The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-06
HaLibut Boat CreWs Are
Getting Ready for " Ork
Salmon Bay Alive With Activities as Fisher
men Prepare for Winter Season

IS Lse Chaplin. dock agent. infused
az leaht one sage rat with desire
10 learn morN Of tho habits and
habitat % the dock rat.
The fishermen themselves. hardy.
hlond. blue.eyed Sorwsgiana Tor the
most part. have nothing romantic
10 their makeup or f~msanor At
least. irs well covered hut tho
names Of uholr boats belis their
ultm material aspect. m witness
tho naursa OF a few Of their craft
Fishy edors In tho hold. scales on
tho deck. the acrid odor Of smoke
and The pungcuey uf SALT enerusied
c0fdago disguised behind such chris
Jennings as "Star of HsavS
sweetheart" "Genoyfeyc' and
Water Witch. Maybe it's the
sgandInaylan senHe Of humor.
Ask tho captains ef tho ii,,N
hailhut boats themselves and they
viii trli sou. AZ tHcy weave together
the gear dimes and hooks with
which they iake the flat fishl that
''those Auatrlana. thosn Italians,
thoac juEoslavs are afraid nf goinE
GU, ne far as we Nor,Scaiana Thais
why you don't rec them around
salmon hoy, We arc deep water
/ fishermen It's too dangerous for
Austrians all but few hut we
arc hruurh, up on water. We know
the ocean. and We Norweglans arc
not afraid
Salmon n8y rarely seea a fish. IL
f. TO the Fish boats what the harness
room and the blacksmith shap. the
implement ahcd and the garage ia to
The Idaho Fanchsr It's u place
where nets arc spread TO dry and be
rcstrunE A place for overhaulinE
gear. rolling Il into rukatsa." long
lines set with approximately $50 TO
coo haltbut hooks and anchored IN
the fishing grounds with huoys,
rs place where silent. bushy.eye.
bgowcd craftsmen WELD adxcH on
straight Washington tree trunks.
making maata and yards where other
tool handlers give shape and birth 20
such trim hut staunrh halibui boats
as Spark Plug" which will take the
water from the marine ways there
Monday morning az II o'clock It's
place where old shipping board YES.
sela from the Lake Union graveyard
nre transformed into lumber barReB
and are loaded with boards and great
chunks Of timber.
Far out over tho ruttinE old pllinRs
Of the Wartime shipyards. across d
thick mating Of cat.taiis. sits Capt,
Road Amuudscn's huge Junkcr
plane. Closer in to the port commits.
/ sion dock. three salmon boats. huge
in comparison with the little purse
METERS and trolling boats. lie shack.
led to the piers.
| And over by the machine shops.
stripped Of the romance Of an earlier
purpose. rides the Morning Star.
Captain Bilmour commanding II
was the Morning Star" once trim
little steamer built for tho mission.
aries in the South Pacific. that gave
rise TO the desire Of the sage rats to
know more OF the docks. There was
a glamor about the once proud little
vessel 4 sort OF sadness surrounds
her now in her aged and far from ro.
mantle character as IL tramp out Of
Port Townsend slipping from hymn
books and cannlbals OF the South
Seas to nameless and divers cargoes
picked up here and there and carried
for recompense.
It's an all.year grind for the ma
jorIty Of tho fishing fleet Of Salmon
bay Unloading catch Mt the spo.
kane st. terminal. up TO Salmon bay
to lose the hnnaclcs and other salt
water parasites in it's lake water. re-
pairing nets and trolling lines and
coillng the skates" OF halibut lines
for another cruise. Then out into
the ocean again. where captain, shin
and crew take their pay in shares OF
the next catch sale price. and back
to Seattle ngnin.