THE MORNING ASTOIUAN. ASTORIA, OREGON.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, igrgj,
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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
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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. Helen Barton, of 27 Pear
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Bhe has guided thousands to
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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. Reasonable action must be
taken by the State or extreme action
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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
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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.
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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. . '