The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-08-03
Edltnr.s Seaside Letter.


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quarters OF THE JOURNAL now for several !
weeks and any especially mean or gifted
utterances must be attributed TO the diet
OF boiled potatoes, fried founder and
clam chowder, fianked by crab salad and
plenty OF water and camp coffee. The
water runs out of the hills on all sides
and is a solution OF rain that has percol'
ated through the sand dunes and ANAL
gamated composition OF ocean shells,
burnt timber, sea lion bones and
bleached guiana, and IL has the peculiar
quality Of both action on your kidneys
and making you want more Our family
has many times wished for a demijohn
OF Father Wallace's aqua pura from ten
feet below the bed Of the Willamette.
However all the water over here is pure,
Wholesome and nourishing.
While we have caught plenty OF floun.
der this year IL is easy TO see the supply
il being exhausted. SEEMING is doing II
and when you think that the dounder
ia about the easiest fish seined IL Is no
wonder that this white-meated dainty
is being exterminated Men tell me Of
getting 500 to 800 pounds at single
haul. In winter the crab dshermen use
the founder for bait. and as they are
taken at all seasons, IL is not surprising
that they are giving out. To my taste
they are better fish than the salmon,
because they can be caught with
hook and line from February until
December. Few people know how
70 cook this delicate fish properly
and | will give some suggestions.
As they are one mass of delicate
white meat and Juices and jellies, they
will not keep long without being
drawn. as you say OF fowl Some peo.
Pile scald them TO dress, but that Is
ruinous in my estimation, for the reason
that the skin is full of rich oil and all
the flavor of the fish. Scrape clean with
stiff bladed and sharp knife, and IL
takes work aud muscle 10 do IL. Have
plenty OF water and by wetting the fish
aud scraping until the slime IL off and
the fish feels perfectly free from scales
when rubbed over with the hand, II will
do. Then trim off the I'm clear around,
| open and remove the insides, including
| the dark blood up against the back, and
scrape the fish inside. Now hang IL up
by the tail over night, but don't salt, as
the flesh IL so juicy the salt only destroys
its sweetness and makes IL dry. Never
fry founders Hat and whole. Cut off the
two abdominal flaps, set your fish mp
edgeways and slice down across the fish
in slices about half an inch thick. Then
il is ready 10 cook. There is no way
bnt to fry il in hot bacon grease or fat
fried out Of salt pork, II you want IL
perfect. Dip the slices in beaten egg
and then roll In finely powdered cracker
crumbs, and fry light brown. Salt and
pepper after taking nom the griddle. OF
course, this recipe is good for frying any
| -. al. huN
has Juices that are worth saving.
We spent day fishing at Elk City
and had some fine sport. The little place
is now supplied with an excellent hotel,
kept by Mays and Son. MIR. Mays is
one OF the old Mays family OF The Dalles
and they have lived many years here in
Lincoln county. The sou is one OF the
best deer hunters in this section
They keep a general store and are
very accommodating 20 those who want
sport and Mrs. Mays sets fine table.
We had plenty of trout while there and
for dinner at each plate was put whole
roast pigson. These game birds are
very plentiful near here where they
have a feeding ground and at certain
points on the mountain ily al
most continually. One Salem man the
other day got 20 wing shots in an hour
aud had the luck TO get nearly that
many birds. salmon trout rise To
troll, or bite bait at about eight feet
OF water when the tide is right, There
is hne fly fishing here for the man who
will DRIFT up the Iaquina on the tide
and cast ahead OF his boat. No one
should go TO Newport and miss a day
at Elk City Il he is fond of fishing. Our
catch averaged little over a pound apiece
aud the boys did all the fishing,
10 has been cool here the past month
but August will be delightful. As the
duet thiokens over ia the valley aud the
mists obscure the air more and more
people come in here. With the at
fractions OF a summer school, which Mr.
and Mrs. Stone Of the Corvallis and
Eastern have done 80 much TO make a
success, socially, musically and every
way, there is a greater season ON here
than ever before. There are still cot
tages 20 be had but they are at a
premium People are coming here
from Southern Oregon aud California
who were never here before and quite =
number from Montana aud Idaho.
The roads are now very hne foy cycl-
ing and 10y leaving your wheel in a
house when not used it is no harder ON
one here than any where else. great
deal OF the talk about dampness at the
ocean 10 mOonshine, sleop in tent
aud We lay our clothes ON a box. My
typewriter has only an oil cloth cover
aud yet there are no signs of rust OF
dampness. The Doctors teh great
many things about people with Theuma
tism and weak lungs not coming 90 the
ocean, when Just as many instances
could be cited Of people being cured Of
such troubles by coming here. The fact is
people can have almost anything Ia any
climate and y0n can carry your troubles
with You 90 any kind OF a climate OF
leave them lar behind.
We have had lovely moonlight nights
and with rowing on the the bay aud
bon ires On the beaches, dances az the
opera house, lectures al the auditoriom,
and low tides TO get clans and rock
oysters. there has boon entertainment
Tor intellectual, physical and gustatory