The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-11


country should their services be needed.
They are sialwart br0wny men, seamen
Of experience and would De peculiarly
ladapted 70 the naval service. Their earn
estness and patriotism can be but highly
appreciated by the citizens ot Astoria and
Oregon.
Lieutenant Sherman yesterday forward
"a his vote together with the junior off,
GERS Of Company >. FOR the election Of II.
r. Lewis OF Portland TO be lieutenan, COM
mander Of the Oregon naval militia. With
| companies / and In Portland and : or
| this city. Oregon Is now furnished with a
naval battalion and the lieutenant COM
mander elect is in correspondence with
Senator Mcbride endeavoring 10 secure
/ a detail OF the battalion 10 accompany
the Manila expedition. and has strong
hopes Of being successful Lieutenant
Commander Lewis has the appointment
/ Of three stan officers. an adiutant. sur
| geon and ordnance officer. the latter with
the rank OF Junior lieutenant. Lieutenant
Sherman will be advised by wire as soon
as any thing Is determined upon in ac-
comjanying the Manila expedition The
uniforms FOR Company will arrive from
| Portland today. and include a cap blouse,
Ipantaloons and overcoat
] II. \. Brown. who has charge OF
the steel head salmon hatchery on
Salmon River. forty-dve miles east
| Of Portland. writes 20 Fish and Game
Protector Mcclure that he has over a mil
lion eggs Of the steelhsad In the trays
/ and in good order He Is going 10 send
some 1000 Of these eggs 10 Astoria 70 be
developed in the miniature hatchery there,
as an object lesson to legislators, state Of
fcials and others who may visit the hat
cherry. This IS the first attempt that has
been made 70 propagate the steelhead ar
tlficially. and. although many difficulties
| have been encountered. owing 10 the fact
that the steelhead spawns in the spring.
when freshets occur In the streams where
they have their spawning beds. the expert
ment is proving a success and demonstrat-
| ing that the rivers can be restOcked with
steelheads as well as with chinook salmon.
This experiment has been made none too
soon. as the steelhead Is In a fair way OF
being extermInated. since Il has become
valuable on account OF It's special adapta-
bility for shipment in a frozen condition.
Oregonlan.
Mr.. J. o. HanthOrn. president Of the Co
lumbia River Cannerles company, says
that ish are running better now The
first full days work In the factory for
this season was done yesterday fifteen
tons Of fish having been packed in half
pound tins. Fish are smaller this year
than they were az this time a year ago,
but the quality Is very fine. Mr Hanthorn
thinks there will not be an average pack
this year The pack Of Chinooks will be
much lighter than last year, but the pack
Of blue backs will be much greater as the
blue back run Is now better than al any
time last season. The blue back salmon IL
very Ike in quality to the Fraser river
FISH and will find q ready market In COM
petition with that grade Of goods IN
former years they have brought better
prices than they do now, as the Fraser
river salmon was not packed On Puget |
sound where d reached a domestic mar. !
ket but packed on Fraser river whore u I
found a market in export trade Could /
the Columbia river packers get as much I,
for b.uebacks az they could before In COM /
petition with Fraser river salmon pack /,
ed on the sound, Columbia river fishermen |
would De able TO get better prices than |
they DO now.