The west shore., October 01, 1888, Image 2

THE WEST SHORE.
Foi'KTEKSTIl YEAR.
OOTOUKll, 1SSSL
N cm urn 10.
SALMON FISHING ON TUB COLUMBIA ItlVElt.
, . . .
NE of iho great
Industrie! of tho
Pacific coiuit ia
tbnt of preaerving
fish by Bolting,
amoking and can
uing, m well ai
that of extracting
oil. Loading in
iraportanco it the
BfJinor, followed
by tho cod, hali
but, dg 1'sh and
othT amaller va
rieties The cot!
fishing ii col fined
to tho Altakan baLki, tho
Beat of tho induitry being
Han Francico, though ex.
. v-- ' tenaivo banki of tho excel.
lent fib known aa" black
' - " - cod" were located tbii i"a
- aoa ofT (Jaeen Charlotte
- , ialandi, by a Victoria via-
a'd, and many fib caught
and brought to market Tho halibut indaitry ia jut
beginning, tho fiah being caught off Vancouver and
Jueen Charlotte Wanda by m"l Making th'ir
headquarter! in Paget Bound. Oil i made from tho
liven of dog flab, at 8kidgati on (-ea Charlotte
ulanda, and on tho mainland tho oolachao, or candle
fish, ii pre aaed into oil or dried All other forma of
fuhing industry coinbinM do not f qual, in t xbnt and
value, that of tho aalmon, which ii carried on along
nearly every important atreata tLtericg tho Parif.?,
from tho Sacramento, in California, to the Yukon, in
Al&aka. Canning ii the uaual form of preamatiMi,
though largo quaiditiei aro aaltM ted ataoked for the
market and by the Indian! drW io tho aua for win
ter food.
leading all other atrrama in t quantity and val
uo of ita pack, (a tho Columbia, followed In order of
importance by the Hacraraenlo and Fraaer. Of lata
yean tho Alaaka pack baa Urn coming to tho front,
and tho indication! point to iiiat region aa the aat of
tho moat extenaivo aalmon canning Ititereat in tho
world iu a few yeara, becauao of tho multitude! of
aalmon that run in It watora, and tho low coat of con.
ducting tho bnaineaa. At other iint in Oregon 1.
aidca tho Columbia, aalmon canning U carried on.
audi aa Coquillo river, Cooa bay, Yauina bay and
Tillamook bay; and in Washington, (Iray'i harlr
and Pugt Bound add their quota to tho total output
In Mrituh Columbia, varioua rivera and InMa north
of Fraaer river combinM park a graatrf numUr of
caaca than Fraae r river itarlf. Tho total uk of tho
preaent aaaon on tho Columbia wu threo hundred
and aixty thouiand caaa, being littlo more than one
half that of 1S.H.J, tho blgheat previously mad, which
reaches) a total of ait hundred and twenty-nlno thou,
aand cum . Tho total of Dritiab Columbia for tho
prernt aaaon wu ono hundred an I fifty-ail thou,
aand five hundred cw, of which Fraaer rivrf far.
uUhrd fortyno thousand ail hundred Aalla-a.
aon at othf-r jinta la not yet doanl, tho Mala can
not bo given.
A great many diatinct varitia of aalmon aro
found in Pacific watra, aotne of which aro of Burh a
aujrior quality aa to enhaiico tho reputation of that
favorite Cab, while othera aro of bo ommrcial value.
ISy far the Ut flavored and Ut a-!aj tl to canning
ia tho ono which La rendered tho Gambia rivrr
braii la tho h-ading or.r iu tho marketa of tho worlL
Happily, l iu diatribution ia great, U it ttita.
Ura apparently anlimit-d, aa it rut In ouctlma
throtga iu tho Karratntj, Clumbia, I'cgtl tul
rivrra ail atrrama of !fitih (tumbla, Alwka,
KaiaUrhatka an I Asia. Thla ia tho g-iincat, the Ug.
eat of the aalmon family, rrhitg a taaiimura aiwof
fcifty I'iULila, axd averagitg from aiito titwetty.