite, five times
as heavy as the female and thus
it results that seals of different
ages and sexes are different in
appearance and to some extent in
habit. The names by which the
different ages and classes of seals
have become known, therefore,
are somewhat peculiar. The breed
ing males are bulls, the females
are cows, while the young are
pups. The males just approach
ing full maturity are called half
bulls. while the young males are
termed bachelors. The breeding
ground is a rookery, and the place
resorted to by the bachelors is a
hauling ground.
Practically all of the individ
uals of the herd during some part
of the season from May to Dec
ember make the PribilofT Islands
their home. The winter and early
spring months are spent entirely
at sea. The migration route, in
general, is southward to the pass
es of the Aleutian Islands, then
east and southward along the
coast of Alaska, British Columbia,
and the United States, to the lat
itude of Southern California. The
adult males remain farthest nor
th, wintering south of the Aleut
ian chain and in the Gulf of Al
aska. The younger males go some
what farther south and the femal
es the farthest of all. Returning
from their winter resort, the seals
reach the islands in general ac
cording to their age, the older
animals first and the youngest
last. The adult males begin to
reach the PribilofT Islands about
May 1st, the adult females and
older bachelors arrive there main
ly in June, the two year olds us
ually in July and the yearlings
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in hte latter part of August and
early September.
On reaching the islands the old
bulls at once take their places on
the rookery ground, in many'cas
es. perhaps in most, choosing the
same spot occupied in former
years. They remain on their sel
ected places throughout the en
tire breeding season, without eat
ing. Once the place is chosen
they can scarcely be forced by
any means to forsake it and they
display the most extraordinary
courage and persistence in main
taining their position against the
assaults of their rivals, or the eff
orts of man.
During May and June the num
bers on the rookery increases,
each bull upon arriving taking
such place as he can obtain, some:
times by dispossessing another,
but as a rule, by selecting an un
ocupied spot. Thus the late com- j
ers settle about the ends or rear ,
of the breeding grounds.
i Shortly after the first of June !
1 the females of three years and ’
lover begin to arrive. Each is!
.pregnant and is impelled by her
| condition to seek a place to give
j birth to her pup. The females on ,
I arrival at once land and join a
bull and within a few days, some
1 times a few hours, they give bir- |
th. Each day other cows arrive j
and the harems grow rapidly. ^
;The arriving cows show a teno- .
ency to join the larger groups, 1
! and consequently there is an un- .
. even growth, some bulls secur
ing large harems and in the ear
|ly season, while others nearby,
| apparently equally as strong and i
vigorous, may still have no cows.
Early in the season, before the
arrival of the cows, there is some
display of rivalry among the
bulls and late arrivals attempting
to gain a place near the center
of the late arrivals attempting to
gin a place near the center of
the rockery are frequently sub
ject to the joint attacks of sev
eral bulls already in place. In.
i Continued on Page Three)
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