The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-06

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a@~sar a1a $40 are wsA poHtsg On Us
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ikesa NJ Doyle - capz&11 o ~ naa
rap steamer Beaver. fts naF beer ~ re
haslssas Eace aa Ess Boy @hN p
Fsszet eossna sIrco EsSz. sn1 Tor re lAsL
ferse years - has been rsnoang 5 trap
esauasr Capt Doyle has n142s careful
sssdg e tge s1osesf. especially re SAalsa
C fas snekegs "a lnnon-
IL II. fnserxssw wEsh DR., Smith there
were to errors. whieh. 81 Justice p alfrl.
are nsYs eorT@eted- Ar Szaifh was guotsss
80 saying ''tas traps a. Canoe pass last
year azsa stsca q b.x csgca Eaaz quantities
% axa wsre GGmpsS overheard I8srs
srs 20 traps a. Caa0e Tass- The refer
s1ee Was 70 tvzsss essazasfe cTns1 ~
CzEos pas8 c&nnertss. Mr.. smith vas s4so
made 10 sag that z.Je ~ 400 American
GshsgTn.n - eaez ssaSon - Fraser Eixsf
'swgtB seesr zgi rats and seines" Tae
~osa ''sslnes" sa0al1 aass been omitted.
Capt. Doyle. IL az intsryisS yesterday,
said
.Mr. SMITH claims taal the abolition of
tns nsa traps would n91 close Dean fns
eannerleS -. would on TIE osser aaBo
give employ Hsent 70 THOUSANDS 81 fisher
~ AID seine EE4As4H
"&oz. in order - zsi fEA understand
inx OF sae case. IL il necessary 10 STATE thai
TIE principal hsh used iu canning A. Ana
cortss Friday HaFD0r and Point Reaerts
II fhe xockeye x8lfl0n. and also taat the
home OF spawning grounds q tns soekeys
81 up she FraEef river. IL British Columbia
Tire course Of tbe a8eksyes from their
entrance into IKE Straits Of Fuea car be
traced from Beeensy bay. wasfe yaey first
60 Ia shnai waGsr clear 10 the Fraser river.
after leaving BsechsF bay they proceed
serssght % the salmon banks saata 3f san
Juan island. and there EM1l2ss 81 different
directions some folioNins tae different
Channels % Ire San Juan archipelago. bar
TIE bulk cf the Esn xoiaE through t1e
Cara Ds HaE0 straight % the Fraser
river.
s~Ths EKh trapa on the salmon hanks were
pa Ia r. 1884 ~ toe Island Packing Com
p4ny. Of Friday HaToor. and. 81 order 10
see waieh wss the bess plaza. trap nshing
or gil netting. fas company rad q number
o. fine f2aing BEATS built. equipped them
with ire very bess ga nets obsainaole.
ssrf fer crack fishermen from the Colun-
BIS river. far famed bar men At that. and
STAT them OR 20 drift from Port Angeles
c. me south 20 Point Roberts on the nortA-
WIZ what results No success a. all and
that In a year when there was a heavy
run % salmon. TIE nEaernnen claimed ne
could moi hs probably used sxcepi ia tie
vicinity az rivers or IN muddy water.
rs - DOT necessary 70 pass a oil 70 stop
fishermen from the British side fishing In
American waters. a. the United Statss
congress hss saved our wlse legislators az
Olympus that trouble: ard II Mr. smith.
Sef informed az hs claims TO b.. VIII look
up the customs records st Point Roberts
for August. iss. he VIII notice that three
English fishing boats we're seized Ia one
night for accidentally drifting across me
lire. ard fae British steamer which tried
70 cross and pull them hack WAS also
seized By fhe customs authorities
Mr. smith Is either trying 20 mislead
uniformed people on this subject 20 Gre
ale sympathy for his cause or else be -
~ilsfuIig ignorant on rae subject when he
s8ya thar tha 2.9o or 400 American nshsr-
men who 80 over each season ia the Fraser
river with thsir 81 nets and seines would
on the passage Of this blll stay ~ home
ans nsh In American waters. Nov. ia
order 10 impress a subject On ones mind
q = necessary 80 state facts. and not 20
indulge in some whimsical fancy that viii
not hear investigation. The fact L. nor
one American fisherman dare ;ake boat
seine or gil net 20 the Fraser river. or y
would be seized iHstantef. and the am0uat
OF web owned By those 200 fishermen does
not exceed 70 cents. Any one doubling this
statement need only ask permission to
cross the lire win a gil net. and he Vii
have ne reason 60 doubt afterwards
mir. snifi states thar sias0 worth 81
Siii net web has been ordered from TIE
Fast pending the passage OF the bill. bar
be does not mention That Bfty times that
amount OF trap web now IN possession %
American citizens wlll he q dead loss %
that BIZ passes. To protect what ~ here
ara paid fer should Dc the aim - every
true representative but n traps should ~
abolished. then trapmen should be allowed
q year 20 wear out ghe wsh now on hand
WHO owns the best traps az Point Rob
srss7 Mr. Snith informs Us they are
owned hy English e8nneries TIE best
traps are, however. owned BY Americana
and the best single catch made ai Point
Roberts last year vas ~ an American
named Leonard Pike. Nho Invested bis
money IA Blaine and - living there at the
Yfessni timf BE Informs us taat Amert-
cans had 70 buy dsh last wear 70 keep their
cannefies running. Last year. a. every
weN-irformci fisherman knows vas the
small run % nockFye salmon. and there
was IN reality none to buy
+Tg trap gshlnr Is so dangerous % uavi-
cation, how r. a. we henr of 80 FEW ACCT
cents from ma source or thc southwest
side 81 San Juan g. and. whore tho trans
are thl,skrBt7 The pi,inw does NOT extend
90 ths spar baoy. ies alone - ire ocean.
ard every mariner kaoWs sAat Inside tha
#n@N - dauEFFeuR fH navigation anyway.
se thc water = quite saoal IN places Most
81 Use jraps AZ point Roberts Hrs 20 IRE
bay. and vessels can keep clear ~ tAeTn
with hut lttsia trouble.
Us y not true hlso tnRt purse selrcrs
snnat have deep water Go operate tr as
otherwise they vii tear thelF seineS. and
very few traps are put in where the d~-th
81 water exceeds for.v feet Therefore
shs traps - not Interfere wlsa ere ~elue-s
60 any great ex+ent
'-Ths socksye saluon are hard % cst-h.
sns suy truthful fisherman wiI trn va
that ofsen after purse sslae - ri8n around
body - ivey sockevss taey VII algv
clrsF ~ ere ret before &c can DO aa~s.s
The Fraser river nsHertnea rarely have
tse river cxeept IL ease of aeavy frpseet.
whsu ths guig = muddy across 20 Active
pass
'@Tas rasssxs ~ TRAIT b1g atH not. as
Nr smifa predicts. give eascioy raeuf 70
fhcaseres - Hshernrr aur Wfu e~es-fis.