Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-07-12


The White Fish Is not i'm the common
acceptation of the term, game or fiy
fish. Not but what they may have been
caught with the line and the rod, but /
so caught there was double mistake
the fish and the angler both counting, In
sporting parlance, on a Scratch" foi
the fish did not intend to be so caught
nor did the angler make his cast in any
expectation of such result. They ar,
pure and simple net or seine fish
LAKE TROUT.
Perhaps the next fish in Importance
indigenous to Michigan waters, are tho
Lake trout-known under the various
names, Macinaw Trout, Salmon Trout
Namaycush, Salmo Siskawitz, and even
these do not exhaust the nomenclature
These several varieties, differing in size,
coloring, and general appearance, arc
without any very great structural diff
ferences, and are undoubtedly congeneric
all being of lacustrne habitat and hab.
its, and migratory, they rarely ever
entering any of the rivers for the pur.
pose of spawning or in quest of food
The Namaycush, or Great Lake Trout
| attain in some waters to great size
while its brother, the Siskawitz, and
other lake trout, as q general thing, ar6
of considerably less siZe,-siZe, appear
ance, and other conditions depending
very much on locality, depth, and ten.
pcrature of water The spawning sea
son is in Autumn, October being the fish
culturists best harvest month. AS the
generation period arrives, they approach
the shores for the deposition of the spawn
seeking out the gravelly shoals of the
lake, and are not infrequently seci
in those narrow gravelly channels be
tween the many islands that fringe the
shores Of the great lakes.
The spawn of the lake trout may b
obtained by the artificial methods, and
about the same processes of incubation
obtain rs with the ova of other members
of the Salmonde class. The lake trout
are q very acceptable and valuable table
fish, already supplying large home cCn-
sumption, while as an article of com
mercc they rank very high. Fish deal
ers have informed us that they are more
easily kept In good condition during the
warm seasons and bear transportation
better than almost any other variety.
This species, 1t is believed, may be sue
cessfully introduced into all the larger
and better class of our inland lakes,
where they will find water Of ample
depth and food in sufficient supply to
warrant the experiment of their culture.
Besides the above we have pick
crel, bass, sturgeon, herring, suck
ers '1awyers" and a number of
others.
POST OFFICE.
The county contains four post
Offices, one In the city I; one In Al
pena township, known as Eastside,
Mrs. Roberts, post mistress one
in Ossincke township, Mr.. Sanborn,
post master; one in Long Rapids
township, John Louden, post mas
ter. The city post Office Is situat-
ed on Water street, VIM. ID. Hitch
cock being post master. 1t con-
tains $50 letter boxes, and 150
drawers, besides q general delivery
and money order department.
Mails arrive every morning (weath-
er permitting) except Monday, and
leaves every morning except Sun
day. In winter the mails arrive
and depart six times week, unless
delayed by bad roads. Mails go
to Ossineke three times a week
and to the other township Offices
once q week. Mails for up the
shore leave on Friday on the Ma
rine City.
SCHOOLS.
Like the rest of Michigan, Alpe-
ma county can boast of many school
houses, and every year the taxpay-
ers willingly submit to heavy tax
in order that the children in the
county may be educated. Besides
the city schools, there are situated
at different places in the county
13 school houses, many of them
surrounded 10y woods--the schol-
ars coming from radious of three
miles to attend school.
The first thing that the people
thiuk of in n now settlement is
road so that they can get to and
from their farms, and as soon as
this is accomplished, they turn
their attention to the school, and
soon a neat log or frame building
is erected ; teacher is engaged,
and the work Of making future
Presidents commences.
The county contains three school
districts, viz: the Union School
District Of the city of Alpena /;
Union School District No. l of the
township of Alpcna, comprising
the townships Of Alpena, Wilson
and Long Rapids, and the school
district of Ossinekc.
The Union School District Of the
township of Alpena contains Z
frame aud A log school houses,
worth s5,40o and capable of seat
ing 420 scholars. The school re-