The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-04-05

O'Clock took a boat for Astoria,
about a hundred miles down the river
to visit the fish and canning industry,
which was a grand sight as well as
matter of considerable education to
me. The cannery visited was NJ j.
Kenney's salmon factory, said to be
the largest in the world. They EN-
ploy $50 Cinnamon and 80 white men.
Their capacity is $4,000 one-pound
cans per day. They employ 100 boats
and two men to each boat, catching
fish with large nets. These gill-nets
are from fifteen to twenty-five hum
dred feet long, which are iioated in
the water with corks to float and lead
to sink. There are nine of these can
neries at Astoria and number OF 9TH
ers along the river. | saw them TAX
ing the fish from vessels containing
from six to ten tons into the factory.
They used pitch fork for this pur-
pose, having only one prong, which is
sunk into the head of the fish. | fol-
lowed the different processes OF be-
heading, failing, cleaning, slicing,
cooking and canning from start to
finish They make their own cans in
the factory from sheet tin-but here /
must stop and tell you that | got to
Portland the next morning at I O'Clock
A. NJ, boarded the train that after
noon for Seattle where | arrived at
$3.50 o'clock p. NJ. was driven to ho-
tel where | stayed until morning,
found Walter at Woodward, about
seven miles street car ride from
Seattle proper, had very pleasant
visit with him Saturday and Sabbath.
Saturday we took in the numbering in
dustry. The mills were constructed
on little different plan from the
thunder-gust mills on Back Run.) 1t
is wonderful how they can chew up a
log started in with the bark on, and in
about half minute it will be turned
out cut into lath, dimension stuff, and
boards. Sabbath / went to the U. =.
church in Seattle, went to dinner by u
pressing invitation from Mr.. Glascoe,
a retired wealthy man, formerly from
Washington, Iowa. He did not know
Eddie, but was well acquainted with
Andrew Kendall's family. Could not
say too much in their praise. stay
ed with them until evening, and at
tended evening services. Monday
morning left Seattle for Tacoma. |
spent the day here, and took sail on
Puget Souud. Left Tacoma for the
East Monday evening at O'Clock,
over the Northern Pacific.
"Spent Wednesday in Butte Mont.
where found times good. Laboring
men receiving from 50 90 to 5000 per
day. This is great mining town,
about three thousand mines within a
radius of ten miles. Some of them
are very extensive-go down in the
ground 1900 feet to 1000 feet. The
mineral is chiefly copper, some lead,
gold and silver. They also have
smelters for smelling the mineral, that
give employment to thousands of men.
While money is very plentiful and
times very good, that is all the good
l have to say of Butte, Mont. think
it is the most wicked city ever saw
in my life. BY going up one street
and down another, meeting, perhaps
thousand people, do not think
there would be ten out of the thousand
not carrying on their faces the signs
OF great dissipation. could not
help thinking about it, and how sorry
/ was for the unfortunates. Satan
seems to have planted in that city
every device that he has ever invented
as pitfalls for society. | left Butte at
$3.50 Wednesday night, made close
connections at Billings Mont, with
the Burlingtonroad by which reached
Kansas City Friday evening as afore-
said.