Word: alaska
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...paid Russia $7,200,000 for Alaska in 1867. In the first 40 years the Government made nearly one and one-half times that amount by leasing the privilege of killing seals on the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea, which are a part of Alaska. By then the herd of seals was sadly depleted, so the U. S. made a treaty with Japan, Great Britain and Russia which gave the U. S. exclusive rights to the Pribilof herd. Japan and Great Britain each got 15% of the skins for leaving the seals alone on their way to the islands...
Conductor of last week's auction was Ward T. Bower, chief of the Alaskan Division of the Bureau of Fisheries. Long an expert on the seal industry, he joined the Bureau in 1903, has since made twelve trips to Alaska to see how things were going. Proud of Alaska's seals, he wants no confusion between this fur-bearing variety (Callorhinus alascanus) and the common hair-seal. Alaska has 80% of the world's fur seals. Besides seals, the Pribilof Islands are well stocked with foxes. From these the U. S. gets another item of profit...
...from Samishiro Beach, Japan to Seattle. Many & many a prophet could say "I told you so." The orange monoplane was sighted through the rain by a steamer no mi. from the starting point. It was not seen again. Following night the captain of another steamer off the coast of Alaska thought he heard a plane overhead, but there was no further clue. Weather was bad. Neither Moyle nor Allen was an experienced long distance flyer or navigator. Their plane, named the Clasina Madge for the daughter of Backer John Buffelin, Tacoma lumberman, had failed twice before: once (as the City...
...Gerstle. A modest little man in a derby hat. Mr. Gerstle appears to be awaiting the news that the architects have not been able to keep inside the original estimates. Rich Mr. Gerstle is president of the San Francisco Art Association, also of Apollo Consolidated Mining Co. and of Alaska Commercial...
Bear's Brick. Bernard E. ("Sell 'Em Ben") Smith, member of the New York Stock Exchange, has the reputation of being the stormiest bear on the Floor. He makes a pet, however, of Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co.; whenever this issue is mentioned he becomes a beaming bull. Fortnight or so ago Bear Smith departed for a vacation, announced he would visit Alaska, inspect Juneau's plants. Last week he saw the mines, bought a souvenir. It was a $25,000 brick of solid gold, weighing nearly 100 pounds. "Brick No. 1,000" will probably be sent...