TUESDAY, AUGUST 25
THE MORNING ASTOlilAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
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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.
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'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 .
Transacti a General Banking Business- Interest Paid on Time Depos&i
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THE BACKING SAVINGS AND LOAN ASS'C'N.
1C8 10th St. Phone Black 2184
First National Bank of Astoria
DIRECTORS
Jacob Kamm W. F. McGregor G. C. Flavel
J. W. Ladd S. S. Gordon
Capital .$100,000
Surplus .......... .. .... 25,000
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Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is told
under a positive guarantee to cure
conttipation, sick headache, stomach
troble, or any form of indigestion. If
it fails, the manufacturers refund
your money. What more can any one
do. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store.
very real. Little river craft glided by,
silently; like creatures ef the mist!
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. Nettlcbladc, 133 Astor
street, Astoria, Ore., says: "For a
long time7 1 suffered from kidney com
plaint and would rise in the morning
feeling so lame and stiff that it was
only with great effort that 1 was able
to perform my household duties.
There was an awful bearing down
feeling through my hips and loins
and many times I suffered so intense
ly that I was forced to lie down. The
secretions from my kidneys were un
natural in appearance,' frequently
causing me niuch annoyance. I final
ly learned of Dean's Kidney Pills
and deciding to give them a trial,
procured a box at Charles Rogers and
Son's drag store. The results that
followed their use were very satis
factory. I feel that I can recommend
Doau's Kidney Pills with great con
fidence to other sufferers."
For sale by all dealers. Price, SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's -and
take nb other.
Hay Fever and Summer Colds.
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
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Mi
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, Young women are often great
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.1 J L AT j
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ial Invitation to write to her about
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In nine chances out of ten youi
case ww De just tne same as those 01
the young ladies whose lettersfollow.
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