The Republican journal., 1886-09-09
Sketches for the Boys.
By EEN. I. G!EEISH.
No. /. CATCHING A SALMON.
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Boys. did you ever catch a salmon: If not,
listen TO the words of experience about to be
spoken by one who has. In the first place. get
ont YOUR maps and lock M the Nolumbia river,
learn the names of it, Tributaries, The terrific
ric> through which they flow, the direction in
which the Columbia runs and the ocean into
which its water, are poured. You will find it
10 be great river, larger, perhaps, than all
the rivers Of Maine combined. Then | want
you to learn where the Dalle- Of the Columbia
are, that you will know how many miles
they arc from its mouth and also the distance
from the liallc> to The city Of Portland, Ore
gon.
The Columbia river furnishes the greatest
>alm0n-tishin@ on the globe. They are caught
by thousands a. they swim from the ocean up
the river. They are caught in various ways.
The fish wheels turn them out by tons. These
wheels are some thirty feet in diameter: they
look much like the side wheel Of a steamer;
they are attached to the lower cnd OF a flat
boat; this boat is anchored by the hank Of the
river the swift current turn, the wheel, the
fish III SWIMMING up the river enter the wire
pockets of the wheel, and bciu. unable to eX-
| tricate themselves are turned mp IN the wheel,
from which they fail upon a ~ulcc made OF
boards. and thus slide to the bank. ! >aW one
wheel that had turned ont ten tons OF salmon
in twenty -four hours: another had captured
four tons in two and n half hours. Five hun
dred thousand eases are each year canned and
Shipped to all the markets Of the world. This
industry gives employment to oNer three thou>-
and men and fifteen hundred boats. During
the year $50 one hundred and twenty vessels
were loaded with canned salmon III the Co.
lUmbia river, each carving ON an average one
thousand tons. My salmon were caught at the
BALES
This i a ,lacc where for 4 long distance the
great Columbia river turns over and runs on
it edge. The banks of rock here come so
near to Gael other that the river has a space Of
Only sixty feet TO run through. y short dis
lance below, it j. a mile WIDE and very deep.
hut there it is only sixty feet wide. No one
can tel bow deep, but thc current runs At the
rate Of sixteen miles an hour.
There is a city of some 5000 inhabitants
Which has derived it, name from the nalle>
and which * located about four miles from lis
nant>ahc. ! reached the city AT night and
resolved to remain there until morning, then
walk Up aud catch some salmon. During the
evening | procured Il most elaborate oatt for
the Work. 4 line rod. WIN great brass reel
long lines and :; NuictN If hooks.
AT An early hour arose. ana after eating a
luncheon tunptd to the fishing grounds. A
hundred men Were there before Inc. Wheels
We're turning cat the fish 10y hundreds. men
We're catching them With dip nets. with lines,
and in many ways. II Wa- Wild >ccmc the
/ water running white with foam. the channel
of the river 50 narrow. above and below tbe
Dall.s where it hroadcrett. Great rocks tower
/ cd above thc rushing current j heh broke al
! their base. The salmon by thousands were
swimming up the river. scarcely a moment
rl.,.d i,,I "a :t som, liz fellows Womb ,nrinoc
clear Of the vair,. fi,e} 90 back win q wild
/ Hnnec ya> too much excited to wal! long
and AT once bean mv generations. At points
/ Inc water had worn oul into the bank OF the
ilrr ana in these l,lY-., fhr ,aIlno, y,r. yrrv
/ fhirk Then Womb nor bi1r however anal 70
! catch them with a hook Won were OBLIGED 10
! dr;iy il i'll The. water mill Won .,lrrrr,t.1 in
! looLin. onr OF them. wa. ytrl .edI S,-f,.i,
! discovered That fact f9. l3j mover nrt with
! ,Ucro,> in t>hu- because tine fish would never
/ bite my Lat. have often watched i>h a-
| thyy have taken the greatest car. REGARDLESS, of
| personal jurunl. uieurr 10 90 out around nm
| hook and >.rya.cv bite 1t lie hook OF some
! other fellow and on his morning when th,4
| facts became Known. | reioiced in shirt be-
call>t that knew rnIi} dr3.e a hook with the
! best Of Them ~c;,ral lniullt.- l,g>,ed before
an1tLing Of ali Uuli~uiI character occurred
! Then there wa, Il sensation in 1lr water. and
| at once, cumplch.ndcd that Had ,.:,u~ht a sal
! uOu N,ri>l. >laSh. x0ntSi. Went something
! in tho water. 1t WAS the most hapl,y moment
Of nv lifn LIIf nr..Il,,. ,on ,,, ,i.., T., I,,li
mess. Ii soon .tpur;l,,d 10 me ihat lind some
( Thing ike AN amy CONTRACT on my hand>. Ny
/ line wa, drawn t;lut for a moment and tbcn =
! nf1y poun,,r ,pr,ll rI,lr omf of 1L,. wnt,r
| then plunged back in The foa1ny mas.
/ NV nri.shhor> saw mn rooI hex ..N,Iirau
! man c;frhe. mucl,cc hi.err- ,iarulatcd g, lttl,.
! dirty smoke dried hfpalu,u iin,tn my I'm 4
| tall hi. Indian only -rlu,taI ..u,,h ana tban
d>tlaiuc,l 10 look Iol,.e,.r N th, rr>uIf of TN
/ GOOD tortIuc.
| My time wa> now coIn,.htsI, orciu,i,I. \.
! my prize went back INFO the illl,r. cam In
! tie stack Ct TN, Line lt ia lax hand instead of
| winding it u,on the rreI. i Mas MOI :, Ni>p
thing to do f5l. The n,Xr Ii,,li;.It II ran throi,
I IN In.cr> >I:lnhjn. ljkr Il Lnt Mr.. ami haI if
| not been for Tn. r<.itp,n,rt .I,IIII INV,
| rrirI ont in I,,iu Nv, ,irt;,,, I.,J ,t tr,,..l.
/ M color> he would iiI>t 20 down stream and
| | would follow in hot pllr,ljt: tnru in :. nln.t
! uueN INJECTED manner li,, ,loIIIi .Ian,,u iirrr-
ton, and 70 III, Stream Then fpl. th, ,.u1t.,. Of
the stream he. would -trpr. and tI,.u lnrk t,-
| wards m. he yol,lI come Ike lo,d
| What On earth should ID viii him. If one
Of you bows had been There Iu,lrr similar dr.
cu!il>t:tn"r> Won would have known inst ,yL,t
| TO do on WouId moi have been ,lgitri L,,t
! would have lalt.icd 1h;l salmon in a COO, ~ eli II
| Title manner Bun WAS excited and did man,
things >tilnp>r Ni1bnur >tui,t,u, tn ,.,d.i.I.1.
the ellcrl il Woul,, have upoi, lhr salmon. He
hy>tan,el.> or myself. did nor stand sin I'm
moved nearly A. rapi,lly As the ti.h H.
/ stream down stream. back AMI f,r1h ,In,T
and fast Ia and fro / ,-,.nt l,un 1,,,,..,'t
would stand erect. tl,,. u.Nt wo,itd ,ln,II,. nm
! 10 obtain some falit.I .lyHnt.,,. over my, ,I