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The Columbus journal., 1910-09-14

eagles. gus and hawks. following in the wake
Of the living rope Of fish and picking up the
dead as they come to the surface. Then the fish
ermen gather by hundreds In their boats along
the fishing grounds and feel along the bottom
with the pole ends Of their dip nets. When the
pole strikes the small. wriggng bodies swim
ming along the river bottom In solid phalanx.
It Is simply dip and fill. empty the net into the
boat. dip and all again. until the boat can hold
no more. There Is not much sport about II. It
Is just about as exciting as clam digging and
requires more skill Quantity caught and
quckness in dipping ones boat full to the gun
wales Of Tapping little fish are the smelt fisher.
mans ideals of sport. And during the runs fish.
ermen. fish eaters and even the eternally COB
bling seagulls alike become sated When the
Gulls at all hungry the fishermen amuse
themselves by tossing up smelt for the gns to
catch In the air. A seagull on the wing will grab
fish by the middle or tail. toss and reverse II
in air. and gulp 1t down head first in the wink
Of an eye
Most Of the fishing is done at night Daylight
seems to scatter the hsh. but even in daytime
during the height Of the season the fishermen
keep at their work with good results. As a rule.
there are two men to each boat and the craft
are filled In an Incredibly short time. One night
last season two KesO men filed q power launch
to its capacity Of ESQ pounds in IS minutes or
at the rate Of 50 pounds a minute. and catches
Of 10000 pounds in one day and night were fire.
quent
While the Cowlitz river Is the only constant
spawning ground the oulachan has been known
to run up the Lewis and the Sandy. At the time
Of the run up the Lewis. II years ago. there
only a small run Of male fish In the Cowltz ard
the fishermen made their seasons catch in the
Lewis. About once In eight years there Is a
up the Sandy. apparently Independent Of the
COwz run. As the number in that river is not
lessened. At the time Of the last run in the
Sandy party OF Portland men went out with dip
nets. One man lost his dip net but found an
DID, rusty. discarded bird cage. He tied it to
the end Of a pole and scored equal catch with
the others. During the same run farmers drove
their wagons into the stream. dipped them full
Uf fish and hauled load after load to their
chards to use as fertilizer. Pork sold in the
Portland market some months later had dis
tinctly fshy flavor and revealed the fact that
some OF the thrifty asriculturists had fed smelt
10 their hogs.
Last season the Cowlitz river was the spawn
ing ground Of the greatest run Of smelt ever
known by fishermen who have been in the bust
ness over twenty years At the seasons close
the river had yielded over 100000 pounds or
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them and shouted, 'Ouachan' Hunters and
klootchmen went into the water and caught the
oulachan with their hands. Oulachan.' they
shouted. They made potlach and were filled In
that hour was ! born. My name Is Oulachan."
The ouachan still runs in the COwlitz and
every year there is q feast, but II is feast for
white men: the Indian tribes have vanished
from the river. During the early months OF win.
ter Portland and all the cities and towns within
reach of the fishing grounds look forward to the
feast. In the old days when Portland was the
only market fishermen scrambled for the first
Of the run. Wild race Of the deepladen boats
up the Columbia followed. and the first boatload
to reach the market sold. smelt for silver. weight
for weight. But since railroads and refrigerator
cars have put smelt fishing on the basis Of .
practical industry. the first run of the oulachan
does not bring more than 20 cents the pound In
the northwestern retail markets. though the very
first to arrive are eagerly sought at prices some
what higher.
Known commercially a. the Columbia river
smet. the king Of pan fish has several names.
Ichthyologists classify II thleichthys paciicus.
of the smelt family. The Indians Of the Coum-
bia river region knew 1t oulachan and the pio-
neer fishermen called 1t the Eskimo candle fish.
In shape 1t resembles the smet Of the eastern
states and Europe. but its rich yet delicate and
sweet flavor places It far above them In the esti-
nation Of the epicures. Indeed. enthusiasts insist
that as q pan fish il Is superior to trout Of any
kind.
For unnumbered years the oulachan has made
the Cowlitz river its spawning ground and OF
course the Columbia river Indians were the first
to use 1t for food. During the runs they caught
the fish in vast Quantities drying and smoking
them. and dried. actually used them for light
In their teepees For SO much Is the oulachan in
oil that with 4 strip Of bark run through II. the
dried fish will burn with a clear fame from nose
to tail.
In the early months OF the northwestern win
ter the oulachan gather in uncountab!e millions
at some unknown spot In Boring sea and begin
their southwark SWIM Always c,ose to the ocean
bed travelling in the form Of a monster rope miles
in length. they pass all the river and ford open
ings along the coast until the mouth Of the Co
lumbia is reached. Then so closely hueGing the
river bottom that kill nets all but useless.
to reach them, they make for the COwlitz.
few miles up from the mouth OF that river they
STRIFE the shallower water. and come within easy
reach of the waiting fishermen.
From Indian times until the great catch OF
last season the method Of fishing has been the
same boat or q canoe to fish from. and q dip
net with q long handle for fishing tackle are all
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Then. In the deep gutturaIs and snort.
broken words of his native tongue. he
told me.
MANY summers ago" he said. the
teepees of my fathers tribe STOOD
where We sit tonight. The white man
vas not here then"-he pointed up
the river toward KelsO-'the woods
and tine open were the Indians. the
Indian hunted and fished and was
harry. But white men came up the
big river in canoes and they brought
with them the black death. Warriors.
klootchmen. rappooses. all alike sick
ened. Many died. When the rain
and the winter came 10 deer meat.
no fish hung beside the teePees- For
when the frost drove the black death
away, the hunters were weak. They
could not go TO the woods fer deer.
and the salmon had passed on up the
little river The Indian was very
hungry. The kicotchmen and the
pappCoses cried for meat. And when
the Indian was ready to fold his blan-
ket around him and lie down to the
long sleep. the Great Spirit saw and
sent food. From the north It came.
from under the frozen water. Swim
ming together. A long rope-big-
many suns long. Many little fish SWIM
ming at the bottom of the big wa
ter-"the Pacific-"along the bottom
of the big river"-the Columbia They
came here to the mouth Of the little
river"-he pointed to the Cowlit1
flowing past us in the darkness to the
Columbia-"and here they came to the
top Of the water. My father saw
The Columbus journal., 1910-09-14
Some Of the Numerous Burdens Which
the President 10 Called Upon
to Bear.

The private burdens that are IN
loaded on the presidents broad shout
ders are enormous, writes william
Bayard Hale. An army lieutenant who
has had a fall from his horse and Who
contracted fever IN the Philippines
The Columbus journal., 1910-09-14
Opportunity Of sussraoIss.

Baroness Aletta Korn tells In a.
Of the magazines how the women q
Finland came to vote. The fact =
that women had to show that they
could meet IN emergency before the
vote came to them. They have noe
had many opportunities to take the
initiative In the worlds history and
they have not always responded whsa
the opportunity came. but when .
crisis. such a that In 1904. when the
strike and the revolutionary outbreak
In Russia took place Ut the same timA
occurred. they proved they could
mako peace by doing II Not until
England and the United States md
the women helping them to bear some
great trouble will they give them The
right to vote.
The Columbus journal., 1910-09-14
GIobuDar lDohtnDno.

Yesterday tho Inhabitants Of Lewis
ham were provided with . specimsa
Of that curious phenomenon known -
"giobular lightning" Il 10 what u
commonly called the IRE ball." and
- Il persists for several seconds Il %
obviously Of q totally different char
acteF from any other form q light
ming. II 10 much less brilliant than
ordinary lightning. and tn brightness
appears to b that Of iron q the rcd
hot" stage
1t II not. % some accounts might
lead one to infer. . solid missile. but
II 70 always spherical and appears .
fal1 from . thunder cloud BY it, Own
gravity. sometimes reboundinE after
striking the ground.-London ClobaA
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Try 70 Come Back.

Not long ago Lord Kinnaird, who 10
always actively interested In religious
work. paid . surprise visit to . mis-
sion school in the east end Of London
and told . class Of boys the story Of
Samson. Introducing his narrative
his lordship added:
He was strong. became weak, and
then regained his strength. enabling
him to destroy his enemies. Nov.
boys. II I had an enemy. what would
you advise me to dor
A little boy. after neditatinE On the
secret Of that great giants strength,
shot up his hand Ind exclaimed: Get
q bottle Of air restoref."
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ard to Convince

Little Tommy (eldest of the family. at dnner)
Mamma. why don't you help me before Ethel?
Mamma-Ladies must always come first
Tommy (triumphantly)-Then Why was born
before Ethel?-Tit-Bits
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Scandal.

Scandal.
Mn. Simmonds glanced at the scare
headline: Bank Robbed! Police q
Sea-" and laid down the sheet
"Naow. look ut that. Ez!" she ejaoA
ulated, repeating the headline aloud
Here's big city bank broke into By
burglars. and tn city police force al
OF nshin' somewhere! What . scan
dal!"-JudGe.
The Columbus journal., 1910-09-14

5000 tons Of oulachan, and a. the fsh average
about eight to the pound S00OO.0 900 Of them went
the way of the market and the frying pan
The fishing grounds of the Cowlitz are prac
tically the only ones where the ouachan can b
caught in paying quantities. On the Columbia
some few are caught by gill METERS. But tho
river is deep and for the most part the Ash swim
beyond the reach Of the widest net. Even when
caught they have to be picked one by one out
of the meshes SO putting the gill METER out of
competition with the Cowlitz man and his greedy.
ionghandled dipper. The grounds extend but
eight ten miles in the Cowlitz. Before Kelso
was on the map the best location Is said to have
been directly opposite where the Northern Pa
cific depot now stands. hut the growth Of the
town has driven the fish farther up and the best
catches are now made two miles above this point
Between the small floating docks Of the town
and the fishing grounds boats ply day and night
during the runs. going upstream empty and re-
turning laden with fish. Over 500 boats are en-
ployed In the industry. about IS Of them power
boats.
1t seems strange that the oulachan. SO far
superior to the eastern smelt has never reached
the eastern markets. The fish are packed in
50-pound boxes for shipment and the earlier
catches sell in the wholesale market at from
$3.50 to $500 the box: but in the height Of the
season the ordinary fisherman gets only about
$50 for 200 boxes-10O00 pounds. On the river
are several men who buy at these prices from
OtneI uSneImen, MAINTAIN OOdtS OF tnelT own
and ship direct to retail markets. Portland has
Wholesale buyers on the ground. and probably
the greater part Of the retail trade Is supplied
through them At Kelso smelt have been shipped
far east Wisconsin. The fishermen say
that with cold storage facilities the output could
be greatly increased. Canning in the form OF
sardines has never been tried though In the
opinion Of experts the hsh so treated would dis
count the imported sardine. The market is usu
ally demoralized early In the hve months sea
son by schoolboys. who 90 out. load up q few
boats with fish and become an easy mark for
buyers. Often. too. Greeks and Italians come up
the river in boats. stay a day or two and sell
their fish fer whatever they can get. and the men
regularly engaged in the trade want to make IL
. licensed one. on this account.
The growing output Of the oulachan would
seem. on the face of II. to demand Clifford Pin
chot on the fish commission. But the supply |
increases year after year with the demand and |
apparently knows limit Last years run |
broke all records and the Cowitz smelt fisher |
Is looking forward in happy confidence to the |
coming winter. when the deeps and shadows Of |
the streams will again be filed with oulachan
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DUTIES OF JUST ONE DAY

has come to q moment when he must
be examined for promotion. He could
never pass an examination. Personal
friends Of every friend Of President
Taft bring in the officers mother and
make . plea for action IN bis behalf.
A youth prospering at West Point has
developed suspicious heart symptoms.
His father. son Of q former president
Of the United States. speeds TO the
The Columbus journal., 1910-09-14

Perversity Ct Finny Thirss.
"pivers. did you find the fish biting
well:'
Not well. Brooks. but to visely."
The Columbus journal., 1910-09-14
Sad Blow.

was she overcome by her husbands sudden
DEATH
"Oh. yes. She had Just bought half a dozen
new ball sowns."-BirmiDsham Age-Herald.
The Columbus journal., 1910-09-14

6mudge-Ho calls his n0W hvoak1D
. "noiseless automobile"
Grudse- Noissless3 Il makes a q.
fernal CHATTER.
Smudge-He claims that the los
ness Of the smell browns out the louAp
ness Of the noise, and vice versa
The Columbus journal., 1910-09-14
Scarjno.

She married an old man who Is very rich"
Il went one better on that married young
aviator who is q milionaire.-Pele Mele.
The Columbus journal., 1910-09-14

Mere Men.
He dreamt last night that your
mother Was i'll
She-Brute! heard you laugh I.
your sleep.-Life.
The Columbus journal., 1910-09-14
ULACHAN."


The old In d Ian
turned his face from
the camp fire and
fixed his bead-black
eyes on mine.
"Oulachan." ] re-
peated. Why DO men
call you Oulachan:"
He turned his wrin-
killed. face to the fire
again and We sat
a while In silence.
The Columbus journal., 1910-09-14

that Is necessary. Ono
does not even need the
dip net to catch q
mess" for the river Is
literally alive with ou-
lachan and children Oft
en- bail them out Of the
water with tin cans. get
ting half fish and half
water. Where the wa
ter Is shallow enough
they can even be caught
with the bare hands. as
their skin Is not Shiny
when In the water.
The run Is always
heralded far down the
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-18
NOTES FROM THE LABOR
WORLD.
; s**::..*.a :. $685.. :. :. :. ::

Blacksmiths of Toronto, Canada,
recently formed a union.
Shoe workers of Arroyo. Porto Rico,
have formed a union.
Plans have been formed for organ
izing all labor i'm Santurce and San
Juan, Porto Rico.
The Machinists union i'm Milwaukee
has gained more than one hundred
members since August.
The Printing Pressmen and Assis-
tants' union has endorsed the propo-
stion to establish a home for con-
sumptives.
Efforts are being made to form an
organization of car men at Portland,
Me- to be affiliated with the Brother
hood of Railroad Car Men of America.
Successful efforts have been made
To organize new locals of the Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers of Am
erica, at Lincoln, Neb., and Dcs
Moines, Ia.
Robert j. Checking of Toronto,
ont, president of the International
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-18
SOUTH SEEKS IMMIGRATION.

An announcement by the Southern
railway that it proposes in the near
future, through the agency of it's land
and industrial department, ito en-
large the publicity and promotion
work which it has carried on for the
development of the country reached
by its lines" impels the Atlanta Con-
stitution TO congratulate the South
and. incidentally. to take to itself some
was the first of the southern news
papers, we believe, To call the atten-
ton of its readers and the South gem
orally to the fact that while Canada
was attracting thousands of western
ers annually, "the western railroads
have been quietly but effectively car
rying away from us almost as many
thousands of southerners to replace
them" And. according to the Consti-
tuition, until this good day the big
southern systems have been doing
practically. nothing to counterfeit that
movement" The South is needing and
Is seeking immigrants and is offering
the INDUSTRIOUS settler inducements as
attractive and as promising as any
ever held out 10 the home seeker on
this continent. -
OF late the South has frequently
and not appropriately been referred
to as the Newest Vest In truth. it
presents to the immigrant of our time.
i'm addition to the opportunities of those
who were in at the making of the west,
freedom from many of the hardships
and exemption from many of the
trials that those pioneers were forced
to endure. For while there are mill
lions of acres awaiting settlement in
the. south, these lie for the most pact
within easy access of the conveniences
and comforts of civilization, where the
market is ready and there is assur-
ance Of a certain and quick exchange
of products into cash.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-18

each. II is alike i'm but one feature
that Il is absolutely indestructlble' no
known combination of acids, even, ar
fectlng the strength or appearance OF
its fibre. and the fercest flames leav-
ing IL unscathed. 1t is non-con-
ductor OF heat and of electricity.
Some varieties of asbestos are as
compact as marble. and viii take the
highest polish; others have loose, silky
fibres. Mountain wood is IA variety
presenting an irregular filamentous
structure, like wood. and other varie-
ties, taking their names from their re-
semblances to the various materials
are rock cork. mountain leather, fossil
paper. and fossil fax.
Asbestos is really n variety of am
phlbole or hornblende, composed of
separable flaments, with shades OF
white gray, or green. passing into
brown. red or black. Although as per-
shable as grass, it is older than any
order of animal or vegetable life on
earth.
Asbestos has been put 20 thousand
practical uses. In London and Paris
firemen, clad i'm asbestos clothing and
masks. practically defy the flames, be-
ing able TO actually pass through a
blaze if no longer time is required than
the period during which they can hold
their breath Asbestos roofing will
eliminate all danger of fire from falling
sparks. Millions of feet of steam
pipes. boilers. etc, are covered with
asbestos. which causes them to retain
all heat, while the same material forms
a frost-proof protection for gas and
water pipes. Asbestos would seem al
most indispensable to the electrical en-
gineer, as many parts of the electrical
devices through which the current pass
cs become heated and were it not for the
conducting and heat-resistlrg
qualities of asbestos, which is intro
duced, the apparatus would be either
put out of commission or completely
destroyed by short circuiting.-Detrot
News.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-18
GOOD NAME VS.. WEALTH.
Peary and Morse, Classmates, Made
Their Life Choice.

In the year 1877 two young men
stood up with the rest of their class
at Bowdoin university to receive dl-
plomas. one was called Bob, the other
was called Charlie. They were Maine
boys, both of them, and of about the
same age. Within the last few weeks
those two boys, now grown into grlz-
zled men i'm the early sos, have been
conspicuous i'm the news of the day.
one of them, Bob, went i'm for fame,
and after devoting the best years of
his life to wrestling with arctic storms.
throwing dice with death, enduring the
very limits of privation and hardship,
more than once glad To chew tanned
leather or bite into rancid blubber. he
emerged the other day with a story of
discovery that thrilled the whole world
and will send his name, Robert E.
Peary sounding down the ages To the
end of time.
The other boy, Charlie went I'm for
fortune. He had already developed the
knack of the money maker and he did
not tie up his talent i'm napkin. He
sold candy. He sold ice. He sold lum-
Der. He acquired banks and trust
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-18

Clarendon, born. Died Dec. ., 1874.
1795-George Peabody. eminent phil
anthropist. born I'm Massachusetts.
Died i'm London, Nov s. 1863.
1S1S-Gen. George Rogers Clark. sol
der ana pioneer. died near Louisville.
Born in Virginia, Nov 10. 1852.
1S53-Attempted assassination of
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
Hungary.
1S6l-Jefferson Davis inaugurated
president of the Confederate states at
Montgomery.
1SS9-Canadian parliament negatived
a proposal to petition the queen To
give the governor general independent
action i'm foreign affairs.
1S96-John ID. Lawler. ex-governor
Of Dakota territory. died i'm Sioux City,
In.
190O-Captain III. M. Arnold of Win
nipeg, killed i'm the first battle of
Paardeberg.
1909-National conference on the
conservation of the natural resources
met at Washington.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-18
FRANK WITH HIS AUDIENCES.

AT Jackson banquet this week
Chase S. Osborn gave his personal
impression of the figure cut by Vice
President Sherman at Grand Rapids,
and il was by no means hattering to
sunny Jim" He listened he said, to
the vice president telling Irish dialect
stories of the class usually heard on
the vaudeville stage but while he
enjoyed the other speakers he frankly
confided to his Jackson audience that
he did not like Sherman. He acted
more or less like a buffoon," Mr.. Os-
born remarked, land told stories thai
were impossible. l would rather see
the glacial Fairbanks in the vice pres
identiai chair than one who does not
hold high the dignity of his office. Al
the Chicago convention in 1908 We
were told that Jim Sherman had to be
nominated because he could raise
campaign funds and stood i'm with
powerful men. They virtually told us
that we must nominate Sherman and
now we have the fruits. which are
Aldrichism, Cannonism and Ballin-
gerism. This is not nice thing to
say of vice president. but il is
true" Mr.. Osborn here clearly In
dicates leaning to the progressive
wing of the party, and he again dis
plays that refreshing directness OF
speech that has made his campaign
utterances so eagerly read. Who but,
Osborn would panhandle Vice Presi-
dent Sherman i'm such a manner? True
he expresses view of that gentleman
not unrepresentative of western SEN
timent In regard TO him. but there are
mighty few candidates for governor
who would voice IT, Mr.. Osborn is
dealing frankly with his audiences.
He is not giving them line OF talk
that bears no more relation To what
h actually In his mind than an Am
erican Indian 20 his cigar store pro-
totype. but Is giving his actual opin-
ions I'm the bluntcst of language.
That's the reason there's such n gen
eral desire to hear Osborn. His audi
ences got the real goods not n faxed
up article designed for the consump-
ton Of the special asscmblage he hap
pens TO be addressing.-Mining Jour
nal
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