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Turlts AV, DeelinLer 6th, 1906 • 5
SOCKEYES' SLAUGHTER
UNLESS CANADA AND U. S. INTER-
VENE SALMON WILL GO.
Millions Slaughtered Year'Iy- Other
Millions Have Been Wantonly
Wasted When Canning Facilities
Were Inadequate to Cope With thy_
"-Runs"—This Fish le Found In
Only One Part of Western, Waters.'
Auuther tale uf the "Wailful Wert"
nautilus W be. told- -the slaughter ,1
the ruekeye salmon, writer Frauk C.
Doig, in eClure'* Like the exttnc-
tlue of the bison, thin rare food fish,
that tame came from the depths of the
Pacific in myriads, will soon have dis-
appeared because of the overpuweriug
greed of men. •
N111ww ul sockeyes. the king u1 the
*alluvia tribe, have besu cauued and
rout tu the far currier* of the world,
but probably as many more have beo►I
wasted Where once the waters of
. Puget Sound Mimed with this tteh en
such numbers that legiulte were crowd-
ed Out of the water and left sprawling
un the beach. uuw the euurre uf this
fb,uy Loud material is marked Df
soiree a specimen.
There are several varieties of sal-
mon caught uu the Pacitie curt, but
the ruekeye is the wutrarch uf its kind.
It la sought after in the brief season'
ut the summer to which it appears,
because ut its rupertor eatable quali-
ties It is the backbone of the Pacific
coast tish:ug iudurtry, yet it it caught
only in the wsIlrr of Puget &.nud and
the Fraser River. It is one of the best
commercial Erin that is taken in the
United States.
Whet* the white utau arrived on the
Prclfic coast to grasp sumo of the
riches held iu attire by the Gulden
West. the sockeye was found in such
vmt numbers. that to give an nano/ate
to: theta would sound incredible. • •'u
great were thew legions of fish that;
as already said, they cruwded one
another from the water, and cuuntleas
thuurands were left sprawling uu the
shorter til the Fraser when the big
"rues" were in progt.M. Auy ubrtrue-
he n in the course of the atreutn was
sufficient to cause minium+ of .buck -
eves to "smother" in their own elc-
aunt. The Iidiaur of British Colum-
bia found it only necessary to shod on
the banks of the river and scoop the
Ash out on the backs iu any quantity
Wes wished. Be it said, however, to
the eredit of the redskin. he took only
• sufficient nuuibaer fur the use of los
family each seaman. Three was no
slaughter then.
But with the cuwiug of the white
pioneer the butchery of this rare luud-
Ash began. The seeker alter riches
threw uut such a system of intricate
net.. stretching a wast uniuteriupted
ly front the StraiG of Juan de Fuca t..
the headwaters of the Fraser, that the
palmy days of the sockeye were stem
out short.
Into these trope the unsus-
pecting fish crowded iu their mad
haste to get to their epaweine grounds.
Although the meta were filled to burst -
lug, lame was altuwed tu escape alive.
The waster of heart, bird and Ash,
rather than let the yilitilCe of waking
oue penny .11p, permitted the vast
numbers of salmon %hada he cum!
net use to rot on the sands of the
beach
The muting facilities were. in :lie
earlier days of the fishing iudurtry on
Puget Sound, *wall uid iuudequater to
bindle the surfeit of fish :Stall the
traps were not lifted; they were al-
ways set It ware eerier and cheaper to
allow the sockeyes to .'alter an I
otnvtller to death in the awir11uW
email, and them when carne first, fish
sere needed to satisfy the canning
machu,as, to throw out .the deal and
take the living. This we,. the I,.•gi•l-
ning 1.f the slaughter, away back alt
106, and It has continued until this
day
To uuderetaud the Suctuatiuis :n
,the figures *towing tine number of
OA canted siuce the begi'wing ..f the
it/du/dry, auwethirtg uf the habits 4,1
the sockeye must be known.
The life of the sockeye is four years.
When the egg is hatched in the heel
waters of the Fraser River, the fry. u.
the young fish are called. 'stay near
the spawuiug grounds until able to
take rare- of tbewrelver, and thein
make their way to the sea. This is the
last seen of the fish for four years. tt
the end of this period they come balk
to the hums of their birth in schools
of countless millions -or at least they
did au until the slaughter curoweuc+td.
Their one ambition and aim in life be-
fore they die is to perpetuate their
i ercies
For some reason as yet uudiscuveredE
by those who have studied the habits
alt the wck+•ye, every fourth Bear the
"run" is abnormal. Three fourth years
fie khuwu to tis fishermen us the
'Lig years." in the years between the
bit 'rune" the number of fish that
seek the spawning `rounds i* cone
Relatively suiill, yet by reckoning and
'Nonpaying them with tine fourth year
',raviolis, an reinitiate of the increase
or decrease in the "run" it obtained.
.Bele on their run Irum the Padfic.
(Mean to the head waters of the Fraser
River the firth are intercepted as they
to Wruugh Puget Sound, in American
waters. principally by purse -seines and
trim.. This act of the American 111111.
enueu ie considered by fhe ('suadiana
as a gross offense. The northerners
Plano the fish should be theirs. This
411 feeling is responsible in a large de-
gree fur the lack of measures to pro -
tem the sockeye.
Thr, t'auadians allege that becan-e
the Americans persist iu catrhiug the
eockrye before they are allowed ru
resell the Fraser River, their spawning
beds, the destruction of this valuable
product is imminent.
The followirg figures, showing the
number of sockeye raluwn emitted • y
tile 1'pget Sound canneries, tell all ton
rluyuettly of what is happening and
what will cunttiue to take plume un-
less ,erne lnrinledfate action is taker.
I•) State or Federal (love int 14u1,
1,119,949 cases, 1908. 342.974 cam-.
1903, list,i499 cases, 1904, 107,94:1 ease-.
b•, 1447,941 cases, 1906, 176,462 cases.
The figures fur the Flatter leiter
peek tell the sans tale.. In I1141 the
ran ser ins of Puget Sound pecked wore
than n million cases of this Iish. nnd
the atilt• reason they did not can more
ea IN'eause their packing beillti,•s
re net great enough to handle the
while the run lasted. Enough fish
h wattle to make many pack. the
1106 Yet four yefire later, in
sr 1906, which shored have
ood, under normal enhdt-
t of 190), the eannerymen
ed to work with might
fist
went
1.1te 0
m the
born AR
hne, as t
were romp.
.'1 main to sett a pack of 64T,941; std
this, too. when the taeilltiee for peek-
1nR werte,better than four years pre-
view'. in 1109, which corresponds in
'h. cycle to 1966, the esanerymen
saaily pecked Mt.P eases. ,Brij in
'If* the tiabertnentWeee able stn earl
re,l,Ij� I7&112 eases.
When it is knewrt,thatAt Mhos ten
Regress• An MOO •l•twug of
the pat a
In 19. 161>r 'ei
Puget Mound have killed and preser-
ve alwuat twenty-eight million/ ash.
0*, the Fraser River the Cauadiau fish-
'ermeu have packed stout the ranee
number in the curserponding period.
Thie maker fifty -rix wiUiuu fish put
tutu eau* in six years. Figuring an al-
most equal number wasted, the grand
total uf sockeyes killed it 1111()/11 11.01P.
Nu far neither the Canadian Govern-
ment nor the United Stater tlaa guts
tveded iu waking laws that adequate-
ly protect the sockeye. There is u lea
in exbfeuce new that maker it unlaw-
ful tu'ti.lr from Saturday night until
Mluudsy morning. Thu law t., in al -
moot every instance, 'enured. But even
if ub*erved, the fishermen -of the
Fraser run far up the river, and whet,
the huur coyer for open fishing they
ore prepared to iutarcept the fish that
have succeeded iu getting fruut the
ts.'eau into the river during the closed
period. Ro the fish have a slim chance
of getting to their apawuiug beds to
lav their eggs.
Large sums have been expended by.
both 'over nhtmats for the establieh-
-wetit of hatcherie* fur the artificial
pa upsppation of the sockeye. These
have been partially successful. The
fact that the institutions have been
unable to get flab enough to supply
diem with ego is the greatest reason
why they are unable to turn out large
number* of fry.
It is admitted by all those who have
the interest* of tete industry at heart
that national protection of the sockeye
is the only solution fur the preaerva-
tiun of the iudurtry.
LOW SENSE OF HONOR.
York Grand Jury Scores Electors Who
Are Croaked.
PuiuteJ references to what was term-
ed *0"low /more of hunur atuung elec-
tors" were rnade by the Geend Jury
In the Araize Court in Toronto before
Mr. Ju,tier Teetzel the other day with
regard to the revelatiotr can.equent
upon recent invertigatium. 'f lie Bench
agreed with the juror.' that it was' a la-
niemteble thing that au many prortiu-
rot citizens should furnish hurl, low
i.Irals fur the younger geueratiuu. A
portion of the prearutnneut reads as
fellows:
"We roust express our amazement at
the low sense of hurler existing
amongst the electors, us revealed in
the evidence of the perjury casts, and
from the numerous election suits ari,-
iug friell time to time in widely divi-
ded pasts of, the Duhianion. It would
+rear sr if all the electorate 9114 taint-
ed, void of all seller of honor, and as
it the end it till epees justified the
meows. We beg to suggest that a law
lie formulated its which the receiver
ail) be punished as well its the g,ver,
awl thut severe j.eualties should be
Meted out to all participants lu poli-
tical curruption, air would debar and
prevent repetition of such depdurablo
scai1Nls."
So u,ven,ed were the jurors et the.
-.tate ..f affairs tbey'.fuund at. the -To -1
1..400,jall that they brought in a true
101 ay:uu,t the city, charging the t
porutium with maintaining a common
soli-uu.•e I11 tt,1. Indictpient the pee --
rut building- are said to be in a foul,
141.110014, 10,1 11,40111M, •oudortable.
offensive and inconvenient state for
w11111 of dor alteration, reparation, ac-
ro idaflull, ventilation, 1•leallsirng
and aulewluo'Irt It was further stated
that t11d cells a.-rl' ire such a condition
1r would hardly be tolerated in tr first-
ciess stable
\ Why Did They Go?
Why weir the early settlers of aluui-
I h,ba druwrn so largely from the comi-
ties of Ilureo std Bruc.'• /Asks a writer
in 'Furtado Newa..,Are they more rocky
and less fertile Dam .uttu•r thilt.rio
mantles, and did the � people go le'.
cause impu11ttion over -ran the growth
of wealth, just..as h4rotcbuieu have
been popularly supposed to i,e shoved
out from their barren hind to rouyu,•r
the. world' There may be something in
that, but the writer, never having seen
either country, Cannot soy. lialt, look-
ing at the map. uu.1 remembering the
process 01 settling the Western United
States, one I* iuditird to t,eliete that
ploxiwity slid ease of travel 118.1 rnuch
t...1. with it. Steamers ran from Loth
Luke Huron slid (ie rgieli flay ports
for Duluth lung before the (lana.4iun
Pucitie }turkey Was built. Water trav-
el is cheap and the tendency would be
for adventurous spirits to go up to
have a look at the new country. S
of thein would be seized of it, ndvnn-
taee•, and after the first score started,
and reports were received of their
p1urper"ne spirits to go up to have a
look at the new country. Some of theta
would be seized of its advantages, and
after the of -t stwrc ,torted, and re-
l.0rts "Were received of their prover-
ev in the new laud, their relatives and
neighbors favid,' follow. There is no
iiunugrutiot agent like the prosperous
sdttler. mud so it happened that there
9 a a lalgr colony frum those counties
u. Mamitobn before the rest of Ontario
1 .1 fairly awuketied to the fact that
'twit; Na' '114411 a place. if 'that 114 not
the true explanation, 'perhaps some-
body %hu knew'. can give it.
Point On Feeding Cows,
TY several kinds of food are placed
bcfure the cow's they will select the
kind Mat that Is most palatable and
when satisfied will reject a large pier -
Hon. whtcb may be wasted. When the
foods are prepared and made more
palatable by the addition of ground
wrath to hay, straw or fodder there
w111 he less waste. he winter the &e-
lect should be to have the animal con-
sume the least dealrable foods as a
matter of economy, and at the mania
time give them other foods In eogni4'
'lou therewith that will enable the aid -
oats to gain, as It should not be aathe
'retort. to have them simply renudu at
:he rime weight.
Funeral Reform.
The ministers of Port Arthur a1
exerting themselves in the directttffnt
of funeral reform. Features tow nth
objection are ttiket in preiett'day
luuerals are I';xtravagaut e•Xt�en
tiij-
tures fur flowers, 'carriages, rte ,, wile
the family have nut money in/ land to
pay the bills; exposure of the living to
pay honor to the dead --very often one
funeral bringitlg on another; oily •r-
tiring
id ''r-
tising the hour of the funeral before•
eunsulting the minister; selecting Sun-
day for the funeral because greater
parade and numbers ran he gained;
too much ere(1,P 411)11 heathen gloom;
exposure of the remains; farewell of
the relatives before a 'tering crowd;
want of promptness, end unseemly
display of any kind. Funerxle are not
io ball in these respects as they were
some years ago, but there 1121111 much
room for•improvement.
The One Road.
A .41.41 t• .111.1 rt ,reel road.
�1s t a Fowl by +nod and +es
A high toad. 8,144 n 11y•01108,
.1111 n mad by plain or Ica:
.t fair told, and a heir.' coml.
Anti a load by vale and hill
A Acct. road, anti M-11N•Im I,,III.
And a fad 3100,4 .writ nod still
.t town r..ed, arae ;, down rand.
1n1 the klna'. mad hermit and free
Them'. hut new mad In all the wurkl.
fhe way Ibis; Med+ to thee,
Marie . on `'ur'+t In 11c,1•111 11111 Lip/envoi t'..
Mom/we of I11'0 enable its to apptwei-
lite the joys thereof.—Chicago News,
,DAIRY Uigfj3ILS.
New Som. veer Cwf.l Mum leas M
Made at iter.,.
Melting at farmhouse out lung
1 was invited to Imrpe•t • the dairy
wow, which 1 w'nl8 pleased to tlt1, say4
a writer lu Hoard's Dairyman. It was
very clean and neat null spoke of in-
telllgeut eure. yet 1 could but mote that
there were u number of inexpensive
utensils for arslrtlug lu the work which
might have been added to diose Al-
ready at hand. There were the churn,
the butter bowl mid, ludh', the errant
crock and the tank fur holding the euu8
of milk. The butter was avurket1 wait
ladle. andthe. cream 'wire stirred with
u lung handled spoon.
.A Creams atiere,,
An effective cream stirrer is easily
made. (lo to the tinsmith and have
tilnn make a stirrer shaped exactly like
the cover to a steamer, culling lu it a
dozen ur more holes the size of a halt
dollar. Have him make a handle. tubu-
lar sud _ two Melees in diameter, mol-
dering It to the upex of the cute. This
beadle should be lung enough to reach
to the top of the cream eau whim It is
placed • Inside of It. The upper end
should be closed uucl have a tlut tin
loop soldered ala for convenience 111
hun.jUtg it. The diameter of this stir-
rer Should be u little less than the
diameter of the cream ran so It will
work up and down easily.
When tree h creat is added to the
eau, take hold of the handle and lift up
on the stirrer. Push it down nod lift
ugalu. 1)u this u few times, and the
cream will be perfectly blended. It
bestir anything 1 ever sate for the pur-
pose of stirring the cream 'wheal It be
befog warmed for churning In winter.
egttallzing and distributing the tem-
perature et.ruly throughout. Cave it iu
summer when mooning cretin fur churn-
ing. 1t arts equally as well for that
purpose too.
The Bla Woode. Fork.
There are times when a wooden fork
la very conveniently used in the dairy
ruutu. 1 like It tetter titan a ladle fur
breaking apart lumps of butter lu the
churn or for removing It to the worker.
A piece of maple twelve Inches lung
nud six wide and one h.•h thick will
make a good one. Let the handy wan
mark It off with four (11 s five lashes
long, the sides rounding it uieely t'o
the haudle part at about s.ven inches
to give plenty of streugth. T, ' remain-
ing five laches will make a oil firm
handle, which should be a liftwider
than It 1s thick. Smooth this down
nicely with sandpaper, working 1 . be-
tween the ten's, wW,h should not set
too clawly together. Slake a hole In to
nud Of the handle to hang it by, an
the job 1s 4101144.
A dotter Parker.
A gaol, eer•Iceable butter parker Is
sonde liken big. potato masher. only
that ft is p*'rfeetly Hut WI the lower
rurfuer, whereas the potato masher is
rounded. It should lee of Lard wood.
'Phis parks butter much more rapidly
sol effectively than tiny ladle, and It
44111 pay any one puttlug butter up In
cra•ks or tubs to wake nue: it abonld
be at least four Inches across the face,
114 there le nothing gained by having
it ,wall,
Amami the Poultry.
The year's experimeuting seems to
warrant the cuuduslon that the dry
feeding method IN ne goal as and no
better than the wet mash when the
latter is properly handled.
Dry feeding with u limited amount of
meat scrap w111 likely give better re-
sults in the lauds of inexperienced or
overworked poultrymen than the regu-
lar methal.
'rhes' Is no %pedal advantage in the
doff mash lu keeling apartment or yard-
ed Hoek..
With colony Hocks dry feedlug can be
arranged to save labor and promises to
make• the colony method more profita-
ble that any other for commercial
poultrymen.
The dry feeding method as applied to
the Limning of young ebicks Is a very
dlfereut utntti-r and will be dlec seed
lutcr,-National Stockman and Farmer
' ^ Twb Apple.
All delimited) fruit, on the ground
elic.uA be carefully collected as soon as'
they fall. They ehould be removed
frImi the nrehlurl and destroyed either
by drying end snbsequent burning or
Ly • burying then! In a deep treneh,
w•hieh In carefully covered with poll aft-
erward.
CRANDTRUNK.SY'S EM
1 [1E
MINERAL SPRINGS
St. Catharines,
Mt. Clemens and
Preston
nr humus, loy not spend
" flew days at one of thest points:'
%II "t 1111(491 (111 1he'1 ,T, ll. Hotel
l relirft111/Niat 1,111 IN Flood Vales
resist suable.
21:oc,6e
Ontario Provincial Win-
ter Fair to Guelph
and Return
rs2.�ol
'1,x1. is good going I)... nth 4,,
11th vsliel to return
until Dee. 1 7411. P111111114 fl. MlPP)4'l
for Oifaw•n leaver, Toronlo daily
lit 17,4, 111
n nr ticket,. and 1,141 inforrnati011 eall n..
F. F. LAWRENCE,
Town .hent
h16r1.bane- -8.31 a.m. to n p.m.
J. STRATTON,
Ingot Ticket Agent
D. McDonald. i)1 -tinct 114.•. Agent.
Toronto.
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A Police Officer's Evidence
INDIGESTION AND (ONSiII'ATION CURED
Mr. Alexander n eon, a rutin,] Pollee Ser.
grant, ot \l.•rrc-street, Motherwell, says :
" Up to two .,r three years 4440 1 enjoyed rt.•el-
lent health. Then my bowels became disord-
ered, and 1.suffered•moet feat ful pain. Indi-
gestion also attacked me, and eating.Lersu e
very unpleasant on• *c,vunt of the 02114e00+
after-effects and bad taste in the mouth. I .d
suffered from weakness, soli terrible linins •iu
the hack. •
I was very. i11 when Itileans wow liroiyht to
my antis. 1 de,•itied to give thein a trial.
Obtaining a supply, 1 was delighted to time 1143t
sate after elnlmu a•II.g 4110 C011 MO 1 ublained
relief. 1 persevered, with the result that the
constipation 140.1 I.a-k pints were oA.rc,I,e,
and the indigestion disappeared.. 1 au, now as
healthy aa ever ane can eat my fast with relish.'
jLL mode -n science "sces to prove
that herbal "n.edicir,es ate
vastly superior to those con-
twining miner: I ingredients. The herbs of the of the
forest constitute nature's " medicine chest ;" and'tlle highest benefit which
science can confer on man is the discovery of Nature's medicinal balms
and essences, and their preparation in form suitab:e for use by the people.
Bileans for Biliousness the great Australian cure for indigestion. head-
ache, debility, ltver trouble, etc are purely vegetable. They are entirely
different and superior to ordinary liver and stomach medicines. ' It is well
knows that liver medicines hitherto in use mostly contain bismuth, mercury
and ot
their tempor
for long, and p
hair to -fall out, e
extracts and juice
is no fear whatev:
they are taken to cu
original ones. They d
medicines, or do the wor
up -and enable these organ
is effected and Bileans are 1
of Bileans need therefore ne
of the terrible " pill taking" h
field and the trees
er harmful rhineral products, and rely upon these ingredients for
y effects. These mineral constituents are very injurious if taken
duce such effects as that of loosening the teeth, causing the
c. Eileans are entirely superior. They are Compounded from
of the finest known medicinal plants., In taking them there
of any harmful secondary effects. They care that which
e, and do not leave behind them evils •worse than the
not merely purge and weaken, like the old-fashioned
which the liver and stomach should do. They tone
to fulfil their proper fur.ctions, so that when a cure
t off, the organs remain strong and healthy. Users
er tear their use will
bit
SICK HEADACHE AND ITS CURE
In 41418 disorder very acme beadaehe is scrump-nied by a feeling
of nausea, heave the name si k " :teadache." The sufferer has generally
a had taste 111 the mou'It /Mil a feeling of utter helplessness and
wretchedness in accordance with the scveritv of the attack. lit all
I
attacks, however slight or however• serious, hleau. will be found to
have a salutary effect, and a course will in most cases render (utule
trouble very unlikely.
BILEANS FOR BILIOUSNESS CURE
1feadache, Constipation, l'i'es, ('olds, Liver Chill, ''Liver 'Troubles,
Indigestion, Palpitation. lase of Appetite, Flat ulenee, Dizziness,
Debility', Ametria, and e11 Female Ailments. Of all Druggists and
Medicine vendors at she. a I.ox, or post freelrom the Itilean Co.,
Colborne St , Toronto, up -m receipt of price ,r boxes (or $21101.
lead to the contracting
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toves and Hardware
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nimiememosimmo
esiewmmonsos•zessssssa.alralwmmo
We are going to make the last month of 1906 the best month in
our whole business career. To do this, we are going to cut our prices
so fine that you will imagine we stole the goods.
Our stoclwas never so large, and we will reduce it, with our low
prices.
HEATING STOVES
ESELL ALL THE BEST HEATERS AND FUEL SAVERS
Art Sou enir, Art Treasure, Art Huron, Hot Blast, Oak, Nugget, Air-
tight, etc. A few second-hand stoves to clear.
COAL D WOOD RANGES
MOO amosime
OUR STOCK CLUDES THESE WELL -
KN WN MAKES.
Crown Huron, Home reasure, Welcome Na-
tional, Prince Nati Tal, Empire Queen,
King, World's avorite, cast-
iron ran es.
.Steel ]Ganges ate represented by the 1[urou, ('analla al'Isl .'nuseair.
We are the largest stove dealers in 11111'011 t'onnty and go+ antee every stove
to bo a perfect baker, Mater and fuel saver. '
0
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ap 11��;;r-TnnEkSURE.
Ilalt.;4 ss< t
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WE'LL TAKE YOUR OLD STOVE, IN !'ART
'AY FOR A NF W ONE.
Our prices 011 Farmers' and Builders' !lard ware, to' )1s. tar lhtper,,frltbo►la=tikit, uy,y
razors, wringers, washing machines, carpet sweepers, tin and graniteW; -lt',a$s, iter. thel Ittwi;-lt'1 inttsthec
COltlerltlt.
HAMILTON
STREET
Goderich.
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WORSELLS'
MAiN
STREET
Bayfield.
Hardware and Stove Store. o
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