The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-11-08

DuHen. Of this city, the board hay-
Ing met there In regular monthly ses-
sion for November:
Arrests and prosecutions during the
month for violations Of the laws per-
tanning 20 the fishing industry have
been ns follows:
District No. ~"
October 0, 190e--Thc case against G.
r.. Buboysc. OF Estacada for deposit
Ing aawdust and planer shavlngs In
a small tributary OF the Ciackamas
river. which was instituted by Water
Baillff w w. Smith last month. was
tried again October ., 1906. In Justice
rSiipp's" court, oregon City before
n Jury: and notwithstanding that the
states attorney was able to show con-
clusIvely that misdemeanor had been
committed by the defendant. the jury
rendered u verdict Of not guilty.
October l7--Upon information fur
nished by water Bailiff w, w. Smith,
complaints were filed in the oregon
City justice court against four milling
concerns for permitting sawdust and
other lumber waste 10 be discharged
Into the waters OF the Willamette river,
ana its boundaries, viz. he tCrown-co
lumbia Pulp & Paper Company The
willamette Pulp & Paper Company.
Messrs. w. Il. Mumpower & Rambo,
and II. Bigiow. the two last named be-
ing the owners and proprietors OF saw
mills on the Abernethy Creek.
The case against the Crown Column
bIa Pulp & Paper company was tried
october u before n jury that found
the defendants guilty as charged. The
case against II. Bigelow was tried
Noember /, 1906, before n jury and
while the states attorney clearly es-
tablished an lnfractlon Of the law, the
defendant contended that every rea-
sonable precaution had been exercised
by him to avoid violation OF the
statute and the jury rendered ver-
diet OF not guilty
october 2i--Upon information fur
nished by Water Bailiff w. w Smith,
complaints were filed In the oregon
City Justice Court against Walter
Backus and II. V, Eva of Portland
for fishing below the government
hatchery racks on the Clackamas riv-
er. In violation Of Section 1888 of the
laws pertaining to the fishing indus
try Upon being arraigned before
Justice "Stlpp" October 81, they en-
tered pleas OF guilty whereupon they
were each fined $50 and costs.
October 9-The case against Conrad
Green, instituted July l3, 1906, upon
information filed by Water Railiff w.
A. Mack, was taken up October 3,
1906, and upon being arralgned before
Justice VIM. Reid. Portland precinct,
Mr.. Green entered plea OF guilty,
whereupon he was fined $50, which he
paid.
October 17--Upon information fur
nished by Water Bailiff w, A. Mack,
complaint was filed in the circuit court
of Columbia county against S, G.
Lynge for fishing for salmon with
glll-net In the waters Of the state of
Oregon October s, 1906, without
license. Upon being arraigned before
Judge Mcbride, plea OF guilty was
entered. whereupon he was fined $50
which he paid.
October 12-Upon information fur
nished by Deputy Game Warden c.
NJ. Dick, complaint was filed against
Lawrence Bair of Candy August 20,
1906, for dealing in salmon without
a license. Upon being arraigned be-
fore Justice "Stipp," oregon City pre-
cinct, october t. 1906, Mr., Bair en-
tered plea Of guilty, whereupon he
was fined $50 and costs, which he paid,
October 31--Upon information fur
nished by Deputy Warden Webster,
complaint was filed in The Dalles jus
tice court October Is, 1906, against
the firm of w. Fl, Reed and B. c.
Chase, for dealing in salmon without
a license. The case was tried before
a jury october 81, 1906; and notwith-
standing the state made out a good
case against the defendants, the jury
rendered n verdict of not guilty.
Hatchery Operations.
With the exception Of few more
salmon to spawn at Ontario we are
through with the work Of collecting
Chinook salmon spawn at the different
hatcheries tributary to the Columbia
river and from reports received. the
following collections have been made:
Salmon river hatchery, $4,000 eggs;
Mckenzie River hatchery station, s.
10000; Wallowa River hatchery
596,O0O Ontario Salmon hatchery g.
1870, 900; total, 9,571,OO0.
At the Sluslaw River station, $685.
500 Chinook eggs have been collected
with prospects good for a couple mill
lion more and three or four million
Silversides.
South Coos River hatchery-The
,vorlr of collecting snawn on the South