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THE MORNING ASTOIUAN. ASTORIA, OREGON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, igrgj, 4 TEXT OF 2 FISHING LAWS FOR INITIATIVE Fishino Industry of All Oregon Centered In the Fish and the Briefer Statement. LONGER LAW CARRIES THE MENACE AND EVIL OF THE HOUR An Industry Involving Millions of Annual Revenue and the Employment of Thousands Pitted Against the Greed of a Paltry Doien Of Men- Scan Them Both and Stand by the Lower Columbia River. v To propose by initiative petition a law for the protection of salmon and sturgeon in the waters of the Colum bia and Sandy Rivers and their trib utaries, and prescribing a penalty for a violation of the law. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Oregon: Section 1. That after August 25th, 190 it shall be unlawful to catch, take or fish for salmon of sturgeon at any time by any means whatever, except with hook and line, commonly called angling, from on in the waters of the Columbia River or any of Its tribut aries at any place up stream or easter ly from or of its confluence with the Sandy River, or from or in the waters of the sandy Kiver or any ot its trio taries; or to catch, take or fish for salmon or sturgeon in any manner whatever during or in spawning sea son in any of the waters of the Colum bia River or any of the tributaries thereof at any place up stream from or easterly of the confluence of said Columbia and Sandy Rivers or in any of the waters of said Sandy River or any of its tributaries, at any place up stream or southerly the confluence of said Columbia and Sandy Rivers. Sec. 2. .Wherever the word sal mon is used in this law the same shall be deemed and held to include Chinook, steelheads, bluebacks, Silver sides and all other anadromous species of salmon. Sec 3.. That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the pro visions of this law shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished Vm Gw- rt lui tiat ClAflflA n(W VJ UHV V. IIVl IVM k.M fc v-WHw1. more than $1,000.00 or by imprison-- ment in the County Jail for not less than twenty-five days nor more than , one year or by both such fine and imprisonment ACTOR DROPS DEAD. GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., Feb. 19. Hal Newton Carlyle of New York, an actor of national promi ence, filling one of the leading roles in "The Wheel of Love" Company, dropped dead here last night just as he was about to go on the stage for the second act. Heart disease caused his death. He was 65 years of age. 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Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write ber for advice. Bhe has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. 1 To propose by initiative petition law to protect salmon and sturgeon in the waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries, and in the Sandy River, within the boundaries of the State of Oregon, and in all the waters over which the State of Oregon has jurisdiction, and prescribing a penalty for a violation of the law. Filed January 27th, 1908, by Mr. II A. Webster. "Canned Fish Won't Spawn.' Every salmon would not satisfy the greed that pursues them. Some fish must escape if any new ones are to take the place of those in cans. The Grab Must Cease else by and by it will destroy the sal mon. The tale of the goose and the golden egg is the point." "Oregonian.1 In offering this bill to the people of the. State of Oregon the author (for many years officialy connected with the fisheries department of this State) has striven to embody the re sults of his investigations and the recommendations of the most emin ent authorities in the country. The object of the proposed law is to replete a dwindling industry by checking the destruction of salmon, wrought by the various appliances. This bill will place limits on all clas ses of fishing gear without discrim inating for or against any. Com mercial greed has brought the noble Chinook, worth millions to our State, to a deplorable plight. So many fish are caught that not enough now escape for purpose of propagation; the hatcheries, paid for at big ex pense by tax-payers,' are in some places closed and in others almost idle. Meanwhile the industry wanes. At present, there is practically no protection under the law; the closed Sunday has been abolished the open season lengthened again and again, until now salmon are caught just as long as the fishermen desire to take them. These conditions are selfevident; authorities are agreed; the decline would prove it were there any dis pute. The situation is best expres sed by that great authority Dr. Liv ingstone Stone, U. S. Department of Fisheries, who says: "Consider for a moment what the salmon has done for us, and then think how mercilessly we have treat ed them. Our salmon has been to us a source of natural revenue, enjoy ment, and pride, and what return have we meted out to him? He has been hunted pitilessly with hooks and spears, with all kinds of nets and pounds, with wheels and guns and dynamite, and there is not a cubic foot of water in the whole country where he can rest in safety. The moment he comes in from the ocean he meets the gill nets and the pounds at the mouth of the river, the sweep seines further up, the hook every where, and at last on his breeding grounds, which at least ought to be sacred to him, he encounters the pitchforks of the white man and the spears of the Indians." Relief must now be prompt if we would have a worthy inheritance to bequeath to our children. The purpose of the bill are five in number and five only. FIRST: Prohibit fishing on the Columbia River bar in order to allow unobstructed entrance of salmon to the river. (Section 3) SECOND: Restrict size of all kinds of gear so as to diminish their de structiveness. (Section 4) THIRD: Keep navigation channels in the Columbia River open at night, so as to afford fish a four to six hour respite, every twenty foui hours, in this immediate narrow strip of wide river. (Section 1) FOURTH: Lengthen closed sea sons on the Columbia River so as to allow more fish to reach hatcheries. (Section 2) FIFTH. Establish closed Sundays so as to save one-seventh of the sal mon supply for propogation. (See tion 5) Bar Fishing on the Columbia River. Common sense would not prompt you to drive cattle through a closed gate. Section 3 of this bill aims to open the gates or at least to leave it somewhat ajar. Bur fishing at the Columbia is one of ilie greatest men ances imaginable to the perpetuity of the fishing industry, to say nothing of involving a needless loss of life. By it fish are kept in the open sea long after the time appointed by nature for their entrance to fresh water. A few quotations should convince. "Bar net fishing should be prohi bitcd below a line inside and near the mouth of the river. The prevention of gill-nets fishing near and on the bar would result in saving of life, some twenty to sixty fishermen are drowned there ca year." Chas. F. Towell, Captain of Eng ineers, 1887. "A restriction should be placed upon fishing too close to the entrance from the sea. The fish should be nl lowed to get well inside before at tacking them." Major Jones' Report to War De partment 18S7. "I think it is essential for the wcl fare of this industry, that no fishing be allowed at or near the mouth of the river, and the salmon be given all the opportunity possible of getting into the river before it is lawful to take them." Oregon Fish, Commissioner, 1905 "I am also of the opinion that fish ing should be prohibited below Sand Island at all times." Senator Chas. W. Fulton, Jan. 1907. Restrict Gear. Shorten the length of all fishing gear. Marshall McDonald, U. 5. Fish Commissioner, 1894. says: "It is indeed, a matter of surprise that any salmon have been able to luclc the labyrinth of nets which bar their course to the upper Columbia. It is hardly an exaggeration to state that the entire volume of this great river is strained through the meshes of the innumerable nets which occupy nd obstruct every passageway to the spawning-grounds." The Washington "Special Commit tee, 1899, says: "Nets must be regu lated." The Joint International Committee Washington and British Columbia greed that 150 fathoms should be the extreme length. The U. S. Fish Commissioner in a letter of Secretary Strauss written January 10th, 1907, says: "No one familiar with the situation can fail to appreciate the menance to the perpet uity of the industry that is furnished by the concentration of a tremendous amount of fixed and floating appara tus of capture in and near the mouth of the river. The apparatus comprises about 400 pound nets or traps, over 80 long sweep seines, and more than 2, 200 gill nets, the last having an ag gregate approximate length of over 570 miles." " Digest these recommendations and then go measure off 150 fathoms, 900 feet, 4 and one-half city block and 25 feet deep. Does that seem long enough to allow? Perhaps when you figure that after all gear is limited as proposed and you realize that over 470 miles of it is still left, you will agree that the request is not un reasonable. Channel Fishing on. the. Columbia River. In a river varing in width from one to eleven miles the reservation of a channel from one hundred to four hundred feet wide, from one hour after sunset to one hour before sun rise, is asked. When there is such a wide expanse of river remaining, is this narrow strip too much to ask either for the preservation of the fish or for the still more paramount safe ty to navigation? If you don't care a rap for the fish, would it not be well to relieve the lives and property, con stantly afloat, from the chances of delay and destruction offered by the nightly invasion of navigation courses by miles of fishing gear? Refer to the report of Capt. Chas. Powell, U. S. Engineers; read what the Special Senate Committee, State of Wash ington, 1899, says of look over the complaints of ship-masters whose Pilot houses bear the marks of intim idating bullets fired by fishermen oc cupying the channels, or ask the Cap tains whose vessels have drifted help less for hours with nets in their wheels. Bear in mind, however, that the purpose of this bill is the protec tion of salmon by keeping this nar row channel open for free passage of salmon between four and six hours in every twenty-tour. Many salmon will then escape appliances, which if operating without cessation, would catch them. This will increase the number of salmon reaching the hatch eries and enable the plants now idle to resume propagation. The pro posed law will not restrict channel fishing in daylight; the restriction applies to the night period because navigation interests will be conserved at the same time. The WarJ)epart ment now has the matter1 under inves tigation. 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As ill pure laxative principles, obtained from Senna, are well known to physicians Ml IK L!I UImmH M.- ...-.I.J L. .L- I . I n Mfv Tt vw uvnuivu vt ura nMN w w ura uw WW nave Jr if i fx adopted the more elaborate name of Syrup of Pigs and sLf v jjf Uuurot Senna as more tufly descnfitive of the remedy, but doubtless it will always be called for by the shorter name of Syrup of Pigs and to get its beneficial effects, always note, when purchasing the fuO name of the Company California hg Syrup Co. printed on the front of every package, whether you call for Syrup of pigs ot by the lull name -syrup of rigs and tJuur of Senna. 5 LOUISVILLE, KY. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LONDON ENGLAND. NEW YORK. NY ill likely be taken by the National Government. Closed Season on the Columbia River. A close season from October 1st lo December 31st of each year is desired. This is the main breeding season of our salmon. Our State allows game a respite from pursuit in which they can rear their young; should not our salmon have an equal chance? If you have doubts refer to the recommen dations of any of the following auth orities; "Close season should be extended." Oregon Special Legislature Com mittee, 1889. "Contraction of open season for sal mon and enforcement of Sunday Law." Report Commissioner McGuire, 1897-a "Open seasons should be contracted." Report Oregon Commissioner, 1901. "Shorten open season." Fish Commissioner, Washington, 1906. "Failure of salmon to appear on spawning beds due to lack close season." ' C. Wallich, U. S. Fish Commis sioncr, 1905. "Shortening open season." Joint Committee Oregon and Wash ington, 1907. "Provide adequate close season, U. S. Bureau Fisheries, 1907. And after reading decide. You ac cord all other animals relief at this most important time of life, why then not the salmon? Sunday Close Season. This section hardly needs argument After relentless pursuit for six days, surely salmon should be allowed one day of free passage to the spawning grounds. Saturday 6 P. M. to Sun day 6 P. M., This means that for 24 hours each week, one-seventh of all the time, all gear at every point is absolutely out of the way and free and unrestricted passage allowed. Authorities are so unanimous on this subject that reference only need be given to. Major Jones' report to Secretary of War, 1887. Report Oregon Special Committee, 1889. Report U, S. Commissioner McDon ald, 1894. Report Oregon Fish Commissioner, 1901. International Commission, Washing ton and British Columbia, 1905. J. L' Riscland, Fish Commissioner, Washington, 1906. Report Joint Committee Oregon and Washington, 1907. r Opinion Supt. Crawford, Washing ton, 1907. . , s , Secrety. Strauss, U. S. Department Commerce and labor, 1907 The author feels that this bill car ries nothing unreasonable; it seeks to regulate, not destroy, cither in dustry or property, k places the burdens equally on all classes of gear SWEET AND JUICY EXTRA CHOICE NAVEL ORANGES DOZEN fyK CENTS This Is a larger and better orange than you can get elsewhere, for such a small piece of money. Special price on box or half-boa orders. Acme Grocery Co. The Up-to-Date Grocers. ji C0MMSCIAL 8T. . PHOKI 68 1 and all people from one end of the river to the other. When authorities are so unanimous and some even go so far as to advocate an entire ces sation of operations for a year or more, the recommendations of this bill will be conceded to be moderate and I feel that a consideration of its merits will surely win your earnest and hearty approval and support. Respectfully submitted, II. A. WEBSTER, Formally Deputy Fish Warden, State of Oregon. ANNUAL REPORT. Master Fish Warden Van Dusen's Re port Shows' a Marked Decrease. . PORTLAND, Feb: 19.-A special to the Oregonian from Salem states that the annual report of Master Fish Vardcn Van Duscn was made public today. It shows during year, there were caught on the Oregon side of the Columbia river 15,798,116 pounds of Chinook salmon, 1,045,516 pounds of Silversides, 1,112,009 pounds of steelheads and 196,102 pounds of bluebacks, or a total of 18,151,743 pbunds. The total catch in 1906 was 22,908,000 pounds which shows a fall ing off for J907 of about 20 per cent. The product for the Oregon coast streams for the year was: Chinooks, 2,018,643 pounds; Silversides," 3,852, 112 pounds; Steelheads, 210,520; luies, os,w pounds or a total of 6,738,682 against 8,043,690 pounds in 1906 or falling off for 1907 of about 30 per cent. NEW TO-DAY Just received a new line of umbrella covers. See C H. Orkwiu, 137 Tenth street di'v'i When You Travel Be sure that your ticket read! the O. R. & N. and connections, it costs no more than via other lines. Through tickets to and from all prin cipal points in the United States, Canada and Europe. G. W. Roberts, Agent, O. R. & N Dock, Astoris. Second-hand furniture bought and sold by R. Davis, 59 Ninth street. New Mattress .Factory. Have your old furniture and mat trees made new. 59 Ninth street "Modern" Delights. When a man raises under the handi of a barber he wants the best skilled treatment to be had in that line. In Astoria, the man In search of such manipulation, goes direct to Peterien'i "Modern" shop, at 572 CommercM and gets it in any of the six chairs maintained. New Grocery Store. Try our own mixture of coffee the J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables. Badollet & Co., grocers. Phone Main 1281. COFFEE The best name for coffee is one that tells where the money's to come from, if you don't like it. Vou grocer returi" jour ooner l( von don't Uk Schilling's Ben. w , , iim . ' . FAST SHEEP SHEARING. PHOENIX, AViz., Feb. 19. The world's record for -shearing sheep by machinery was broken today by man named F. Him, who sheared 325 sheep in nine hours. The next highest record today was made by J. Bowdle, who sheared 309. The shearing plant employs 30 shearers , and the plant also made a world's . record today, shearing 6572 sheep in nine hours 220 per man. The shearing was per- formed at Beardslcy, 25 miles north west of Phoenix. . '