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amounted to 900, 800, and 1,400 barrels, respectively, iu tbe years 

 named. A few fishermen fished outside the bay for salt-water fish that 

 they disposed of locally, their catch being 17,000 pounds of cultus-cod, 

 7,000 pounds of halibut, and 48,000 pounds of rockfish, all taken with 

 hand lines. In addition to the above, the fisheries of Coos Bay and 

 River produced 50,000 pounds of salmon that were sold fresh for local 

 use or shipped to San Francisco. 



DOUGLAS COUNTY (UMPQUAH RIVER). 



The fishing business of Douglas County is confined to the Umpquah 

 River, and the catch consists only of salmon. Numerous other fish, 

 however, come in from the ocean, among which are herring, sardines, 

 smelt, and just outside the mouth of the river are halibut, cultus-cod, 

 flounders, and rockfish. The section is remote from railroad or steam- 

 boat lines, and no attention is given to any fish except salmon, the 

 catch of which is utilized at a cannery at Gardner. In 1889 a good run 

 of salmon entered the Umpquah River. The fishermen disposed of 

 their entire catch at the cannery at Gardner, near the mouth of the 

 river, receiving 45 cents each for chinook salmon and 25 cents each for 

 silver salmon. The cannery packed 11,500 cases. From some unknown 

 cause very few salmon entered the river in 1890 or 1891, during which 

 years the cannery remained closed. Only enough fish to supply the 

 local demand were taken, the catch being 20,000 pounds in 1890 and 

 22,000 pounds in 1891. During 1892 salmon entered the river in great 

 abundance, and the run in September was very heavy. The pack was 

 only limited by the number of cans on hand and could have been 

 doubled with proper facilities. As it was, 12,280 cases were packed. 

 The fishermen received 25 cents each for chinook and 15 cents each for 

 silver salmon, the latter constituting the bulk of the catch. No salmon 

 was salted during the years mentioned, 



LANE COUNTY (SIUSLAW RIVER). 



The fisheries of Lane County are confined to the Siuslaw River and 

 the catch consists only of salmon for canning purposes. This river is 

 the dividing line between Lane and Douglas counties. One cannery, 

 located at Florence, near the mouth of the river, was in operation in 

 1889, 1890, 1891, and 1892; one other cannery, 2 miles above, was idle 

 during the first three years mentioned, but was run iu 1892. The 

 salmon i)ack during these years was 11,189 cases in 1889; 4,077 cases 

 in 1890; 2,121 cases in 1891, and 18,290 cases in 1892. 



It will be noticed by the amount packed that the run of fish is 

 uncertain. In common with the other rivers of this State, salmon were 

 very abundant during the fall of 1889, but only a few entered the 

 stream in 1890 and 1891. In the fall of 1892 the run was again heavy 

 and the fish were of good size and quality. The catch in 1892 amounted 

 to 0,018 chinook salmon and 103,410 silver salmon, the average gross 



