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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-09-10

them and shouted, 'Oulachan. 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 is Oulachan."
The oulachan still runs in the Cowlitz and
every year there is feast, but it 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 A wild of the deep-laden boats
up the Columbia followed and the first boatload
to reach the market sold s1nelt for silver wei&nt
for weight: But since railroads and refrigerator
cars have put smelt fishing the basis a
practical industry, the first 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
what higher.
known commercially as the Columbia river
smelt. the king of pan fish has several names.
Ichthyologists classify it as theichthys pacifcus
of the smelt family The Indians of the Column
ba river region knew it oulachan and the pio-
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 it far above them in the esti-
nation of the epicures- Indeed, enthusiasts
that as a pan fish it is superior trout any
kind
For unnumbered years the oulachan has made
the Cowltz river its spawning ground and of
course the Columbia river Indians the first
to it for food During the 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 strip of bark run through it, the
dried fish will burn with clear flame from
| to tail
In the early months of the northwestern win
ter the oulachan gather in uncountable millions
| at some unknown spot in Boring sea and begin
their southwark swim Always close to the ocean
bed, travelling in the form of 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 hugging the
river bottom that kill nets all but useless.
to reach them, they make for the Cowlitz- 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
1 sane A boat canoe to fish from, and dip
net with long handle for fishing tackle, are all
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eagles, gus and hawks, following in the wake
of the living rope of fish and picking up the
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, wriggling bodies swim
ming along the river bottom in solid phalanx
it is simply dip and fill, empty the net into the
boat, dip and fill again, until the boat hold
There is not much sport about it. 1t
is just about exciting clam digging and
requires skill Quantity caught, and
quickness 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 eternaly COB
bling seagulls alike become stated. When the
gulls are at all hungry the fishermen amuse
themselves by tossing up smelt for the guls to
catch in the air. A seagull on the wing will grab
fish by the middle tail, toss and reverse it
in air. and gulp it down head first in the wink
of eye.
Most of the fishing is done at night Daylight
to scatter the fish, but in daytime
during the height of the the fishermen
keep at their work with good results AS rule,
there two to each boat and the craft
filed in incredibly short time One night
last season two Kelso men filled power launch
to its capacity of $3.50 pounds in As minutes.
at the rate of SO pounds minute, and catches
OF 10000 pounds in one day and night were fire.
Quent
While the Cow1itz 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 up the Lewis, IA years ago, there
only small run of male fish in the Cowlitz. and
the fishermen made their seasons catch in the
Lewis About in eight years there is
up the Sandy. apparently Independent of the
Cowlitz run. the number in that river is not
lessened- At the time of the last in the
Sandy party of Portland men went out with dip
nets One lost his dip net but found
old, rusty, discarded bird cage. He tied it to
the end of pole and scored equal catch with
the others During the same run farmers drove
their wagons into the stream. dipped them full
of fish and hauled load after load to their or
chards to use as fertilizer Pork sold the
Portland market some months later had dis
tinctly hshy flavor and revealed the fact that
of the thrifty agricuiturists had fed smet
to their hogs.
Last the Cowlitz river was the spawn
ing ground the greatest of smelt ever
known by fishermen have been in the bust
twenty years At the seasons close
the river had yielded 100000 pounds, or
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5000 tons of ou1achan and as the fish average
about eight to the pound so,00o,o0O 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 are 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 by one out
of the meshes, putting the gill netter out of
competition with the CowIitz man and his greedy,
long-handed dipper. The grounds extend but
eight or ten miles in the Cowlitz. Before Keso
the map the best location is said to have
been directly opposite where the Northern Pa
cific depot stands, but the growth of the
town has driven the fish farther up and the best
catches 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.
1t seems strange that the oulachan, so far
superior to the eastern smelt, has never reached
the eastern markets. The fish packed in
5O-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
several who buy at these prices from
other fishermen, maintain boats of their 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
as far east Wisconsin The fishermen say
that with cold storage facilities the output could
be greatly increased Canning in the form of
sardnes has never been tried, though in the
opinion of experts the fish treated would dis
count the imported sardine. The market is usu
ally demoralized early in the five months sea-
son by schoolboys, who out, load up a few
boats with fish and become 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 get, and the men
regularly engaged in the trade want to make it
: a licensed one, this account
of oho rOTr1d
seem, the face of it, to demand Clifford Pin
chot 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
is looking forward in happy confidence to the
coming winter, when the deeps and shadows of
the streams will again be filled with oulachan-
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IN AGONY WITH ECZEMA

No tongue can tell how suffered
for five years with itching and bleed
ing eczema, until I was cured by the
Cuticura Remedies, and 1 am so CRATE
full I want the world to know, for
what helped me will help others My
body and face were covered with
sores One day it would seem to be
better, and then break out again with
the most terrible pain and itching.
have been sick several times, but
never in my life did experience such
awful suffering as with this eczema
had made up my mind that death was
near at hand, and 1 longed for that
time when 1 would be at rest. 1 had
tried many different doctors and medf-
cines without success, and my mother
brought me the Cuticura Remedies, in
sisting that I try them. I began to
feel better after the first bath with
Cuticura Soap, and one application of
Cuticura Ointment
81 continued with the Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment, and have
taken four bottles of Cuticura Resolv-
ent, and consider myself well. This
was nine years ago and I have had
no return of the trouble since. ANY
person having any doubt about this
wonderful cure by the Cuticura Rene
dies can write to my address. Mrs.
Attic Etson, SO Inn Road, Battle Creek,
Mich, Oct. 16, 1909"
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Vegetable Compound has done for me
during this trying period. Complete
restoration to health means so much
to me that for the sake of other suffer-
ing women am willing to make my
trouble, public so you may publish
this letter. Mrs. CHAs. BARCLAY,
RI. D., Graniteville, VT.
No other medicine for woman's ills
has received such widespread and un-
qualified endorsement. No other med
Icine we know of has such record
of cures of female ills as has Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
For more than 80 years it has been
curing female complaints such as
Inflammation, liberation, local weak
nesses, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, indigestion
and nervous prostration, and it is
unequalled for carrying women safely
through the period of change of life.
1t costs but little to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and,
as Mrs. Barcla ysays, it is worth noun
fains of gold . to suffering women
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pipe Gives Cadet Typhoid.

Midshipman Smith, who was strick-
en- with typhoid fever on the Indiana
at Plymouth. England, contracted the
disease. it is said, from smoking a
briar used nearly a year ago by his
roommate at Annapolis who had bad
case of typhoid. This theory is taken
as proof that concentrated nicotine
cannot destroy a typhoid germ. The
medical department of the navy will
examine into the theory with the re-
suit that midshipmen of the future
may conf1ne themselves to their own
pipes.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-09-10
LACK OF MONEY
Was a Godsend In This Case.

It is not always that a lack of
money is a benefit.
A lady of Green Forest, Ark, owes
her health to the fact that she could
not pay in advance the fee demand
ed by a specialist to treat her for
stomach trouble. In telling of her
case she says:
Il had been treated by four differ
emit physicians during 10 years of
stomach trouble. Lately I called on
another who told me he could not cure
me; that 1 had neuralgia of the stom-
ach. Then 1 went to a specialist who
told me I had catarrh of the stomach
and said he could cure me in four
months but would have to have his
money down. 1 could not raise the
necessary sum and in my extremity 1
was led to quit coffee and try Postum.
$50 1 stopped coffee and gave Post
UNI a thorough trial and the results
have been magical. 1 now sleep well
at night, something 1 had not done
for long time; the pain in my stom-
ach is gone and / am a different
woman
81 dreaded to quit coffee, because
every time I had tried to stop it suf-
fered from severe headaches. so con-
tinued to drink it although 1 had rea-
son to believe it was injurious to me,
and was the cause of my stomach
trouble and extreme nervousness But
when 1 had Postum to shift to 1t was
different
ITO my surprise 1 did not miss cof-
Zee when / began to drink Postum
Coffee had been steadily and sure
" killing me and I didn't fully realize
what was doing it until 1 quit and
changed tor Postum"
Ever read the above letter. A new
enc appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of huraaz
Interest.
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The Stylish Fisherman.

One of the guests at a fashionable
summer resort in West Virginia got
himself up in his best fishing toys"
and started along a certain mountain
stream.
Meeting a native, he asked: Here,
my good man! Kindly tell me whether
It would be worth my while to try
fishing in this vicinity"
The native regarded him scornfully.
THE fshin' amt good" he finally
said, ''but 1 amt informed as to how
you values your tiIne.''-Lippincott's 8.
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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
they can even be caught
with the bare hands, as
their skin is not Shiny
when in the water
The run is ways
heralded far down the
CO1I1Dnbia nv f1OcKS of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-09-10

from nervousness
andother annoying
symptoms, and I
can truly say that
LydiaE.Pinkham's
We ge table Com
pound has proved
worth mountains
of gold to me, as it
restored my health
and streng 9TH. I
never forget to tell
my friends what
LydiaE. Pinkham's
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Then in the deep SuIIurdls anu sno- -
broken words of his native tongue, ne
told me.
..Many summers ago." he said, the
licences 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. The
Indian hunted and fished and 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 death
away, the hunters were weak They
could not go 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 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-'talong the bottom
of the big river''-the Columbia. "'They
came here to the mouth of the little
river"-he pointed to the Cowlitz
flowing past US in the darkness to the
Columbia and here they came to the
top of the. water My father saw
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Hard to Convince.

Little Tommy teldest of the family. at dinner)
Mamma, why don't you help me before Ethel
Mamma-Ladies must always come first
Tommy ttriumphantly)-Then why was borI
before Ethel?-TitBits
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Soaring.

s-She married old who is very rich-
eI went better on that. 1 married young
aviator who is millionaire.-Pele Mele.
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Mot He.

The fare at this hotel,i is fierce"
Put the scenery is sublime
1.-THE landlord doesn't deserve any
credit for that"
Best men are nodded out of faults.
Shakespeare
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Located.

Old Gentleman Ito waiter)-Can
you tell me if my wife is here?
Waiter-Yes. sir, eighth hat to the
left.-Fliegende Blaetter
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If a man amounts to anything in q
small town he soon begins to think he
would amount to more in a big town.
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Sad Blow.

was she overcome by her husbands sudden
death?"
"Oh yes. She had just bought half a dozen
new ball gowns'-Birmingham Age-Herald-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-09-10

DO YOUR CLOTHES LOOK YELLowf
If so, use Red Cross Ball Blue. 1t viii make
them white snow. OF. package cents.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-09-10

Constipation causes ana seriously aggravates
many diseases 1t is thoroughly cured by DR.
Pferce's Pellets. Tiny suEar-coated granules.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-09-10
Evidences of Wealth.

"I wish we had a piano; I'd like to
impress those people,
"Show 'em the piece of beef you've
got in the refrigerator"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-09-10
WORTH
MOUNTAINS
OF GOLD
During Change of Life,
says Mrs. Chas. Barclay

Graniteville, W.T. was passing
through the Change of Life and Suffered
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-09-10

A fool can always find another fool
to admire him
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-09-10

The FTiend-YOur new patent medf-
cine seems to have gained a great rep
utation for curing people. To what
do you attribute its great curative
powers?
The Boss-To extensive and judi
ciouS advertising.
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GI7CHZNG ~
tie lklZ>dC7z>aMk
ULACHAN 2"

ULACHAN ?"
The old In d ! a n
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 wrfn-
killed. face to the fire
again and we sat
aw lille in silence
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-01-27
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL
Paragraphs That Give Condensed
News OF the Day.

Haleiwa is to have a grand moon
light dance next Saturday night. The
music will be excellent.
Notes restaurant is open from $50
a. m. to 1880 p. m. Standard meals all
day.
Judge Lindsay has resigned as chair
man and member of the Insanity COM
mission, in anticipation of taking Of
flee as Attorney General on February
1.
Honolulu Construction & Draying
Co., Ltd, have just received a fine lot
Of California Sharp Sand which they
are almost giving away. Telephone
to PSI.
Billy" Carlyle who was manager Of
the Merchants Exchange here for
years and went to the states some six
weeks ago, died in Yakima, Wash,
yesterday. A cable to that effect was
received by the local lodge of Eagles
of which he was a member OF high
standing.
Wanted to buy fresh COW, Jersey
preferred; also donkey suitable for
child. McVeagh Star office.
Sampan fishermen are hustling to
get their boats numbered, apparently
moved to obey the law in this respect
on account of the pane created by the
news of the arrest by the revenue cut
ter Thetis of twenty-tnree Japanese
at Laysan for bird-poaching.
At the Young Hotel Mr.. Mathews
lectures Thursday and Friday on how
to learn French and German in j
weeks.
AT Kahuku wireless station last
night the operator received reports
from the cruisers Denver, Galveston,
Tennessee, and from the steamships
Cleveland, Hilonian, Alameda and the
Chiyo Maru.
All unpaid accounts due Lewis & Co.
Ltd, can be paid at the store 1863 King
street until January 81, 1910.
Regal shoes in the latest stiles now
being shown at Regal Shoe store. You
who have been paying from five to
seven dollars for shoes, call at Regal
Shoe Store and see how much better
you can do for SO so and 81.
A great card at Notes is that every
thing is fresh, pure, properly cooked
and served in satisfactory manner.
Try it and you will become regular
patron there.
The wear and tear on clothes at
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-01-27

Fine Job Printing, star once.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-01-27

Have you tried Rumford Baking
Powder? Only 35c the pound at
Henry May G Cos and guaranteed to
give satisfaction. Phone %.
The Board of Health will meet at
3 o'clock this afternoon.
AT a meeting of the Board of Super
visors at noon semi-monthly labor and
expense bills were passed and adjourn
ment was taken until February at
1880 p. m. for general business.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-01-27
q @SRH&ES1%RI>%RH@Hs>%HT-%HI2HR

9 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
the average laundry is frightfu AT
the French Laundry, 25S Beretania ST.
where all the work is done by hand
the wear is reduced to Il Minimum
For half life time Notes has been
the favorte cafe of the business man.
It 10 that today and will be that in the
future.
Pay cash when you buy at the store
and ask for Green Cash Stamps.
Fine lot of bananas TO select from
Call and see them. The Expert Hat
cleaners, opposite Club Stables.
Fleet entertainment on the part OF
the Merchants Association next week
comprises a ball for the petty officers
on Wednesday, and one for the enlist
ed men on Saturday night. The Pa
ciftc and Universit clubs are expected
to arrange a dimes or ball for Admiral
Sebree and the fleet on1cers.
ALE Deutscheh sind rreundlichsc
eingeladen EUR Feier Won Kaisers &C.
burtstag, am DoDnerstag, den q ia
nuar Attends p s Uhr in der Kilohana
Art League, Ecke Beretania & Miller
SITS. Der Flottenverein.
To remove cloud of title, Governor
Frear signed a quit-claim deed to
the Honolulu Library and Reading
Room Association. This will enable
the body to sell the present library
site and put the proceeds in the Lii
brary Of Hawaii pool
A reception for the German COM
munity, in honor of Emperor Williams
birthday will be held at the Kilohana
Art League building this evening.
A special meeting of the Womans
Guild of st. Clements will be held
tomorrow afternoon at three o'clock
Fhe meeting is a very important one,
and full attendance. is desired.
Last night the comet showed well
through patches of clear sky. It's tail
seemed to be much longer than on
former evenings, looking like a whip
cord of silver.
Ruberoid roofing is absolutely water
proof and fire and acid resisting. Lew
ers & Cooke will be pleased to give
you samples and explain its advan-
tages as roofing material.
Call at Hawaiian News Co. and hear
the new Hawaiian records for the
Edison Photographs. They are some
thing extra and come in the gold
moulded and amberol quantities Of re-
cords.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-01-27
GOLDEN co.
FAREWELL

This is the last week or the Golden
Co. at the Orpheum as they are book
ed to leave on Alameda Wednesday.
A good vaudeville program has been
for the remaining night. NO
doubt the many admirers of the pop
ular company will turn out in force
for the balance of the week.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-01-27
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
THE WEATHER.

Local Office. U. s. Weather Bureau,
Young Building.
Honolulu, r. H., Januar p, 1910
temperatures. o a. NJ; S a M; 10
q M; and morning minimum.
o.; 40; 70; "A; Go.
Baroness reading; Absolute humid
lily (gralG5 per cubic foot; relative
humidity and dew point at 5 a m:
og.oS; 5.S25; 80; 81.
Vino vot0c1ty and direction at 6
q. m; s a. M; 10 a. m; and noon;
2 n; 4 e.. Sc; 6 E.
Rainfall du1us "a hours ending a.
m: .07 inch.
TOtai VINO movement during "a hour
ended at noon 1856 miles.
WIN. l.. STOCKMAN,
Section Director.