The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-22
SALMONPA
Seasons Output Is Short of
 the Estimate
Tho Cnnnory Combine Wnl Do In- tonaivo Work and Will Mako tho Most of Time. Material and OppOrtunitios

Robert Forbes. one of the original own ers Of the Chilcoot Cannery and who has had the management Of the plant from the beginning. stlll retains charge Of the works The canncry has lately passed Into the hands Of The Pacific Pickirs and Navigation Company.-the combine which has consolidated twcnty-scvcn can neres in Alaska. Mir Forbes retains his
 interest. which is merely transferred from the cannery company to the syndicate The syndicate will divide its work int1 fishing districts in which there will be several plants and Mir Forbes is to dave charge of one of these districts as soon as the combination can organize its working forces.
 In speaking Of the situation ycstopiay Mir Forbes said that it would bo the policy Of his company to make tho busi ReHs RSeR6assi and to 'uuTIze' time 6Ra"Am' terial to the most intensive extent pos sible
 In the early spring trout Of n very ,inr quality swarm up Linn canal In immolsc schools They are splendid fish, somr- thing like the rainbow trout but differ ent in its markings from anything he had ever seen elsewhere They range In u2" from six inches to over two feet iH length and are hard mcated and delicate These trout will not take the hook urtl they cease swarming in these immcn-e schools but when they break up later in the season into smaller schools they tahr the hook ravenously. They are very ie- tructive Co the salmon and are a greater menace Co the future supply than til tlie fishing that is done. .rout was 'liiht or the cannery wharf Which contTiHrd ninety-four young salmon Mir Forbes does not exactly know the duration of the trout run but last year they were schooling at Chllcoot wh,n ho arrived there on March 9th and th' run had not abated when he went below con :hc itth Of June He Is now making arrangements Co open a market In the iHtci'or as well as along the coast for thesc fro it. which will be packed In icc cases and shipped throughout the season. The intcri'r de- mand for fish is very large aul the sup- ply has not adequately met It lhr dog salmon can also be prohtahlv ptiihei But it is very dlspanging Co this species of good marketable fish Co 20 dchsnat" them. Whenever these salmon ar" ho named it brings Co mind the gau1t hooked nose with biz teeth Lrl l"c' ing body that run mp the streams in the fall until they de Of exhaustion Tho mercantile name Of these fish is rhuT1 'Pl- mon. and when they are caught ont in tho sea or In the deep water at Inc m m1uth' of the larger rivers they are firm meat. cd and slightly fish and very good and marketable. but which can not be graded Co a market standard with either King or Silversldes.
 The catch on the Columbia and the Sound this season is something unprc' cedcnted Fish are selling at cent niece and at that there Is not enough demand Co warrant taking them ont or the traps and they are turned loose That ls an advantage Of trap fishing. An fish caught In a giI net must die and if they cannot be used are wasted. Nets are more likely to depletc waters of fish than traps. The P.P.&N. O.. however. will adopt policy patronizing native fish ermen and do all possible to maintain the good will Of the Indians as long as they will reciprocate by providing the can- nerles with fish IT, however. it should be- come the policy of the natives Co hold up the company t would undoubtedly adopt lts own methods Of fishing.