The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-11-11

] grounds, and the broad verandas of al
the buildings make fine resting spots
from which to watch the parades and 9th
er events. Facilities for holding larg,
gatherings are most ample, as the Audi
forum has seating capacity of 8, 900 ane
has been devoted to all special state Ger
emonies, symphony concerts, etc. TIL.
Ampitheater seats 10000 and was uset
by the Swedish singing society, the Nor
wegian singing society, the German Sa.
engerfest and many other immense gath
erings. Its stage is $50 by rs feet. The
Stadium where the races, athletic events
military and other competitions were
held, and base ball and foot ball games
seats 10000 and there is grand stand on
the shore of Lake Union where seats are
provided for 5000 spectators to view the
fireworks, which are set off each evening
| from a float near the shore. The lecture
room in the Fine Arts hall accommodates
500, and the Washington State building
is devoted to all the grand social funct-
ions in the evening; balls, dinners; and
receptions, such as were given to Presi-
dent Taft when he visited Seattle this
month.
The Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition
is to be continued on some six weeks over
the scheduled date for closing, while the
exhibits are being sold off and others
packed for shipment. During that time
all kinds of beautiful foreign things can
be bought for reasonable prices.
l must tell you about the salmon run
on the Sound, which has but recently
ceased. At any hour of the day we could
look from our windows and see scores of
the big fish leaping high in the air, glis-
tening in the sun like silver bow. Ev-
eryone spent their leisure hours in fishing
during the past two months, and the post
tables were fairly loaded with salmon
cooked in every style known to fish low
ers, the fish weighing from ten to thirty
pounds. The Columbia river had much
shorter run than usual, but Puget Sound
far exceeded its usual pack, breaking all
records, it being estimated at 100000
cases in advance of any former pack. In
State richly blessed with natural re-
sources, the fishing and canning industry
occupies position among its leading in
dustries, for here are the largest salmon
canneries in the world giving employment
to many thousands of people. All of these
canneries were taxed to their utmost ca
pacity, working night and day during the
months of August and September. One
million pounds of the canned product was
exported from the Sound as September's
catch. The U. S. Customs office at Port
Townsend-our nearest mainland, twenty
minutes sail from Fort Flagler-gave us
this information, and also the ports of
shipment; England taking more than all
the other countries, and next in order the
Philippine Islands, Australia, British In
dia, Peru, Chill, Straits Settlements,
British Columbia, Dutch East Indies and
Hongkong.
The Sockeye salmon is the king of all
salmon, owing in part to its rich red color.
The other varieties are the Chinook, or
spring salmon, Cohoes, or silversides,
Chums, or dog salmon, Humpback sal
mon, and the Steel head, which is really
a variety of trout Different kinds of
gear are used in taking the fish-gill nets,
purse seines, drag nets, traps, ETC., the
fish trap being the most effective, as
high as $4,000 fish having been taken
from one trap at time, and it seems
that any are left to reach the
spawning beds after such wholesale des-
truction.
The climate here in Washington is de-
cidedly temperate; no extreme cold, or
extreme heat In fact it has been an I'M
usually cool summer to me, and good
deal of fog and cold winds prevailed. Still,
there has been some very beautiful
weather, and this country is considered
healthy. There was no snow about here
last winter, and the cold winds coming
direct off the ice fields of nearby Alaska
made the months of summer seem to US
like fall in the East, minus the be autiful
autumn foliage, which we see nothing of
here even now, as the wooded hillsides
are all evergreen growth. We seem
very close to, and hear great deal about
Alaska, as people are contin tally coming
and going. Last month some families
were added to our garrison who had
completed their tour of service in the
North, and are enthusiastic over it's heal
thy climate and other features. Our lit
tie island is comparatively near the bor-
der line between British Columbia, and
the U. S., steamers pass here daily to
Victoria and Vancouver, but few hours
sail up the Sound-in fact, the city Civic
toria can be distinguished on clear day
from the headlands near US, and we mean
to visit there some day in the near future
and see the Canadian Tommy Atkins.
VEsrA DAVIS HIGGINS.
No License Gain In N. Y.
New YORK, November 8, The growth
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