The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-08-31

aec,.,cn by his foul tactics, has cu,fought
his nnrnviAblc reputation, and IN now
nrh,inr Nirly. Ne IL very clever and as
s,n,nr as any welter In the country, but
his failure 10 hght .airly has KEEP, him
back. Al carson he was beaten by Geo,
Green. but recently the men met In the
eas, and Smith played with his man.
Tommy Ryan and Smith have met hair
a dozen times, and each time have fought
A dr,W. Australian Ryan is cleNerr than
smith Aud should make matters Interest
lDg for his namssake.
GcnerUl ir,ercs, has been excited
througout the business portion % the
city IN the proposed hshcries ccngrcss to
be held Jointly With Washington OF Asto.
ria IN the near future No more lmpot,
tant subject Is today before the peoPle OF
the lower Columbia river than that OF
fostering the salmon % the Columbia
and It's tributary s,rcams The most
scientific experiments made by Fish Com.
missioner Mcclure demqnsirr,Sd that by
bnAsNeuIleN The maslmuh .uppE OF o'h
can te malh,Alncl IN the river against all
inroAds " fishermen, In oiAer Wetus an
annual crop ~ royal chinNok can DC taken
from the river. which will add couple "
million dollars In wealth TO the coinmu'
nifty pcr year indefinitely Il Tho seed Is
sown 70 produce e. The object OF the IN
,er.state fisheries congress Is 10 secure
such joln, laws " the two states a. will
provide tor tho propagation ot the hsh
and their protection from wrongtul meth.
OILS ot nshing during the season, and Ash
ing az spawning times. The members OF
the Progressive Association. who have
1 taken this matter IN hand are determincd
20 push u 20 a successful issue and they
can do no better service TO the community
than cNnsummating join, measure by
oregon and Washington 90 this end and
the tntc.sjate congress Is Ehe natural
means ot accomplishing the desired end,
The rall dshing season on thc river
opens on the 10th ~ september and every.
thing points 90 the busles, season ever
known on The Columbia 1, IL reported
thar the canpcries will oTer cents pol
pound eor hsh. one of their members hav,
lng already SO declared az the opening ol
the season, which Is the highest paid Il
years. Whether this price will % raise,
as the season advances, Is problcmaucal
but. from the fact thar competition vii
be kcguer than ever before. q, Is safe 3,
say q, will remain az that ngurc. Col,
storage ouyers will bc numerous on tht
river. and a rise In the price Is looked 10
before the season Is f1r advanced IN,
|oannerymcn who have so gar announce,
their intention 20 pack are; J q. Mcg,er
, J. q, Hauthorn. Pillar t,,ck Ptrking CO.
J. W Cook and the Fishcrmrn's Cooper
ative cannery. /, Is probable one or ia,
others will be among the number at "a
opening of the season. The short sprinl
. pack on the river coupled with the short
, axe In Alaska and elsewhere. will ueces
; sarily create a greater demand Sor fal
salmon. although the pack of late year
, has been disposed of shortly after IN,
season closes. The salmon business eyi
IDENTIFY, has narrowed down 90 a poln
, when the fall and spring packs md thei
own markets. without Interference Will
each other. Fishermen arr enthusiast,
over the outlook and should a run of sal
mon come IN the river many VI them noy
making extensive preparations. especial,
the trappers. will make good money. Al
the resident fishermen llorg the river ar,
getting their gear IN readiness. and con
siderable number In this city will also b,
nrepored. They will hnd little troubl,
In disposing % their catches at the hgurc
stated, and should boat loads of IAN sal
mon be ,aktn, as has often been the case
the cold storage men vtll be on the seen,
70 take all they are offered. The drivlni
Iot traps along the river principally a
the mouth of sloughs. has been carried OF
vigorously since the close % the sprini
season. Yesterday seiner stated tha
traps were In az every available poln
along the middle river. the grounds o.,
which they are built. In many Instances
being purchased by the trap owners
Nearly all the seIners are getting read,
10 commence on the i1;h % September
the spring season having resulted 80 Dis
asirously 90 many q them that they ar
impatient Tor the fall season 10 open. 7
n. Johnson will operate his new groun,
AZ The head OF Puget Island and believe
ne Is out considerable by no, selnln,
there the past spring. The other seincr
viii remain on the same ground that the
worked during the spring. Should m
season prove a good one there will be IN
large fall pack in the history Of III