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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1905)
THE 2LORNING ASTOIUAN ASTORIA, ORKGuJV Fishing Gazette Say Sockeye Run Is Steadily Cumulative. ANOTHER SPURT IS EXPECTED MONDAY, AUGUST , 1905. 3 PACKERS SANGUINE American Pack of Sockeyet This Season Will Bt Considerably In Excess of Half Million Cases-Difficulty io Se curing Mtlp. Nlnce w tat went to press tin run of hm ki-yr Million oil the i'ugt-t sound ami tn the Frm-r river, It, (' tins n steadi ly cumulative, and it I nt within tin confine of (ho mt wk that nhe pre flint nf humiilmck alotm with the awiiliir fish portend (In- l.i mImuIujj the rml. A late ilviiv tnt that inee llli now constitute fully hi kt cent, of the catch In the tralt nntl the run ha visibly slackened. Ili.wewr ill confidently Mm-cW that Vwn will U nnnlhrr iirt of Uli before the sea to 11 -low for lb Mlmon now running are by no .can ripe and lurgp m-IhmiI (if 1WI1 hut been reported off tho headland of .Vancouver, li. C. The (i)wtU i in formed by controlling Inter?! in Ala Ian nulmon that the American pack of HN-kryp this M-aMiu will I consider ll,v in exw of half a million raw, conalngcnt solely on th ability of the packer to procure laW and can, with out regard to a further spurt of flh. The tout pack of Ilrltl-h Columbia i "titimtcil on the Pth lnt at vo,iHNk csc, with the Frax-r river canner ac counting for 4I0,(KIU nwi of thi out put ml ntill averaging 50,0oo ra dally. In coma quarter It I thought that tht 1005 pack of aockeyc on the coast will exceed a million cac if f. vorahln condition prevail until the end of th wiwili. Canneries have had considerable diffi culty in wrurlng help as Is-1 ween IO.ixk) and I2.INH) incn, women and children re employed In various department of the fUhrrlcs, hut there ha Iwd little or no wat of good flh, little tttit refu going to fertilizer and byproduct plants, any the Sun Francisco Trade Journal. I.arge quantities of surplus from canneries 11 re being milled in ld-l-lingliam and Anm-orteii for shipment cast, and carload lota pe-inlly prepared going to Germany, Humpback, second gradn fih, have started to run, Sev eral of the catiucrii- will put tip pack of this variety after cltsm of sixkcye aeason. A a direct result of the big run of aiM'keye salmon the Atueririin Can com pany at Itellingluiin, Uh., nlthmigli turning out 2,00,0n0 tin) a day, wa unahlu to keep pace with the demand of Round rannerlea, Ijurgv ihipiiii-iit were received from other plant of the company. The omiuiik market on Mkeye nl inon ha not yet In-cn ditclowd hy con. trolliiijr intereata. There it a atrong di Volition on the part of American hand ler to coiii-cdc nt nrotind for tall f. o. h. cont, although we h-arn dcllnitc ly that otroii hand ore in iih-ulutc con trol and aword ha la-en arrived nt with Alii-knu intercnt. It wmild tint nur- prii! 11 if opcnin priin vu li) ci'Ut in n.lvancfl of the figure quoted. The foluuihla river output will he t- than 110111111I and i uiiiloiilitedly ovccohl hy a quarter of a million caw at leant, hut, tut the other hand, the Ala-kuu pack lia t 1 lie reckoned with and there 1 ffointf to lie a Mjf pack of red thi eciiHon. W'v anticipate, however, that the piedomiiiiit inr hindcn of t urn ins the Hockeye pack will he on the should cr of R'ltith Ciduiuliin cniim-r. nicl ut the Imrtrnin rnlce now ouVrinjt in red Alaka, there hould lie no tillliculty xpciiei d in finding a market for both fancy ami Htamlard olTerinu of all 'rnilc of Naliuon. A (.'oimIIv proportion I of the American Bockeyo pack khould he diverted to former trade in eompetl tion with cli i nook, which would enable free clearance of Alattkan nlmon in tht export and dome tie trade at atnndatd jirice. What naliuon really need i the leaven of a at rung advertiiing campaign to promote doincHlie coiiHUinption of the Jiroduct. Intent Liverpool cable report price! very firm fur apot one-pound and half pound flat, what little stock there are In these size being in very small com pa. The good demand reported last Veek for best quality tall continues. Price are also firm for new season' falnion, for both overland and steamer arrival. - Southern demand for low-grade sal mon I now at it height, and will un doubtedly clean tip every cae available before the new panck can reach the Kantern market. In expectation of a ohort pack holders have advanced spot price to 00 cent . Fishing Gazette. sSa-a K ! "7 Tiw. J 1 V tV -.U?W & t CSM SWaf v : Wid 8... & I will PERIL FROM TOREDOES. Oyster Bedi of Willapa Bay Art Threat ened With Destruction. Ilwaco, Wash.. Aug. 20. The oyster beds in Willapa harbor and Shnalwater bay are threatened with destruction at the hands of tho torcdn, Discoveries made in the last few days have convinced oystermei tlt these pests exist in alarming quantities, and that they are fast making inroads, not only on tht matured product, but on the young growth as well. The native and Kast ern product are subject alike to the at tack of thi subtle foe. Where the toredo came from, or how the seed first found it way into the waters of the bay, are point on which the oystermcn differ. That they should now be ao numerous as to practically swarm tha waters of the bay, whereas a few months, ago, there were iiardly any in evidence, is also a fact that causes them to ponder. Many at tribute the present invasion of the beds to the absence of fresh water in the bay. caused in turn by the lack or freshet in the streams that fed it, but the majority believe that the threat ened disaster is the result of toredo seed, shipped in with Kastern oyster seed. Bishop Doan, an expert in Western oyster culture, arrived at the bay yes terday and will endeavor to ascertain tho exact extent of the injury thus far inflicted upon the beds.' He is a heavy stockholder in the Morgan Oyster com pany, which has the largest holdings on Shoalwater bay. He is of the opin ion that a large percentage of the pres ent crop has already been ruined by the pest, and that much of the seed has also been destroyed. The majority of the growers, he believes, do not ap preciate the havoc already wrought. Mr. Doane has had an experience with the toredo on the company' Cali fornia beds, and does not relish a repe tition. There, he says, it became neces sary to hire Japanese to gather the toredo spat, the same as oyster seed is gathered, in order to effectually check the ravages of the jiest, and once that they were under control, the great vigilance has since been necessary In order to keep them in subjection. He will spend several days in going over the local situation, and then decide what action is necessary to aver the disaster. ) Those who have seen the toredo in operation assert that there is cause for the greatest apprehension, once the pest invade an oyster bed. Multiply ing rapidly, the number of oysters which the toredo will destroy, they de clare, is little short of marvelous, tstening on the oyster' shell, the to redo bores a hole through the oyster's side, inflicting a mortal wound to which the victim soon succumbs. GRAND JURY DISCHARGED. Scathingly Arrainges City Administra tion of San Francisco. San Francisco, Aug. 20. Tho grand jury, which has been in session in this city for some time, filed a final report today and was discharged. The report, which contains about 35,000 words, is a scathing arraignment of the present municipal administration. .sons, mo8t'y women and children, were seated below. The weight of the boys caused the roof to collapse. PAVILLI0N GIVES WAY. Crowd of Boys Climb on Roof Causing Structure to Collapse. Marblchead, Mass., Aug. 20. A dozen persons were injured tonight in a col lapse of the pavilion at Crocker Park, where a large crowd was watching the fireworks celebration of the arrival of the New York Yacht club fleet. One hundred or more small boys had climbed on the roof the building, while 200 per- Fiendish Suffering, if often caused by sores, ulcers and can cers, that eat away your skin. Wm. Be-. dell, of Flat Kock, Mich., says: "I have used Bucklen'a Arnica Salve, for ulcer,1 sores and cancers. It is the best healing dressing I ever found.- Soothes and heals cuts burns and scalds. 25 o at Charles Rogers' drug store. When you feel a sense of weight and ( oppression after meals, it means indi-1 gestion. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea positively cure indigestion, constl-; pa tion and stomach troubles. S3 cents, Tea or Tablets at Frank Hart'a drug , store. The Astorian, 75 cents a month. ,