The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-06-10
IS AFTER COLD
| STORAGE PLANTS
Master Fish Warden H. G. Van
DusenPreparing Complaints.
IA VIGOROUS PROSECUTION
Four Cold Storage Plants and
Two Steamboats, Will Be
Proceeded Against.
VIOLATING STURGEON LAW
+. NJ. Warren, Portland Arti-
ncial Ice Company, Bailey
GatZcrt and Lurline
Included.
VIOLATING STURGEON LAW

MhstT Fish Waruen van DuSen Is
busy preparing complaints against four
cold storage plants and two steam
boats. They are complaints OF Sc
r1ous nature and the master ilsh war
den viii push them 10 the extreme lin
Il on The Jaw, Frank NJ. Warren, Of
the Goble Cold Storage. 4. schmidt &
Company and iAndenbcrger Bros.
cold storage proprietors, and the Port
land AItifici n Ice Company and steam
ers Bailey Gatzeri and Lurline are on
the list and viii all be brought into the
courts,
They are all charged with violating
House BAN No, 10. passed by the Iegts-
nature Of 1889. and approved Febru-
airy is Of thaa year. They are charg-
ed with having In their possession. aft
er the same has been taken, captured
or killed sturgeon, between the first
day Of March and the first day OF No
yember, under the penalty OF fine
OF $50 for each nah ~ found in their
possession.
or these FISH. the Goble cold storage
plant. oyned by Frank NJ. Warren. Is
charged with having in its possession.
contrary tc law 1918 sturgeon, which
would subject it to 1920 flne, besides
coets schmidt n co, are charged with
having in their possession unlawfully
about S3e sturgeon which, II convicted,
win cost them siO7s0, Lindenberger
Bros are charged with having in their
possession u sturgeon contrary TO law:
the Portland Artificial Ice Company is
charged with having $50 OF these fsh
In It's possession unlawfully, which. If
convicted, viii subject the concern to
n fine sle,7SO, and the Bailey Gatzert
aud Lurline are charged with handling
sturgeon unlawfully, The master
warden claims that he caught them all
in the act. Any way, he rs preparing
complaints against them and will file
them Just as soon as they are in legal
shape,
There is no harm In giving puhllca-
tion to the facts and names" said the
master fish warden last evening, :" for
these are all large institutions and they
cannot get away, have gone at the
matter carefully and systematically,
have caught my men and now I pro-
pose to prosecute them to the full ex-
tent OF the law. | have no personal
feeling in the matter but I propose
TO discharge my duty as an officer to
the end"
Master Fish Warden Van Dusen has
been suspecting something rotten In
the state OF Denmark" for sometime,
and he suspected that It was taking
place right under the nose OF q GER
tain fiRh official whom he dared not
call into his confidence. He has been
very busy looking after other matters,
etc, but has had wealth
er eye out all Of the time. When he
decided that II was about ripe he
started out on business, He found a
box of fish in Portland that did not |
' smell' exactly right The box was
addressed to the cold storage plant at
Soble The tlsh warden took the same |
boat with the box and arrived at Gohle
with It. He had two man with him,
They did not look like bad fellows. |
hey were just common looking fellows, |
they were william w, Smith ami l., C, |
water bailiifs from Clasi;amas
and they just came al3ng ito
Keep the fish warden company, and in
assist MIN in investigating |
.hings,
When Goble was reached, the fatal
1ox was taken In by the proprietor |
II the plant, or the person in charge
md the FISH warden discovered that
he box contained sturgeon; he further
concluded that big plant like that
would not handle JUST one box os stnr-
seaon, and ais the law imposes upon
lim the duty 70 investigate all cold
storage plants when he thinks it is
necessary, he went on a tour Of in