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This siciiatera is an evenrtntfld
From the Portland Oregonian.l
The sails of the fishing fleet again dot
the broad mouth of the Columbia, and
from now until August 12 one of the
prettiest spectacles on the lower reaches
of the great river will be the trim little
boats, each with its flat spritsail, its
two or three men, and its canvas-covered
nets slashing the water, on its
way to or from the fishing grounds.
The boats used by the Columbia river
fishermen are, like the fishing craft of
every country, the result of an evolu
tion which has gradually fitted them
exactly for the service in which they
are engaged. They are all of the same
general plan, sharp at both ends, hollow
bowed, built to ride waves like sea
gulls, and to increase in buoyancy as
their cargo weighs them down into the
water. They carry a spritsail which
can be shortened merely by unshipping
the sprit, and taken in entirely at a
moment's notice. This is necessary, for
the winds that blow at the mouth of
the Columbia are subject to violent in
creases on short notice, and the fisher
man must be able to get his craft under
bare poles in the nick of time or capsize-
and struggle in a water-logged
boat until help arrives.
As long as the weather is pleasant the
life of the salmon seeker i3 tolerably
enjoyable, as such lives go. He is in
the open air, he never knows what ill
health means, and the constant excite
ment of his quest and friendly rivalry
of daily races with other fishermen keep
up his interest in things. But when
drizzling rains pour down, week in and
week oiit, when a driving gale sets in
from the ocean and the swell grows
heavier and heavier, till the little boat
is totsed about like an egg-shell, it is
by no means an easy or a safe pursuit.
Last year the Columbia liver salmon
pack was 340,000 cases, valued at $1,
S00,755. and nearly 10,000 men are em
ployed in the various branches of the
work.
Passengers on the Astoria boats, on
awakening in the morning, find their
attention drawn to teams of horses,
wading apparently in midriver. and at
tached to some invisible burden. To
the uninitiated this spectacle causes no
small amount of wonder, and the rail
of a steamer is usually lined with the
orizing passengers until an obliging offi
cer explains that these are s?ining
grounds shallow tracts of water where
large seines are taken out into the river
in boats and their tow lines hitched to
horses, which then pull them ashore,
with not infrequently a big haul of
bright, silvery "chincoks." The sein
ing grounds worked or leased by the r
owners are among the most profitable
and easy means of fishing, none of the
dangers of the men who fish out toward
the sea being risked by the seiner.
Nestling under the rocky point that
mariners look for when they want to
locate the mouth of the Columbia is
Baker's bay, and Baker's bay bristles
with piles. There are thousands of
them, stretching in every direction as
far .as, and further than, they can be
counted, and obstructing, so navigators
allege, the channel, by forming innum
erable bars on the bottom of the river.
These piles are the skeletons or frames
of fish traps, with which Baker's bay
fairly teems.
The traps are ingenious affairs, being
simply long guiding nets, stretched on
the piles, and intended to deflect the
salmon from his cruise to the spawning
grounds and steer him into a maze
made of more nets, from which he can
no more extricate himself than he- can
walk on a pair of crutches. He must
keep on swimming right along, if he ex
pects to get anywhere, and his destina
tion is an open space, in the midst of
a group of piles, driven in a circle, at
the bottom of which is strong net, at
tached to gear by which it may be pull
ed clear from the water, salmon and
all. Every morning the owners of the
traps, in their boats, haul up the nets,
and, in a good season, find them alive
with the floundering salmon, who have
been butting their heads into the piles
and nets all night, in a vain struggle to
escape. Sometimes a big, powerful fel
low actually rends a net and escapes,
but he usually finds himself in another
trap in a few minutes.
The money invested in traps in
Baker's bay is enormous, as each trap
is an expensive affair, requiring many
feet of net, and the driving of a large
number of piles. Most of the traps in
the river are in Baker's bay, whose wa
ters are within the limits of the state of
Washington, and the amount that is
paid into the state every year for licenses
is very large. Here and, there along the
Oregon shore of the Columbia, almost
as far up as the Cascade Locks, are
to be found a few traps, but their num
ber is nothing like as great as that of
the traps on the Washington side.
The most deadly of all the foes of
the salmon, however, await him further
along on his journey ftp the river. That
is the fish wheel, an ingenious contriv
ance which was invented on the Colum
bia river, and which gives the salmon
sowed, and gradually the run of fish
has decreased, till it has threatened to
cease altogether. This has been prevent
ed by the inauguration of methods of
artificial propagation, which it is now
admitted has greatly Increased the runs
of late years.
What becomes of the young fish after
they leave the river is something no one
knows. Whether they journey around
the world or spend their time coasting
along the shores it is impossible for any
human being to say, but certain it is
that they return in a few years to the
stream from which they came to spawn
and die. For, after they have swam
hundreds, perhaps thousands of miles
inland, battled with rapids, leaped falls,
evaded the thousands lures that are
spread for them along their way and
deposited their eggs, they pass into a
swift decline. Their snouts contort into
long, hooked beaks; their fat, round
sides shrink, and their once strong tins
wag feebly and listlessly. They have
fulfilled their mission in life, and all
that is left to them is to die.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
who enters its long "lead" absolutely no determined
"I shall never speak to him again,"
she declared.
"Why not?" her chum asked.
"When we were at that concert the
other night I told him if he didn't take
me out of the crowd I would faint, and
he would have to carry me away."
"Yes?"
"Well, you'd have thought his life de
pended on getting me out of there in a
hurry!" Chicago Times-Herald.
"I will die," said the rejected suitor,
"and then she will see how much I
loved her!"
"Don't go to extremes," said his
friend, soothingly. "Couldn't you indi
cate your feelings by taking to drink?"
Puck.
"But," pleaded the more or less elder
ly lover, "if we were wed, I am sure
you could learn to love me! Or I could
learn to unlove you, at the least," he
continued, after a moment's pause.
Indianapolis Press.
"When Buller is doing nothing else he
can work up a little financial amuse
ment." "How?"
"By cashing his checks on the banks
of the Tugela." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mary had a little lamb
Whose legs to Wall street took him;
There he was so sadly shorn
That Mary up and hook him.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"I see that Mr. Blimer WTOte your
reference for you. If they appreciated
you so highly, why didn't you stay?"
"Then you never met Mrs. Blimer."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"I don't wonder the public got 'sore'
at you," said his intimate friend.
"Why not?" asked the defeated po
litical boss.
"Because you have been in the public
eye too much." Chicago Tribune.
"You seem to like his attentions.
Why don't you marry him?"
"Because I like his attentions."
Brooklyn Life.
Judge I see you lost a couple of front
teeth in the fracas.
Prisoner No, your honor: I didn't
lope them.
Judge But they are missing.
Prisonei- Yes, but I swallowed them.
Chicago News.
Wilkins was reading aloud in the
bosom of his family Sir H. H. John
ston's famous 'British Central Africa."
and came upon a discription of a "wing
less goose," so he stopped and said,
"Ah! we have nothing like that in Eng
land." "Yes, we have father," said the eld
est, "I saw a wingless goose yester
day." "Rubbish'"
And the diFpute waxed high. At
length the boy said, "I'll bet you half
a crown'."
"Done! Now, where was it?"
"It was a tailor's goose, and it was
at "
And two and sixpence changed pock
ets. Ally Sloper's.
"Don't you want to hire a porter?"
"Yes."
"What's de job payin'?'
"Six dollars a week."
"I'll take it."
"You? Why, boy, you're not half
large enough."
"I know it. But I've got a big
brother what's strong and hain't got
no head fur business. You pays me de
sal an' I gets him to do de work. See?"
Chicago Tribune.
"Mr. Grouch," said the toastmaster,
"will now respond to the toast, 'The
Ladies.' "
The Savage Bachelor arose, pale and
WARE OF lH IT AT lOXS.
chance for his life. Up the Columbia,
from Rooster Rock to the Cascade
Locks, and again in the vicinity of
The Dalles.these wheels scoresof them
may be seen working any day during
the fishing season. Sometmes, when the
run is large, they are pitching salmon
out of the river faster almost than the
attendants can take care of them.
The wheels consist of large, shallow
nets, arranged about central axles, like
the fans of a windmill, and dipping In
to the river like an undershot wheel,
the current turning them slowly around.
Long "leadways" are built out into the
river to deflect the fish into the chan
nel under the wheels, and, as they swim
up stream, they suddenly find them
selves lifted into the air, shot down in
to a trough, and thence to the slippery
rtr-r-k of a scow or platform, where a
pile of their fellows are breathing their
last. ,. .
The spring Chinook salmon, which
comes only into the Columbia river, is
admitted to be the finest fish of his kind
that swims in Pacific waters. Although
his average weight is between 10 and 20
pounds, the Chinook sometimes run as
high as 60 pounds, and the man who
gets one of these fellows in his net us
ually knows that he has caught some
thing before he gets him out. He is
worth the trouble it takes to get him,
however, for at 6 cents a pound he is
worth $3.60 at the canneries, and will
bring a great deal more than that in
the Portland market, where big fish are
highly prized.
The spring run of fish is the mainstay
of the canneries, although the run of
"silversides," which comes In the fall,
always goes to help out the pack. Th
"steelhead," the finest fish of all for
freezing and smoking, runs in the win
ter, and a sprinkling of them comes
with ths run of Chinooks. These are the
fish that rise to a spoon at Orange City,
and for which Rudyard Kipling angled
at the Clackamas hatchery. The "blue
backs." a small but delicious fish, coma
with the last of the Chinooks. They are
not of sufficient size to be of much com
mercial importance, but they are a line
fish for the table.
In the early days of the settlement of
the country along the banks of the Co
lumbia and its tributaries, salmon. In
the spring season, were actually so
thick at the head waters of the streams
as almost to justify the statement that
a man could cross the water upon thoir
backs and hardly wet his feet. So great
was the rush to get up stream that in
shallow places many fish in the great
schools were forced clear out of the wa
ter by their fellows and died along the
banks. But year after year the fishc-r-
laan has been reaping where he never
'The ladies," said he. "The ladies-
God bless them, nevertheless." Indian
apolis Press,
He I always take pains to deny the
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statement that women can't throw
straight.
She That is noble of you, my dear.
He Yes; I have to remember with
what accurate and effective aim you
threw yourself at me. Chicago Record.
Kxpert Opinion. "I'm so glad that
the poor fellows at Mafeking have been
relieved." "Yes. Why so?" "Because
now we'll find out what they think of
the starvation cure." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Sunday School Teacher Robert, tell
me why it was the children of Israel
built a golden calf. -
Robert I don't know, unfess 'twas
that they didn't have gold enough to
make a cow. Life.
"Ha! All you young fellers think
about is yer appearance; now, when I
was a boy I was satisfied with the looks
that nature gave me!"
"Yes, father, but you were always
easily pleased." Boston Traveler.
Smith Say, Brown, how is it that
your wife always dresses in the latest
style, while your clothes are generally
seedy?
Brown Oh, that's easily explained.
My wife dresses according to the
fashion books, and I dress according to
my bank book. Chicago News.
The Bachelor I don't suppose a
man's name changes when he gets mar
ried. The Benedict Oh, yes it does. Before
we were married my wife called me
"Dearest," and now she says, "Here,
you!" Philadelphia Bulletin.
Neither Gets Them. "You seem to
have a great taste for poetry," re
marked the copy hook, observing the
office goat sniffing around the editor's
waste basket. "Yes." replied the g:at,
"but I like my poems well done, and
I seldom find that sort here." "Huh!"
exclaimed the copy hook, "the well
done pcem that comes to me Is very
rare." Philadelphia Press.
Poverty. Here a frail woman in a
tattered shawl entered and laid a penny
on the counter "Give me two and one
ha'f pounds of 'Sunday newspaper." she
said, in a hollow voice. After she had
gone out the proprietor of the place
told us that she would make such a
meagre supply of this staple necessity
sutfice for a family of fourteen persjns.
Detroit Journal.
Quashing an Alibi. Defence advocate
"Sir, the officer charged with being
intoxicated while on duty, is above the
breath of suspicion." Police Commis
sioner "Sir, your statement is ill
timed: the accused is even at this mo
ment munching cloves." Judge.
Curios "These are genuine Havana
cigars," said the connoisseur. "Oh,"
said the man who always likes to be of
importance, 'and here are some genuine
Havana postage stamps." "What's in
teresting about them?" "Nothing, ex
cept the fact that they are genuine."
Washington star.
Brown "That is a beautiful medal
Smith has." Jones "Yes; that's for
beating the bicycle record." Brown
"What is his record?" Jones "Ran
over 17 men in a week." Harlem Life.
Her preference. O'Brien "So Casey
and Coatigan fought for Miss Kelly's
hand, and Casey won? Thin Oi suppose
Casey got her?" O'Rourke "No; Casti
gon got the prize! She said she wanted
the mon she could lick aisiest, begor
rah!" Puck.
His Reason for Gratulation " 'Tis
very fortunate," remarked Mr. Grady
wisely,"thot hay be not as hivy as coal."
"For whoy, Pat?" "Shure, a ton av the
shtuff would weigh so much thot a poor
man couldn't afford to kape a cow."
Judge.
Special Service. "Big fire down on
the street," said the .sub-editor on the
thirty-ninth floor of the new office
building. "How do you know?" asked
the chief. "Just got a special dispatch
from our staff correspondent on the first
floor." Philadelphia North American.
"Maw, what's de difference between er
politician and er statesman?" "Well,
honey, a mushroom's good, ain't it?"
"Yes, 'um." "And a toadstool is pizen.
ain't it?" "Yes, "um." "And dey bof
look alike?" "Yes, 'um." "Des same dif
ference from a statesman to a politic
ian." Brooklyn Life.
A question of Surgery. Mrs. Wagger
"Have you moved into your new
house?" Mrs. Changer "Oh, yes; but v:e
are not settled -yet. The carpenter has
to make so many alterations." Mrs.
Wagger "I thought everything would
be just right." Mrs. Changer "So did
we. But we found that scarcely one of
our old carpets would fit." Harper's
Bazar.
"Have you read this sermon of the
Rev. Dr. Highflyer? It's rank heresy."
"Yes? Perhaps his press agent has rec
ommended heresy as the most effective
form of ecclesiastical advertising."
Brooklyn Life.
Had Been a Change. Kansas Man
(visiting in the east) "We have lots of
near neighbors now." Friend "Why, I
thought your nearest neighbor was 20
miles away." "Yes, but we've had a cy
. clone since then." Harlem Life.
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