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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

them and shouted 'Ouacban.' Hunters and
klootchmen went into the water and caught the
oulachan with their hands. Oulachan, they
shouted. They made potach and were filed In
that hour was born My name is Oulachan."
The oulachan still runs in the Cowtz and
every year there is feast, but 1t is a 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 deepiaden boats
up the Columbia followed, and the first boatoad
reach the market sold. smelt for silver. weight
for weight But since railroads and refrigerator
cars have put smelt fishing on the basis of a
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 eagerly sought at prices some
what higher.
Known commercially as the Columbia river
smet, the king of pan fish has several names.
Ichthyologists classify It theichthys pacificus,
OF the smelt family. The Indians OF the Column
bia river region knew 1t as oulachan and the pio-
neer fishermen called it the Eskimo candle fish,
In shape it resembles the smelt OF the eastern
states and Europe, but its rich yet delicate and
sweet flavor places 1t far above them in the esti-
nation of the epicures. Indeed. enthusiasts insist
that as a pan fish it 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 we're the first
to use It 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 much is the oulachan In
oil that with strir of bark run through 1t. the
dried fish will burn with clear flame from nose
to tail.
In the early months of the northwestern win
ter the ouachan gather in uncountable millions
at some unknown spot In Boring sea and begin
their southwark swim. Always close to the ocean
bed, travelling in he form of a monster rope miles
In length, they ass all the river and hord open
ings along the coast until the mouth of the Co
lumbia is reached. Then, so closely hugging the
river bottom that Kill nets are all but useless,
to reach them they make for the Cowitz- A
few miles up from the mouth OF that river they
strike 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 a canoe to fish from. and dip
| nj with long handle for fishing tackle. are all
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Active Possession.

Guinevere, aged four, was going out
to walk with young lady, Of whom
she was very fond. AS they opened
the street door they were met by q
swirling cloud Of dust, blown up from
the thoroughfare.
Keep your lips tightly closed, Gwen.
or you'll get your lungs full of mi
crobes." warned the young lady.
Guinevere pondered moment. and
then. looking up, demanded:
what are your crobes ?'-Nationa
Monthly.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

5000 tons of oulachan, and as the fish average
about eight to the pound 80.000.000 of them went
the way of the market and the frying pan.
The fishing grounds Of the Cowlitz are prac
tically the only where the oulachan can be
caught in paying quantities. On the Columbia
some few caught by gill METERS. But the
river is deep and for the most part the fish swim
beyond the reach of the widest net. Even when
caught they have to be picked one by one out
of the meshes, putting the gill METER out OF
competition with the Cowltz man and his greedy.
longhandled dipper. The grounds extend but
eight or 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
cifc depot stands, but 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 rs Of them power
boats
It seems strange that the oulachan. 80 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-10,000 pounds. On the river
are several men who buy at these prices from
other fishermen, maintain boats OF their own
and ship direct to retail markets. Portland has
wholesale buyers the ground, and probably
the greater part of the retail trade is supplied
through them. At Keso smelt have been shipped
as far east as 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 fish SO treated would dis
count the imported sardine. The market il usu
NIL oarl IN ho 1--WE NM eoa
son by schoolboys. who go out load up few
boats with fish and become an easy mark for
buyers. Often. too Greeks and Italians come up
the river in boats. stay day or two and sell
their fish for whatever they can get. and the men
regularly engaged In the trade want to make It
q licensed one, on this account.
The growing output of the oulachan would
seem, on the face Of It. 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 Cowlitz smelt fisher
L. looking forward In happy confidence to the
coming winter when the deeps and shadows Of
the streams will again be filled with oulachar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

An English physician is Of the opin-
ION that chickens spread tuberculosis
among cows. Nevertheless a good
many people who are unable to cause
trouble IN any other way win con.
tfnue to keep chickens.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

Though the bulletin of the Chicago
special park commission comedies that
the larvae OF the tussock moth "is one
Of the most beautiful Of our caterpil-
lars" It does not recommend that the
larvae be treated as pets.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

The hobble skirt shows signs Of
Joining the auton obile and the airship
for place in the accident-record con-
test. It's use IL comment for the
cynical on the ,Jomen OF this liberty
seeking day.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

That little earthquake out in San
Francisco the other day did no dam
age. but the restored city did not like
the hint of its calling again.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

A scientist who has been investiga-
ting decides that grasshoppers are en-
tirely useless. Evidently he never had
. flock Of young turkeys to be fat
tened.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

The evening service at church In
Nav Jersey has been discontinued be.
cause Of mosquitoes. And II cannot
BE charged that the skeeters were
imported for the purpose. Whatever
the effect Of the sermon. the congre'
cation refused to be bored By The
mosquitoes.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

A Princeton professor contends that
the common idea of heaven is wrong
Now II someone will determine just
what is the common idea of heaven.
the whole matter will be settled.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

The wireless is turning out to be
the best criminal catcher in the bust
ness. There Is no escape for the bold
est and shrewdest from its lightning
like. teii-tale agility.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

that Is necessary. One
does not even need the
dip net to catch a
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
hey 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
Columbia by f1Ocks OF
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

The man who ate 81 ears of corn
for prize probably followed natures
example by holding the ears down as
he ate them, with his fore-feet.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

Scientists announce that they have
isolated the germ of leprosy and hope
soon to have cure. But there is no
hope In sight for those afflicted with
IN itching for public Office.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

An Indiana mule kicked a motor
cycle and cyclist across the road the
other day. Some mules seem almost
human.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

The cold storage figures indicate
that omelets will be more reliable
next winter that poached eggs on
toast
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

II the cows will not give milk
when there is no rain we will be
driven to milking can of condensed
cow.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

An author Of many arithmetics"
pas peacefully died in Pennsylvania.
but the arithmetics. dear children. are
still alive and waiting for the fall
term.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

Our friends Of the Weather Bureau
are respectfully notified that one large
veriflcation of those rain predictions
q still overdue.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

The aeropiane as possible factor
In warfare is somewhat handicapped
BY the tempting target it would make
Tor even an ordinary marksman
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

While hejwas saving two lives a
Connecticut man lost $1s The people
whose lives he saved might at least
have. the good taste to get up purse
for him.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

Than IN the deep gutturals and short
broken words of his native tongue no
told me. 49,
"Many summers ago" he said, tine
teepees of my fathers tribe stood
where we sit tonight. The white man
was not here then"-he pointed up
the river toward Kelso-"the WOODS
and the open were the Indians. me
Indian hunted and fished ana was
happy. But white men came up the
big river in canoes and they brought
with them the black death. Warriors'
klootchmen. pappooses. all alike sick
ened. Many died. When the ram
and the winter came, no deer meat
no fish hung beside the teepees. for
when the frost drove the black deatn
away, the hunters were weak. Iney
could not 20 to the woods for deer,
and the salmon had passed on up the
little river. The Indian was very
hungry. The klootchmen and the
pappooses cried for meat. And when
the Indian was ready to fold his Dlan'
ket around him and lie down to the
long sleep, the Great Spirit saw and
sent food. From the north 1t 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 Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01
Hard to Convince.

Little Tommy (eldest Of the family, at dinner)
Mamma why don't you help me before Ethelf
Mamma-Ladies must always come nrst
Tommy (triumphantly)-Thsn why was ban
before Ethelf-TitBitA
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

Earthquakes that hate to be snubDed
are careful to keep away from San
Francisco since the fire.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

The crown prince of Siam refuses
to be a polygamist and he does not
gay It in Japanese, either.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

she married an old man who IL very RICH.
II went one better on that. l married q youno
aviator who ID q millionaire.-Pele Mele.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

Some .ersons dive into shallow wa
ter at summer resorts and others get
engaged
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01
Sad Blow.

SAD Blow.
was she overcome by her husbands sudden
deathr
"Oh, yes. She had just bought half dozen
new ball gowns Birmingham Age-Herald
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

Even Indian maharajahs get to be
nuisances, according to London re-
ports.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01
ULACHAN? ?"

ULACHAN?"
The old In d ! a n
turned his face from
the camp fire and
fixed his bead-black
eyes on mine.
"Oulachan." l re-
peated. "Why do men
call you Oulachan!'
He turned his wrin-
killed. face to the ire
again and we sat
aw hi1e in silence.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-10-01

THE good old summertime" Is en-
tering on its last lap.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-27

If it was lot for pen and ink and
the public platform, some men would
burst with their pent up emotions.
Every time a woman hears Of =
widower who has taken a second wife
she treats her husband a little meaner
Say what you please about heir
looms, all that most of us have arc
collections Of time-honored family
jokes.
We try to be reasonably patriotic
but have been unable to worry ,much
about that extending crack in the Lin.
erty bell.
Grammatical note: Considering the
amount of hair a woman wears these
days, it is quite proper to speak of it
as them"
Prince Rupert and his fellow-adven.
turers, with a charter granted by
Charles H., were the pioneers of the
now famous Hudson Bay Company.
Mineral oil, which includes petro-
leum, is one of the few articles Of
staple production in the United States
whose sales abroad in the fiscal year
1909 showed an increase over those of
the preceding year.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-27
The Indian Idol


1t was in our bachelor days and we
the London squares; when Browning
had not attained the high rank In his
profession that is his to-day-the
dreaded Nemesis Of all criminals, the
expert to whom the detectives OF
Europe come for assistance and ad-
vice.
l had Just returned from a weeks
holiday in Scotland to find Browning
awaiting me on the platform at Kings
Cross. His face wore a worried look.
1--WE just driven Town from Cado-
gan place. I've got an important case
on"
What is it?" l asked.
"I'l tell you about it when we get
home"
When the cab put us down at our
chambers, he opened the door and led
the way into our sitting room. Then
he took off his overcoat n flung it
across a chair.
You know how strained the rela-
tionS are between England and -
that the House had three all-night sit
tings last week, discussing the situa-
tom"
YES" I said.
You know that a crisis has only
been averted by the diplomacy Of one
mani"
Lord Quinton-the foreign secre-
tary." Browning poked the fire into
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-27

Although the United States Govern
ment supports but one national mill
tary academy II encourages mliltaFy
training In 4 number Of other schools
and colleges by detailing to these inStl-
tutionS officers of the arlny and navy.
These subsidiary military schools are
of three kinds. There is. first, the state
school which receives financial aid
from the state government and is re-
gardcd as a part Of its military "stab-
lishmcnt. A notable example OF this
class of schools is the Virginia Mill
tary Institute. famous as the West
Point Of the COnfcderacy, and now en-
jOying the distinction of having more
of it's graduates in the United States
Army than any other school or college.
The second class comprises the agri-
cultural and mechanical colleges which
have received donations of land from
the government and which under tho
terms of these grants are required to
give instruction in tactics. Private
military schools may be considered as
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-27

passengers change from the subway to
the surface lines, and tried to persuade
them it would be all right as soon az
they got used to the new system.
Il went up there said he, until
the people made fun of me and called
me a politician. l stood near the stairs
and tried to persuade the people to
get their change ready, and even Of
fered to provide them with change.
But they would not listen and set
themselves against it, just as they did
in Newark. where they formed the dol
lar committees
Because of this it was necessary to
put back old cars without wheel guards
and tenders.
Commissioner Maltbie decided the
company had been negligent in provid-
ing proper wheel guards on the old
cars which have come from premature
retirement and served notice that if
the commissions orders are not car
ried out soon the company viii have
more trouble on its hands than that
experienced at the hands of the irrec.
Oncilable S~uburbanite.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-27

Many Of US have heard Of the wonl
an traveller who, while riding through
the Yosemite, exclaimed, "Oh, 1 do
love scenery; 1t adds sol" M. c. NJ.
Simpson, in Many Memories of Many
People," instances an opposite case
where the scenery was considered not
only unneeded, but rather obtrusive.
In speaking Of Sir George Cornewall
Lewis, the famous English statesman,
the writer says:
Although greatly beloved, he had a
very cold manner. He was a marked
contrast to his enthusiastic wife, Lady
Theresa, who once complained that a
tree o~vershadowed a window of the
drawing room OF their country house,
and interfered with the view. Said
Lewis, calmly and rather contemptu-
ously:
why can't you, when you come into
the country, sit with your back to the
window and read a book?"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-27

fed schools varies from the two or
three hours per week of drill or lee
lures in schools and colleges with mil
itary departments to the daily routine
of the essentially military institutions
in which the cadets live in barracks
under constant discipline, march to
classes and to meals, and receive a
course Of theoretical and practical mil
itary training which takes as its mod
el and apprOXimates as closely as can
be done in a private or state inStitu-
ton to the superb course Of training
at the National Academy at West
Point. Even in colleges in which the
course is most limited a large number
of young men receive each year at
least a general idea Of drill, discipline,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-27
BEAT PAY-As-YoU-ENTER CARS.
Parcel Laden Suburban Traveller.
Successfully Combine.

Parcel Laden Suburban ~velers
successfully Combine.
They do not care for new-fangled
urban districts, the New York Herald
says Pay-as-yOu-enter cars may be all
right in Broadway, but in Yonkers and
New Jersey, where the suburbanite is
known by the number Of parcels be
carries, that sort of modern equipment
is not wanted. thanks.
And. therefore, the Yonkers railroad
company and lines to Newark have
bowed to the will of the people and are
putting back the good old-fashioned
cars in which the conductor falls over
the passengers corns.
Women are responsible for the re-
version to the old type in Yonkerc.
They convinced their husbands that
to negotiate three bundles, a bird cage
and several children into a car of the
pay-as-you-enter variety required a
mathematic training far beyond them.
One of the ome was the wife of Mrs.
Leslie Sutherland, receiver for the
Yonkers Railroad Company.
In Newark they adopted business
methods to GUST the pay-as-you-enter
outfit. There a. few hundred patrons
of the lines agreed to always pay their
fares in dollar bills. The result was
that the conductors were o o deluged
with the bills and unable to carry suf-
ficient change. Besides this, schedules
we're upset by the delay in making
change for so many.
Mr.. Sutherland told the public serv-
ice commissioner all about the trou-
duce the trolley innovation. He said
he went to Van Cortlandt Park, where
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-27

and tn" art Of war, while from the
essentially military schools some nun
dredS of diets are turned out annual.
ly who ar" thoroughly disciplined and
We'll instructed in the care and hand.
ling Of troops and who will in time
Of war prov" thoroughly competent
officers of volunteers. Thus somewhat
tn" same results ar" obtained from the
military schools, though, of course. on
a smaller scale. as from the COrIpul-
sorry military training of European
countries. Great attention is paid to
hOrsemanship. Indeed. there is MOTH
ing that could be more delightful for
a boy than to have a horse of his own
and to be taught all sorts of feats such
as these pictures illustrate.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-27
\ Pair Of Captured Shoes.

The old army shoe,' said a slen-
der d~ark-haired man, was a great in
stitution. | have a pair at home that
have preserved, not as momentos OF
any long march, but as landmarks in
a venturous life. It was a custom
among the poorly shod Confederate
troops to remove, after a battle. the
shoes from the dead Union soldiers.
This was not done in any spirit of
vandalism or heartleSsness. The shoes
we're taken off to supply men who
had much marching to do in inclement
weather. We simply changed old,
worn out shoes for good ones worn by
those who fell in battle. On one oc-
rasion | ooh a pair of nicely polished
No. 6's from the body of a man who
must have been in life model sol
lier. | had worn these shoes with
great comfort through the -four or five
remaining days of activity incident to
he battle before | had an opportunity
% examine them carefully. When We
we're again in permanent camp and
we're allowed to remove our cartridge
BOXES and shoes at night, l made a
startling discovery, or rather l was
greatly startled by a discovery that l
made one morning as l took up the
shoes to put them on. On the under
side of the flap or tongue, written in
A clear, round hand, was my own
name. l was confident that | had
never written it there, but there on
both shoes were my initials and my
family name, and 1 had taken those
shoes fou days before from the feet
Of a man killed in battle. The infer
ence was had stolen the shoes from
a man related to me in some way. l
could not put them on. 1 walked in
my stocking feet to the commissary
department., secured a pair of new
shoes, and I have the other shoes yet.
The affair troubled me for a long time.
I had no opportunity for making sat
isfactory inquiry in regard to the mar
wis bore my name, but in due time
did learn that there was no family re-
ationship whatever. He had come to