The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-05-06
Report Of the
Fish Warden
Receipt, Of Departmst for April
Are flatterins..O Operations
Of natcheries

Van Duscn submitted yesterday before
the state board OF fish commissioner
al Salem shows the receipts OF his Of
fee for the month just past to amount
10 t3,7i3.st. OF this total, siG6. .si came
from fines and yale Of ooBtrpasnd fish.
In district No. I, the sum o. - i52. 80
was collected on account OF licenses
and In District No. . 800 was taken In
the Same manner. These licenses ap-
ply 10 gillneta. setnets, traps, scines.
stationary wheels. scow wheels. dealers
and Gamers. In addition to the re-
eeipls named. the report reads:
In addition 10 the above. beg To
report that complying with the request
~ the board, Air. George Kaboth. sur
ETY. on the bond OF Henry J,ultman has
paid In the rum of ninety Ave and .ds
1895 Gsl 10 make good certain sums Of
money that Mr.. Bnltman, while serving
In the capacity OF deputy fish warden
collected from sundry parties for llccn-
ses and afterwards failed TO turn over
TO the department
The amount made good by Mr.. Ka-
both IL sos &c. Following this the FISH
warden says:
AS 10 the disposition that am
to make OF this money. would respect
fully ask for instructions for at the
time that the money was collected by
Mr. Bultman. there was but one Hatch
cry district and one hatchery fund.
while now the state is divided into two
hatchery districts. would also APP
preciatc being instructed as TO the mat
ter OF my issuing licenses now. to cover
for the seasons for which the moneys
were paid. for II Is somewhat out of
the ordinary md my books have been
closed aud accounts all reported for
those years QsOi and iso2).'
That section Of the report dealing
with the fall OF Water BalIff Marshall
says:
April ia, charges were preferred by !
Thomas Llnville, sheriff OF Clatsop |
county ,galnst $, J. Marshall to-wit;
That. on Saturday. the lith day Of
April. 1908. said Marshall did attempt
to extort money from certain fishermen
N. Stannvich Antoine Coolitch and var
lous others at Clifton, Oregon. as a
bribe for the unlawful privilege OF per-
mittlng the said persons 20 fish on the
Columbia river during the closed sea-
son. and although no money was receiv-
ed or paid as laid brIbe. the said s. J
Marshall did attempt TO negotiate with
one w, l.. Patterson to induce the said
fishermen 10 pay said bribe the amount
Of which was SEQ. April 18th the
matter having been duly investigated
by myself. With the assistance of Mr.,
sheriff, and Harrison Allen.
district attorney. I found that there
was sufficient cause to believe that
said s. J. Marshall did attempt to ne
go,late and receive the bribe rs afore-
said. and in consequence his resigna-
tIon as a water balif was demanded
and received"
AS to the hatchery operations Mr..
Van Dusen reports;
AT the Ontario hatchery the last Of
the young salmon fry were liberated
into the Snake river April %. The to-
al number u young fry planted during
The month was 2,22S,50O, We are now
taking down the temporary shed that
We had erected over the Matching
Iroughs and are maving Il back from
The bank OF the river where II will be
'afe FROM high water. The troughs
have all been removed and placed on
nigh ground, Al the South Coos river
hatchery the last Of the young fry were
liberated into the headwaters Of Katch-
Ing slough tributary OF the South
,oos rlvar, April 20; everything per-
tnining to the station was cleaned up
md carefully stored away in the hatch
'ry building; and the station closed for
he season, April 20. An inventory Of
III supplies and materials on hand was
made and filed in the office. The
AMOUNT Chinook salmon fry planted
oy this station this season was s0S5,S77l
4 which amount sOo,5OO were transplant
d and liberated into the Coduille riv-
r; those remaining were all liberated
nto the South Coos river and tribu-
aries"
The disbursements against the de-
'artment for the month amount TO
'5iO,4s They are as follows;
$22,96 Of which is against the general
llnd, for state printer, $3.50 SIS is again
It the hatchery fund.- district No, l, |
water ballffs), $il7.65 is against the
latqhery fund, district No, ., Coos riv-
II hatchery"
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