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EDWARD J. GRUBLE 

 polluted waters of Whatcom Waterway nor in any of the 

 plumes of high concentrations of liquor as they are dis- 

 tributed through Bellingham Bay. 



You will note that these fish will be in 

 distress very shortly and that they will be floating 

 bottom side up within a very short period of time. These 

 were the larger of the two fishes that were used in the 

 experiment. It has been brought out by testimony that 

 these fish sink to the bottom and these fish gills are 

 not perceived by people very often. Those that have a 

 tendency to be in distress near the surface are exposed 

 to the predators and are usually picked up by the birds 

 in the vicinity. 



The fish were supplied by the Washington 

 State Fisheries Department and were handled expeditiously 

 to the point of this discharge here to the water. 



Discoloration from this mill has been 

 vioually traced for a distance of six miles from the 

 mill. 



This picture will show the discharge of 

 pollution into the waterway from the bleaching process, 

 it will show the red water from the sulfiting process, 

 the digester liquor. Millions of gallons of this dis- 

 charge are being put into the waters of this area every 



