Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-11-25
SOME THINGS WE EAT
WHICH ARE FOUND IN PUGET
SOUND.
uaay Tootbsomc Dciicncies Our
tlsh supply urivaiicd - Who
Catches Ihem and How They are
eooara.

I tnEluu may hnu inuth utllHhL IN ulll-
[ ing. hut fcw other people appreciate
the table deliCacies which the State
affords Her soil is fertile and her
fruits are delicious. Her mountains
and iastcnesScs abound in elk, deer,
hcar. mountain goat, partridges, pleas
ants, aud other varieties Of game. But
this IL not all The products of her
water. are most hountiful, and chiefly
un accouut oi their abundance are
least appreciated
The waters uf the sound TEEN with
rhuice varieties II table tish which are
| lar more highly valued in the East
than they are at home The fish in
dusiry IN Washington is still in its in
fancy, hnt IL has taken enormous
STRIDES Va tho past year or two. One
/ firm iu Tacoma handled on al aver
age six tons ui fish daily throughout
last summer This finn has three
gru'i sized buildings which are de-
voted to their fish interests. The
rlcaning house is fitted with a clean
ing bench running almost entirely
around the house, and the dexterity
With which a large salmon's head is
taken oil aud the body made clean and
nice hooking il really wonderful.
The sailing house is fitted with inn
mcn-e tubs in which are tons OF sal
mon. halibut, bass. sturgeon, smelt,
safiines. founders and perch curing
Ia brine. The cooling and preserving
r"oms oi this company arc feature
Of Themselves The company have
given up shipping fish East in ice as
u does not meet with the general favor
that frozen fish do.
The first cooling rooms are kept at
shout - degrees Fahrenheit. From
these rooms most Of the fish for local
consumption come. The rooms from
which Eastern shipments are made are
kept at ~ degrees. Fish are often
kept here for six months. absolutely
ifoson as hafd NJ meat bone all the
time. When these fish are shipped
they are often kept In storage rooms
la the East lur twelve months before
hnding their way 10 the table.
These frozen fish when shipped
from Tacoma. packed in sawdust,
often find their way TO Atlanta, Ga,
aud are -iill frozen 40 hard that they
have To be- dug out OF the sawdust
wlth pick
The following salt water varieties
arc quoted on the market here con.
iinually Halibut. salmon. bass, smelt,
salmon trout, ling and rockcod, black
eod and sturgeon.
They scll from five cents TO ten
cents = pound Wholesale aud retail
prices change from five 10 six cents a
pound higher. Regular shipments OF
carload lots Of these fish are made to
Chicago and New York. Crabs, oys-
ters, mussels aud clans are also con-
sldsrcd staple.
Of salmon there are four chief varie.
ties tho tyee, silver, jack and chinook,
,he silver being considered the best
There are gray, white and chick hall
but, the gray being most valued.
The Puget Sound black bass resembles
his eastern brother very much. He is
very toothsome and also very gamey
when In the water. Sturgeon are often
brought In here which weigh TOO
pounds. They appear on bills OF fare
a. sea bass, selling much more readily
under that namo than when called
sturgeon. Smelt, herring, ssrdines,
aoles, Founders, perch and pogies also
dwell la our waters and occasionally
iind their ~ay TO the table Of some ep-
icure who knows how 10 appreciate
them. The silent clam rejoices in
hour varieties of his kind; the butter,
quoahoy. gpey duck and little neck.
Tho latter l. iayoritc and is a prime
seliuf
la the summer, tho firm alluded TO
above gives employment TO l50 fisher
men and iishhandlers besides operat-
ing steam schooners and sailing
sascta oi their own.
AZ this season Of the year fishing be-
comes very dangerous, and the hardy
fisherman risks life and limb in his
attempts to tickle palates with sea
siaintics IL is said that the best fish
esmen ia the world on side OF Scotland
fish oil the banks Of Cape Flattery,
which are considered the heaviest
banks there are. They arc mostly
s"eles aud scandinayians, and are
very skilled. They are far more dar-
i"g than the North BAY Indians.
The sight Of man in swan shaped
dofy 81 far out at sea that he looks
like sPeck and riding out gale is a
sigh. that presents something OF the
Sublime Trail bit of wood with a
lev hsh IN the center of the bottom
lor balance is all that intervenes be.
tween life and death.
II the gale strengthens into a tenn.
pe'. aod the waves run fathoms high
he then pulls the plug, partly swamps
his i'ail craft aud waits for the ele.
men's To subside. All around him he
s"e' large schooncrs and deep sea 90
inr vessels putting to harbor as rapidly
a. PossIble. while he balances his little
cram ~i'h his body and is captain and
al TIE crew. l,isindeed hardy. dar.
ING lie aud hut poorly paid.
Putting the finny animals upon the
market u but part OF the work Incl