Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 10, 1920, Page 9

PERL SH FOR WORLD Srooklyn Mscun Recater Makes Big Claim for South American Country on Return from Southern Trip f (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK {By Mail).—-Peru's coast- al waters are teeming with enough fish to feed the world and her islands are all veritable bird sanctuaries, according to Robert Cushman Murphy,’curator of natural science of the Brooklyn mu- seum,/just returned from six months’ exploration in South America with 600 photographs and 10,000 feet of motion picture film. Mr. Murphy said that on one island he found “the most abundant seabird life on earth,”’ as many as 1,000,- 000 feathered creatures of a single species. ‘The fisheries of Peru, he said, are unorganized and, although fish are plen- tiful, ineluding. such edible varieties as the bonito, anchoyeta, pejerrey or smelt, the congril (somewhat like a cod), the flounder and coryena (comparable to the American salmon), Peruvians literally “go hungry” because of their scarcity and high price inland due to the prob: lems of icing and transportation. A few miles off the coast, the re- turned explorer said, he let down a net and drew it out of the sea filled with four varieties of the most delicious edible crabs, These crustaceans, he id, would furnish the basis for a big canning industry both for home and for. cign consumption, vast quantities of such seafood now being annually import- ed by the United States from Japan. The “wonderful fish and bird life’ of Peru, Mr. Murphy attributed to the Humboldt current, a cold body of oceanic water which flows along 1,800 miles of the coast. He made many ob- servations of this current, he said, fol- lowing those of Alexander Agassiz and Dr. Robert F. Coker of the United States fish commission, pioneers in such work. A'though Pery's proximity to the equator, he said ,would cause one to suppose that it might have a tempera- ture like that of Florida, its actual tem- perature was more like that of Boston. The result of the interesting correla- tion between the Humboldt current and the abundance of fish and bird life, he said, he has covered in more than 500 pages of data./ He also brot with him sixteen cases and crates, in many of which are specimens of curious marine and feathered creatures. Mr. Murphy called attention to the guano or fertilizer deposits of Peru, which, he said, may be doubled by the conservation methods devised by Fran- cisco Ballen, a Peruvian, who’ he de- seribed as “one of the most far-sighted and able economists in the world.” furtherance of Mr. Ballenis plans, ,the explorer said, he advocated increasing the breeding area of the guano produc: ing birds, at present confined to fifteen islands, the largest of which are the Chinehi and Lobos, and where deposits of fertilizer 150 feet in thickness have been found. The value of the guano deposits, he said, was also due to the action of the Humboldt current, the cold winds from which, blowing over the arid land, pre- served the fertilizing qualities of the bird lime. Mr. Murphy, whose work was nide@d by the Peruvian government, said the islands. might be enlarged by dyna- miting the cliffs into the sea. He also urged the stoppage of guano gathering during the “courtship” of the birds. The «guano, he said, is dug by natives in the interior of the islands and carried in small railway cars to the coast where it is put aboard ships. Exportation of the fertilizer, he said, was being held up on account of high ocean freight rates, The guano birds were enumerated by Mr. Murphy as the white-breasted cor- morant (commercial worth $15 a pair in Lima); the pelican and two species of gannet. By actual computation of the nests of some of these birds per meter on one of the islands he estimated that more than 1,000,000 of that one species inhabited it, Mr. Murphy said the ancient Incas of Peru highly prized the Buano birds and penalized with death anyone who killed one. Many of the motion picture films he brot back, he said, showed the life history of the sea- pirds as well as ithe native fisheries and the guano industry. In the period from 1840 to 1908, Mr. Murphy said, many of the birds were killed off and it is only in recent years that efforts have been made to conserve this important resource of Peru. Presi- dent Leguia, and other prominent men, he said ,have encouraged foreign scien- tifle men to visit Peru for the purpose of ascertaining the best conservation methods, A steam trawler and two launches were placed at Mr. Murphy's disposal upon his arrival at Lima, and from these he conducted his researches and experiments. Guano, he said, is the best fertilizer known for sugar cane and before” the war vast quantities of it were shipped to the United States thru Charleston, 8. C. Peru herself, he said, is now utilizing the fertilizer not ouly for growing sugar cane but for rice and cotton, Ocean fréight rates, Mr. Murphy said, might be affected by the competition which has sprung up since the close of the war. Within the dast six months, ho said, eight or nine steamship lines— Dutch, French, Italian, British ‘and American—are now stopping at Peru- vian ports. As an instance of recent {reight costs, Mr: Murphy cited the case of a Curtiss airplane occupying a crate not much larger than would be re- quired for an automobile and upon which the charges were $900. Mr. Murphy, who is 34 years old and ® graduate of Brown university, is @ director of the Explorers’ club. His ex- vedition to Peru wag aided ‘financially bis the American Museum of Natural mbites and the American Geographical society. a ee ‘ THE BOOMS THAT BLOOM iN THE SPRING—Some recent “nominations” for president remind us that the leas there's In a drum the Jouder the hoom. —Boston American. ej CONTAIN ENOUGH sarares rae wma GUN IN DISPUTE QVER RIGHT TO USE HIGHWAY CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 10--0he| old question of the right-of-way—wheth« wr long continued usage of a pathway | veross land establishes such a pathway 18 a public highway—is alleged by 1.| S. Doggett, a northern Laramie coun: | ty ranchman, to have nearly caused. a tragedy, with himself tm tho star role of victim, at his ranch a few days ago,, when David Kingsley, 14, son of Jay! Kingsley, a neighbor of Doggett insist-! ed on using an old road across Dog-! sett’s land which the latter had closed. The ensuing controversy Doggett testi-| fied In Justice court here Tuesday inci-) lental to his effort to have young King- sley convicted of felonious assault ter. ninated with his abrupt retreat when| the Kingsley boy resorted to use of arms and opened fire on him with a} .22-calibre, high-power repeoting rifle. Young Kingsley admitted the correct- ness of a portion of Doggett's testi- mony, but denied that he had done any shooting, a contention which was substantiated by the evidence of Bebee Youngblood, another boy, who had wit- nessed the quarrel from afar. Justice Edwards found young King- sley not guilty, but warned the boy to be more careful with fire arms in the future. “If you have a gun you can’t trust,” said the court, “I advise you to trade f off for a dog., If you have no use for the dog, kill it. A dead dog will hot get you into trouble.” STATE AND UNCLE SAM TOAD JNCKSON BRIDGE KEMMERER, Wyo., Mar. 10.—The town of Jackson soon may be relieved from the embarrassment occasioned by the fact tht the Snake River moved after an expensive bridge had been con- structed to carry the highway connect- ing the town with the “outside world,” leaving the bridge high and dry and Jackson dependent on a ferry in its travel to and from the railroad in Idaho. The problem of financing a new’ bridge, long a bone of controversy be- tween the state, federal and county) governments, is approaching settlement | in a tri-partite plan, The state has agreed to provide $50,000 of the $200,- 000 needed, the county to provide $20,- 000 and the federal government to pro- yide $70,000" All that now stands be- tween Jackson and accomplishment of its desire for a new bridge is the re- maining $60,000. ao tS “Seo FINANCIAL TEST—Willy. I won- der ba much money there is in the ‘World. : 2 Gilly. Try. to borrow a quarter and you'll find out.—Houston Post. MANISNEAR — |, DEATH FROM | POISON DOSE | JACKSO: March When Walter Kateh swallowed a three-grain capsule of strychnine, having mistaken it for quinine) he was at an isolated cabin on Crystal creek, 35 miles from this place and with the intervening country almost impassable because of snow. Con- Mecting the cabin with Jackson is a telephone Ji however, and this saved Kate life. Ie called’ up Dr, Huff here and the physician pre- }| seribed homely antidotes which Proved successful. Katch was in great distress for three hours and during that period the physician was Mmost constantly on the ‘phone. The strychnine had been purchased for use in poisoning coyotes. SUITCASE CARRIED INTO COURT BY OFFICER FOUND TO CONTAIN GRINDSTONE NEWCASTLE, Wyo., Mar. 10.— !," said the village constable of Newcastle when he observed Sam Riley toting a suit case so heavy that Sam's southeast ‘shoulder sagged under the strain of the load. “Ahat,’" repeated the constable, after maneuvering into a strategic position from which he could scent Sam's breath, the aroma of which suggested that the suit case was not the only load Sam was carrying. > “Ahal,” said the constable a third time, adding, “You're pinched,” or words to that effect, as he took Sam into custody on the assumption that the hefty suit case’s heft was Zonal by contraband liquor, ‘ Sam protested mildly, but pérmitted | the officer to take charge of the suit} case and carry it to headquarters, where it was expectantly opened. Inside was one perfectly good grind- stone—only that and nothing more. The constable’s sense of the fitness of things was so outraged, however, that he preferred a charge of “drunk” against Sam and it cost the latter $35 and costs to square the account with the village court. ae THE LIGHT IN THE WINDOW— The transport had entered New York harbor. On board was one lone colored soldier among the homeward bound. As the ship passed the Statue of Lib- erty there was absolute silence, when suddenly the dusky doughboy broke the quiet by remarking: ‘But your lght down honey, I'se home,."—'The Ameri- can Legion Weekly. Sheridan road, in Johnson county ndviss engineer at the time ‘NE, March 10.—Owing encountered in’ the securing the rigth-ofwayt for the Caspor be. tween Puffilo and Kaytee, officials of the state highway, department are con- sidering an alternate location for this road. The right-of-way div way- department tion ‘a few da ceived In this « superintendent to bu route se ion of the high. investigated this see- and reports re- > office of the ate that it may be 1 this road over the ated by IGASPER-SHERIDAN ROAD COMMISSIONER 10 HAVE OFFICE IN CHEYENNE ROUTE MAY BE CHANGED, camer woe: CHEYENNE, Wy © prohibition commissioner Mar, 40.—The 1 L. Donley, fed- for Wyoming, will be in the new City and] ts County Building here, the féderal gov- ernment having rented the offices in this building intended for the county and prosecuting attorney. ter’s offices will be Hynds building. plotldcabRRL TERS EN FIRST PROOFS ON U. S. LANDS The lat- maintained in the AT NEWCASTLE NEWCASTLE, Wyo., Mar. 10—The first final proofs on homesteads Issued ice locating! by the Innd office here, which recently the survey was! Was moved from Sundance, are those made, on the claims of Jim Marto and Pete It is understood. that all right-of-way | Perino; Cambria miners. ‘The Cambria- wil be donated along the alternate route| ites were waiting for the land office and the'state highway commission does .to open when the traosfer of the records not te 1 upon to ¥ for rights-| f Sundance was completed, destring of-way {ol te highways mee Natta TEACHERS GET $15 RAISE IN LARAMIE CO. jis: CHEYENNE, Wyo. While the problem of living them by y solved for development, — rural county the school teachers of Laramie neyertheless are duly grateful for an increase of $15.00 a month in salary, meeting here of the Lara School District associatior neet- ing resulted from a warning by Coun- ty Superintendent Etta Dobbyn that unless the pay of rural teachers were increased many schools would be rless next fall BUFFALO VAGCINATED TO SAVE STATE HERD maintnined on the industrial institute farm near here, are sore but safe, as the result of application to them of methods for preventing hemorrhagic septicemia, which had been found suc-| The eight | cessful with domestic stock. head were vaccinated against the disease after one of-the herd had de- veloped the malady. The sick animal died and there was one other loss, a! calf breaking its neck during its stren- uous Struggle to avoid vaccination, | pas Neucdnien Ca apie A SAGE THOUGHT—Doe Steinmetz Says we can send a message to Mars for a billion dollars, lect?—Peoria. Why not send it col- ‘ranseript. fe Don’t Increase The High Cost of Living by spending your shrunken dollar, and risking your health, for doubtful baking powder when you can now get DR. PRICE’S Baking: Powder At about half t he former cost. WORLAND, Wyo., Mar, 10,—Right head of buffalo, owned by the state and! the distinction of being the first to do business at the new stand, eae GOING UP. uther of the Family | re FORMER NAVY AND ARMY Harvey J. Smith and James Stevens ,two Casper | . leave soon4 for 4 cruise in the navy. Smith is a finery for a number of years, ! | Power Company as electrician since his Hampton Roads, Va, PL Jleave tonight for Denyer, where will receive the final examination entrance to/the service. MEN REENTER SERVICE, former navy man, having served in that branch of the service during the! world war on one of the ships of the Auidntic fleet Stevens is army man and } i a boiler maker. He has heen for the last I PORT N boiler maker by the Midwest re NOTICE We thought some one might have for- Smith was an electrician in the noval | rvice ani nas been with the Natrona lease from the navy. He is re-enlist- | ing as an electrician for a course of gotten that we write training in the machinist mates’ Steer Aad tbe school at the naval operating base, all varieties of insur- Both boys will ance, a BLACK CAPSULES \NTEN'S nec oR 109 W IS" ST. PHONE 74 W You girls are your dresses! Plane of conv ion, Waughters—Surely, papa, zoing to talk about hats. N Ww ow talking about ‘ou find a higher re Pele-Mele BARGAIN IN USED CARS 1 Four - passenger Hudson Speedster, two extra tires. | Thres-passenger Hudson closed Coupe, wire wheels. 1 Five-passenger Dodge. 2 Two-ton Diamond T trucks. 2 Three and one-half ton Diamond T trucks. 1 FWD. 1 Five-passenger Chalmers. All the above in good run- ning shape and tires in A number | shape. Will sell on time or trade for real estate. —SEE— R. N. VanSant ‘Henning Hofel Casper, Wyo: Now. produced with pure phosphate, making possible this remarkable reduction in price. A name famous for 60 years assures quality and dependability. NEW PRICES 25c for 12 oz. 15c for.6 oz. 10c for 4 oz. FULL WEI GHT CANS _ The Price is Right Free Be Alum—Leaves No Bitter Taste—Always Witsoe Phone 1127-R Stahl "he Tailor Announcement We are now located at School and Walnut Streets. call for and deliver your Cleaning, Phone and we will Pressing and Repairing on short no- tice. 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