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What About Fish Protection? PREDICTS A “WET” OREGON Excurson Rate Fleet Celebration Seattle and Tacoma. Prohibition Mr.'Hippie Believes that is Already oa the Wane. Tte following letter appeared in the j Oregonian of May Sth: "To carry the whole state of Oregon That the food fish of our State need better protection than is now afforded for prohibition in 1910, is the announced is agreed. You have already or doubtless will receive considerable literature on the intention of Rev. J R Kondell, a young subject, but no matter how attractive the argument, stop and consider how gentleman whom I understand to be the salaried superintendent of the Anti much it may be colored by self-interest. The United States Bureau of Fisheries are the greatest expert authorities Saloon League in this State. Of course, as Mr. Knodell makes his living by this on the subject and have no ax to grind. Read what they say: prohibition agitation, it is but natural DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR that he should speak confidentially of OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, WASHINGTON, D. C. his ability to put some 10,000 men out Hon. Charles W. Fulton, of employment here. May I be excused United States Senator, for doubting if all the alleged evils of Washington, D. C. the liquor business ever caused as Sir: The Department realizes the importance of the various questions affect much misery or ruin as Mr. Knodell ing the salmon fishery in the Columbia River brought up in your letter of the camly proposes to bring abont by such 18th ultimo, and has taken this opportunity to make a thorough investigation of an election? the matter. There can be no question that the status of the fishery is unsatis However that is not the point. I factory, and that in a comparatively few years the run of salmon in that stream want to state my conviction that the will be reduced to such a degree that thousands of fishesmen may be thrown excesses of the Anti-Saloon League are out of employment and much capital rendered idle. The Federal go-ernment more detrimental to the community s without any jurisdiction whatever in the premises, and the duty of consesv- than the excesses, long past, of the li ing the salmon supply in the Columbia developes on the States of Oregon, quor business, and also my conviction Washington, and Idaho; but this Department has been charged by Congress that the prohibition movement has now with important fish cultural operations in the Columbia basin, and has felt reached high water mark. impelled from time to time to direct attention to the necessity for giving ade “During the past month, the Anti quate protection to the various species of salmon frequenting that stream. Saloon League has been defeated in The Department is convinced that the run of salmon in the Columbia can be Maryland, New Jersey, New York State, amply maintained for an indefinate period if artificail propagation is supple Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The pro mented by rational protection; but artifical propegation alone cannot cope with babilities are that it will be defeated in the situation, and, as a matter of fact, the recent experience of the Depart the near future in Louisiana, Florida ment has shown that its beneficent labors are rendered almost futile by the and possibly in North Carolina. failure of the State to appreciate this fact. “One of the most significant things The Department sees no reason for advocating the elimination of fish that has happened for some time was wheels from the river, as there is no evidence to show that this form of ap the admission, April 6, by Rev. P. A. paratus is particularly destructive to salmon. A condition that is specially Baker, National superintendent of the favorable for the passage of salmon—namely, very high water render the Anti-Saloon League, at Plainfield, N. J wheels unserviceable and, on the other hand periods of very low water, when the that the tone of the press is changing. fish are much restricted in their movents, are also unfavorable for the wheels. Mr. Baker declared that newspapers During the past two or three season the catch of salmon by wheels been com all over the country that have been paratively small; but even if it were very large it would be a fact of no special friendly are now turning against the significance in the present connection. Anti-Saloon League. He accounts for The Columbia River is, however, made to yeild a quantity of salmon far it by declaring that the liquor merchants greater than regard for the future supply permits, and the drain is yearly be have bribed the newspapers. This is an coming more serious. No one farmiliar with the situation can fail to appreci old charge and has been the means of ate the menance to the perpetuity of the industry that is furnrshed by the con frightening many editors in the past, centration of a tremendous amount of fixed and floating apparatus of capture but it begins to look as though slander in and near the mouth of the river. This apparatus comprises about 400 pound was losing its effect. In any case, it is nets or traps, over 80 long-sweep seines: and more than 2,200 gill nets, the last interesting to know that Mr. Baker having an aggregate approximate lenght of over 570 miles; and these appliances should feel it necessary to recognize capture more than 95 per cent of the fish taken in the Oregon and Washington publicly the change in the tone of the waters of the river, the figures for 1904 being nearly 34,000,000 pounds, or press and try to account for it. 98.7 per cent of the total yield. Under such conditions, it is self-evident that “Manufacturers, merchantsand labor but comparatively few fish are permitted to reach the upper waters where the unions in different portions of the spawning grounds are located. country have gone on record publicly The details of the measures necessary to place the salmon industry of the within the last 60 days as believing Columbia River on a permanent basis can not be elaborated by the Department that prohibition is a mark of stagnant at this time, but in general it may be said that there should be (1) a restriction community. For four years past, the on the amount of apparatus employed in a given section; (2) and adequate only persons who have dared to express weekly close season covering possibly two days at first, but reduced later if the such ideas publicly have been the liquor circumstances warrant it; (3) an annual close season, preferably at the begin merchants,and their small voices have ning of the salmon run. and (4) joint arrangements between the States so that been drowned in the clamor and riot of protective measures may be harmonious. professional prohibitionists, and the Respectfully vourr, sensational, self-advertising, money (Signed) O scar S. S traus , Secretary. grabbing preacher. “I do not think that Oregon is going Bill No. 318 embodies Government recommendations and should pass. It is a dry in 1910. The pendulum has started square deal for all to swing the other way. It may even VOTE 318 X YES Bill No. 333 was framed to foster the selfish interest of a single locality, be that in two years Rev. Mr. Knodell It is against the Government recommendations, and will mean a heavy tax on and the other professional agitators the State to carry out its provisions. It favors monopoly and is unfair. It who now draw salaries from the Anti-Saloon League, will be earning should not pass. their living in some other way. VOTE 333 X NO. H.C. H ipple . " ---- ---- Fresh clams today at the City Lunch Ifyou want to go to a good country, Billiousness and Constipation. come to Oregon. Write to us for your Counter. Fry, stew or chowder. For years I was troubled with bilious Death to squirrels. Wakelee's poi ness and constipation, which made life wants. D avis & S exton . son. 30 cents a can. miserable for me. My appetite failed Bad Attack of Dysentery Cured N'unan-Taylor Co. me. I lost my usual force and vitality. "An honored citizen of this town was Pepsin preparations and cathartics Carriages, wagons and buggies re suffering a severe attack of dysentery. only made matters worse. I do not He told a friend if he could obtain a paired or made new from best of ma know where I should have been today bottle of Chamberlain.s Colic, Cholera, terial at Eddy's. Vote for the increased appropriation had I not tried Chamberlain's Stomach and Diarrhoea Remedy, he felt confi and Liver Tablets. The tablets relieve dent of being cured, he having used it . for the University of Oregon. Don't the ill feeling at once, strengthen the in the West. He was told that I kept brand Oregon as a "mossback" state. digestive functions, purify the stomach, Vote “ yes" on election day. The bill it in stock and loat no time in obtain liver and blood, helping the system to ing it. and was promptly cured.” says has been endorsed by all the Oregon do its work naturally. — Mrs. Rosa M I. Leach, druggist, of Wolcott. Vt. Commercial Clubs. Teachers Associa tions. The State Federation of Labor Potts, Birmingham. Ala. These tablets For sale by City Dru ' Store. and the Tax Payers League of Portland. are for sale by City Drug Store. Account of the visit of the fleet of battle ships to Tacoma and Seattle the Southern Pacific Co. offer the follow ing reduced rates. One and one third fare to Portland, plus $7.50 if to Seattle and $5.80 if to Tacoma. Sale dates to Seattle May 21 and 22. To Tacoma May 25 and 26. Continual passage in both directions with final return limit 14 day from date of sale. This is last opportunity to see this fleet after its memorable cruise. These cities are making great pre parations for entertainment of the fleet and other visitors. Further particulars The Most Common Cause of Suffering. Rheumatism causes more pain and suffering than any other disease, for the reason that it is the most common of all ills, and it is certainly gratifying to sufferers to know that Chamberlain’s Liniment will afford relief, and make rest and sleep possible. In many cases the relief from pain, which is at first temporary, has become permanent, while in old people subject to Chronic rheumatism, often brought on by dampness or changes in the weather, a permanent cure cannot be expected; the relief from pain which this liniment affords is alone worth many times its cost. 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by City Drug Store. NOTICE. Judges and clerks of election are re quired by law to seal their tally sheets in an envelope, not in the ballot box, and deliever the same to the county clerk. Attention is called to sections 2785 and 2786, page 84 of the election laws. REGULATE ALL FISHING Some Peoples* Ideas of Salmon Protection “The Astoria idea has contended that no closed season in tide water was necessary. It has extended the open season for fishing by means of its in fluence in Legislatures. It has re quired the Fish Warden living at As toria to permit suspension of the closed season laws. It has allowed gillnets on the bar, thus getting up a barrier to entrance of salmon into the river. It has so amended the laws that they are now a nullity as far as protection through closed season goes. It has successfully resisted efforts to cut down the catch of tidewater gear. It has pursued the April, May and June salmon so hard that they are now near extinction. It has extended the open season in August by one installment after another, until the August fish have been almost cut off from Hatch eries.” Oregonian. If you think the state has had enough of selfish greed; VOTE 333-X NO to a continuance of the Astoria Idea; and VOTE 318 X-YES to further the U. S. Government Re commendations. -------- ♦—------ Delicious ice cream at the Boss. There's always something missing without I. W. HARPER whiskey. It's so old and so extensively used every where that we should find it hard to get along without it. Sold bv E. H. H elms .