The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-06-19
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From Northern Trails" copy
right. 1905. By William J. Long
Reproduced under special ar
ranEement with the author and
CHM q Go. noaton. publishers
For 20 years ever since ! ufst
firhea the aaeyogle-l had won.
asred how Il was possible ~
salmon 90 get up a waterfall ~hlen
waa plainly impossible 70 "ap
and ON reading the books l iuApA
,h.t almost every salmon nahsfI
man for two centuries had puILlea
over the same problem. stanaah !
uns.r thsae falls one day and
throwing stones At the spots IN i,he
failing ahsst OF water where th'
salmon we're plunEins Ia. u &C.
Cured 60 me suddenly that v
might be possible to 50 In myspH
and find out shat they were d0iht
ON two rivers had tried " an.
successfully. Gnd though hAa
Elimpaoa of salmon lyinG 90 inc
wet rocks inside the falls was
almost swept away IN the cataract
Here the task proved uneAp"e'eall
easy. for on one side the sNhl
flood shot Ear out from the face Of
the rock. aud the falling sheet OF
water waa not heavy enough 20
knock one off bis feet SO. u You
don't mind a soakins which VII
DO NO harm here IN the deep wilder
neas. whera there are no micfoeep
10 give you coid-~iet ua AFTER
our salmon
with rubber coats failins down
over wAdsfs. we slip through ana
under the edge Of the broad sheet
u failing water and stand eiose
against the rocky wall II II cool
aud vet here. the bellows ID The
rough face OF the rock are hrim-
Ming over. she air Il fun Of heaFT
mist. bat the flood poura over our
heads without touching na A
salmon L. kicking yloisntiy amohK
the stones. and yon brush him
with your foot out into the oata-
AANNs ~ tAAANA aims -" 80
middle o. the stream. pressing close
against the sail. with the thun.
der % the falls pouring over Us
harmlcssiY. Ne cone suddenly
npon salmon everywhere, on The
stones. IN the deep hollows Of the
rock. stFneglias ap the Scared and
pltiod face af the eittf ltaslt fnAh
on a little farther. and nov You 80
great ereviee elantinE dlaEonAilF
up tbs wall almost "a tbs hsim Of
the fail over your head A thia
ssreom OF water runs through Il.
making a fall within . fail Thin
cEcvice IL fuli Of salmon. some
dad. some tyiak Ane ressisE qaisi'
" "a the hellaws. others kirkinK.
fiappinE. sliding upwards over tho
act stuur and the alippsry bodies
of their feilo~s 10 the llfs above.
Your first Wait may solve the
problem. for this river a. least. o.
you may have q return again and
aga,n before Yoe nee the thing ae-
fompiisAsd from beginning 10 end
This II the time. fof the river ia
iuat beginning 20 rise after the
rains. ana great runs of saimon
are moving up from the pools be-
low. whiis thea. that xsre here.
rcsting below the falls foe The
Ervat effort. feel the onward aoYwA
meat and start upwaFd 90 thn
pawning grounds ~ the head ot
tho river
A. VOC stand here salmon altar
salmon cosnss nYinn In through
tho falling ahent Of white watnr
some strike fair agAInat the waiL
rvbound. and are swept away aks
smoke others. as n thsy knew The
spot. pinnEs tnto a We, hollow. rvss
an instant FROM tho shock. then
srlEEie and leap 60 tho hoii8wa
above Here Il one that dAahc~ IN
and llshis fairly in the great crss-
ice AZ your shoulder. on the bodies
% three or four other nalmou that
are iyinE there saspinE and atrug.
Cling frehiY In an instant hla
broad tail il thfaahlng violently.
pushing him upward in desperate
flappiaga and wri9giingr. 90 over
The rock. over the bodies of hls
follows. resting here. laaping bold
~ there, ever little ridge. up and
%, tili with one last effort be
plunssa over the brim and h. gone
However q mar be on other riv.
srs the problem here 10 an amar.
ingly ample one Tho salmon sim
ply leap into the falls trusting to
luck or instinct. or more probably
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