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Show SEA LION HUNTER HAS AN EXCITING BUSINESS j j ASTORIA', Ore., Aug. 19. "William - :fl M Hunter, known here as "king" of , I sea lion hunters recently collected $830 bounty from the Htate for 352 s?a lion scalps paid at the rate of S2.n0 each. Bounty Is paid on the rea lions H because they are considered the Pa- title const salmon's worst enemy They gather off the mouth of the Columbia 1 river here to prey on fish bound up- stream. Sea Hon hunting is dangerous, H Hunt -ays, and he tells of narrow 1 eScapes from angry bulls. Seals, he asserts are not as awkward as they appear, but can travel at a fast rate of speed. Recently one chased him ever the rocks, but was killed by Hunter's companion before It reached S him. Hunter works from a small launch whlld at' Sea. Much of his hunting is done on rocky beaches where seals congregate Ho learned his trade as B he ti rips U as a mountaineer huntins bear and deer in the Cascade moun- In addition to the government boun- mm ty Hunter Is paid l salmon cannery- Bfl men for destroying seals. Estimated on the 1919 pack the rate of the can- mm nery bounty would U about $2,000 foi i erj i sea I Ion i killed, H Sea lions destroy the fjsh by snap- fl ping off theii heads II Is said During j the salmofi - running seasons In the spring tons of the fish arc victims of the Sea Hon herds. Skin" of the sea lions are used ex-tenxively ex-tenxively in glove manufacturing Oils and fats also are products. Lm |