The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-02-17
sEUFERT sQUEALING
Not in Love With the Master Fish
Warden. t
THE TRUTH NEVER HURTS
4 dissertation of the Salmon Fishing
Industry by {. A. seusert
Of The paIles--strons An.
tipithy for Van pusen.

The following letter is published q,
me request Of +. A. seufert. but our
acquaintance with thu gentleman
makes 1t impossible for us to vouch
for the truth Of the statements therein
containei:
III The Dalles. Feb, 5. 1905.
The ]. S. Dellinger Co.:
I see in several of your semi-weekly
columns of your Astorian that you
make very free with my name in such
abuse as you deem fit. want TO say
this to you, that am opposed to H. G..
Van Dusen as fish warden, and his
methods in recommending to the leg
islators of saddling his recommended
tions upon this state in the shape of
fish laws. / am opposed to opening
any of the spring closed season or any
OF the August closed season. / am
opposed to giving him another fish
warden at $1,000 cSr as you say in
your issue OF the Sd inst for carrying
around a title at the expense of the
tax payers of the state. l am opposed
to giving him clerk for $500 per year
20 do his office work, which he receives
$25e0 per year for doing himself II
you care to call this an opposition To
Ssh legislation / am opposed to such
laws being enacted for the sole benefit
Of Van Dusen. We. as cannerymen,
cold storage and fishermen, have paia
into the hatchery fund in the past six
years about $4,000. The state has
appropriated some $4,000 more to
build hatchesies. The fish wardens
have drawn from the general fund
$500 each year for salaries and ex-
penses for six years or $4,000 more
from the taxpayers. or the sum fully
for the six years of s175,000, that this
simple fish legislation has cost our
state and what have we for II to show
to the people who have contribute so
Oregon, which by closed season in
1903 produced in eggs Twenty Two
Millions in 1904 by Van Dusen recod-
dations. Leave II to me that we need
ed no further closed season less than
-Four Millions ke find at the Little
White Salmon In 1897 the U s govern
ment Hatchery fish year when they
operated their under the pine Trees
with out Building they got Twelve
Million Eggs this they keej on In
ereasing Yearly until 1908 they got
Thirty Nine Millions in 1904 with an
spen season they took less than Three
Million Eggs. We find in Van Dusen
report Of 1903 and fro mhis own lips
in the presents OF the Gamers and
cold storage men, that all he needs is
More Money and you can open the
river Wide open / win Hatch you all
the salmon you need. Just leave that
10 me. these were his very words.
They agreed to leave it to him voted
for so per cent raise in licened and
had a law enacted to cover their SEN
timents, We find him at Salem in 1905
with House Bill 142 introduce BY Bury
Of Coos, for an auther in crease max
ing Gamers pay &c per case Cold
Storage men and Dealers $500 per ton
for all fish han died. this time ne lid |
not ask for Gamers cold storage men
to have say or il they Liked 1t or
could stand it or regard less as to
what Washington would do but simp- |
ly because he could spend it and the |
fishermen could pay IT. ! want to say |
to you l far one am opposed to such
legisIating and when ever it is at |
temped shall go to Salem and appear |
before the committees of Both Houses |
and state my objedion plainly re-
gardless to any abuse any news paper
in the state may heap upon me. | ash
so favors from the Legislators but |
do not propose to sit Idly by and al
low Van Dusen to heap his method
upon the fisheries of this state unex-
planned to members of the Legislators
who do not understand the need of
the fisheries other than what they get |
from Van Dusen HE annul reports, and |
rs you have seen fit to use my name in |
a manner very greely to your readers |
as a boHest / think it but fair you
should publish this in Your paper SO |
that the people of your city and county |
where your paper has a wide circula- |
tion, and as far as you say nave
never given dollar to benefit Hatch |
cries l want to say to you this It cost |
nothing to tell the truth when you
know better and you can call on my |
person enimey g. II. Van Dusen, IL |
he' had ever to call twice for his II. |
eened fee from the firm l represent, |
If when the state board refused to al |
low him to use funds of the state /
hatchery fund to test the Snake river |
II our firm did not furnish him with /
seine 450 # long hung 40 feet deep
with all lines cory read to Haul free of
charge and IL the informations given
aim by my self and Friends did not
aid him in locating the Hatchery on