Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-21


TAs aazmon ssenrca - ose nea.sn'a
Bn1AsnR q seattle M.
AZ ~ ssaaoa'a aalman snaoh On Pa
ma Bound has dEnwn % q Gloss. . ~
psr1sr e ihe Po1r InruE11EEuxn eos
osl9ed ths lasa a. as8rrtafnlng ne
sasssm whiah Mr.. Myers hsd experi-
anoed dnEiuR HE fwa monfha' soioufn
On 6saitla Bay. On arriving 81 he
eanneEy. walsh i Ioaatsd o. Ne beaeh
fhEse miias from 6saa1ls On he Milton
shaEss ne raportaB was disapposnisa IN
an1inz thas he genial prsprisiox Geo.
/. MysEs bad a1na 30 Portland. There
ua8 small forus q man bazslg En-
aaaad In posting thn lahola on ne oann,
and placing ths cans II eaaag ready foe
ahipmant % dsaogent parts Of ths Warld.
ME O. B. elioklels Mf. Ayers' foreman.
wha b ths Wag, b = oisFer geEfleman,
valantaaEaG % fnrni4h The WritaE with
sny facts a1 he command. In ehe
eouEae 81 TIE inlsFSieg Mr.. stickls1
said;
During the past two months us have
paakno TOO oass9 0l SILVER salmon In
cans and pms up a66 barrels Of sails cal
moa. Mr.. Myers has paid oaa, this
season, for salmon, fuai, insaranos, gro
osriss, pEoviaion1. steamboat freiQhls,
taleRtAphinR and whifa Labor, e1a,978,
ali az whiah VS. diBtRinHsed tn Saaagio.
Te che Chinatnen ID his employ be paid
$1,133 Ihess sums have mantioned
Do nos ineluds the acss Of sin cana
solder and labela, whaeh be purchased
elsewhere. and q safe 30 say that Mr..
Myars distribnted e18e00 IL Seattle the
TO months be vas here"
EmE sronEzs-
Eeam klmo 10 TINA duKina the fishing
esason the PogF- InxnExEanNcnR has
kept ifs readers Informed 40 % tie vagi-
oas large hsuls Of salmon mads IL this
vioinity. aud new thas the saaaon has
drawn % q elsa, q Ropetitlan Of some
Of shem will not DO cut OF place.
After the run Of silver salmon had
stopped II Seattle Bsy, Mr.. Myers DE-
tsEminod 10 try his lnsk Of Hal Island,
q few miles below seattle. He chartered
the eteRmeg Lone KinheFman, and seui
bis ssines doun 20 that point. II two
daF8 work Mf. Myers secured $500
salmon, averaging 10 weight frem six 70
twelve SQUADS. Ths largest single haul
resulted In Q catch Of esq salmon; the
sane noina, % the next day ~ another
oauRht $50 ealmon. In the former
hal she Indian IN charge o. tbs seine
had no place 90 take and store tue Ash
and concluding thai be had good pond
10 keap them II, left than IN the ssino
al niGht and until the next morning,
when be dipped them out and delivered
them 30 the steamer VIZ. Mnnroe, for
shipmene to Seattle. The other seine
did good work buf NOT 90 well e she
hrst. The third DAY after Myers arrival
Is Hat Island bis crews made several
hauls bat aoa no Ash, ana the indiana
living In that vioinitF attributed the
failure 70 the fact that Myers had cap
steafioiesd ali the salmon. He returned
% the eannsEy perfectly satined With
hi9 oruioa. Eighteen thousand Of the
Hat Island ash vera sold to II. u. Levy,
who also put up q very large pack Of
sails salmon this season. Myers seines
are mammoth oonosEns, and cost con
siderable money. They are $50 fashoma,
or $50 feet long, and s. fathoms. OF 2l0
feet deep. sThe manner Of working
them is By paEsing the lead lima and
ha1lina u into q sooWi this work is done
guddenly aud requires great exegtion.
When II Is accomplished the hsh. II there
Be any. are In the p0nd. surrounded By
the seine, and they are taken out 81
leisure. For the previous three years
Mr.. Myers was disappointed With the
catch Of salmon on she Sound, while
there were snah unmisiakAble evil
denees Of large Funss and be made up
bis mind 10 80 deeper fer them, hence
she large ssines, WHOA have proved
success. Elliott or Seattle. and Gem
mencemeut bays. Mr.. Myers states, ere
the best places Tor these Kuna. Ths
hsh are taken while Oh the way TO their
Spawning eEcanda Up the rivers, tEiba-
tary 10 the sound.