New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-11-02

- meaning OF Its presence IN this
part Of the river.
II don't know" answered Big
George, staring intently. ..Yonder
looks like another one behind it, with
a raft of piles
81 thought all the company traps
were up stream"
$50 they are can't tell what
they're up to-
A half hour later, when the new
fotilla had come to anchor short
distance below, Emerson's companion
began to swear.
II might have known it,
'.What?''
Marsh aims to cork u.s.
'What is that?''
Hes going to build trap on each
side of this one and cut off our fish,
3 "Good Lord! Can he do that?''
s'Sure! Why not? The law gives us
600 yards both ways. AS long as he
stays outside of that limit he can do
anything he wants to-"
"Then of what use is our trap? The
salmon follow definite courses close to
the shore, and if he intercepts them
before they reach us-why, then we'll
get only what he lets through"
That's his plan," said Big George
sourly. tits an old game, but it don't
always work. You can't tell what
salmon will do till they do it. I've
studied this point Of land for five
nd o1,o = 81
anybody else except the Creator. If
the fish hug the shore. then we're up
against it, but l think they strike in
about here; that's why chose this
site. We can't tell, though, till the run
starts. All we can do now is see that
them people keep their distance"
The 'slead" of salmon trap con-
sists of row of web hung piling that
runs out from the shore for many hun
dred feet, forming a high, stout fence
that turns the schools of fish and leads
them into cunningly contrived inclo-
sures, or pounds st the outer ex-
tremity, from which they are
"brailed" as needed. These corrals are
so built that once the fish are inside
they cannot escape. The entire struc-
ture is devised upon the principle that
the salmon will not make short turn,
but will swim as nearly as possible in
straight line. 1t looked to Boyd as
if Marsh, by blocking the line Of prog
ress above and below, had virtually
destroyed the efficiency Of the new
trap, rendering the cost of it's construc-
ton total loss.
That evening when he had seen the
night shift started Emerson decided
to walk up to Cherry's house, for he
was worried over the days develop
ments and felt that an hour of the
girls society might serve to clear his
thoughts. ,.,,..
Cherry's house was situated a short
distance above the cannery which serv-
ed as Willis Marsh's headquarters, and
Boyd's path necessarily took him past
his enemy's very stronghold. Finding
the tide too high to permit Of passing
beneath the dock, he turned up among
the buildings, where, to his surprise, he
encountered his own day foreman talk
ing earnestly with stranger.
The fisherman started guiltily.
What are you doing here, Larsen p
asked Boyd.
Il just walked up after supper to
| have talk with an old mate"
"Who is hep
Hes Mr.. Marsh's foreman"
Emerson spoke out bluntly: "See
here. | don't like this. These people
have caused me a lot of trouble al
ready, and don't want my men hang
ing around here"
| "Oh, that's all right" said Larsen
| carelessly Him and me used to fish
/ together" And as if this were a sufh
/ cient explanation he turned back to his
conversation. leaving Emerson to pro
| coed on his way.
| He found Cherry at home and, fling
/ ing himself into one of her easy chairs
| relieved his mind of the days occur
l rences.
/ Marsh is building those traps pure
ly out of spite, she declared indig
nantly when he had finished Gle
| doesn't need any more fsh-he has
plenty Of traps farther up the river"
ITO be sure! It looks as If we might
have to depend upon the gill netters.'
eve will know before long. If the
fish strike in where George expects
| Marsh will be out a pretty penny"
! "And il they don't strike in where
| George expects we will be out all The
expense of building that trap
Exactly! It's fascinating bust
ness, isn't it? It's business in which
the unexpected is forever happening
But the stakes are high, and-I know
| you will succeed. By the way" she
continued, "haye you heard the his.
toric story about the pink salmon? 2"
He shook his head
| We'll, there was a certain shrewd
! old cannery man in Washington state
! whose catch consisted almost wholly
| Of pink fish. AS you know, that varie-