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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1904)
PAGE EIGHT. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1904. , SI 11 ITT1 10 f A I Decial liis We Women's Vid Kid Oxford Ties, hand-turn soles, THIS season's best styles; Regular $3.C0 values at S1.95 PETERSON 8 BROWN Astoria's Leading: ShoA Dealers GOVERNMENT GETS PLANT Upper Clackamas River Hatchery Turned Over to United States Fisheries Bureau. REPORT OF THE FISH WARDEN Denies Stories Published About the Loan of Salmon at the Dam on Rogue Klver. GREAT RUN OF SALMON Hatchery Fish Reach the Colum bia and Fishermen are Mak The report of Fish Warden Van Dusen for the month of July was made public yesterday. The report shows that the receipts of the office for the month aggregated $1784.25, of which t some impression upon the great piles J $1727.10 was collected In the First of ton. I (Columbia river) district. The report. Many of the gillnetters made re-1 after detailing the receipts, Is as fol- markable hauls. Boats came In with Hows: as hign as 6000 pounds of fish, hauls I Considerable complaint has been of this quantity netting the two fisher-1 made of late about the salmon being men $330 for their day's drift. Scores stopped In great numbers by the Ray of deliveries of two tons were made! dam across the Rogue river, and artl by fishermen, and few boats reported Idea have been published In some of with less than 1200 pounds. Nearly lour papers to the effect that thousands I And up to $3.00 for Bathing Suits, for Men, Women and Children P P Bathing Trunks ten cents and up H CO-OPE R THE BIO STORE intf Immense Hauls. aU of tne men made an ar'y morning of salmon were killing themselves In : unlivery ana men reported again inimeir enorts to get over this dam. In regard to this matter, I beg to PACKING HOUSES BLOCKED Some of the Boats Come in With as Much as Three Tons and Very Few Fall Below 1200 Pounds. The long-looked-for hatchery run of salmon has at last entered the river. Yesterday receipts at the canneries were so heavy that the offerings could not be cared for. and. while the boats were not limited during the day, the packing houses were blocked. It was a repetition of the conditions existing last year at this time, and the spec tacle gladdened the hearts of all As torlans. A. big run of salmon was reported to have entered the river on Saturday night's flood, and receipts on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were gratifying. However, the fish were not the hatch ery run, but rather the advance guard. Tuesday night the run Increased, and ' yesterday all of the receiving docks were piled high- with great fish of un equaled quality. Many of the boats h made two deliveries during the day, , and so far as could be learned all of the offerings of salmon were accepted at the various institutions. . Nearly all of the packers paid the original prices yesterday, 6 cents be ing given for fish weighing over 27 pounds and 5 cents for fish under that weight It was stated that the Tallant- : Grant company had reduced the price to 5 cents for all sizes of fish at 4 o'clock yesterday morning, but the , other canneries paid 5 and 6 cents. At the Kinney cannery late yesterday afternoon 6 cents was paid for large , fish, although the higher priced salmon were canned and not sent to the cold I storage plant The receipts at the cold storage were too great to permit of any cannery fish being sent there. It was freely predicted last evening that all of the packers would reduce the price to 5 cents flat this morning. Some Inspiring Scenes. The scenes at the various packing houses were indeed inspiring. From all points of the compass heavily laden Ashing boats were to be seen making for the canneries. The boats were loaded almost to the guards. Al ready there were long lines of waiting boats at the canneries, and the Incom ing fishermen raced along Wore the afternoon breeze In order to get a good place In the line. The receiving docks were stacked high with fine salmon, and the cannery forces worked the afternoon. A newspaper repre sentative who talked with seven fisher-1 report: That while the salmon are be men is nicy ueuvereu ineir nsn yes-img oioppea ana inierierea witn to a terday afternoon was told by six that J considerable extent by this dam, very they were compelled to haul in their! few are being injured In any way and nets without removing half the flshlthey are passing up through the fish from the meshes. These men had been J ways that have been provided and drifting on the north shore and were are getting above the dum as fast as forced to gather up their gear so as It Is possible for us to expect. Upon to keep from swamping their boats, an investigation recently made I found One boat was stamped during the that they were going up through the morning near Point Ellis on account I flshways at the rate of 2000 or S000 of the Imense number of salmon se- a day, and that they have been going cured in one drift Practically all of at this rate during the past two w.-eks. the fish caught yesterday and the Two thousand a day Is a very con previous night were taken on the servatlve estimate, and by a very care Washington side of the river, and ful count made by State Water Bailiff above the city. Williams, who Is there continuously Boats Not Limited. to see that the flshways are kept clear The packing houses have not yet and the fish are not molested In any placed a limit on the boats. The men way, It appears that some days five who came in yesterday with great lor ten thousand have passed over the hauls were able to dispose of their en-1 dam. tire catches. The packers seem dls- Also, from a letter received from posed to accept as much glllnet fish as Mr. D. H. Miller of Medford. who fishes possible, for the gillnetters are their a great deal with rod and line on the mainstay during those weeks of the upper Rogue river, and who has been season when fish are scarce. It was J very much interested In seeing that predicted last night that all of the gill- the fish get above this dam, I learn: net fish would be accepted today. The That he was down to the dam on the effect of the additions to the various 25th and Inspected both of the fish plants made during the past winter ways, and counted very carefully the were apparent yesterday, and a much number going through, and he figures greater quantity of fish was handled that they are going through both fish- during the day than could have been ways at the rate of 250 an hour; he handled in the same time last yean, was there In the middle of the day, Fish of Fine Quality but from evening to morning he fig- The fish now being taken are of ures that we could count on double wonderfully fine quality, bearing out that number. If they were going the statement of packers and fisher- through the flshways In such num men that the season is backward, hers, and I have no reason to doubt Seventy-five tons of fish were dellv-l't. It shows very clearly that during ered yesterday at one of the canneries, that particular day from five to ten and the tallyman who received this I thousand salmon and other fish passed immense quantity of salmon stated I above the dam. that he had seen but two or three tules Notwithstanding the fact that they In the entire deliveries. The fish are are passing above the dam in such firm and fat and of rich color, and so numbers, others are continually com- closely resemble the July salmon that'nK up the river to take their places, it is impossible to distinguish between I which keeps the pools below the dam them. literally alive with salmon and other Some Idea of the immense benefit I flsn eager to get by the obstruction.! derived from the fishing industry can I which makes It appear to a casual ob be gained from the statement that theserver that the same fish are there to glllnet fishermen yesterday received day that were first stopped, and has from $50 to $300 for the day's work.caused all this complaint The proceeds of each of the boats are! With a massive structure, like this divided between two men. In consld- Jdam, conditions will always be about eratlon of this fact. It Is not surprls-thls same way; the fish ascending the tng that fishermen yesterday wore I stream will be stopped, sometimes In smiling countenances. I great numbers, and it will take them a few days or a week before they will with letter of Instructions submitted. which reads as follows. Washington. D. C, July SI, 1904. Superintendent Fisheries Station, Or- egon City, Oregon. Sir: Referring to your letter of June 23 with reference to Fish Warden H. O. Van Dusen's proposition that the bureau take charge of the Upper Clackamas hatchery of the state filsh commission, you are ad vised that Mr. Wlsner has Just re ported on this subject, and as a result you have been wired to take charge of the Upper Clackamas station as per the proposition of II. Q. Van Dusen, with the understanding that the bu reau has full control of the Clackamas river In the future, and will not be In terfered with by the state fish com mission. It Is understood that the state fish commission turn over their Upper Clackamas hatchery, with all of the equipment Inventoried by them. a copy of which you sent to this of flee with your letter of June 21 Tou are to employ the force of men now at the Upper Clackamas station under the direction of one of your appointees, provided all are needed and so long as they are needed during the present season. Trusting this arrangement will be entirely satisfactory to Mr. Van Dusen and the state fish commission, I am, respectfully, II. M. SMITH, Acting Commlnsioner. As the acting commissioner "fully ac cepted the proposition submitted, I met Mr. Wilson July 29, and formally she came aboard at Southampton, fol lowed by two men, each bearing case of mineral water, She declared that she was going to -the hot springs of North Carolina, but had only $4 I money, tier father, she said, was James Hunter, a prominent chemist of Aberdeen, Scotland, and her mother was an American whose name was Laura Price. She showed n letter from Ikln and Crowther, solicitors of Uncolnfield's Inn, London, which hud evidently been written some time and which declared that the woman had an annuity of three thousand pounds and that her debts would be cared for, It Is said that the estate from which the woman draws her Income Is now In chancery and that she now draws but 1000 annually. : APPOINTEO IMERIAL TUTOR. Iowa Girl Will Teach Nephews ef Chinese Empress. Bridgeport ConnH Aug. J. The Rev, Dr. William Sallmon. president of Charleton college, Northlleld, Minn who is spending his vacation In this city, has received notification that Miss Mary Reynolds of Sibley, Iowa, has been appointed by Imperial decree tutor In the English language to the nephews of the empress of China. Miss Reynolds will sail la October to be gin her duties. Miss Reynolds will not reside at the Imperial palace,' Her home will be In Pekln with s missionary family there turned the operation of the station over and she will go back and forth to the zealously in a vain endeavor to make fall back on Anarshan, London, Aug. 3. A dispatch to thel811 themselves sufficiently to enter Central News from Halcheng under I8"'1 tn ladder fish way corstrlv date of August 2, says that In conse-anc ln order to get above the ob- quence of the desperate fighting df the t ruction. last few days and the Japanese turh-l Turned Over to Government ' Ing movement the Russians have been Tn matter of turning the Upper compelled to evacuate Halcheng and Clackamas river state hatchery over to In getting about 500,000 eggs, to him to take charge of after July 31, 1904, and Immediately directed Su perintendent John Straight to that ef fect This stream should give the gov ernment an excellent opportunity for future work, for there Is no question about it being one of the best salmon-breeding streams that we have In the state for the very early Chinook salmon and by them taking It off bur hands It will afford us the opportunity of taking up work on the Wallowa river, which Is also a very desirable stream, and which should not be al lowed to remain another year without being worked. Arrests and Prosecutions. I Water Bailiff W. R. Williams re ports that on June 28, 1904. he filed complaint against Frank Smith of Jackson county for foul-hooking sal mon In the immediate vicinity of the Ray dam on the Rogue river; that Mr, Smith was arraigned before Justice of the Peace A. S. Jacobs, of Central Point, June 28, and, upon a plea of "guilty." was fined $50 and costs which were paid July 18. Hatchery Operations. The work of taking eggs at the Sal mon river hatchery began July 20 and up to the last reports received they had taken 100,000 Chinook eggs. From the Clackamas river hatchery I learn: That the work of taking eggs began about the same time (July 20), and that they had already succeeded palace dally. Her contract calls for her to remain at her post for two years with a possible extension of time to a third year. During that time she will be In rather Intimate contact with certain members of the Imperial fam ily. Miss Reynolds has been a student at the college for the laxt six years and graduated with honors last June. INSANE MAN AT LARGE. 6 J Eye-strain is no imaginary ill, but one which effects the whole nervous system and if neglected will impair the general health' No Charge for Examining the Eyes IIATHERINE WADE, Graduate Optician At Owl Dm; Store the United States bureau of fisheries m I to operate In the future I took up with the Hon. Oeorge M. Bowers, commls sloner, June 21, In accordance with an order to that effect passed at meet ing held June 8. Upon receipt of my letter Mr. J. N Wlsner, United States field superin tendent in charge of this division, was commissioned to investigate the mat ter and report, and on July 27. through I. H. Wilson, superintendent In charge of the station at Oregon City, I re celved word that the United States bureau would accept the proposition, and would take the plant over to op erate In accordance with the propo sition submitted, with the understand ing that the bureau was to "have full control of the Clackamas river In the future, and that they would not be In terfered with ln any way on thaf stream by the state fish commission; that he had been directed to assume charge of the station In ' accordance At Ontario, Superintendent Brown reports; That he has the rack In across from the main uvnd to the Isl and, and that he has his horses all set, and expects to have the pickets on and the rack completed across the Snake river and all salmon stopped by August 5. This Is about 10 days earlier than what he was last year. YOUNG WOMAN IS HELD. English Girl Arrives at New York In Her Ball Dress.. New York, Aug. 8. A young woman who made the trip from Southampton on the Red Star line steamer Kroon land In a ball dress and without bag gage is now being held on board that vessel awaiting permission of the Im migration authorities to land. She gave 'her name as Mrs. Constance Phe lan and her last address as Chelten ham, England. The ship's officers know nothing about her except that' Startles Lenox Diplomstio Circles by Talking About Bombs. Pit Infield, Mass., Aug. 3. Lenox has been much alarmed over the appear ance of a derange man at the country residence of the British ambassador, Sir Mortimer Durnnd. The stranger asked for money. He made a harangue when refused and said he admired the assassin of Minister von Plehve and that some day he would throw a bomb himself. He was dissuaded from entering the embassy and after a time went away to reappear later at the residence of Miss Adele Kneelund of New York where he again demanded money. A contractor who was on the ground attempted to detain the fellow, but he ran away. The police were notified and searched the town for the man, who made good his escape,- The In cident stirred up the diplomatic cir cles In Lenox. Identified by Woman's Photograph. New York, Aug. 8. By means of a woman's photograph found upon htm when he was arrested last Friday, the man who Is alleged to have shot a Mount Vernon detective a few days before and who was captured after a chase by an armed pese and a pack of bloodhounds, has been Identified as'. Henry Wllklns of Buffalo, a member of the United States marine corps and said to belong to a well known family. George E. Waddy, the man who made the Identification, says the pho tograph found on the prisoner was that of his wife, Mrs. Waddy. HENRY W. GOOOI ELECTED PRESIDENT OF 1905 FAIR. Olreetoe. General Is Chosen to Plat - Made Vaeant by Resignation of Harvey W. Soott Portland. Aug. 3. At a meeting of the directors of the Lewis and Clark corporation this afternoon, Henry W. Qoode, director-general of the Lewi and Clark fair, was elected president, to succeed Hon. Harvey W. Scott Mr. Scott was compelled to resign from the presidency on account of a pressure or private business about u. month ago. For a long time he had been desirous of relinquishing the of. flee, but felt he could not consclen tlously do so until the exposition was an assured fact. To that end he devoN ed nearly four months of his time to securing government recognition. When ho had accomplished this he felt the fair had then been given suf flclent start to carry It to a successful conclusion without his further effort President Qoode Is one of the keen est business men and executives In this city and Is abundantly qualified to fill the office to which he has been elected. BASEBALL Psolfio Coast At Portland Tacotna, B; Portland, 4. At San Francisco Oakland, 5; Ban Francisco, 8. At Los Angeles Seattle, 0; Lot An geles, 8. Pacific National. At Salt Luke Holse. 8; St. Lake, 7. At Butte Butte. 11: Spokane. 10. Ameriean. At St. Louis Philadelphia, 10; gt. Louis, 4. At Chicago Washington, 2; Chi cago, 3. At Detroit New York, 5; Detroit, 2. At Cleveland-Boston, 7; Cleveland, National. At Philadelphia-first game, Cln. clnnatl, 6; Philadelphia, 0. Becond game, Cincinnati, 8; Philadelphia, 6. At Boston First game, St Louis, 8; Boston, 7. Second game, St Louis, ; Boston, 3. At Brooklyn Pittsburg, 8; Brook lyn, 2. At New York Chicago, 3; New York, 4. Cholera Epidemio In Persia. New York. Aug. 8. The Presbyter Ian board of foreign missions of the Presbyterian church has received let ters from the American missionaries; In Persia regarding the cholera epi demic which has come Into the coun try from the south and southwest and has extended as far north as the cap ital In Teheran. In July there were 80 or 40 deaths per day at Teheran and recent dispatches have reported a great Increase. The missionaries have open ed four centers of cholera relief at Teheran, using both their hospital and church and have sent notices for the- guidance of the public during the epl- demlc. Thero 'already great panic and much need for relief. Ill Health Causes 8uieide. Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 3. Hamilton White Swift of this city, a relative of Andrew D. White, former ambassador to Germany, shot himself with a rifle at Lost lake In the Adirondacks yes terday. Despondency and 111 health were the causes. He was formerly. engaged In newspaper work. He was nearly 40 years old. : , . Will Create Voting Trust. New York, Aug. 3. Steps have been taken toward the creation of a voting trust for the National Steel & Wire- Company. If this plan Is finally odopt ed, the trustees will be H. A. Hunting ton, Ogden Mills, and Henry W. Mun roe. The trust will be created for three years. This will be the first voting trust to be created recently . Stock favoring the centralization of the administration will be deposited with the Knickerbocker Trust Com pany. The plant of the National Steel & Wire Company is at New Haven. Conn., and the company has a cap italization of $2,577,800 of preferred stock and $2,993,700 of common stock. A THIS PAPER M'vg California, where eontrscu for advertl.ini can oe waa lot It.