Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-02-09
DEEP-SEA FISHING.
How Ealibut, Haddock, Cod and
 Herring Aro Caught.
Large Vessels That Travel Hundreds of Miles in Oder to Catch the sc-;y Crcaturcs-The Food of the Coli
 onists-A Great E1Ciustry.

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 Crcaturcs-The Food of the Coli
 onists-A Great E4dustry.
 For halibut, haddocll and tho toothsome cod, the banks. hunirc15of miles out 10 sea, arc sought by the vessels of from uipci 10 twice that many LoE5 burden, which spend there as many mouths a5 arc necessary to secure load O. % larc,n a3 1t is technically called. The system Of angling pursued by these pot hunters would scarcely obtain the approval of lovers of sport, says the Chicago Nelcs. Lines a mile or so in length, with hooks attached tt six feet intervals arc anchored in the shadows over the banks, with buoys cf wood or cor.l 10 mark them. These ''trawls"-for so they are desig- nated-are set at night, and in the morning, every hook fresh-y baIted wi,h g scrap of fish, and twice in twcnty-four hours they are hauled up, hand over hand. by men in dories, who detach such victims as are caught, and renew tho free lunch offered to the scaiv rCundcrs of the ocean. As fast as they arc taken. the cod or halibat are dried in tho sun and salted down III the vessels holds, whence the former arc shoveled out many weeks later in the leathcr-likc condi- tion one buys them in the corner grocery The fresh halibut and cod one buys m the market are caught near the shore by smaclis, which make two trips 9 week to the less distant grounds In this way arc taken nearly all tho haddocll, which arc sold uasa.tcd for the most part, owing to the comparatively small number found. HallbUt is by far the most profitable game for tho fisherman < fGir-sl-cd enc at , cents d pound IS worth several dollars, and it is not UBCsual b find them weighing throe hundred VIC gAt g piece Sach big fellows, at Sl0 or IJ each, soon make up . s2, isfac O. " cargo Bat, aJ has been said. the rig" for catching them is more expensive Lines as big a5 yoCr little finger ave required to hold them, and c; ;her tackle of propoc;icnate strength and size. A simple col rig costs S25 per man for each of inc dozen CT so of stout sailor boys WHO make up the crew of irst-c.ass sea-roing fishing boat The ar rangCmcrt usuGi.y made is, that the skip per who employs tho men pays all thc ex- penses of a voyage from the sum he receives for his cargo. One-1fth of what romans "goes to the beat" CT, in other words, IS the captaln's share. The balance is divided equally among the crew, each of whom is thus made partner in the venture-an arrangement well calculated to stimulate activity ID the pprsuit of cdibies that swim And this is where the swiftness of the yes selis useful, n chasil~ tho schools and in making trips out and home again as short as may be. 4 treat pest Of the deep-sea hSh- ernen is the FroCnd-sharl1, but now and then ono is Ght as big as a dory-say, twelve feet lc1g-and its liver will fll twelve buckets. at Sl50 q bucket. for oil Even the checks and tongues Of the cod, which il old times were thrown away, are now turned into money. Many people like to eat them fried, and one dealer told the writer that he himself had sold $5G,0 GOO worth of them in t,l1 last eight years. The entrails of all the fish are disposed of for fertilizing g purposes,
 | The harvesting of the scaly crop each year Is an industry of gigantic proportions, employing the services of many thousand able scamen and multitude of vessels, ] both big and small, These vessels are the finest of their kini to be found anywhere, not a few Of tAcm vicing in the expensive 1 ness of their construction and the elaborate ness of their equipment with first-class yachts Speed, next 10 safety, IS the chief disidoratuE in the modern fshing-boat, and even Mr. Burgess, the celebrated designer of pleasure craft that beat the world, has not disdaincl to build shops and schooners which contend with frantic emulation from season to season for the proud distinction of high-linc cfthc flcot.'
 The ishing-grounds eff the New England shores are the most valuable known. To the interest felt by rival nations in secur- ing possession of them history mainly at tributes the colonization of North America. The reports Of carly explorers touching the wealth of tho Western seas coming at a period when Roman Catholic Europe con- sumed an incalculabic amount of fish in times of religious f1sting-gave rise to the most intense excitement and set on foot business speculatIons which were destined in the course of years, to conjure up the specter of gsrim-visagcd war. For two cent urics the French and English fought over the profitable waters, which even at the present day are q subject of international dispute. The early colonists earned theiI bread and butter chiefly with hook and line and in those days the salary of the minis ter, tho debt duo the merchant, and in fact most pecaniary obligations, were paid in the stap.e commodity, fish. And in this present year Of grace, 1888, the population along the North Atlantic shore subsist to a great extent on fish diet, and Is supported mainly by the sale of the great ocean's fin ny inhabitants. fresh and salted.
 Of150,O00,009 pounds of fish captured annu ally the bulk consists of cod, haddock and halibut. On the great "banksr or shadows which extend for hundreds of miles in the midst of tAe deep ocean, far from land these ogers Of the sea gather by myriads il the spring time, coming up from fathom!ess waters, whlther they have retreated to es cape the winters cold to feast upon tho countless shoals of smaller fry that arc bred for the sole purpose, seemingly, o. providing food for their bigger cousins. A: the warm weather approaches the herring aleWive5 and other such fashionable fishes arrive from the southern watering places where they have been spending the col( months, so uncomfortable, you know, in this abOmiuaOlo climate. Those slippery GUS toners, the eC.s, too, come wrig5ling dowI from the littlc creeks and estuaries Wher, they have found comfortable beds of nic, warm mad to hibernate in. In brief, it il the joyous season in the briny depth as wei as on the dry earth.
 As rule a vessel goes on a fishing expe dition with some particular sort of prey il view. A "cod' rig will also serve for had dock, but for halibut stronger tackle an, bigger hooks are needed, while macl1ere and herring must De taken in nets. Thus is that boats usually sail from port equippe suitably for capsuring q single kind of fish to the netting or hooking of which each crat devotes it's exclusive attention.
 How Can Handles Are Curled.
 Many people wonder how the handles 0 the sticks made from hickory, malaccI hazel and variety ot other woods ar
 curied. This i5 ffacjod by tue applcatio
 of heat. The workman fixes one end of tn
 cane firmly in 9 vlce and poprs continuou
 stream Gf fire from . gaspipe on the par
 which is to Jc bonJ When sufficient hea