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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1890)
im WEST SHORE. Lu ordinarily Ut ul. Th rst l-M is th com- fii-h. its mouth sets far back in the head. All this is riMin vklrh ! raijjrhl In great numWi at Willam- waited, brrauw? there ia no market for it, though good HI falls, in Ortfin City, Salmon heads are also uwd, material for f.-rtilizer. Therefore, the head, tail and but h4 with a g rrsulta a art obtained from !. firm are rut off and thrown away, reducing the weight Th f.shrrman In hi U.at pull himlf alng by the materially. A hook is then inserted in the end of the lino untJ l" comet to a fish, which he land in his spinal cartilage, and it ia drawn out in one piece. Ul afW a bnrf single, tapping him on th head Thin is sold to the Chinese for seventy-five cents per villi liia l.al bk to stun him as w as th" head in 'urid, and in dried by them and shipped to China, where it ia used principally in '",--, X iuni dwui. tiuvi lino m done, the fish are carefully cleaned and divided into two halves lengthwise, then cut - y$rPV int0 convenient lengths for Ivers of Russian caviar will l pleased to know that the spawn of Columbia river sturgeon masquerade some what in the market under that title. It is put up in kegs of l.TO pounds each and shipjK-d to Hamburg, Ger many, where it is prepared for market. Salmon spawn is alio made into caviar. The bladders of the fish are saved by the shippers and sold to manufacturers of isinglass. The fish arc kept in a cold storage room until ready for shipment, and are then pack ed in boxes holding 100 ils. each and shipjed east in re- l li I ft m a m r m. l,N ill ' k fern km- L . v1 If If WW frigerator cars. New York is the chief market for the Portland product, Chicngo ranking second. Some of the fish is retailed fresh, but tho l.ulk of it iH at alKiut t ight cents a pound to " smnkrrs'-as they are called-who smoke it and put it up attrac tively in one-jound bxes, in which f'-rm it findu a ready sale and is considered superior to thrr smoked fiph. There is a special demand for fish dunrg the Unten season, and the shipments during the nnt thnv months will average forty tons per w.'k-UeMy-five to New York and fifteen to Chicago. . . I ''"TJ iM mg organized for the purpose of cur- Z Ulturl i . ,Vhi,;.'vh' fl "l'1 "n fl'h in V on a large scale. ,T;V U.u'l U, h" 1 M "7 M I"- t th- intention to I ready to begin operations by r py turn M-half a ctnt Ui onr rrr.t ,.,,,niJ f ,r larrmwu hnhitii w.I i ,00a . i . U,; r,h M tle i. a ?.t d., ,f -a,, .L,ti,s J-f riSl' and .4m4 J. bW tht a shark, and. I ke th.t vL - J 1 bouw cting 1I,0QQ vaa built. M-Ua lcrracd 100 pr dU f! M ttt IHItTkl-11 tut mum.