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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1908)
THE MORMXG OREGOMAX, THURSDAY. JANUARY 16, 1908. 1 KRRIR'SIR ON FISH-WHEELS Why the United Fishermen Propose to Abolish Them by Law. INVOKING THE INITIATIVE Official Statement of the-Argument for Closing the Columbia River Above the Sandy What the Glll-Nctters Want. PORTLAND, Jan. 15. (To the Editor.) For many years the press and public spirited citizens of the state have fought greed and grab, which were destroying the great natural resources of our state. Sometimes this fight was successful, more often the powers of monopoly and cor ruption triumphed. Some men who earn estly and well struggled for the preserva tion of our forests, of our lands, of our fisheries, dropped out of the fight, wearied with non-success. Some men, seeing short-sighted selfishness win so often over public spirit and Individual sacrifice, be came' cynics and now say "What is the use of doing anything? Greed, grab and corruption have always gained their ne farious ends and will continue to do so." This pessimistic view seems especially justified If the failures to protect our salmon fisheries of the Columbia River are cited. lng before our wheat, our frujt and our lumber spread the fame of our state, the Columbia River salmon was eaten and talked about throughout Europe and the United States. The many mil lions of dollars gained by capital and la bor from our salmon has. more than any thing else, aside from the pioneer spirit of our .citizens, helped to develop our state. Hence it was but natural that men took note of the wasteful methods pursued in the salmon industry. Com mission after commission was appointed by our Legislature to investigate and re port. Bill after bill was introduced pur porting tofsave the fishing of the Co lumbia, hut ceaseless and rapid destruction of our Columbia salmon continued, nay, such destruction was Increased, because men engaged in the business of fishing for or canning salmon would say. "Well, there seems to.be no possibility of getting a law passed protecting the salmon, so w;e might as well all .be in at the killing." However, there is no road but lias its turning. Three years ago the various lo chI unions of the fishermen scattered in Alaska, Washington. Oregon and Cali fornia, united for the main purpose of securing legislation which would save the calling of the fishermen, for with the de crease of salmon, opportunity decreased for employment to fishermen. Victory Gained on Puget Sound. Where public spirit and individual sac rifice had failed, united action succeeded. The United Fishermen of the Pacific, as this fishermen's federation was named, gained its first victory three years ago on Puget Sound, when the Washington Legislature passed an act, stopping fish ing at head of tide in all streams empty ing into, the Sound and establishing weekly closed seasons. Result has been that where the hatcheries before had run way below their capacities, now they are securing a good quota of eggs, and the Jiext Legislature will be asked td establish more hatcheries and enlarge those now in operation. The second, and far more Important victory, was gained three weeks ago at Washington, t. C. when the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, OsVar Straus, and President Roosevelt, after a lengthy hear ing, ordered Wood and Nushagak rivers. Rcring Sea. Alaska, closed to all com mercial fishing. This establishes for the Federal Government the principle that where there are narrow rivers or where wide rivers become narrow, all fishing shall stop, hecause the salmon have no chance to escape In narrow waters to reach In sufficient numbers our hatcheries or natural spawning grounds. This decision bears directly on Columbia River conditions. The value of our Alas kan salmon fisheries for many years ran from $7,000,000 to J9.000.000. But excessive fishing, especially in the narrows of the rivers, was depleting the supply. For 10 years the United States Government had sent commissions to Alaska to investigate and report. They all condemned fish ing where our rivers are narrow, especial ly the fishing in the Wood River. 'But bills remedying these evif introduced in Congress or measures before the Federal department were killed by attorneys of the companies benefiting by this unfair exploitation of our natural resources. There was no united opposition to greed snd grab,, until last December the United Fishermen through telegrams sent to Sec retary Straus from San Francisco. As toria and Seattle, these telegrams' being Indorsed by Senators from two states, se cured a hearing on December IS at Wash ington, 1. C. This hearing resulted in the closing of the rivers mentioned. Principle Applies to Columbia. The principle fought for and won for our Alaskan fisheries, applies fully to the Columbia River. In the Columbia, fish ing has been permitted where it becomes awift and narrow, and permitted with the fish wheels, an appliance not allowed by any state or nation in any of its fish streams. The result has been that espe cially during the last few years, with the fish wheels Increasing In numbers and improving as to effectiveness In catching fish which reach the Upper Columbia, they present an almost absolute barrier, resulting In our upper river hatcheries having to close down or run way below their capacity. Now the Columbia River Salmon Protec tive Association, composed of leading citi zens from all parts of the state, has gone to work to secure by direct vote of the citizens of Oregon the closing of the Co lumbia River 'o commercial fishing from the mouth of the Sandy River and up. That is, where the river becomes narrow, where the ebb and flow of the tide ceases, the salmon Is given a chance to reach the spawning ground. No matter what pro tection is given the salmon where the river is wide. If there is no absolute pro hibition df fishing where the river be comes narrow, the object sought for .In true legislation, the escape of enough sal mon for propagation purposes, is defeated. True to the tactics which the men wax ing fat by greed and grab always employ, the hue and cry is being raised by the fish wheel owners that this Is a fight between the upper and lower river cannery men and fishermen. This is an absolute falsehood. Cannerymen operating wheels in the Up per Columbia, operate fish traps, seines and gill nets In the lower river. Fisher men at times work in the lower river, at times in the upper river. But the men controlling the narrows of the Upper Columbia to the destructlveness of th salmon Industry, believe that if given few more years of such absolute control. they mill be so rich that they can retire- to their splendid ranches and other busi ness concerns In which they are inter ested. - True also to the t.v:tlcs which have ben employed for mmy years in this siate to defeat at Salem bona ftdo fish ery legislation, the' fish wheel owners are now circulating an Initiative pe tition which, if carrlel. will drive 4000 gill net fishermen from the river and permit for a few years more, th fish wheels entirely to cisan up the salmon of the Columbia, rheir owners then re tiring' as multimillionaires after having destroyed one of our leading Industries. This petition of the Bshwheel owners has nine sections. Each section cither intends to Inflict injury on the people of the state or Irl-s to nuinhug the voters. To.ilemonstraie the rotteness of this petition I believe it is only necessary to quote the firsi. suction: Be it enacted by the people of the State of Oregon: Section 1. That from and after Septem ber lO. 190S. it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to cast, drift or haul any net. seine or other device to catch. nsh for. or pursue salmon or sturgeon In any of the channels used for commercial navigation by licensed vessels in the Columbia River, within the boundaries of the State of Ore gon, or in any of such waters over wh.teh the State of Oregon has jurisdiction, be tween one hour after sunset of any day. and one hour before sunrise on the fol lowing day. No drift net, if this bogus measure carried, could Hsh during the night. Such nets drift with the tide, some times they are la she channel, then drift unto some flat, then again drift into the channel. On thfl other hand, fish traps and wheels are stationary appliances, not permitted by the United States Knginear's office to occupy chan nels. The fish traps and fish wheels could thus flsn day and nisht. To further c-u r "the nigsrer rn the woodpile," I wish to saythii: Tho iish traps and fish wheels fish best In the day time and in clear water. They are built on the pr-nMpie of a cattle corral, the fish first striking the fences or leads and then following them, getting into the enclosure, wherj they are cap tured. At night or wheu the water Is muddy, the salmon sTiktng these fences or leads have a tendency to shy off. The fish traps and fish wheels catch some fish nlg'.us. but their main catcher -are made duving the day. How Gfllnet Operates. The gill nets cat;h fish by having a salmon put its hea-l into a mesh., when it cannot retreat and is captured. In clear water gill nets are useless; the fish don't "gllL" Thsy see the webbing of the net and get around the e-nd of the net. Thus gill nets fish mainiy nights and during that part of the season when the freshets make the liver muddy. Will the people of Ore gon permit a dozen or tno of already very rich tlshwhel owners to drive more than 4000 gill net nahmen from the Columbia and most of thein from the state? I believe not. for aside from this bogus measure injuring thousands of our citizens who at times fish for salmon, at times develop their little farms, at times work as laborers or mechanics, the fish wheel and fish trap methods of fishing has been absolutely condemned by the Canadian Govern ment, 'which possesses many valuable salmon streams: has been condemned by United States commissions as waster ful and unnecessary for carrying on of the salmon fisheries. This article get ting rather lengthy, I refrain from cit ing authorities, but will do so when called upon. The petition to stop fishing In the nar rows of the. Columbia, circulated by the Columbia River Salmon Protective Asso ciation, a petition for a measure which will really save our Columbia River fish eries, has the following officers and exec utive committee: t George M. Orton. of Portland, president: Jay Tuttle. of Astoria, Vice-president; F. a Beach, of Portland, treasurer; H. M. Lorntsen, of Astoria; secretary: Thom as A. MeBride, Oregon City: William I. Vawter, MedfordeG. S. Wright, McMinn viller Charles G. Roberts, Portland: D. H. Miller. Medford; T. B. Kay. Salem; James Withycombe, Corvallis; James A. Lackey. Ontario: C. G. Huntley, Oregon City; William Miller. Burns; John H. Smith, Astoria; Frank Kankkonen, As toria. These names stamp this measurers ofle proposed by leading citizens of the state, working from the leading city of the state, to save a leading industry of the state, the fisheries. Who Is Father of, Petition? . On the other hand, who proposes the measure to stnn nizht fishing unit cener. ally drives thousands of fishermen from ( the Columbia River? There Is no name to this position. yesterday in Oregon City, while passing a street corner. I saw a man circulating' petitions and securing signatures. He likewise asked me to sign. It was the fish wheel owner's peti tion, as I saw at a glance. We discussed it. Some 20 men gathered around. Some of these men had signed the petition, but w-hen they were told what its real pur port was, what a trick had been played upon them, they were rather mad citizens. One man. evidently an attorney, said: "This petition has no one willing to be its father, it evidently Is a bastard." To somewhat bolster this petition up, a separate leaflet quoting Oscar Straus, Secretary of Commerce and Labor, is being circulated. That, too, is sharp prac tice, perpetrated upon the voters of Ore gon and upon Secretary Straus, as I will prove when the proper time arrives. Then some Government officials responsi ble for this sharp practice will undoubt edly be brought to account. The Columbia River Salmon Protective Association alms to save- the salmon of the Columbia to this and future genera tions. The "bastard" petition circulated by parties ashamed to give it standing aims to make a few men multi-millionaires, aims to destroy a great food sup ply, aims to drive thousands of our best citizens from our state, aims to destroy at least $5,000,000 Invested in our fisheries. ED ROSENBERG, Sec. United Fishermen of the Pacific. Sand and Pebbles THE laborer uses a sieve to sepa rate the sand from the pebbles; the sand goes through and is used ; the peb bles slide by and are thrown away. .The intestine is a sieve; the food that feeds the tissues goes through into the blood ; the rest slips by and is useless. Scott's Emulsion is Cod Liver Oil so finely divided that it goes at once through the intestin al "sieve" into the blood ; that is where you need it and that. ' is where it goes. There are no "pebbles" in Scott's Emulsion It is all scientifically prepared for going through into the blood, where it be comes "blood fat" .ready for hungry, nerve, bone and muscle. This is th trade mark which is I on every genu ine bottle of SCOTTS EMULSION SCOTT & BOWNE 409 Pearl Street New York AH DruiiiiU: 50c and $1.00 election. On motion O. R. Downs was linanimouslv indorsed. The primaries for the'fity election in St. John will be held March 7. Recorder Esson announces that he will have the books for registration of voters both for yie municipal election within a few days, so voters in that place need to. come to Portland to register. That there will be a spirited contest both at the primaries and at the April election is evident. Mayor K. C. Couch will likely be Republican candidate for Mayor. Councilman B. T. Leggctt may head the Citizens' ticket, but there are S. C. Norton. T. J. Monahan, George C. Cathcart to be heard from. Recorder Esson will be a candidate for re-election. POT BOILING AT ST. JOHN Citizens Who Oppose Administration Organize for Campaign. The first convention of citizens of St. John, preparatory to the nomination of a ticket for the Municipal election the first Monday In April, was held last night In the City Hall. J. H. Fletcher was elected permanent chairman. E. B. Holcomb, sec retary, and J. C. Wrinkle, treasurer. At a preliminary meeting last week H. E. Coller, George C. Cathcart and W. L. Plummer were appointed to prepare a declaration of purposes and principle. This committee submitted its report. It is set forth in this declaration as follows: For the purpose of eletatlng and Im proving the morals and Industrial condi tions of our city; to compel the du .ob servance and strict enforcement of our laws and ordinances without fear or favor: to restore and maintain confldneee In our municipal ' covernment both at home and elsewhere; to encourage civic pride and in dustrial development : to foster harmony and dispel di&cord and secure co-operation and economy in the administration of our municipal affairs." . - The declaration was adopted without opposition. Chairman Fletcher appointed Rev. F. L. Young. S. C. Cook and George C. Cathcart a committee on platform to report at the next meeting. The name Citizens' Club was adopted. The move ment Is Ih opposition to the present city administration. Prominent among the leaders are J. H. Fletcher, Rev. F. L. Young. S. C. Norton, T. J. Monahan. H. E. Collier. C. R. Organ and J. E. Kirk. It was declared that the movement Is purely non-partisan. The next meeting will be held in the City "Hall Wednesday night. January 2, at which time a plat form iwll be submitted for adoption. Recorder Esson announced that the County Court would appoint a Justice of the Peace for St. ohti if some man were Indorsed by the meeting and would con sent to run for the office at the June WISCONSIN MEN WIN OUT Higher Court Sustains Quashing of Land-Fraud Case. MILWAUKEE. Wis., Jan. 15. (Special.) The United States Court of Appeals has sustained the decision of Judge Quarles. entered July 27, 1906. in the case of John C. Black, Joseph Black and August An derson; Indicted for conspiracy to defraud the Government. The case grew out of an alleged effort on the part of the de fendants to procure large tracts of land in Oregon by alleged fraudulent means. Judge Quarles ruled that the defendants must be discharged because no overt act had been committed within the period fixed by the statute of limitations, re gardless of the prima facie sufficiency of the indictment returned against them by the grand jury of Oregon. Watch Soft-Drink Sellers. ALBANY, Or., Jan. 15. (Special.) In his message to the new City Council last evening Mayor J. P. Wallace recom mended that the Council require local soft drink dispensaries to have open fronts. This measure would, it is be lieved, aid in preventing illegal sales of liquor in this city. It had been rumored the past few days that the Council was GREAT CLEARANCE SALE IN ALL DEPTS EVERY ARTICLE REDUCED Unlimited in its offering of clearance values an immense stock,. embracing splendid assortment and variety a gathering of bargains deserving of the consideration of every homefuraisher. Mail orders and out-of-town in quiries will be given our careful and prompt attention. - llyll LACE CURTAINSGREAT CLEARANCE SALE THIS WEEK DRAPERY DEPT. SIXTH FLOOR For the balance of this-week the Drapery Department will continue its great clear ' ance offering of fine and medium-price Laces surplus stock, consisting of Arabi an, Cluny, Renaissance, Swiss Novelty, Irish Point, Brussels and Corded Arabians. Those who contemplate immediate renewal of their window hangings will profit by making their selections now. The following are but a few of these curtain values. $1.75 values in Corded Arabian Tint Laee? per pair 907 $2.25 values in Corded . Arabian Tint Laces, per pair $1.25 $3.25 vals. in Arabian Tint Laces, pr..Sjl.T5 $12 vals. in Ivory Cluny Laces, pair. .$6.75 $15.00 values in Arabian Flemish Point Laces, per pair ....$8.50 $17.50 values in thread lace Arabian, Irish Point, Shiffle and real Brussels Laces, in 2, 4 and 6-pair lots; special, per pair. $9.00 $18 vals. in Point de Luxe and Arabian I-iaees, in 4-pair lots; special,' pair $10.00 $20.00 values in Et amine Arabian, Swiss Ara bian, French Arabian, Duchess and Point de Luxe Laces, in lots of from 6 pairs, white or ivory tints; special, pair.. $11.00 $22.00 values in Duchesse, real Cluny and French Arabian Laces, 1, 2 and 4-pair lots, in white and ivory; special, per pair. .$12.50 $25.00 values in Etamine Arabian, French Ara bian, Egyptian, Swiss, Gothic, Duchesse and Filet Laces, 2 to 6-pair lots, in all tints ; spe- i .: si ? nn cial, ner pair .$13.50 $27.50 values in French Renaissance and Brus sels Laces, special, per pair. $15.00 -$30 values in real Venetian, Filet, Cluny and Arabian Laces, in lots of from 2 to"4 pairs; special, per pair.. . , $17.50 $35.00 values in French Arabian. Etamine Ara bian and French Renaissance Laces; special, per pair $19.00 $40 values in real Venetian and Thread Ara bian Laces; special, per pair.. .. $22.50 $o0.U0 .values in .trench. JNoveity Liaces; spe cial, per pair. $25.00 ?vDAY BASEMENT SPECIALS Two-day bargain items in kitchen and laundry helps. Thrifty housewives should take advantage of these specials. No. 1 and 2 sizes Tea Strainers, each 5 No. 3 size Tea Strainer, each. . . .10 Can Openers, each 5 Wood-handle Forks, each 14-in. and 15-in. Wood Spoons, ea. 5 17-inch Wood Spoons, each ...... 10 Broom Holders, each 5 Cotton Dish Mops, each 5 Sink Brushes, three for.......... 5 Wood Potato Mashers, each 10f Wire Vegetable Boilers, each 10 Wire Potato Mashers, each 10 No. 1 Extension Strainers, each . . 10 No. 2 Extension Strainers, each..l5 Pan Rim Straiuers, each.:; 15 Combination Strainers, each 15 Wire Egg Whips, each ........... 10 Tack Hammers, each 15 Pot Chain and Scrapers, each..lO Wood Towel Rollers, each. . , . . . .15 Wood Towel Racks, each. ...... .15 75-foot Wire Clothes Lines, each. -15 I 3 doz. Hoyt's Clothes Pins 20 DINING CHAIRS In the fumed and weath- ered oak box seat pat terns, with plain and leather upholstered backs and seats. : $4.00 Chairs, in weathered oak, special $2.75 $8.00 Arm Chairs to match, special . . . $5,25 $6.50 Chairs in fumed or weathered oak, sp'l.$4.25 $9.00 Arm Chairs to match, special $5.90 $6.00 Chairs in fumed oak, special....". ..$3.90 $11.00 Arm Chairs to match, special $6.95 $7.50 Chairs in fumed oak, special.." $4.90 $12.50 Arm Chairs to match, special.... $8.25 OUR ENTIRE LINE OF OFFICE FURNITURE AT CLEARANCE SALE PRICES . SC0MPLETE-H0U5E-FURni5HER5 CLEARANCE SALE MAKE TOUR 1 OWN THUS J HALL MIRRORS COUCHES HALL SEATS contemplating closing cigar stores in Al bany on Sundays but no action was taken at the meeting last evening. Izzy Takes Bill but Fails to Return After One Hour's Work, Elevator Boy who Is Given 20 to Chance, Changes Location Instead. WHERE Is Izzy? , This is', a question that is bother ing the police and A. C. DeFriece. pro prietor of the Davies' photograph studio, at Third and Morrison streets, who are searching for the missing Izzy and a crisp, new $20 bank note which disap peared, with Dim. He came and departed within an hour, and no one knows -whence or whither. Mr. DeFriece doesn't know whether to laugh or to be angry, and the police have been unable to throw any light on the whereabouts of Izzy or the bill. In the meantime one of the patrons of the pho tograph studio is minus $20 and Mr. De Friece faces the annoying duty of having to make good the loss. It occurred this way. Late on Monday afternoon the elevator boy in the build ing announced tnat a rich uncle had died up in the gold fields of Alaska leaving him the sole heir, and that untold heaps of gold nugge'ts awaited his arrival north of "fifty-three." - His resignation was tendered and accepted, and the young man departed. His departure at such short notice presented some difficulty In securing a boy to take his place. Bilious? Doctors all agree that an active liver is positively essential to health. Ask your omn doctor about Ayer's Pills. Ayer s Pills "How arc your bowels?" the doctor always ass. He knows how important is the question of con stipation. He knows .that inactivity of the liver will often produce most disastrous" results. We believe Ayer's Pills are the best liver pills you can possibly take. -Sold for over 60 years. We have no secrets I We . publish the formulas of all our medicines. ). C. AYER CO., Manufacturing Chemist, Lowell, Maw. So, when early yesterday morning a young man presented himself for work, his advent was regarded as a piece of good fortune. The young man was about 19 years old and was distinguished by that unfailing sign- of budding man-ood, a sprouting mustache. His clothing was poor, but he looked wise, and no doubt he was, for as it turned out, he obeyed In structions Implicitly. When asked if he could operate an ele vator, he replied tnat he had no expe rience, but that he wasn't afrand to try. So forthwith he was gien a trial. He was &. success. In 15 minutes he could stop sqaurely. on any of the landings. "What's your name?'1 queried Mr. DeFriece.- "Izzy, sir." lie replied. 5 "All right, Izzy, you'll do," said Mr. DeFriece, "the job is yours. Drop in later and leave your name and address." Izzy beamed his ' pleasure and took charge of the elevator. At 8 o'clock a customer came up to- the studio with a brand new $20 bill to pay a small account. It was early and there was little or, no small change In- the of fice, and according to a custom of long standing, the elevator boy was called. "Izzy, said Mr. DeFriece. "it's too early for the banks to be open, but you may be able to get change nearby. At any rate, I. want you to take this gentle man's $20 bill and don't come back until you get It changed." And Izzy didn't. Now a wary sleuth with a warrant In his pocket made out in the name of John Izzy Doe is scouting the streets looking for-a young man with a mustache on his upper lfp and a $20 bill In his pocket. Counsel Fails to Appear. Because their lawyers did not appear for them, the caies of the State against C. E. Fa rrell and Cortez Brewer were not set for trial by Judge Cleland when the men 'were brought in yesterday to plead. .Both entered pleas of not guilty. The two are charged with threatening to shoot A. Schuback on the night of No vember 15. New Trial Not Necessary. The suit of F. L. Sutherland against the S. Morton Cohn Real Estate Invest ment Company, which was tried before the late Judge Frazcr and passed upon, will not be tried again, according to the decision of Judge Cleland yesterday. Judge Frazer had jiot signed the Undines of fact in this case, and it was at first thought by the presiding Circuit Court Judge that a new trial would be neces sary, but as the decision of Judge Frazcr was taken down by the court stenog rapher, and there is no doubt as to what the late Judge's Intention was. Judge Cleland has found that he has the appar ent sanction of the Supreme Court. This ruling will aVply to a number of other cases, and will save valuable time and expense. "Devil's Auction." ' Commencing Sunday the attraction at the Marquam will be "Devil's Auction." This extravaganza has been before the publla fcr a generation and each year Is znoro popular. This searon Charles Tale hm equipped the spectacular show with ncv trick scenery and Riven It new costumes. The seat sale Is now on. i'Mr. Barnes of -New York" Coming. The attraction at the Lyric for the wnrk commencing next Monday night will be the thrilling drama by- Archibald Claverlnc Gunter. "Mr. Barnes of New York." which was one of tho most sensational novels evor printed In tills pnimtry. I ' ' 'SfcS - "THE HEIGHT Of GOOD- TASJeI, SW piPER HEIDSIECK is the JTT 'WtmS. : choi?e of dbcrirninating -i tobacco users everywhere be- ISft, cause it is the very finest quel- ''mlWk ity obtainable- lt one MwMlvm plug that'8 good enoush for )HM)tJXffcWW men that are particular. 1 WMmmm- Not expensfve-even i