THE 2LORNING ASTOIUAN ASTORIA, ORKGuJV
Fishing Gazette Say Sockeye Run
Is Steadily Cumulative.
ANOTHER SPURT IS EXPECTED
MONDAY, AUGUST , 1905.
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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.
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: 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-
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Tea or Tablets at Frank Hart'a drug ,
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