, 1878-04-26
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
IT'S INDUCEMENTS 10 EnguElNrS.
CIINprER VI

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Ituow becomes our duty oSpeaI> oE
another department Of the resources
of our country.
SALMON FISHERIES AND CANNERIES
exist ON the Columbia, Willamette,
and Cmpqua rivcrS--On Puget Sound
Basin, and those smaller rivers flow
inc into the sea--all of which have
inexhaustibIe supplies Of salmon
weighing Is to 20 lbs, averaging
each - lbs. The value Of the salmon
produced yearly is three millions Of
dollars. The "Chinook" salmon on
the Columbia is the finest. Consid
cradle capital is invested in this in,
dustry, which yield, large profits,
The foreign demand is unlimited, es'
pecialIy in England, Boston, New
York and Australia. This is most
profitable undertaking, requiring a
moderate amount of capital and skill.
The canning firms hitherto relied on
their own catch: but lately the prac-
tice has been instituted of buying
fish from those fishermen who are
without capital, and the price paid
in such cases is generally twenty-five
cents for each fish of twenty-five
pounds. The fishermen supply the
home market with fresh and salt fish
Salmon trout are wonderfully prolific
in every stream, and too easy of
catch to render it good sport. Oyster
fisheries exist at ShOal water, TiIla.
nook and Eaquina bays; and EN-.
ploy a small fleet of schooners in
transporting the oysters to Sarr Fran
cisco and Portland. There are two
factories at Astoria for manufacture
ing salmon oil from the refuse Of
salmon. Herringof excellent flavor
come from April and go on all
through the Summer.
Enterprise in this direction is be.
ing developed in many localities on
Puget Sound, and the magnitude Of
this industry in the future is hardly
realized even by those who are at
present putting forth active efforts
in its line.
Besides salmon of such excellent
quality, the waters Of Puget Sound
Weld large numbers of as fine haibut
as can be found anywhere in the
world. Herring abound, and in fact
almost all of the smaller varieties Of
fish. Enough has oeen developed
through experiments and through the
actual pursuit of coin IN our fisher
les within the past few years 70 af.
ford reasonable grounds for asserting
that in the near future the fishing in
terests of this territory will represent
one of the most valuable depart.
ments of her resources. a new in.
dustry has recently been attracting
attention, viz:
CANNING CLANS.
These luscious bi-valves (for they
ARE luscious and considered highly
palatabIe, especially where their
scarcity makes them sought after
are already being cooked, put ny in
cans and shipped away to market.
An establishment for carrying on this
industry is already in operation at
Sequim bay; one is in progress on
Shaw's Island, in San Juan county,
also one on San Juan Island, and
within the next few years many such
corporations will have located on
our many inland bays where every
sand spit is the habitation of a III
merous and fruitful colony of C ans.
Aside from the prospects OF our
canneries and packing companies,
the recent Introduction Of Plummcrs
dryers has caused experiments which
prove conclusively that our clans
and fish can easily be dried and sent
to eastern and foreign markets at
prices which their greatly reduced
bulk will render comparatively nom
inal compared with that of sending
them in any other state. That our
supply of ish and clans Is practical
ly inexhaustible, is amply demon
strated by the fact that some of the
earliest settlers Of the territory long
since lapsed into careless and shift
less manner Of living, owing to the
absolute ease and certainty with
which a living could be made neal
the salt water.
Continued next week.
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