The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, September 23, 1908, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextTHE . OttEQOM TO PRESERVE THE LIFE ' THAT FILLS THE SEAS I , .... . ' . International Fisheries Congress Considers Conserrat Ion of the Food of One Fourth of the Human Fain , ily Strange and Interesting Facts. . i Df FREDERIC J. HA8KIIC. Copyright. HOI. by rrdrl 3. Ilaskta.) Washington, Sept M. -Tbs fourth ln ternatlonal fisheries congress la l"w meeting. In Washington, on tha Invita tion or tha American Flaharlaa society, and It haa brought togthr most of tha leading flah oulturiata of tha world It haa bean aatlmatad that thara la enough food In tha watara of tha world to aup port tha antlra human raoa, but wera It Jiot for tha timely Interposition of tha flah culturlata many of tha treat food fiahe would era thla have aJmoat dla appeared. becauaa without artificial propagation tha demand muat hav overreached tha aupply. . Flah culture alma to creata enough Intereat ao that wa will not have to touoh the prlnoipal. It aaelca to have tha annual crop of flah large enough ao mat tb years caicn will leave mran making of leather from flah aklna will be a more general custom In tha future then it baa been In 'the past. Porpoise MHa la aaM tn ' tha finest of aU lealhera fur shoes, one pair made from It outlaatina- .three of calfskin or kid. Tha leather Ik worth from II to 14 a found, but one pound la enough to make hrea pairs of shoes. Some few frog aklna are tanned, though not In ouan- tltlea to make them of commercial 1m Dortanca. Tha number .of fish that awtm tha aeaa la beyond ejillmate. Even tha number of apeclea is ao great aa to be wall nigh unbelievable. In the waters seed to bring forth art the succeeding year. equivalent crop It (a to consider pensea ldeaa waya and means for attaining thla and mora completely than haa heretofore been possible that tha fisheries congress haa convened. Tha United Statea government haa recognised the congreaa by the appro prlatlon of 'money to defray tha i oi me meeting, ana in aw nf flah rli II lira which will be brought from the enda of- tha earth will f ive an lmpetua to tne acience nere, u hough the whole world concedes that the United Rtat.a la far ahead of any other country tn the work. There will bo discussions of every phase of tha fishing industry. Minions or oouars are lost every year becauaa of tha waate of flaheriea. Millions mora are lost annuolly by defective methods of handling, preparing and preserving the catch. The oongress will solve these nrohlema. We lous amounts could be added to Uncle 8am a already large holdings If unowi edae of fish culture could be widely die semlnated. so the question of the estab lishment or rishery schools win do con alrinred. All of the nanera and In for mal discussions of the congreaa will be published, thus bringing together Into one volume all the beet and newest ldeaa of the world on fiah culture. Tbe acyateHes of Tlshdom. try Wealth In fabu to things that will engage s.rvln of the for will be or the best methods of ob- the habits and recording tne congress rises foi the attention a competition Perhaps one of the moat Interesting he firli nsr life history of fish. Much as the fiah rulturlst knows about flahes, it la next to nothing aa compared with what he does not know. He knows that tha sal mon ccrme Into fresh water to spawn, and hen die. - But the young salmon go out to oca and are lost ror a long time. Where they go no man knows, for they have never been sighted at sea except when they are headed ror tne snore. The shad a member of the herring family goes to aea after spawning, ana i seldom aeen close to shore. The cod fish come back the year after they first put in their appearance; hut after that they are aeen no more. Where do they ?o? What do they eat? Do they call resh water their home and sport Idly about In the boundless ocean? There are a hundred' mysteries about fish life into which the fish scientist would like to have a peep. How are they to get at It? That is the question the congress is to answer. Tba IUb Tag; B-rparlrnenfc. The bureau of fisheries did make an experiment with cod In an attempt to . slve the mystery. They tagged 4,000 cod a few yeare ago and advertised the fact widely, wun mt request mat wno soever came across one of these tagged fish should advise the bureau, giving the date of catch, the location, the weight and condition of the fish, and other Information. The newspapers made a 'eat urn or tne story, ana soon tne whole fishing world was on the lookout ' for tagged cod. Some were caught and the catch promptly reported. Some who caught them turned them loose again. In one Instance the tag passed through a dozen hands from the catcher, to the consumer without discovery, and was returned to the bureau by tha latter. Not more than 4 per cent of the tags were ever heard from, and no tagged fish ever showed iid later than the first year after It was liberated. Thev drift ed widely. Some which were liberated on the same day and at the stme place were caught hundreds of miles apart. One fish was found 33 miles on a bee line from the point at which it was re leased, only two days after It was set free. While some wandered widely apart, others kept Closely together. Pish JVeathar; Sand Eaters. In the utilization of the waste pro ducts of fisheries it Is probable that the of tha Atlantlo ocean, from Greenland to Panama alone, there are over 1,100 different kinds of flah. Tha law of e lection la nowhere ao atronalv in evl denoe as In marina Ufa. i Tha sole, ac customed to lyln on Ita aids, baa de veloped both eyes on one aide of the head.. Tha great class of squirts have eyes In their younger daya, but When thav reach tha adult aLala and thereafter remain ImmAvahl tluaa avaa disappear, in tan also disappears aa soon aa they quit traveling. Soma marina creature have a rather precarious existence. Tha lug worm frets us sustenano by eating sand, and naarauch as there la not much nourish ment in this kind of food It haa to eat jots or It As many aa 12.000 casts of sand from lug worms hava been round on a single acre of ground ijuivaiani to X.UUU tons. ' The law of natural selection shows up forcibly In tho fertility of flahes. Tha onea whlnh -rm vnM4 tu M . - . . K. H wa.vww IU IUVDI dancers are tha mnai nmitri mn ih. ones which meet with the fewest perils mwm tne least proline. rpr Instance, atlmated that but one shad out pr 100 ever aurvlves to lend Itself to the perpetuation of tha apeclea, henco a female a had may lay 1.000,000 eggs v.u....K ,r me. un the other hand, cannibal flahes and turtles, which ent counter but few dangers, lay but a man numoer or eggs. Tb Past of the Dogfish. . y"" yi worst enemies of tho 00 f'ah of the Atlantlo coast Is tha ?"" inese marine pirates travel in vast schools and eat wholesome flah by the mllllona. All sorts of methods nave been recommended for checking their ravages. Some one wrote to tha Canadian government advising that a bells and bright-colored bunting to their bodies by means of wire nm ihmn.h --.I. k A d6-f"h o decorated would be a terror la hi. ?i.ln try,"S" . Indulge his social In stinct would drive his fellows to the enda of tha sea. The Canadian govern ment replied that the effect intent be the same on the food fish, so the sug gestion found a pigeon hole. Transplanting- Tish. One Of the moat lntr.aHn l 'JlV0.1 of the United States bureau pf fisheries is the Introducing of fish Into other than their native waters, and the brining of foreign fish Into Ameri can waters. a most noteworthy in stance of its success In this direction was the acclimatization nf tha ,!,., and atriped bass on the Pacific coast. The cost of the transfer v nni 15,000. and the annual mir-v. amounts to 30.000.000 nminri vol,.. at $1,000 000. The bureau Is meeting with gratifying success in transferlng the Atlantic lobster to the Pacific, also the Pacific salmon tn the New England and the middle- Atlantic Biaia. ii was at one time proposed to Introduce marina Ufa Inin tU ar, Salt Lake of Utah. It was claimed by iiiuyuiiciiu oi ine scneme tnat u would be easy to acclimatize marine nshes in the lake, but when fish cul turlsts came to Investigate the ques tion they found the waters too salty The experiments of the bureau In rattening for market have been a suc cess, and the luscious Lynnhaven is going to be more Juicy than ever. It is making exhaustive experiments In the direction of artificially hatching the eggs of the diamond back terrapin and the green turtle, and rearing the young to the point where they are able to steer clear of the perils of the deep. Everybody who lm a iiomnnj xi. taste and a common herring income is praying for the success of the ex periments. The infonflnh r.f j vuumiiiinaim warer is oeing investi gated, and effort nr hcin. .ji . , ' ' ' O ..ICMJIC il. uvvniup tne growing sponges from cuttings. Flah Thraa and One-third Miles Sown. It has been estimated that one-fourth of the world s diet la fish. Of courso ucn. a proportion Is too laree for th NAPHMS Naphtha Loosens The Dirt. , Soap cleans. That is how P. & G. Naphtha Soap does its work The naphtht in it, by loosening the dirt, mikev it easy for the soap to do the work it is intended to do cleanse. P. & G. Naphtha Soap would clean just as thoroughly as it does, if it contained no naphtha at all; but it would take more time and more work. Naphtha and good soap make an ideal combination a combination that docs away with half the work and prac tically all the discomfort of wash day; afTd makes it pos sible for a woman to do as much work in 4 or 5 hours as now takes twice that long. Boiling of clothes, with all its attendant annoyances, is a thing 6f the past with women who use P. & G. Naphtha Soap, So is nine-tentns of the hard work orer the wash board. 44 P. & G. NaphtU Soap at all grocers."-'' people of such countries as the United States, but tKe great amount of fish eaten by the inhabitants of seafaring countries, and those living on tho islands of the sea would probably make co.i.aic iiubo 10 ine trutn. The annual catch of fish for the world is estimated to be in the neighborhood of 10.000,000.000 pounds, making 4 allowance for fish stories, valued at about 1300.000,000. The United State .-.. in. i m me vaiue or its fisheries, iw.t. an"u.aJ catch amounting to one fifth of that of the whole world , A?,,L"t,jr.est!n W0Tk. th-- bureau 8ilel,e" th.9 etudy of marine lire. It haa two steamers on the high Ull Investigating the mysteries of the aeen. One of thea tha iik.i,... bJ"Kht UP live fishes from a depth of u a. u,n9 iiuies. it was with apparatus loanp tn th tt a a xr' by the Albatross that the deepest hols in the ocean was found. It Is off the laland Of Guam and la .1 mil... deep enough to bury Mount Everest, the hlgheat peak of the world with room for a ooverlna- of a half mil. nt water, NEW TEMPERANCE P0LICTF0E CANADA (Siwcial Dtepatrh to Tha Jonrnil.)"" OtUwa, Qntrf Sept. 23. Many sub jects ef Importance are slated to re ceive attention at the fifth session of in general synod of th Ancllaan I church, which opened in this city today with delegates In attendance from all , parts of Canada. Among th motions to be voted upon Is one proposing a re vision of the Canadian prayer-book. ! Anuinrr is to tne enrol tnat no Cana- I dlan edition of th book of common j prayer b Issued at present, but that 1 an edition with special services b la-1 sued for the clergy. Still another mo-. tton will propose that the upper and lower houses of th ayaod sit together, . but vote separately. Much interest cntara In tha rel ief to b proposed with regard to tt peranc. Th committee on temper- j haa preparwt a report recommend-! ing th uncurtaining of bars, making It literal for a miner to enter a bar wnerv 1 Intoxicant are sold, tb shortening f hour of sale by local option, and that ' full ad rant are R taken, whra nrar-ti-1 cable, of th adoption and enf rarcment i of local option un4er tb rreeent license I law. Th advisability will bo discussed I of InTitlna the coooeratlon of rhnn-hu! of other denosBtnatkMis in furtherlns tnnra reform work and tn promoting legislation for obcts of common. In- tereat. . DAILY 7T JOUHNAU PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 23, 1001 Ask your grocer for a large cake of -Bomi Ami . J , ,-JJ!U. - $25 The Finest Cleaner Made and clean the windows and paint, or polish some brass, nickel, copper or tin ware with it, and see for yourself what it will do Hundreds of Country Enthusiasts Visit I II HI T ( fei ini ay ra a IS 11 V Bl i r j b u California Excursion SAN FRANCISCO AND RETURN October 3 and 4 Special Excursion Ticket to San Francisco and return will be sold for $25 from Portland, with corre sponding low rates from all other points on the SoutlierPacific Cos Lines in Oregon LIMIT OF TICKETS, TWENTY-NINE DAYS This excursion, which was made on account of the Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress, is open to the public. For particulars, sleeping-car reservations and tickets, call at City Ticket Office, Third and Washington street, Portland, or any S. P. Agency elsewhere. Wm. McMurray, Gen. Pass. Agt, Portland, Or. 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