THE MORNING- OREGOyiAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1920
5
UCCESSFUL SALMON
SEASON ENDS TODAY
27,540,500 Pounds Raw Fish
Cured in Columbia Plants.
TOTAL VALUE IS $6,719,300
Bulk of Huge Sum to Be Brought
Into Oregon From the East
and Foreign Lands.
Altoona Packing; company .......
Pillar Rock Packinz comDanT
J. G. Megler & Co
Warren Packing company .......
Allen & Hendrtckson
Seufert
Point Adams Packing company. .
Arthur Anderson &. Co
47.500
32.OO0
30.000
40.000
10.000
12.000
10.000
5.000
Total 634.500
The pack of pickled fish in tierces
packed by the individual companies is
estimated as follows:
Union Fishermen's Co-operative. Pack-
ins company ..................... 4ru
S. Schmidt & Co 450
Columbia River Packers' ass'n 400
Vends.NTssel Packing company 275
tvlevennuaen 100
Total . .' 16TS
ASTORIA, Or, Aug-. 24. (Special.)
The spring- fishing season on the
Columbia river will close at noon
tomorrow, with a good run of fine
Chinook salmon entering- the river,
splendid catches being- made by all
classes of gear and every packing
plant on the lower river operating
almost to its capacity. Far from be
ing the failure that was talked of
for a time, the pack averaged well
with that of former years, and will
exceed that of 1919 by from 10 to
15 per cent, although the pickled or
cold storage output is over 20 per
oent less.
What saved the pack this year were
the first six weeks and the final two
weeks of the esason. With the open
ing day the take of big royal
chinooks was unusually large. This
continued until well after the mid
dle of June, and as the majority of
these fish went into cans the pack
of the first-grade chinooks is the
largest this season it has been in
many years. From that time on fish
ing was slack, with a slight spurt
now and then, and the catch during
the last half of June and all of July
was almost nothing. It was not until
well into August that the next big
spurt came, and since that time the
catch has been steady, some large
hauls being made, and every pack
ing plant has been kept working full
time to the closing day. Even the
late run was of fine chinooks, and
their quality is such that the greater
portion will grade as No. 1.
Glllnetters Do Best.
Of the various classes of fisher
men in the river the glllnetters did
the best. In the early part of the
season the best catches were made
by the glllnetters operating above
Tongue Point, while during the clos
lng few weeks those fishing in the
lower river from Point Ellis to the
breakers outside reaped the harvest.
With a few exceptions the trappers
have done but little and until the
spurt near the close of the sason
the catch was almost a failure for the
seiners. Recently, however, some of
them in the lower harbor have made
remarkable catches, one seine bring
ing in 35 tons of fish in a single
haul.
Outside the mouth of the river the
trollers had the poorest season. On
the other hand, the purse seiners
and there were about 160 of that
class of boats operating, gleaned a
harvest. .
The season was marked by the com
plete absence of the expected run of
bluebacks. scarcely a one of that
class of fish entering the river, and
that fact evidently shortened the
catch of the wheels, seines and diver
nets of the upper river. Steelheads
were also scarce this year and only
a comparatively small amount of
them has been frozen for the markets.
Ruling Price 12 Onts.
The ruling price paid for the raw
salmon was 12 cents a pound, the
highest ever paid, and this figure is
said to have been raised by independ
ent buyers and by bonuses offered
the fishermen who made big catches.
For that reason the amount of money
distributed among the fishermen this
season is probably the largest in the
history of the industry on the Colum
bia. The same can be said of the
canned product, the higher grades
celling at over 16 a case, with the
demand far in excess of the supply.
The market for the lower grade is
not quite so brisk, but with the al
most total failure of the season at
some of the packing centers in the
north and the fact there will be little
if any fall packing on the river this
year, a ready sale for all grades and
at advanced prices is confidently ex
pected as soon as the market adjusts
itself.
The closing of the war has made
a slightly better European market for
the pickled or cold storage salmon,
although as yet none is being shipped
direct to Germany, which in former
years was the principal consumer of
that product. As a consequence, the
packers depend almost entirely on
the domestic demand for the pickled
salmon. Four plants Warren, San-born-Cutting,
Tallant-Grant and Lin
denberger packed no pickled fish,
and the others curtailed their output.
nutting- their large fish into cans, for
which the demand is strong- and
steady.
Total Pack 634,500 Cases.
In compliance with the demands of
the trade, probably 65 per cent of
the canned salmon on the river is
nacked in what are known as half
4-ases of 24 pounds each. A conserva
tive estimate places the total canned
nack at 634.500 cases "as they run
or about 42S.300 full cases of 48
nounds each. As 30 tons of raw sal
man are required for each 1000 full
cases, this pack represents 25,698,000
nounds of raw fish. The cold storage
output consists of 1675 tierces, each
containing 800 pounds of cured, or
iioo nounds of raw salmon, making
a grand total of 27.540.500 pounds of
raw fish that were cured at the can
neries and cold storage plants.
At the ruling price of 12 cents
pound, this means that the enormous
sum of $3,304,860 has been paid tne
srillnetters. trollers. trappers, seiners,
purse seiners and wheel operators for
their catches since the season opened
at noon on May 1. This amount does
not include the other large sums ex
nended for labor in handling the
catches, transporting them from the
fishing grounds to the packing plants
or in canning or pickling. Neither
does it include the sums paid, the
fishermen for the vast amount of
fresh fish shipped by the dealers and
packers to the markets of the inte
rior.
Facte 'Worth 6.71050O.
Fieuring on an average of $15
full case for the canned salmon and
22 cents a .pound for the pickled fish
the output of the Columbia river dur
ing the season is worth in the mar
kets of the world an aggregate of
$6,719,300, less the 6 per cent allowed
for commissions and discounts, and
the great bulk of this sum is brought
into the state from tne east ana
foreign lands.
The number of cases of canned sal
mon "as they run" put up by each
of the individual packing companies
is estimated as follows:
Columbia River Packers' ass'n 110.000
Tallant-Grant Packing company.... 45.000
Union Fishermen s uo-operatlve
Packing company 7ri,000
Panborn-Cutting Packing company.. 4.",000
Columbia River Fish company 13.. 100
Booth Fisheries S3. 000
Barbey Packing company KO.000
McGowan & Sons....- -; SO. 000
nklnnAlr Partilnr pomnanv - rwi
Jeldness Brothers 12.000 1
RAILROAD HELD FEASIBLE
Xorth and South Idaho Line De
clared Imperative.
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 24. (Special.)
Leonard Way, rate expert with the
public utilities commission, who has
completed a report on a recent sur
vey of the north and south railroad,
says the proposed road between New
Meadows and Fenn could be built.
The purpose of the report Is to pre
sent the entire railroad construction
problem to the interstate commerce
commission when it meets in Boise
September 16 to hear the request of
the public utilities commission of this
state that the Northern Pacific Rail
road company be required to show
cause why it should not proceed with
construction work.
Commercial clubs and business men
are enthusiastic over the proposal to
build the road. It would be the only
direct connecting link between north
and south Idaho, they say.
LEAGUE IS CRITICISED
Xon-Partisans Referred to as Com
munists and Revolutionists.
ABERDEEN-. Wash., Aug. 24. (Spe
cial.) More than 50 paid workers of
the non-partisan league, backed by
$300,000 in Seattle banks, are at work
over the state in rural . communities
spreading corrrmunistic propaganda,
according to Dr. Charles T. Baylis,
in an address to 100 members of the
Kiwanis club of Aberdeen and their
wives.
"Astounding or not, there is a so
viet in every large city in the United
States, including your own city," said
Baylis. "These are unmistakably rev
olutionary groups, whose object is to
bring about revolution bloodless, if
possible, bloody if necessary."
Steel Ste
amers
ALE
Six United States Shipping Board Steamers
Sealed bids will be received in office of the
United States Shipping Board, 1319 F St. North
west, Washington, D. C, on or before 10 :30 A. M.
September 6, 1920. Bids will be opened Septem
ber 7, 1920, at 10 o'clock in the offices of the
board. The steamers are as follows: Northern
King, Northern Light, Northern Queen, North
ern Wave. These vessels approximately 4000
deadweight tons, Scotch boilers. Bethlehem and
Seneca approximately 3860 deadweight tons,
Scotch boilers. These vessels are located at ports
along the Atlantic coast and can be inspected
upon application to the United States Shipping
Board. Terms 10 per cent cash on delivery, bal
ance., in semi-annual installments for a period of
three years. Bids may be submitted on one or
more vessels, but must be accompanied by certi
fied check payable to the United States Snipping
Board for 21 per cent of the bid. Bids shall be
submitted on the basis of purchase "as is and
where is." The board reserves the right to re
ject any and all bids. Sealed bids should be ad
dressed to the Secretary of the United States
Shipping Board, Washington, D. C, and indorsed
"Sealed bid for steamship (name of ship) " and
"Do not open."
DANCING HALL PROTESTED
Residents in Neighborhood of Camp
Site Petition City Council.
ABERDEEN. Wash., Aug. 24. (Spe
cial.) Property owners in the neigh
borhood surrounding the tourist camp
site purchased last week by the Grays
Harbor realty board are preparing
to protest use of the location as. a
park and the erection thereon of a
dancing pavilion.
The protest, being circulated today,
which will be presented to the city
council, states that as the site is in
a residence, and not a business dis
trict, its use as a park, and espe
cially erection of a dancing hall, will
have a strong tendency to lower the
morality, decency and good order of
the neighborhood.
BARON SEEKS DAUGHTER
REFUGEE OF REDS BELIEVED
TO BE IX AMERICA.
SICK MAN UNIDENTIFIED
Sufferer From Paralysis Still in
Unconscious Condition.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 24. (Spe
cial.) The staff of ..doctors - and
nurses at 'tne Aberdeen general hos
pital and members of the police force
are attempting to learn the identity
of a man picked up Sunday after
noon in an unconscious condition on
the O.-W. R. & N. railroad bridge.
He was found to have suffered a
troke of paralysis. He is reportei
as still unconscious.
A suitcase found beside him con
tained no clew to his identity. Neither
were any papers or marked belone-
ings found in the pockets of his
clothing.
Four Ii Convention at Hoquiam.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Aug. 24. (Spe
cial.) Between 25 and 35 Aberdeen
loggers and lumbermen will repre
sent mills and camps of this district
at the district convention of Loyal
Legion of Lumbermen and Loggers to
re neid in Hoquiam Wednesday.
Tokio Lawyer in Seattle Hunting
for Russian Child Who Dis
appeared 1'ears Ago.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 24. (Spe
cial.) Sent across the Pacific by a
heartbroken Russian, nobleman to
search the United States for his lost
daughter, a child refugee of the bol
shevist revolution. Waiter A. de Hav
illand, a lawyer of Tokio, is in Se
attle seeking some trace of little
Maria Veselofskai Veitinghoff. who
dropped out of sight soon after ar
riving in America with her mother
and her father's aunt nearly three
years ago.
The missing child is the daughter
of Baron Anatorly Veitinghoff. a
young member of one of the oldest
and wealthiest of the noble families
of - old f-RiKSsisW' who"" is 'ffoT'S,ae:ithe
in Japan, driven from his native land
by the bolsheviki.
The only clew the baron was able
to give Mr. de Havilland was a report
reaching him of his wife's death.
This report said the steamship took
fire at sea, that the passengers were
compelled to take to the lifeboats
while the fire was being- fought, and
that while in an open boat the baron
ess suffered so severely from ex
posure that her health was under
mined, resulting in her death soon
after the steamship reached port
Tribute Paid to Meredith.
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 24. (Special.)
-V-The west, and Idaho in particular,
Iras a friend in E. T. Meredith, sec
retary of agriculture, according to
W. G. Swendsen, state commissioner
of reclamation, who recently was in
Washington, where he held a con
ference with the secretary. He found
Secretary Meredith familiar with ir
rigation problems in this state and
enthusiastic over the prospects of de
velopments here. Mr. Meredith him
self . wasMnterested financially in the
Twin Falls west end project prior to
nis appointment as secretary.
CITY MAY RENEW LEASE
Aberdeen Officials Expect Xo Diffi
culty With, Railroad.
ABERDEEN. Wash., Aug. 24. (Spe
cial.) City officials expect no diffi
culty In obtaining a renewal of the
lease to the Northern Pacific bridge
over the Chehalis- river, now being
used as an emergency route while
the east entrance trestle is being re
built. The lease expires September 1.
City Engineer Blood said the trestle
on the Olympic highway should be
ready for traffic in six weeks. Work
has been delayed by lack of cement.
The only strip of new paving that
will be open for traffic during the
Grays Harbor county fair at Elma
September 1 to 7. will be the Elma
Satsop strip. This will save a detour
IDAHO MINES ARE ACTIVE
Output for 1920 Promises to Ex
cccd That of Last Vear.
BOISE, i Idaho, Aug. 24. (Special.)
If the . present rate of production
is maintained by the mines of Idaho
the mineral output for 1920 will be
considerably in excess of that of 1919
says O. N. Gerry of the United States
geological survey, who has forwarded
his summary to officials here.
Production in 1919 was unusually
low, the output of gold, silver, lead
copper and zinc being less than the
annual average of the last 10 years.
Many of the large lead mines were
idle last year, but conditions have
improved since then and production
has been much heavier.
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