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CANNERY
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Commercial Fishing Operation De
Jailed by Cannerymen Offers ta
Pay Expenses of Investigators and
forfeit $1000 If They Find He Is
yiolatlng Uw anil Taking Trout.
Tho following letter1 from n. L.
Mnclcny, prcsi'd'ent of tho Mnclcny
Esato Co.j owners of ona of tho snl
mbh canneries nt Wedderburn, nt tho
mouth of Rogue river, Btntoa tho enn
norymnn's point of view regarding
fishing in llogno river. Ho denies
that commercial fishing m conduct
ed nt present interferes In any way
with nteelhcnd nngling. Mr. Mno
leny hns offered to pny tho expenses
nt Wcdderbuni of investigntors sent
by tho Slnto Lengnu of Sporlwnon's
Clubs nnd to 'forfeit $1000 if it enn
ba establisheit , tlmt hp is violating
the law or t.nking stcelhends. Tho
lettpr follews:
"To tho Editer:
LuiBitttah ns thoro is n belief
nmong aoin.a 0, tho residents of tho
Itqguii Hiver vulley tlmt tho pominer
ciul fishing lit tho mouth of tho river
wiih tho ouuMo of tho unmitiHructory
fly fishing for Btuclhond. trout in. tho
Rogue river during tho pnRt Rcnson, I
nm writing this letter hoping you will
publish it irt your pupcr, so tlmt
(linen Sn(pr(til mnv beeomo convor-
nnnt with tho fuots in tho't-nso nnd
not continue, to bo misled, ns may
hnvo been, by statements emanating
from untrustworthy or uninfopnod
sources, or from sources interested in
causing trouble between tho Jackson
county peoplo nnd tho commercial
f wiling interustu at tho mors moutn
I hnvo Bpent three fishing seasons
nt tho mouth of tho river, nnd I have
cnrofully obsorved tho run nnd hab
its of fish of all kinds, inohlding
ohinook. stcelhends nnd pilversides,
nnd from, tho experience gained by
this observation I cnu stnto confi
dently that tho commercial fishing is
in no way connected with tho absence
from or tho presence in tho rivor of
stcolhcnd trout.
Winter Stocl Heads
I wish to stnto first of all that tho
stcolhends which ionnoriy woro com
mercially taken were onught in Janu
ary, February and Mnreh, and nro
known ns winter stcolhends. They
woro taken in vory considerable quan
tities. For instance, in 1007, 30,103
stcelheads woro caught in nets, nnd
in 1008, 17,374 stcolhends woro
takon. Theso fish woro froren in tho
cold-storngo plant and shipped in
rarlojida to tho east and to foreign
' points? aet thoy cannot bo canned.
;Oa -tho other- hand, tho stcelheads
that run. in tho Roguo river in tho
hpring and summer, nnd which nro
tho fish which furnish tho sport for
tho fly fishermpn in tho uppor rivor,
soem to bo of a different variety, for
tho following Tnsens: When tho win
ter stcolhends enter Jim Roguo river
nljout the first of tho year they do
not ascend tho river to its source, but
cntcr tho first tributaries of tho
river in largo quantities, turning into
Indian creekt Saunders creek, Jim
Hunt crook, Iobstor orcek, Cosntono
creek, Silver creek and tho Illinois
river. These crooks constitute tho
ninin tributaries of tho Roguo river
between tho Illinois rivor and tho
ocean.
IMffcrejico In Variety
I think it will bo noticed thnt vory
few of tho winter steclhcnds ascend
the river as far ns Medford, although
undoubtedly some few fish get up that
far. It is on this account thnt tho
steelhead fishing in winter is not
gjod on tho upper Roguo rivor, nnd I
understand that fishing is not in
dulged in to any extent during the
wjntcr time. Fuithcrmoro, tho win
ter steelhead is a larger fish than
tho summer ateeihqnd, averaging in
wpight over eight pounds, whereas
tho summer steelhead. averages from
four to five pounds.
The summer stoelhond wheu it uu-
tors tho river in tho spring and sum
mer does n,at turn into any of tho
tributaries of tho tower river, except
in individual eases, which is proved
by tho fact of their absence in tho
tributaries of tho lower river, the rea.
sou being thnt tho summer steelhead
ascends tho river towards its source
without turning into tho tributaries of
the rivor. It is evident therefore
that tho hnWa of tho -winter steel
head differ from, tho bnbits of the
summer Bteelheadin that the former
is a much larger fish, has. uirforent
habits and enters the rivor at an en
tirely different season of (ho year.
8h rower FW Xever Usel
I mwitHon tins matter in order to
make it clear that wheroas the fan
ning kteVests nt tho mouth of tho
rivor formerly caught many stepj
heads, they wero.not after the sum
mer steeUwads at all, iuuj at thi
Wflliitf It fan he laivt truthfully
Hint Urn summer fllcplhendu In le
Hogtin river hnvo but ft mnll com
mercinl vnluc. In nddliion It 1. pro-
liihited by Jaw to lake or catch or
have in one possession nay moci-
lioml trout of any description, tho
only exception to this is tho steel
howl that nro cfuilit with rod nnd
line, commonly called nngling. This
law hns been in effect for more than
threo years, during which period tho
commcrcinl interests nt tho river's
mouth hnvo operated . canneries nnd
nnckinc nlnnts for tho pneking of
chinook nnd stcclhcnd salmon.
Wardens hnvo always been sta
tionca on tno river to cniorco tno
laws nnd in addition tho locnl au
thorities have had authority to en
fotco tho law. Nevertheless there
have been no nrrcsts or prosecutions
pf nny ennnorics for breaking the law
in rccurd to. tho illegal taking of
Hteelhcnds. This ought to convince
nny fair-minded man thnt no sucli
infractions of tho law huvo taken
place. It should be considered nlso
that there is no motivo for n can
ncry to, break tho stoelhcnd law on
acdount Of tho fuct that fltcolheads
ennnot bo sold or shipped, and in ad
dition, U)0 prico of summer stcel
hends in tho market pan hardly jus
tify tho oxpenso of taking them. It
is a fncl, easily susccptiblo of proof,
thnt tho stcelheads aro not nken
commercially by tho ennnerics: that
is to gay, noithor the Bummer stecl
hcnds nor tho winter steelheadfl, and
nnv statement to tho contrary is
false, cithor intentionally or tho re
sult of ignorance, misinformation or
mnl ice.
()vei-n(lon.ot Ne(
Statements lmvo been made that on
nucount of tho number of drift nets
mid set nets in tho wators of tho
Hoguo river during tho fishing sea
son, tho nscending summer steelhead
is hindered or barred in its journey to
tho minor riven Thin stnlement m
not in accordance with tho facts.
It should bo homo in mind that
during tho spring nnd summer soason
tho nets thnt aro used for fishing in
tho Hoguo river nro of u mesh of 8V2
inches or moro (ns a matter of fact,
wo uso nn 8-inch and 0-ineh mesh)
and aro designed to cntch chinook
salmon only, which Inst yenr wcro of
an average weight of 20' pounds
each. A not designed to catch fish
weighing 20 pounds on tho nverngo
cannot cntch fish which weigh on the
nverngo only ono-fourth of thnt
amount. It is impossiblo to catch
steelhead trout in nno of theso nets,
for the reason that tho stcelheads can
swim through 'tho meshes without do
ing gilled, and it follows, therefore?
that tho number of nets in the nvor
lias nothing to do with tho hindrance
to tho steelhead.
Astitfcniorit has boon circulated to
tho effect that set nets hnvo been
overlapped to such an extent that tho
rivor bus been blocked by tho nets.
nnd thnt tho stcelheads could not
pass theso obstructions. This stftto-
ment is not in nccordnnco with facts,
nnd I would bo glad to explain this
matter at length to any interested
parties.
Slro of Nt-to Vsed
It is not until tho 10th of Septem
ber .that nets .with mesh smnllcr than
8' inches nro used in tho Roguo
river, at which timo fl-inch mesh nets
nro. used for tho taking of silvorsido
salmon. At that season of tho year,
namely, tho last part of Scptcmbor
nnd tho first pnit of Qetobcr, thoro
nco no steclhcnds in tho lower Itogud
rivor. If thoro woro stcelhcuds in
tho rivor at that period somo of them
might bo caught by tho smaller mesh
nets, provided they wcro of tho winter
variety of steolhonds, but I vory
muoh doubt if tho summer steelhead
could bo caught with tho 0-inch net,
except in the' case of largo individual
fish.
I have gone into this matter at
Corns Corns Off
Like Banana Peel
Wonderful, Simple "aU-It" Never
fails to Bemove Any Corn Easily,
"Wouldn't U Jar youT Hera Wo
been golnp along for years, with one
lo Micro, to porn aCUtr another, trying
to Got rid of them with aulvei that
UUI Cm furs "OcU-U" far ThsM
CftHlmyTHtrlJfa4'yvf ImiI
eat oK the tots, tafia tbal tlck to
tho Ntorklnar. tiandases and plasters
that xnak a package of th.e toi, try
In? blood-hrlnglni; raxora and tela
aors. Then I triud tlota-U' Just once
nnd you ought to have ceen that corn
come oKJuit Ilka a banana, peel." It's
oljnple. wonderful. It's the new way.
palnleis, applied la two second, nev
er hurts healthy llesh or Irritates.
Nothlntr to press on tho corn. Never
falls. Quit tno old ways for onco any
way uhi try "aeU-H" tonight. For
corns, calluses, warts and bunions.
"Gets-lt" Is sold everywhere. 25a a
bottle, or sent direct by K. Lawrence
&. Co., Chicago, 111.
Sold In Medford and, rccoMMSwisded,
the world's N-st Co WsinaJy by
I.MQBl Js UlMatMs
ornr length In order la havt Ifiiil the
number of drift nets or ct nets in
the river or the distance between net
net, hn nothing 10 do with thn sum
mer fliculliorid
I now conio to the matter of sein
tlfp, (ill the fly Wiinic In th upper
tivrt,
U vfe w'mfd n4tm, tor the suke
of nrgtihient, thnt twrflfy-flver fly
fishermen nt llicj month of the riter
nnnunlly cnnght twenty-five dntmncr
ing. It hns been stated thnt tho gteolhrads cnch,it would amount to
eines in the river dcilrov n Inrgc fnr morfl than the number of teel-
quantity of summer stcelheads, This
statement is no true. It may be re
called that nt about tho nmo timo it
wai stated that n woven wire fence
had been placed across tho Itoguo
river in order to stop this xalmon nnd
stcelhon'lH from ascending tho river.
AVIro Kcnco Cnnnnl
The master fish warden of the
stnto descended tho river from Grants
I'nss to tho ocean in n rowbont, look
ing for this fence. There wns, of
course, no fence to find, nor over
had been, nnd thcro is just about ns
much txuth in tho story thnt tho sines
destroy it large number of sloelhondi
ns thcro is in the story of tho wiro
fence. Unfortunntcly thcro nrom peo
ple wl(o lmvo on interest in circulat
ing theso fulso reports, and I appeal
to the fair-minded people of Jackson
oounty thnt although snob stories
will, continue to bo circulated to de
fer judgment on tho matter until both
sides hnvo been heard.
It is mnnifestly unfair to condemn
tho notions of tho commcrcinl fish
ing interests on hearsay, and in this
connection at is well to remember that
a committed hns been appointed by
tho Oregon Sportsmen's league to in
vestignto tho conditions of steelhead
fishing at tho mouth of tho river. It
is my understanding thnt this com
mitted will go down to tho mouth of
tho river nnd mnko a thorough inves
tigation, nnd no credeneo should bo
phieed in rumors calculated to injuru
tho commercial fishing interests until
this committee has mndo its investi
gation nnd rendered n report,
Kcfktt Investigation
Tho committee referred to, as I
understand it, hns been instructed to
go down to tho Itoguo river during
tho fishing seuson hud observe for
themselves what goes on. I only re
gret that this qotion had not been
taken in. previous years, for I know
very well that tho investigntion will
show that tho seining operations o
jiot destroy tho fish in largo quan
tities.
It is noasihlo that during tho sein
ing senson ono or two hundred steel-,
heads' may bo killed by tho oporation
of tho 'seines, because in tho taking
of thousands of largo chinook snl
mon it occasionally happens that
somo steclhcnds nro tnkcu with them
in tho scino, nnd in tho struggles of
thp largo fish a fow of tho tcclheads
may bo killed, This if unavoidable,
nnd is a mutter that does not affect
tho main question, becnuso tho de
struction of ono or two hundred steel
heads can hnvo no bearing, in pruc-
hcads that nro unavoidably killed in
the commcrcinl fishing, and I nm
sura no objection would bo mndo by
the Jnckson county pcortc to the
taking of tho stcelheads by the fly
fishermen at tho mouth of tho river.
Must Ito Give nnd Tako
There must bo a little "gitc nnd
take" between tho siwrtsmen nnd the
rommort'inl fishing interests, nnd I
fed inasmuch as tho canneries aro
barred from taking tho winter nnd
summer stcelheads, preserving them
in their thousands for the fly fisher
men, whorens bn nil other rivers tho
commcrcinl interests nro allowed to
tako stcelheads at will, that tho
sportsmen should bo willing to over
look tho fact that a negligible quan
tity of steclhcnds nro unavoidably
killed in tho transaction of n largo
and legitimate business. So far ns 1
know, tho Itoguo river is tho only
river in tho .state of Oregon, or tho
stnto of Washington, or in Alnskn,
where there is commcrcinl fishing,
whoro the steelkqads aro reserved ex
clusively for the sportsman, nnd it
seems to mo that it is unreasonable
to rniso n tow 'over tho matter of
tho killing of n fow steelhends' when
it docs not' nffect thu main question
of tho fly fishing.-
Coming now to tho real reason why
tho fly fishing in tho Itoguo rivor
during tho past season was very poor,
I wish to stale that I am firmly con
vinced thai it wns on account of tho
fuct Hint the slcolheads did not en
ter the river in 1010 except in vory
sinull quantities. To those who nro
not ncquutiitcd with tho habits of
fish, it is only just to hnvo them con
sider thnt tho runs of fish vary ev
ery year, not only tho run of Hteel
hcnds, but tho run of silvcrsidos and
chinooks ns well. Tor instance, in
11)05 tho commercial fishing interests
nt tho mouth of tho river took 09,
.'144 chinooks. In 1000 thoy took
only 15,555 chinooks, or less thnn
one-fourth 6t the .amount taken four
years previously.
Vnrlatoiii in Kuivs
This shows thutvhero wcro not ns
many chinook in, tllo rivor in 1000 as
in lOOf), and tho same fact applies to
silvcrsides, because in 1010, 20,808
weratnken nnd in 1005 only 855 woro
caught, nnd in ljG only 4129. In
1007 rieurly 40,000 fitcolhcads were
cnught in nets, and in 1005 only
2000. - -
I give theso few. figures in order
to show thnt in some' years largo
quantities of fish of different vari
eties cntor tho rivor, and In other
yenr (inly a tctv mnlr number of
the different vArlfOfM of flh enter
lite fi(-r. tn 101ft it wn evident
that there ra ft very ffrtrtll qnnntily
of snmmer steplhcnds in the river,
nnd I can confidently ntaie that if
there had been no commercial fish
ing at the month of tho rivcir, the
fly fishint; would hftrc been poor for
the simple rcnson that tljcro were
very few stcelheads in tho river Jin
1015. Also tho Itognc river had less
water in it thon in nny other year in
the memory of people living at tho
mouth of the river, and on account
of tho water being very warm nnd tho
rivor being extremely low. it i3 pos
siblo that the few summer stcelheads
that did enter tho river did not as
cend in nny great numbers beyond
tho long reaches of deep pools which
nro in tho river between Agness and
Mule creek.
In order to present tho entire feitu
ation with clearness it would bo nee
essury to write at very great length.
Thoro nro many points npon which
have not elaborated, hut I nm' willimr
to answer any questions that an one
will address to mo in connection with
tho matter of commercial fishing in
thp Hogue river.
HHrrtprt of Carry Comity
l lmvo understood tlmt thoro is a
movement, on foot in McdlWd and its
vicinity to try to closo tho Itoguo
river to commcrcinl fishing by inili
ntivc law. I maintain with entire
sincerity that tho operations of tho
commercial interests arc not tho
cnuso of tho poor fly fishing, and I
feel that it very thorough investiga
tion should bo made before any na
tion should bu taken looking toward
tho closing of tho river.
Thoro nro malicious persons in ov
cry community, but tho actions of
such persons should not influence tho
community to perform nn unjust net,
particularly when it is evident that
thoy have been misinformed us to tho
facts in (ho case.
-ino liHiiing ministry is mo main
sourco of support nnd revenue in
central Curry county, nnd tho closing
or tho river would bo n disaster to
tho community and would moan tho
confiscation of 'a largo sum of In
vested capital without any compen
sating advantages to tho sportsmen
of tho upper rivor.
I am, yours truly,
IIODHIIICK I,. MACLEAY.
Portland, On, Miri'Ii. 25."
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