The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-20

both sexes. The male and female salmon
g. together and every female has her
near her as the bull seal fights for the
COWS on the seal islands. The two keep
together until the female salmon drops
her spawn. Soon after that they die. In
upon another In such mssses that their
stencil pollutes the country round
But where so many fish are caught. I
should think it would result In the extinc-
tion Of the race? VIII not the salmon
soon die out. as the buffalo has done?"
No. a single tish lays tens OF thou
sands OF eggs, and Il only a small part Of
the eggs should hatch there would be plen-
ty TO keep UP the supply.
we are now protecting the salmon. and
tne government has established hatcheriss
at the headwaters. where millions of min
nows are produced every year. The State
or washington also maintains nineteen
large hatcheries. which during the pas.
season have turned into the streams about
f1sh starting out on their way TO the sea.
and they will come back at a stated time
10 enter our traps and be G part OF the
lSh food OF The world. 1t is a great
Sche.no- iSst ii. this Icing able to hatch
a nsh and start him out to his pasture
!aacs in the ocean. knowing that he will
come back Just Jour years later. fat and
juicy and ready to eat"
1t is not alone man. however," contin-
ued Nr. McMfilin. that Is the enemy of
tsc salmon. One of its greatest pests is
the Ordinary brook trout.
This FISH follows the female salmon.
swimming under II. so that It NAV cat the
eggs as they drop. Indeed, It Is almost
impossible to get trout to bite while the
salmon are running. they are so overted
with salmon eggs. The salmon knows this
and tries to dig out a hole in the sand. In
which it drops its eggs. hoping the SAND
VIII cover them. l have often seen this in
the shallow streams OF Alaska"
Is there much money invested in the
hsherfes IN Washington
The amount is something like 10000"
replied Mr. McAiliin. AT least that is
oloyment TO about 1000 persons. whose
earnings amounted to more thar g, GO, go"
Is Washington the chief salmon supply
point?'
WASHINGTON STATE BOOMING.
How are times in your State. Mr.. Nc
Miilin?" I asked.
Washington is growing rapidly. both
east cas- and gest' vas the reply; Seattle
greatly benefited by Alaska and the trans
pacific trade. Seattle hes now 49, 900, and
II Is about the most businessl:ke town of
there" ~ -'N'
How about Eastern Washington.
ihat part O. the State is rapidly i'm
proving. We are redesming much of it by
irrigation. Land that We used to con sider
nothing but barren sand has been watered
and 1t is now the most fertile part of the
country. Ten years ago 1t was not con-
sidered worth taking up on account of the
taxes.
Now it is valued at from 500 to 500
per acre. and several hundred thousand
acres have been redeemed. We have some
excellent wheat lands in the eastern part,
OF the State. the soil ia deep and rich.
and It often brings from twenty-five to
fifty bushels Fer acre as a first crop. We
are doing a good deal of dairying. and
. -n mr. - m nlinr yrtIffnrc ~ ~1,ri- 49,.
ter and cheese.
AS TO irrigation, when the bitches,
which are now In course OF construction
and roposed are completed, we will nave
more than q million acres OF that kind OF
land
Are your timber lands rot pretty well
cut on"
have been only nibbled around the edges.
We have about the greatest lumber yard
that Uncle Sam owns. and We have
enough to last for q hundred years. with
an annual cut OF two billion feet
THE geological survey estimates that
We have now standing more than l95.0o0.-
10000 feet Of timber. You people have no
Size Size Of Of the t trees. q 4 sur Single te'e Wash I'm tom
tree has yielded 5000 feet of lumber.
That would be enough to build. shingle
and ali. seven fve-room cottages, and to
leave sufficient wood from the slabs and
limbs to heat the families living in those
for one year"
What kind of woods have you"?
"a great many" was the reply. 1.-THE
Washington fir is stronger than oak. 1t
grows as straight az an arrow, Il has
limbs for the first hundred feet 1t Is
as spars and masts by the shipping
of the world end Ii valuable for railroad
work and bridge building. Then we have
the cedar. which makes the shingles which
are shipped all over the East. Millions of
you people sleep every night under Wash
ington shingles.
THE spruce is a white wood. somewhat
like pine, which is used for all kinds of
wooden ware and furniture; and
have also pine and hemiock for the
purpose. We are doing a great deal
Of woodworking now, and are shipping
sash. doors, furniture, pals and boxes
all over the West
I'VE are annually paying out in wages
rs ,opo, 900 through our mills and logging
camp. and we have about S7.0sG.0O nov
Invested in the lumber industry. We are
shipping lumber by rail all over the United
States. n by steamboat to nearly every |
country on the Pacific and also TO Eu-
FRANK e. CARPENTER
1904. by +. G. Carpenter.