The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-05
the colUMBA clnneRIfs.
Their Number Has Decreased
Thirteen Within . Year.
rndastry EN- the waae en- the River
-sso.ooe wAsseasA Car Lake
waskinxt.n-

Ii N iatsrSsew yeSeerssy NJ. Ges-ge Z
Myers. the wcEsknown eSanery nan,
made tie f0lsosfng statements coEeeru snx
the szflook sov The salmon insassry II tie
ceag1hsx for the sspsnlnr season
TAey are naw xessin~ their beats ard
rc2- rsszy." said Nr. Nesess. -.fo< sae
spr1ns eascA w&ieA begins IN APRIL The
industry hawever, u czs Tire wAze Thss
Ia Demonstrated b. TIE f.es tAas thsre
VIII oe IS less eeu2ersss gun this yesr
than sheru eese Two yezrs AGO. fey az
the canaersss have consolidated and most
o. ies caRnsry n2ea have their eyes
On Alaska 4 ley have rot Already esfaA-
llsaea c&nusri<s shsre. Nshe-x are l1s>ss-
ing Oh the Sussgd ard in British Coluuah&s.
There wiz hS h1s - cAnnesics la operation
on tee C0lzE25la tbs s2fszg To show
how she industry has decreased Il resss.
bur Dc sad that IL fSSS sAe srrzher %
cases packed was SO COO whfle in fSSS
thers were bat *. 600 eases pat up. Th.s
= great falling OF
..Ts What % yon sssriba.e thss great de-
cline IN the industry r.
Principally 20 Labor uniazss. which mt
np tie p-ie- o. Ash 50 high that tAerc i
Bat little o. 20 profit Ia the business. AIS,
% TIE TACT fAAs the river has neea over.
dshed xad the supply thereby reduced.
Besides this. there Is the competition Of
nscse plentiful the cotamhla river saeFs
cannot put ap fish as chesBas rs they can
II Alaska. AMI there are sumo ALASKA
grades which sre rs good as those OF The
cseanzns.la rss sad are driving the latter
oiif Of the s-ssSer
-How sbcns ne haseheriess win they
nos renlenisA the desosated ranks of the
salmon in the Columbia river
fess think they viii. last fall the
tiackarsas hatchery turned into the river
tso aud = half millions al yoaslg salmon.
With hat little trouble the aamber could
be increased 10 Ten millions. This would
rePlcHssh the waters with al the fish nee.
essaEy. u kept up. ss IN the last year bat
two and a quarter million al fish were
captured, and in the present year bat one
million Even IL the river fairly 1eemesi
with nso. the lasusrry. IN rDy opinion. viii
unions and ask such high prices for catch
Ing the saluson-
On sunday George T. Myers. the weii
known calnexy man, assisted By A. h.
Jackson. superintendent Of the cable line,
deposited $1,000 Lake Superior whiteish
in Lake Washington Mr. Myers was in
Portland last week aud while there visited
the United States fsh commissioners car,
Ia charge of Professor J. Frank Ellis OF the
Smithsonian Institution. Mr. Myers found
out that young whItesssh were being dis
fribufed 10 oil who desired them fron the
sent 70 Seattle for distribution ia Lake
Washington, aud Professor Eiais replied
that q young man had been seat here. bat
he reported that he found people indiEfer-
ent about the matter II was concluded
that meme were wanted here and the ear
was about 10 start back East. Mr.. Myers
applied for and obtained ~. 0eo of the fish
which he brought here and deposited In
Lake Washington rs above stated
Yesterday 81 the request of number OF
prominent citizens OF Seattle Mr.. Myers
telegraphedto inquire II he could have
Professor Ellis that he could have tina;
number IL he would come to Portland
after them. So Mr.. Myers left last night
for Portland, and viii return on Thursday
or Friday with the fish. II Is bis intention
to stock Green and other lakes in the tfeir-
says he Is not busy. aud as he has taken q
great many fish out OF the water. he there
fore thinks that he should do this pablo
service
The scientific name of the whitefsh is
eore28a.s Gs5Rs. II is a valuable member
OF tbs salmon family. IL Is fnnGd In the
great lakes from Lake Etc to1he Arctic
seas, IN Lake Chsmplain. and the smaller
lakes OF Canada IL astains q length OF
III 10 rs feet and q weight OF from to
10 pounds. IN October the nsh enter the
rivers from the lakes TO spawn, usually re-
turning in three or four weeks They are
gregarious. and move from place TO place
according 70 the supply OF food, which
consists OF insects and laryR, tender
plants. soff-sheiles moIiuskx, and occasion
ally small fishes. They are caught princi-
pally by gin nets The flesh is blush
white, changing when boiled 10 pare
OPAQUE white: hence the name IL takes
three wears for the fish TO mature and the
females produce about 1900 eggs ut
time. Ii win not be long. therefore. before
Lake Washington win fairly swarm with
these toothsome fish