Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-19

-. rtTGAGO- MOulO YOU lh' W
( beor biz fish stories that are
true storiesY
II so. open your ears ana lis
,on to James s. McMlllin, the
puke OF San Juan
The Duke Of San juan
W. You may not have heard OF
Aim sal he is the nabob OF the most
"D Of our Puget sount Islands
Island which once came near In
.i,,pg MS I'm war with Great Britain
o., imam Island Hes Just under the
,ardory line between the United
s,,tes and British Columbia. In our
oM treaties It was stated that the
boupdary was ON the i9th parallel to
puget Sound, and thence along the
marine channel through that sound out
n tbe sea- The san Juan archipelago
p,s ON the south edge Of the channel
mt the British decided to construe the
,olte further south and make these Is.
lands part Of their territory
SAVED by A HOG
II was the cackling Of geese that
ayed Rome 1t was the roofing OF u
sog that saved these islands and the
yast fishing industry, of which they
,re the center, TO the United States.
Tbe hog belonged TO British resident
AZ San Juan Island II rooted out the
potatoes of AN American resident and
me American shot the hog. This
brought up the question OF the owner
,hip OF the Island which was involved
N the question Of Jurisdiction The
governor OF British Columbia proposed
10 send troops to bring the American
offender to Victoria for trial, and the
American governor of our territory
sent Captain James Pickett 20 prevent
H. Pickett wos the same man who af-
teWard made that famous charge az
Gettysburg. lie took a company Of
troops TO San Juan and warned the
British on the gunboat, which was sent
10 settle the matter. that II they landed
ne would fire upon them and there
would b. an International war They
did not land. The trouble continued,
however. and General Winfield Scott
was sent out by the president to settle
H. a temporary arrangement was
made by which the British took the
northern half and the Americans the
southern half Of the island, and later
the settlement having been referred to
old Kaiser Wilhelm, the grandfather of
The present kaiser, he decided that the
direct channel lay north Of San Juan
Tbs made the island an American
possession, and so It Is to this day.
San Juan Island Is the chief one OF
The San Juan archipelago. II is only
five miles one way by Il miles the
ether, but Il Is the northwest corner
stone Of the United States. and es-
pecially valuable because the greater
part Of Il Is pure stone. 1t Is I'm fact.
o pure white marble. from which Is
made the most Of the best lime OF the
Pacific slope IL has enormous factor
is and furnaces for making lime. and
James S McMIlllu VINO has been nick
named the Duke Of San Juan, is theil
owner
BIG FISH STORIES.
San Juan island Is also right on the
track Of the millions Of salmon which
come In every year from the sea TO
spawn in the fresh-water rivers; ana
\ was as to fish that talked with the
Duke Of San Juan. Said Mr. McMl-
lh
The salmon brings Uncle Sam more
wealth than any other fish IN his wa
t,,ts The catch Of Puget sound is worth
ABOUT S9VNOOO a year and IN 1902 more
iAan y million pounds OF such FISH
We're caught In the Oregon rivers.
Alaska salmon brings In several mil
ion dollars and altogether a large pro-
PORTION OF our so million dollars worth
o. lsh products come from salmon.
iou people Of the east know nothing
ABOUT FISH as they swarm In our west.
en- waters How would you like TO sail
iVr half day through a school Of fish
liom one 70 three miles wide and so
NICK that It blankets the face Of the
O'ean3 ! have done that again and
wv hNi AANAlA hfiil bualIt
what would you think of rivers so
lIehed with salmon that they nm the
streams from bank to bank-so thickly
packed mat were they not 80 slippery
an9 the water not SO deep-you could
WAX over them from one bank TO the
o'hel | have seen that.
Nhat would you think" continued
ue auAe' as he looked into my wide
y, eyes, "of great watts OF salmon
~ lee' long 10 feet wide and 40 feet
uEp-lals so big that you could drop
! l0uf-story business block of 40 feet
. ngn' Gown into them--and all solid
ssgiNVh Z We have scores Of such watts.
", We empty The fish into scows and carry
. uth TO our packing houses, whence
w U@g ate shipped 20 all parts Of the
said ]. '' ''''"'''''''
he, les' but II you win come to San
Suah J VIII show you an that and more
,s, e'll'luh exports are now greater m
,alue tban our lumber exports. and
''y are growing year by year"
BLAlNE's ElGHTY.PoUNp CHI.
NOOK.
, M l1S fishing business new one?"
eohpaiatlvely so with us. The big
ic, .'on fishing Of the west was for n
,s ume confined TO the Columbia riv-
n, "nere the Chinook salmon come
mn, N.Y., me Chinook was the first TO be
keoru,p upon NE market and Il IL bes,
s,l,a IL Is one Of the finest OF the
ss.. y, ana about the largest. / have
.yeu Chinook fish Weighing 10 mounds
veI.L| ana some are caught which
y, sn sv When James G. Blaine was
IN, "'s helsht Of his popularity his ore
s,i, trends sent him an elghty-pound
peod ~ arrived I'm Washington I'm
ms ~ Cohul'ion' was cooked by "a fam
d',r ,ntl ana served whole nj one Of his
fst.eS When you remember that n
Sd ~., d good chunk Of boy TO weigh
sI, pO y, you may get some idea Of the
'H DELICIOUS soCK-EYE AND
TYEE.
sop n9at Is lhe character OF your Puget
lily ELY ush' Mr. McMnln?'
mo-, ".le are different varieties Of sal
own s gou Know, each OF which has lis
nature and habits as well as rs
M. uldt Nome aud spawning gronnd