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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1908)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25 THE MORNING ASTOlilAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. f PTCTT rpn A TIC 1? A TDT V LINE NORTH SHORE A Visitor Is Amazed by the Forest of Dead Poles Arising Out of the Waters of the River Probably few people in Astoria realize what a 'vast 'number of lisii trap there are In the water of the CoUnnbU long the North shore. Three or four hundred of these fish trap there lire, it if) unlit, and the pole used in their construction give the appearance somewhat of dead foreit. Tor mile along the shore there in nothing to be seen but these fish trap, and one l moved to wonder how any' of the salmon ever make their way through. The business of catching the fish in the trap it carried on in 4 manner that I little short of stupendous, if one li to judge by the thousand of pole that go to make up the hun dreds of trapi. Entirely aside from the economic aide of the question, thin forest of dead pole ariiing out of the water give rise to other connidera tlop. To one who loves' the beau- tdt nl h witcr. (h water either jtsi their calms or in their wrathful 4 atorma,.the presence of these dead pole itrike on the ene almost as desecration. They mar, and give no touch of beauty, or of picturesque nrs, Tlut of course in an age that is purely utilitarian an objection of this nature cannot even find listener to give it respectful attention. That they are a constant and gravely dangerous menace to the live of the hundreds of drift net fishermen ia an objection that will hardly receive any greater attention, Tor in an age that it merely utilitarian the live of a few fisher men wore or Jess mean nothing to those who would line their pockets with the gold that come from the annual fish harvest. But there is an other 'objection. Some of these fish trap are abandoned, and in the course of month and in the course of years many more will be abandoned.; Yet when a fish trap is abandoned it nu merous pile are not pulled tip. They stand there to mar the seascape, stand there as a daily and nightly menace, to the very live of Jlhe fish trmen who drift with their nets, and it may be that many of them will be standing there for the next half cen tury. The great state of Washinton lias no law which require an owner of a fish trap to remove it when he is done with it. . Those pile may stand until they decay at the top, and still their lower portions, preserved in the fresh water, will 6c there to tear the bottoms out of boats, to destroy nets, and a a general shame to the govern ment 'which permits such a thing. Several day ago a representative of the Astorian had the good fortune to make a trip around the water of the mouth of the rjver, with Mr. Olc J. Scttem, the water bailiff, in his pa trol boat. Mr. II. G. Van Duscn, for . many year the master fish warden of the state, also was a mcnibcr of the party, and under Mr. Settein's guidance the trip was made a wonder fully interesting one. It is the water bailiff's dutv to keen a close watch on e ns iimr in tne river to see that tliV regulation are not broken and thiirt trip wa one of his regular pa trol. Outside of the, fishermen and those others who make their livings on the water, there are probably many in Astoria who have only faint idea of all that is going on out on the river during the annual fish harvest, and least of all do they have a comprehensive idea of the appear ance ot things there, To the writer of this "story" it wa all new, and the impression herein set down are not those of -one who pretends to have the slightest technical knowledge of the fishing industry. There seems to be reason inher ent in .the fishing waters' why th fish traps have never become common on this side of the river, and, farther to deter their use, Mr. Van Dusen is said to have discouraged their con struction a' much as was reasonably possibly during his incumbency in of fice. There are a few on the Orcgonl snore; also there are several abandon ed ones, It seems that recently the state of Oregon passed a law mak ing it obligatory on the owner of a trap to pull up the piles when he abandoned it, but the law was not made retroactive, and hence those traps on this side that had been aban doned previous to the passage of the law still stand in the waters, and are likely to stand there for many years to come, a danger to all fishermen and others, and a' shame to someone. Why the law was not made retroac tiveand such an ex nost facto law is 1 rwidily possible and not uncommon ly not clear, v" ;' ii is argueq Dy many-oi course mis aspect of the matter is more or less familiar to all Astorians-that all rich trap should be forbidden by law, a having a tendency to utterly destroy the fishing industry. The trap "work" night and day. They permit no in terval for sonte of the fish to get by .,.1.1 ........ 1. . 1. t,,l ui,,ipi - lr.m an economic standpoint it seems to be COLUMBIA LARD. case of slowly killing the goose that lay the golden eggs;; and they also have tendency to permit the busi ness being gathered into the hand of the few. On the north shore-the law provide that the traps should ex tend out into the water only a cer tain distance, but it Is ludicrously ev ident that the law is being violated. Recently the. master warden Of the state of Washington constructed a trap for the purpose of catching fish for hatchery purposes, and thi state trap extend far out beyond the line permitted by the state law.- With the state officials setting the example, it can readily be guessed how apt the ohtcrs will be to follow sjiit. If there were no traps all the work done by thent would have to be done by in dividual fishermen, and it i to the in terest of the "poor man" who makes his living out of the waters that there should be no trap, AH seem to agree that the time must come, when all method of fishing save by drift net will be prohibited, and in the mean time the slaughter of the fih goes on. Mr. Scttem guided his little boat to Sand Island. There the seiners were at work and it is an interesting sight lo watch the big seines pulled in, with the patient horses tugging at the end. The horses were fat and in good condition and seemed to enjoy their work, though up to their bellies in the surf at times, They say that ix months, is told in a document that the horse get to know just how towj be filed to-day with the Board of properly handle the seines and get I Police Commissioners ;by Attorney to like the work, though when the , Grant. Carpenter in the interests of water is very cold rheumatism is apt I , he Chinese Six Companies. Thedocu- COLUMBIA LARD Any person who holds the old-fashioned idea that pigs are more carelessly fed than any otheranimal, knows noth ing about the requirements of a modern packing plant. In the first pUce, a pig must be properly fattened on clean wheat and corn in order to produce good, wholesome leaf fat, such as we require. Second, the animals are pass ed on before and after killing by U S. Government Inspec tors. Again, the fat is tested before it is allowed to go into the vat.-; " X Third, it is rendered, strained and run into sterilized pails in the most hygienic manner possible. For a pure, wholesome, reliable meat product, specify Union Meat Co. OF OREGON Pioneer Packers of the Pacific PUIUCOC ATTHPlCn pV'Wl,en ' Jec"l h av Lane lei Mil 11 ill HII Mlini II III ed turn by tne throat, pushed mm 'FRISCO POLICE AMAZING TALE IS TOLD OF BRUTAL OUTRAGES IN THE BAY CITY. WERE SCORE OF ASSAULTS Affidavits Declare That Chinatown , Police Squad ie Responsible For All the Uncalled For Persecution Chinese Merchants Make Protest SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24.A most amazing talc of brutal outrages, pro longed through a period of more than (o bother them. On this day a heavy mist covered all of the water, and it was hardly ; possible to discern objects more than i a few hundred feet away. Neverthe- tfscnt, which relates scores of assaults on unoffending Chinese men and wo men, declares that the Chinatown po lice squad is responsible for them, and it names Sergeant of Police Math- less there was a sort of beauty about j t!ion fls thc chief perpetrator of the it all, a mity, hay, beauty that was . outrage, against the wall, choked him, bumped his head and pulled his nose. - They finally tojd his partners, Ho Tin and Ho Lun, that they would throw them out like bales of hay. On August Sth, says the affidavit, Lane and a squad entered bit place and committed simi lar depredations, all of vch are set forth in the document The conduct of the police officers was similar in the place of Lang Wo & Co., 867 Dupont street, according to the affidavit of Fong Wing, a mem ber of the firm. It is related that Matheson entered the place nearly ev ery day, and sometimes three i;mes a day; that he threw goods on the j floor, tore down curtains, and Fong i Wing says that twice he was kicked by a policeman when he objected to hit rough conduct in the place. At no time was an arrest made, nor were any lottery tickets found, which was the ostensible excuse for the search. FINANCIAL f. 0. A. BOWLBY, President 0. L PETERSON, Vice-President FRANK PATTON, Caakler J. W. GARNER. Assistant CasUef Astoria Savings Bank Capltrl Paid in $11 5m Burpl ut and Undivided Profit, $100,004 . 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One of the big bar tugs swung at an- j chor in the channel, looming up spec-; (rally. , To thc protest of the Chinese mer chants are attached eifiht affidavits, and their pages are filled with ac counts of personal assaults on inno icent persons. They tell of , daily ! searches for more than six months, ! without warrant of law, of the forci- (ble ejectcment of customers from I stores, of illegal arrests, of mer ; chants being taken half way to a po- lice station in patrol wagons, and then vvnciT puunc cnaorsemeni is niauj,,e!ng kickcd out without bcing taken by a representative citizen of Astoria ; before a magistrate, of intrusions in die proof is positive. You must be-, to women s apartments, of the de- MUST BELIEVE IT. When Well Known Astoria People j Tell It So Plainly. licve it. Read this testimony. Every backache sufferer, every man, wom an or child with any kimlney trouble will find profit in the reading. Hrrs.- E. 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Victims of hay fever will exper ience great benefit by taking Foley's Honey and Tar, as it stops difficult breathing immediately and heals the inflamed air passages, and even if it should fail to cure you it will give instant relief." The genuine is in a yellow package. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. Warning. If you have kidney and bladder trouble and do not use Foley's Kid ney Cure, you will have only your self to blame for results, as it posi tively cures all forms of kidney and bladder diseases. T, F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store.. struction of property, and even of the rifling of cash drawers. ine protest ot tne merchants is Mtnilar to the protest of the real es tate, owners, in .Chinatown that was : tiled with the police commission on Thursday night, except that the for mer goes into detail and mentions specific abuses as well as the names of the perpetrators of the outrages. After setting forth that the busi ness houses of Chinatown have been rehabilitated at great expense"- and that the financial depression made many of the business ventures unpro fitable, the complaint alleges the fol lowing: " "That Sergeant of Police Matheson and members of the Chinatown squad. have .repeatedly and persistently made unlawful searches of public places of business' and private apartemcnts, un lawful assaults upon and arrests of in offensive and unoffending business men.". The first affiant is Frank Haoi, a member of the firm of Sue Wo C&o., 953 Dupont street. This firm deals in general merchandise, and Haoi says that since February ISth, when Sergeant Matheson took charge of the Chinatown squad, his place of business was searched daily, some times two or three times a day; that his goods have been pulled from the shelves, and that he has been sub jected to abuse and assaults. On Ju-, ly 14th, about 9:45 o'clock at night, Haoi says, Matheson took a woman into his place and insisted on Jaking her into a back room, declaring that it was a gambling place and that he wished to show her around. He adds that when his. partner, Ho Tin, ob jected, the latter was assaulted by Mafhcson. Once, when he asked Matheson for a search warrant, he declares the police officer told him to get one 7- quick. . The affidavit continues that on Au gust 4th Matheson, accompanied by Sergeant Lane, entered his place and turned the merchandise 'upside down. What a New Jersey Editor Saya M. T. Lynch, editor of the Phil liptburg, N. J., Daily Post, writes: "I have used many kinds of medicines for coughs and colds in my family but never anything so good as Foley's Honey and Tar. I cannot say tgo much in praise of it" T. F. Lau rin, Owl Drug Store. Mi f,f " I , Young women are often great ufferera for want of proper advice .1 J L AT j at just wo rigm time. 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