The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-21
THE FISHING
SITUATION
Views Of u Prominent Resident Of H.
waco Upon the NcNed
Question
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ACTS
Text Of Resolutions Transmitted 10 Ssefe-
tAfy Of Mar. Senator Mitchell and Cap
tain fish--A Settlement ~ the
Matter. Likely Ia Kesult.

Mr. ColNcii Of llwHco who h we'll
known merchant Of that place. spent yes.
tofday IN Astoria. having Just returned
from a trip to Portland In conversation
With a reporter ho stated that matters In
iiwnco az the present time were quiet
ana that general burin ''u was In fairly
good condition. when asked aa 10 tho
situation. concerning the ashermon'n
strike. and tho action Of the iiwnco trap
men. he said
So FAR az Tho strike IL concerned. or
tho question Of price between fishermen
ana packers, I know OF little change In
tho condition or ufrairp Tho Gamers Of.
Ter one price. and tho nahcrm n demand
another
As 10 the action OF the trapmcn. !
think that the whole question Is simply
quarrel between the Eiilnst fishermen
and the trappcrS. augmented by a little
bad blood between the two states. helped
on considerably by sensational newspaper
reports The affair iH most unfor-
tunato one. and an end should be put 10
II at once The better class OF people on
both sides OF the river. ought TO combine
their common sense and influence and
stop this unsccmy wranglc There has
been too great a desire on the Part OF
certain parties 20 rush into the news
paPcra and the newspapers. on their
part, have been a little too eager to color
matters Ia a sensational manner. There
IN one paper on our side OF the river
that has been particularly bitter In It's
attacks on the other side and It's self
imposed duty OF defender OF Washington.
ana I don't doubt but there has been a
temptation 20 similar action on the part
OF oregon papers.
Il understand that the Pathfinder was
down In the vicinity OF Sand Island on
Sunday. pulling out Hunken obstructlons
from the river which have seriously In.
tcrfcrcd with their work In the past
| do not know that there was any dis
turbancc. although the people were look
inE for demonstration Of some kind ~
was reported that q lot OF new piles were
driven Tor traps on the south side OF
sand Island within the last day or two
but as yet there has been no rontro-
Ncrsy over this latest action OF the trap
mon
Looking at the entire question from
fair ana disintcrrStcd standpoint, | am
satisfied that Mr. Kelly. and the other IL
waco trapmrn. who first put down the
traps In the disputed ground. were In er-
ror ana made grave mistake. on the
other hand the situation was only aggra-
waited by the Astoria fishermen taking
matters into their own hands and pulling
w the traps uosUoEl's hs wen num-
Der OF PIE drivers ana other property.
hoth were wrohc' ana Two wrongs VIII
ho' make Tisht Ns Ssin oetore' 'here
" ohlE one way 10 hh the matter ana
'h"' IN lot paFues on poth SIDES OF lhe
river TO get together IN cool ana Impair
uAl manner ana come 10 some klhd OF
an agreement "hleh wiz pc sauHlhc'ory
an around IL can DC uono ana should
ne done without turther delay. The
h'"spapcrS' III the interest OF common
sense oe'ler Judgment ana comfy
ought To advocate sueh policy. The
present methods OF dealing with the dues-
ton IN the papers ana the actions OF
parties on hoth sides OF the river Rre
wrong In principle Rnd ought to be rem
euled
the Chamber OF Commerce committee
on commerce ana navigation, TO which
wes referred the matter OF distractions
TO the channels at the mouth OF the river
prepared the following resolutions on the
subject copies OF which Secretary Holden
yesterday mailed TO the secretary ot war,
senator MltcheiI' ana captain w. J." FISK
United states engineer Tor this district:
Whereas The attcation OF the Chamber
OF Commerce OF Astoria has been called
TO the fact that the channels OF the
4 Columbia river hptWpnn AgtOrtn and tho