The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-09-13

III April LIST, 1871 U.T&F.cA - -e-J Hi
Mssts UNDER Ag IL a s
A NEW DARwINIsM
THIS PAPER yet reached the stage Wnere II IS S "
advise anyone to breaker but 1t certainty "ou
rot feel inclined very harsh criticize anyone VINO went Salmon
fishing Yakima river, regardless OF Wnat tne present. s
restrictions are that stream
AS matter fact, wish somebody would tell US just
what these legal The last legislature passed Dill
providing Yakima river SHALL be opened Dy the stAe
fish salmon fishing from its mouth 10 "ltn 4oo
feet dam, under such RESTRICTIONS as the
soner may prescribe Representative Moores who with Senator
put up fight have the Yakima opened says the IN
tent bill the Yakima SO as to permit the resi-
dents of the river valley salmon for their
Last spring his resignation, County Game Warden
onne wrote H. Darwin state game commissioner to as
the the Yakima The replied
that the river could opened the fish commissioner but as
yet no action had been taken.
On August 49, Secretary Wtehorn of the Commercial Club
wrote Darwin follows:
.'The Kennewck Commercial Club has on record
to petition the commission to lay down reua
tons the allowance of SEEMING in the Yakima river
and will appreciate effort you may make along this line
On September replied this follows:
Responding yours of Aug. 29th which awaiting
my return to the city for reply:
| "Chinooks running the Yakima river during
the summer months The open to fishing with
gait certain distance below the dam Prosser
and the and regulations prescribed at that time
ingy entirely satisfactory to all jewellers along the
banks of the So far advised, there
| fish running up the Yakima river at this time"
read correctly, Mr. Darwin has done anything but
the Commercial club secretarys letter The club certainly
asking information whether there
salmon running the Yakima
gang regulations last What the club wishes to
know what the farmers living along the want to know
whether the state fish intends out
provisions of the legislatures enactment and the Yakima
to SEEMING.
fish commissioner for several years and
he isn't advised" that salmon running the Yakima river
and have always the Yakima river at this time of the
year. it time he getting advised If there are salmon
in the river certainly nobody rghuy
of violating of the salmon fishing laws by stretching seine
across the river and hauling it in
So far as we of the opinion that the
state fish commissioner opposed the effort put forth the
legislature open the Yakima to SEEMING and that he has
Ino intention of opening it unless he is compelled to-
still bombarded from all sides with the urgent
putting forth last possible effort to
supply In view of the scarcity of meat animals and
high the farmers urged turn
raise Belgian and do possible thing to reduce
home consumption of beef pork and mutton
All Of this advise right enough and should be Needed but
question of real efficient Oh tne
tied by the sldesteppg OF
some polcan puts in his back yard and
stocks it with rabbits he is doing patriotic duty but
he puts his cellar and stocks it with some OF the
fish that are swimming past his door he lays himself liable to
fine as big as three months grocery BILL II ne has taste
for fish he has the privilege paying the shermans the
hers the obber retailers and the carriers profit eating
out of can paying the cost of the and the label on
of it. Why? Because the shng interests need the
money and the politicians know it.
the Yakima senng thousands of pounds
of fish taken from by the farmers These fish
we're not wasted into consumption food There
was little any, commercial fishing The farmers working to-
er in neiphbohood caught only such they needed
for home consumption the stream depopuated The
grounds the upper Yakima always well stocked