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2 DAILY RECORD-UNION TUESDAY- FEBRUABY 24, 1891 Weather Forecast. Forecast till 8 P. m. Tuesday—For Nevada and Northern California: Kains, turning to enow In the mountains, except fcllr weather at Kecler. SAVE THE FISH COMMISSION*. The Assembly Committee on Commis sions is making mistakes in its recom mendations for the abolition of certain commissions. For instance, it recom mends the partial maintenance of the Mining Bureau, which can be dispensed ■with without injury to the State, while it advises the destruction of the Board of Forestry and the Fish Commission. The Board of Forestry may not have accom plished all that it should, but sooner or later this State must make the preserva tion of its forests one of the chief of its vital concerns. But of that subject more hereafter—just now the voice of warning must be lifted against tho monace to the Fish Commission. We look upon that body as one of the most useful and economic institutions of the State. When the United States Gov ernment sent Livingston Stone to estab lish the hatchery upon the McClond River, the people of this State were awakened to tho immeuso importance of cheap food production by the artificial propagation of food fishes. Tho streams of tho State were even then failing in their fish supply, and it was realized that In a very few years the run of salmon ■would entirely cease under the conditions prevailing, and that have prevailed ever since. The State, thereupon erected a commis sion, and began the importation and propagation of iish for planting in our streams and lakes. That the scheme has been a success the Assembly committee appears to be ignorant of wholly. The stocking of our streams with fish unknown to them a few years ago, and the preservation of the native species, has given the people a cheap and excellent food, a condition of which Mai thus took no account when he calculated the period when men would be unable to exist for want of sufficient nourishment. Except for what has been done by our Fish Commission, no salmon would to day run in the chief streams of the State. Not only were they being driven off by pollution of the waters, but the piracy of alien fishermen was sufficient to kill off the industry of fish taking. The reckless erection of obstructions in the rivers and their tributaries prevented the ascent of the fish to spawning grounds, and with out the Fish Commission these obstruc tions would have multiplied and no fish ladders have been constructed about those already built. In the Bay of San Francisco small fry was tiiken so freely, recklessly and im providently, that the fear was justified that fishing of all sorts in those waters would cease. The piracy of fisherman ■was such that the laws of closed seasons were wholly disregarded, and even wh»n the comnii.ssii -i put out patrol boats the guards were fired upon, resisted and some times defeated. No ono had dared to prosecute the pirates. They ruled the rivers as absolutely as ever Captain Kidd did the high seas. It was, until recently, impossible to en force the laws for the protection of fish ing interests; county officers would not make arrests; township officers feared to do so; magistrates, courts and jurors and even Legislatures were terrorized, and the fishermen went on killing the goose that laid the golden egg. Even witli all that has been done, the Legislature is told by the United States Fish Commission, oper ating in this State, that unless the Legis lature takes further action in the matter of propagating and protecting our food fishes, they will in a few years become extinct, such are the remorseless assaults made upon them. The United States, says Superintendent Williams of the McCloud Hatchery, is laboring on fish interests there, almost wholly for the State, and he asks if the State is going to re fuse its aid to the Federal Government in so beneficent a work in the interest of California. The use of illegal nets, the parboiling of fish in unguarded irrigation ditches into which they run, the illegal nettiug, the defiance of the closed season laws, the Influences exerted to defeat legisla tion heretofore regarding proper closed season periods, the use of destructive ex plosives to kill iish, the illegal seining, and a score of other evils, have operated and will operate to destroy our food fishes, if the State withdraws its commis sion and withholds liberal aid from it. The State has two hatcheries now and needs more, but the proposition of the Assembly committee is to abandon what we have, though there is a vague recom mendation about maintaining ono of them, but by whom we are not informed. The Government of the United States gives us annually several millions or eyed salmon eggs, but we are to coolly inform it that we want no more, as we will dispense with the necessary agency to receive them. The trout hatchery at Lake Tahoe is stocking our lakes and 6treams with trout, but we are told that it is wise to cease the work and abandon the property we have there. Black bass, one of the gamest of fishes, and of great service in destroying fish enemies, v> c have just begun to benefit by, but the Assembly committee pro poses to abandon tho commission that is promoting the culture of this valuable food fish. More than a hundred streams and twenty lakes have been stocked in part with food fishes, and arrangements made to protect the plant and complete tho work, but the Assembly committee proposes to abandon it all and trust to the District Attorneys and the terrors of bills enacted by the Legislature, to pro tect these streams from pirates and other law breakers. It is agreed on all sides that a hatchery is needed very near to the Bay of San Francisco to save transportation from long distances and at heavy cost and loss of young flsh; but we are threatened with oi *ivl<->innpnt of the idea, and tfte trans- fer of the bay fishing to the free lance Chinese and other conscienceless fishers who will soon deplete those waters. This hatchery near San Francisco would cost but $1,200, but the State of California is j pronounced too poor to erect it, and thus forward the work of multiplying the food of the poor. Dr. Kigenmaun tells us wo have but a limited variety of food fishes in Califor nia, and thai that supply will become ex | tinct unless guarded by State appointed I agents, is the testimony of nil familiar ,v, itli the facts. We ;iro convinced that the most misdireded economy to which ■ this Legislature could possibly commit j itself would be the abandonment of the Fish Commission, which has also done much to pfotßote and protect game inter ests. The idea of dismissing the guardi ans of our fisheries and substituting rewards to stimulate Constables to enforce the fish -laws, is little short of idiotic. ! Such an idea too much exalts the opinion j of the country Constable and greatly un- I derestimatos the wholesome tear he has | of the predatory rascals who nike the j bays and streams and snap their fingers ! at tiie laws. The idea that merely passing bills is going to protect the fishery interests of California and that rewards* will stimu late suburban officials to constitute them selves guardians oi'the streams is assinine. Tho intelligence of which the idea was bum probably is as ignorant of theiin j mense value of the fish interests of Cali- I forma, and the ind'iilerencc to them of county officials, as of tho canals of Mars. To maintain the museum of mining specimens, dried South American In dians, stuffed birds and snakes, the bones ofUrazilian apes and the plaster and wood designs of tunnel and shaft delving | in the bowels of the earth, at the expense i of the fisheries of California, is an idea j too stupendously stupid to be grasped jby intelligences which believe a Slate is ! poor indeed, that abandons the cheapest, I freest, and one of the most inviting of her food supplies. Let people who havo knowledge of tho i value of our fishery and game interests J ! and who realize the economy of expend- I ! ing a decent sum of money to protect and j ! promote them, protest loudly and em phatically against the proposition of the Assembly Committee. Tho commission, instead of boing abandoned, ought to be j I strengthened, given greater authority j concerning game preservation, nioio ; money and more helpers, together With I a commendatory slap upon the shoulder, j with the request to "continue in well doing." THE CLOSED SEASON Yuli SALMON". Klsowhero in this issue of the Kkcord- Uxion* we print a paper on the salmon of the Sacramento River, which in a trench ant manner presents the whole question of the closed seasons for that fish. Wo invite especial attention to the paper. An effort is now being made to have the closed season for salmon enlarged. It is now from the 30th of August to the Ist of October. The Fish Commission say that it should prevail from the Ist of August to the first day of October. A bill to effect the necessary change was introduced in the Legislature and should have prevailed as drawn. It has been shorn of half its virtue on a com promise that may well be supposed to havo been of the half-loaf order. IJnt even the poor remainder is begrudged the people by the insatiable fisherman; What tho Fish Commissioners recom mend in their report should outweigh any and all objections and compromises ottered by tho camicry men. These can ners are really not to be considered in tho matter, because their interests are not common with those of the State. The prime purpose of propagating food fishes and stocking our rivers and lakes with them is to provide cheap food supplies. So far a.s any surplus is concerned it uiav be permitted to be taken for commercial purposes. Really the canners are at en mity with the State, for the reason that that they want the closed season confined to the month of September, while the- preservation of the fish demand that the season should prevail during the months Of August and September. If the canners are to have their way the most industrious labor of the State in propagating salmon will come to naught. We have the authority of the United States Fish Commission for the state ment, that unless more salmon reach the clear waters of the McCloud River during September, due allowance of time for the fish to ascend the Sacramento being made, than have arrived there during tho past two years, the salmon industry will be destroyed. Superintendent Williams, of the United States Commission, which is furnishing this State gratuitously with salmon for stocking, declares that the closed season must be placed back in August and in September al3o, or the salmon will eeaso to inhabit the waters of this State. A few years ago the canning interests secured the passago of the present law, and the result has been disastrous. The canning men object to the repeal of this law upon the ground that it will throw a great many men out ol employment for two months in the year. But suppose it does : if the old season is not restored the men will be thrown out of the vocation of salmon-fishing altogether. Which is better—that they shall withhold their hands for two months or go out of the business? The Senate bill which treats of tho subject is a compromise and makes August alone the closed season. It is not creditable to the State that any compro mise should have been made. What tho State and the United States officers recommend in their official reports should be the guide for the Legis lature, since it would be the bight of ab surdity to take as against them the stories of the fishermen, who care for the present only, while the Stato's work in propagat ing the salmon and stocking the rivers is for all time. But even the month of August the fishermen and canners object to; they de sire the law to stand as it is—a law they frightened a former Legislature into pass- SACBAMEXTO DAILY BECOBD-UKIOy, TUESDAY, FEBBITARY 24, 1891.—SIX PAGES. ing. Two years ago the United States hatchery could furnish the State with but 800,000 salmon eggs, where formerly it could supply California with 10,000,000 and 12,000,000, and the Legislature is au thoritatively informed that the falling off is due to the remorseless assaults of tho fishermen with their nets in the lower Sacramento. The question now is. Who owns the fish in the streams—tb« eauners and fisher men or the State; the pirates or the peo i pic ? The Legislature is to decide the matter. One of Its houses has conceded a : mouth out of the ]>erlod that should be a closed season, and it remains to be seen if even the poor remainder can be secured for the people. It is simply amazing that the State and Federal commissions should be so little respected by the Legislature, and that their recommendations, which are wholly unselfish and can have behind them no motive not knit into public in terest, should be treated so cavalierly. THE VISIT OF TIIE PRESIDENT. The President of the United States is to visit California soon. A proposition to invite him to spend a day in the Capital ! City has met with the suggestion that it is too soon to extend the invitation; that it is better policy to wait until nearer the date of his departure for the coast, | when tho progrr.mmo of the movements of the party will be determined. This objection is not well taken; tho j very reason offered for delay is the very best of all reasons for forwarding the in vitation at once. Tf Sacramento waits, the programme will be filled and the President will respond only with re grets. When President ILiyos came to the coast the people of a city of a neighboring Torri ! torydesk-ed toinvitc him to visit them. Tho same objection was raised when the con templated visit was announced, that is now advanced here. It prevailed, but the Chief Justice of tho Territory who was more far-seeing than his fellow citi zens, acted of his own notion, and for warded a courteous-- and earnest inviin j tion. The result w:is, that when the I President arrived upon tho coast lie visited tho city inferred to, and among Use first to meet him was the Chief Jus tice. Said President Hayes to him, biking out his pocket-diary, "Judge, yours was | the first invitation our party received. I resolved that it should be accepted if no others wore, and here we aro to see your city and learn of your Territory. Down ! here at the foot of the list uro notes, you will see, of fifty other invitations for ' which there can bo no dates, much to our regret, but our time is tilled up." This little story tells its own moral. Tho first to forward invitations will bo the first in all probability to receive re plies of acceptance. We trust that Mayor Comstock will not take the advice given him, but as tho chief official of the Capital City invite the President of the United States and his party, in the name of the city, and that he will send on the invita tion within the hour. It is eminently lilting that the President, the second who j lias ever visited tho coast, should receive his first invitation to visit tho sections of California, from the Capital City of tho State. Here he will be met in the State's Capital by tiie State's Governor after ho shall have been welcomed and received by the city's official head. Tho reasons, therefore, why Mayor Comstock should act promptly are dual, and it is to be hoped that ho will have tha resoluteness to act now and not wait until tho other cities of California shall have filled up tho President's programme. If it shall turn out that the expected guest cannot respond with positiveness, since he is to come as the guest of Senator Stanford, nevertheless the duty that is incumbent upon the Capital City will have l>een discharged promptly. To bo laggard in the matter will bo discreditable to us. Axoostit.a Bittkkk cures oolic, fever and ague and indigestion. The genuine manufactured only by Dr. J. G. B. Sieeert A Sons. " * Special Jtoticcft. OR HIGH OR LOW, or rioli or poor,"" None would foul teetli or breath endure, If they hut knew bow sure and swiit Was SOZOTJOXT, that priceteM gift, In giving beauty, lift- and tone To every churm the mouth can own. SAMPLE ROOMS, 1014 Sixth street, be tween J and K. Fine Wines, Liquors and Ci gars. JACOB KEARTH, Proprietor. nl4-tr PAIXLESS EXTRACTION OF TEETH, by nso of local anfstlietic. DR. WELDON deiitint, Eighth and J streets. je22-tf ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS J\_ agaiu.<t Mrs. M. Footo will please present tnein to F. E. Footc, ut the office of Braaie it Tayior. southeast corner J and Seventh streets. on WEDNESDAY, February 25, 1891, be i fore ;■$ v. M. v* THE KING'S DAUGHTERS'" -\\TILL GIVE AN ORANGE ENTERTAIN \V ment in the OoafregaUonal Ciiurch TUESDAY EVENING.Fe-i.runry 24th. Music, Readings, Tableaux, Orange Refreshments. Admission, 25 cents. "Lend a hand." fe<H-lt "auction sXiJeT" FORTY ROOMS ioUSEIIOLD FURNITURE WE WII.I. SELL OX TirUKSDAY, IKBRUARY 20, 1891, At 10:30 o'clock ou the premises, I2*o Third Street, bctwesn L and M, F)RTY ROOMS OF FURNITURE, 20 Bedroom Sets, Carpets, Piano, Side boards, Wardrobes, Comforters. Bedding Stoves, Safos, Crockery, etc. «»~Snle positive. D. J. SIMMONS & CO., Auctioneers. Office, 1005 Fourth street. fe24-.lt CITY BREWERY, FRA2JK EUIISTAXU:K, Proprietor, Corner Twelfth and H Streets. /GENUINE LA^ER BEER AND PORTER. VJT fe;4-U For Old and Young. I'ntt'B 1.1 vor Pina act an kindly on tb< child, ttiedollrato rentals or Inrirni •Id age, aa upon ttie Ti(;oror.H niau. tlrefonotothe weak .Joraarh, bow •!■, kidneys and bladder. To theM t"-g»ut their tlrent'.h(nio( qnalltlei •re » ouderf r.I. «*nilae tta«m to pox* form their ruuctlo&s aa In jroullu Sold Everywhere. Office, 30 & 41 Park Place, X. V Cordovan Shoes. We have just received two lines of Men's Cordovan Shoes, made with the popular St. Louis toe and tip. Cor dovan is a very tough leather, with an exceedingly fine grain, and it is not only esteemed for its splendid wear ing qualities, but because it admits of a brilliant polish. Cordovan Shoes are generally sold at a higher price, but why pay it when we sell you the latest shapes in lace or gaiter styles for $5 a pair? The Railroad Shoe, $3. Another invoice of our celebrated Railroad Shoes at $3 has come in to fill up the gap made by a heavy trade. These goods possess such merits that every pair that goes out is a self-advertiser. One man recommends them to his friend; he, in turn, buys a pair, tests their goodness, and continues their indorsement. And so the trade waxes warm. Our Railroad Shoe is made with broad Scotch edge soles of triple thickness. They will not rip off, be cause they are lock-stitched as well as screw-fastened. We have them in hook and lace as well as gaiter styles. Pj ice, $3. Fancy "Onyx" Hose. The manufacturers of the "ONYX" Black Hose have had such success with their all-black hose that they have turned their attention to the production of other lines. One of these lines is a fine Cotton Hose with black ankles and tops of colored graduated stripes. The styles are very pretty, and of course the colors are permanent. Price, 50 cents a pair. Oxidized Silver Hair Combs, trimmed with pearls, in fancy shapes, for 25 cents. HALE BROS. & CO., Nos. 825, 827, 829, 831, 833, 835 X St., and 1026 Ninth St., One Week More! One Week More! ONE WEEK MORE I One Week More! One Week More! ONE WEEK MORE! One Week More! . One Week More! ONE WEEK MORE! ■ One Week More!' One Week More! ONE WEEK MORE! One Week More! One Week More ! ONE WEEK MORE! One Week More! ' . One Week More! ONE WEEK MORE! One Week More! . One Week More! ON L V O F #* GRAND •* Annual # Clearance *> Sale OF BOOTS AND SHOES. LAVENSON'S Fifth and J Streets, The Largest and Most Reliable Boot and Shoe House in Sacramento. gt. g. g*wt« Sc ffix*. \lrn\Tn'E v'nE vTTT TATTrr^MT^TAAT The NEW PROCESS VAPOR STOVE, VV UiMJh/Kr 1 L I\V hl\ lON. tliemost remarkable invention of this ... " l *^ Ay Ai* * m»iiuit< dnyaiulj^e. A stove that cooksameal wu&out attention. JNo danger, uo smell, no heat. A child can use it. Absolutely safe. TVo aro Agents for the al>ove Stove. Call aud see It. L. L. LEWKn & CO., 502 and 504 j st. and iooq Fifth st, Sacramento. LAST WEEK! LASTWEEK! IN WHICH TO BUY GOODS At Our Reduced Prices. This does not .Tican odds and ends; on the contrary, it means STAPLE and SEASONABLE* GOODS, such as Ladies" and Infants' Muslin Wear, Infants' Coats and Bonnets, Ladies' and Children's Silk, Wool and Cotton Hose, Feathers and all Dress Trimmings, Fine Emby and Duchess Lace Handkerchiefs. Hand -sewed Silk Scarfs, Hand-painted Gauze Fans, Buttons, Chatelaines, Purses, Collars, Skirts, Yarns, Etc. Remember This is Positively the Last Week to Buy at the Reduced Prices. MT. I. OPiTM, 6GO J St., (Sue- eessor to McKini <fe Ortli). THE WORLD'S~BEST] For Simplicity, Safety and Light, THIEBEN'S LAMP Is so far ahead of all others that all we have to do is set it beside any other Lamp made and it will sell itself. In order to put our Lamp on the market for a short ti.tne we will sell it at the same (£* O price as all the cheaper Lamps are sold, at $2. - - - Q) £_ REMEMBER, every lamp is sold with a guarantee, and, if not satisfactory, money is refunded. Call and see our very latest NOVELTIES in GLASSWARE. For Cheap Prices and the Newest Goods, we lead them all. JOS. THIEBEN CROCKERY CO., NO. 518 J STREET. $10—NO. 7 COOK STOVE—SIO~ We ofler you the largest Cook Stove, with the largest and best oven to be found in the State, for £io. Come and see it Every one warranted. New price-list free on application. ROOFING, PLUMBING 'AND GENERAL JOBBING iiKi!Wi«i:unn:nMui!.i:iraiiii;, I OHijPs.MißHiß.Linsr & oo. 3 ei3 :&£ stx^t. 1 glmuegmcntg, (Stc. METROPOLITAN THEATER. CHAS. P. HALL. Proprietor and Manager House Crowded ! Great Success! To-night, Tuesday, February 24th. X.AST KIGHT! LAST NIGHT! The Reignini; Fuvoritr-s, GOODYEAR, ELITCH & SCHILLINGS IVniNJSTREL-S! Everything New—Costumes, .scenery, Souprs, Jokes, Dances—Ten thousand dollars in s"'" freons wardrobes and draperies for the gresi lirst part. The Only Original CHARLES W. GOODYEAR; the ifnique Artist, CHARLES E. SCHILLING; the <jrent N<uro Uelineator, GEOBGK H. EDWARbK and a host of other First-lass i'/omediuns. Dancers, Sinpers, etc. I'RXCES— 00 cents ond §I—no higher. Heats on sale all day. feaMt SKATING At Old Pavilion. T7VEIIY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. _Ci Mu:Uc every Wednesday and Saturday Evening. G. H. STAUFF, Proprietor. nl 2am DANCING CLASSES AT TUR- a ncr Hatl.—Gentlemen's Class, JJUv Monday at 7:30 p.m. Ladies? aad fcS-j Gentlemen's Class, Tuesdays, 7:30 i 3fSrr p.m. Ladies* Class, Fri'lay 3p. M. £?&e± Ijidles' and Gentlenien's Class for ff£/jg» new b'ginners, Friday, at 7:30 )fT(S9l*\ p.m. Childi^en's Class, Saturdays, ,^~-iij««», at 1:30 r M. Private Lessons at all i^iijtafc hours. JONES. PISCH A WATSON. -^'i»»^r- raLfERTSOMCO., 1008 and 1010 Second St., Dealers a.ttd Importers of Fine Fines, Lips and Offal's. Special Inducements Offered to the Trade. "GOLD CRaWF AND_'»I'ORN" WHISKIES FRESH ARRIVAL OF KEY WEST CIGARS. Telephone 87. P. O. Box 33. fe2l-tf Mrs. j. 1 mm Has Returned to San Francisco. fel-2plm« ~S** BUYS~^A CORD~ f\F OLD LUMBER WOOI>. GET YOUR \J winter supply vow ul UiO C. O. D. YARI;, ■Fourth *&d X utrteu. I 3^?i cliott!^ AVJCXIOISI SALE OF ONE HUNDRED HEAD OF HORSES, on SATURDAY, February 28, IS9I. lii'tl <t Co.,auctioneers, will sell, on the premi ses, Twenty-eighth and J streets, by order of the Central Street Railroad Company, sale to commence nt 1 o'clock i\ K. sharp: 6ne hun dred hcail of Fine Toung Work Horses; all well broke; welsh from <JO(J to 1,200 pounds eiich. Also, 100 Sets of Doubles Harness, Double and StiiKic Trees, Halters, HlankeU, Whips, Wagons, Carts, and all to be sold without re serve. Term* of sale: Six months' time witli good security, or 5 per cent, discount for ensh. N. B.—The electric road being now in opera tion and a grand success, the above company have no farther use for horses or for harness. Sale positive, rain or shine. BELL <fe CO., Auctioneers. fe2?-td W. H, SHERBfILFRN, AUCTIONEER, 333 X STREET, - - SACRAMENTO. I have the Largest Stock of SECOND-HAND -:- FURNITURE In Sacramento. Also a fine lino of NEW CARPETS, Crocker)' and Glassware, Which I will sell less than any house In Northern California. Try mo for prices, as I will not be undersold. ALSO AGENT FOR AMERICAN FIRE INSURANCE COMHNY OF SEW YOKK._ BELL, & CO., Auctioneers and Commissioo Merchant^ 100f>-1011 3 Street. Regular Salesflay3 - - - Weime^aays aal samrJays Capital" pbmsiacs, DHder Capital Hotel, cor. Seventh mi l sis. J. S. O'CALLAGHAJX, Proprietor, AGENT FOR FRENCH TANSY WAFERS. . for the relief and cure of painful ana irregular menses. They are safe and sure. A SURE CURE FOR THE LIQUOR AND OPIUM HABITS. Tlit.- Bust India cure foe these habits can be given without patient'M knowledge, and is the only known specific tot the purpose. Nox In-hkiocs. fel7-tf GUTHRIE BROS 7 PRACTICAL PLUMBERS, STEAM AND Gas Fitters. Rooting and Jobbing. Taring reasonable. IS7 J Street.