Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-12-25
FISH AND OYSTERNOTE

Oysters are selling at 35 cents a
oushel on the lower Rappahannock.
And just to think, they are about 35
cents taste up here. And yet bles-
sings are not so unevenly distributed
after all. The Tidewater folks do not
know the joys of Rockingham ponhoss.
-Harrisonburg Daily News.
The supply of oysters at Newbern.
N. C., market continues large. From
four to ten oyster boats are usually
found at the docks any day. The
quality is good, but the oysters rather
small and the price low. Very often
they can be bought from the beats for
S5 cents per tub Of Ave pecks at retail.
Opened they sell from so cents to 81
per gallon. Corr. Times-Dispatsh.
Hundreds of barrels of menhaden and
other small fish have drifted ashore at
Wrightsville Beach, N. c., and slons
the Cape Fear Coast. Whether they
died in schools of some disease or were
effected by the dynamiting of some
wreckage off the Caroline coast by the
United States revenue cutter Seminole.
or by practice with the heavy guns at
floating targets from Fort Caswell last
Wednesday is not known.
A preliminary meeting for the organ
ization of proposed national associa-
tion of commissioners of shell fisheries
will be held in New York on January
18th. The states interested are Maine.
Massachusetts,, Connecticut, Rhode
Island, New York, New Jersey, Della
ware, Maryland, Virginia, North Caro-
lima. Georgia, Florida, Texas, Louisi-
anna, Mississippi, Oregon, California and
Washington, all of which have given
the proposed organization enthusiastic
Endorsement.
Our oystermen and men with canned
goods think that money could not be
scarcer or times more distressing with
them if Hon. w. J. Bryan had been
elected as our President, as no one will
buy oysters or canned goods at any
thing like living price. Large boats
loaded with nice oysters and large ware
houses filed with canned goods, but no
one will buy them, our oystermen can do
nothing but hope and wait for market,
and many of our men in the canning
business can't pay their growers.
Westmoreland Corr. N. N. News.
The State Fisheries Commission met
at Murphy's last night and disposed of
much business, the greater portion of
which was of a routine nature. All the
members were present, and at the end
of the session Chairman w. Mcdonald
Lee said nothing of general public in
terest had been considered. Mr.. Lee
brought with him large quantity of
seed oysters taken from Pocomoke
Sound, the ocean side of the Eastern
Shore, and the Rappahannock River.
with which to demonstrate the uuusu-
ally heavy spawn which prevail, in
all the waters of the State during the
present season, and he showed them to
MS colleagues and others who called at
us rooms. He says nothing to equal it
has ever been known by the Oldest
FISHERMEN. Saturday g Times-Dispatch
TIDNGs FROM THE YORK.
EDITOR CITIzEN;-No good thinking
'eopie believe one-half that has been
aid In the Times-Dispatch as to the
carcity of oysters. The tongers say it
not true. While many oysters in the
ames have been killed by the freshets.
ne rocks in York river are in finer con-
ition and more oysters on the rocks
han for the past five years. York
iver can supply our markets with all the
ysters they want, and would be glad to
ave market for them. Oysters that
rought so to 60 cents per bushel last
eason are bringing only 25 to sol
ents this season. The Boards of Fish
ries have always done their duty and I
nforced the laws. have been in close
ouch with each board and have always
ound them ready and willing to enforce /;
ne laws whenever they were violated. t,
don't believe any set of men could
ave improved the past years reports
will say this to you, Mr.. Lee-vou
ave devoted your time and brain do ,
~ your duty, and the people of Glou- ,
ester are with you from start to finish. ,
Very truly,
c. H. MUSE.