The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-22

% stimulate demand TOR the SAoalwater
hay product. appeared n rscsnt Issue
o. the Oregoni2n:
For long ,lrue The greater part Of The
1auve oysters FOR the supply CT this city
has come from Olympia and other places
about The head o. Puget sound. al unssr
fhe name OF Olympia oysters Wow dealers
are handing Shoalwater bay oysters al
most exclusively. TIE cause OF this is that
the beds on the Sound have been drawn
On too extensively, and have been calied
too close, until there IS nothing LETT but
small oysters: that Il, oysters which have
not attained gheir full growth: they are
sTnan enough when they have. There il
considerable GlHererce between the O3yEn-
PTS and me Shoalwater bay oyster but
which Il the best is a matter OF individual
taste. The Shosiwater bay oysters are n
demand IN San Francisco. ara OF late
nearly al % them have bean SHIPPED
there. and people here have become So ae-
custonsd 10 the Olympia oyster that most
% them prefer *. The OIymplss are even
smaller than The Shoslwatsrs, but are
pluuper and have a back stripe around
them This r. caused 4 IA said. BY she
oysters being grown o. a bottom OF mud or
clay. The Shoaiwztsrs are grown or a
sandy bottom. and have 10 black stripe.
sre not 50 plump. and BY some are claim
ed % have a better favor. TIE appear
srce o. flavor probably had little 20 60
With TIRE source from which tie supply OF
fhIs cry was drawn san Francisco had
the cali on the shoaiwate-s and 50 Port
Land took tAe Osyuplas which were rnore
convenient 70 get. New Portland viii have
70 depend or Shoalwater bav oysters. az
least FOR SEINE zine. I'll the 0Iyuplas have
q chance 20 get thsir growth. ard Il Is 20
he feared the price wtTi - higher. Or the
plate smaller. II IS saiA that haYf a sack
a sack TIE ccas, CO Oregon has only Two
bays where oysters grew naturally,
yaauiua and Netsrts Asy. and the beds
ara Wusise6 a. both pisces. IRE Eastern
oystars lately planted ~ yaausna sr. re-
perts4 - se 3osug wp'' Hus & VIII He
sorne tine before they vii be IN the mar
kes ard IRE supply must always - limit
IS awTnx - the srssu area r looks az
- ths SUPPLY q native oysters on isis
CesSt wns liable - - soen exhausted. ard
stens should be taken % Increase the area
90 the h4ss. Ar. 20 introduce Eastern oys-
ts~s AZ othsr points
wrfs j. very well from a sAcaIwater eav
rasns - view nut friends % the OLYMPIA
aswalwe take different view J 2 Bow
man has been IN Ire oyster business 81
thts ,irw 20 SIX years When he r-st
one-es - 49, a sack - oysters Rad ssen
sNivpe3 % Portland fer three or four
years. SIncs tnas tire oysters have eeez
seirne4 there right ssc-g.
san Francisco gsis a. tAe A. Saoai-
water haw ows.e-s~ Sa3z Mr. Bowman
rae sav LAST week Tse ~ r No-xrhan
Oyster Company. having headquarters in
SAr Francisco. cwas 30 or 80 a-s-e~ q
ha8s 50 shoalwa.er. ara really controls
the business. TIE cs1srszv ho1Eat @ut
thA snzwa- owners a. any rrSse sAey
we~a ~iea<es 20 ssk SsreA tn> r-e~xe a
sezr y~a-s sws ths he6s s. Oyster bay
Olympus. have zat lad a chance - Re-
covsr eus get sack - thsfr former stand
ing Te2srs as 10 SAWS ire frat year
after 80 freeze Last year was . god
eEe The Cfv-ariss are smaller. s@s.ags
peoa,a are wc-xfnx earrings a-e e-yezT-
eds when they shoZ11 walk a7cths- year
As For znxrsfev. : have rottce1 40 1tF-
ference r s-vthi1g. s1ere - ar sn-
crease n tAs p-g4Ees. TIE Olympia l. a
darker oyster. Ths SAoatwGserz easac1
n wAss- 4zS5 80 not kes2 50 -e1. Is>
shpu - re SsoA7waF@r - heavy, Esvt-E
L a large Appearances. whscs Is dtspre-
part8amase 70 ere r~zs sszs a. th@ oyster
TtTs -ssrs Kgc ofyrrrtAs srcag1s 3 .