13 FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
The investment during the year was $870,944; this is exceeded 
only by Clatsop County, and the large amount is invested chiefly 
in the buildings used in the wholesale fishery trade, the cannery 
located on the Willamette River in Portland, and three canneries 
on the Columbia River side of the county. The amount invested 
in fishing apparatus is comparatively small. This county has quite 
important seine fisheries on Columbia River, but the catch in the 
year under consideration was negligible. One of the canneries on 
the Columbia packed some shad and shad roe, and some salmon 
was mild cured, salted, and smoked in Portland. 
Tillamook County.—Although this county has three bodies of water 
in which commercial fisheries are prosecuted, the catch during 1915 
was sufficient to give it only fifth place in the value of its fishery 
products as compared with other counties. The catch amounted 
to 2,438,177 pounds, valued at $50;216, and was made up chiefly of 
chinook salmon, the bulk of which were taken in gill nets. The run 
of chum and silver salmon was also very moa in this county. 
Tillamook Bay is the most productive body of water in the county, 
having a catch of 1,191,488 pounds, valued at $24,516; this catch 
consisted of salmon, soft clams, and crabs, the bulk of it being sal- 
mon. ‘Two salmon canneries are located at Bay City and one at 
Tillamook; a small clam cannery has recently been established at 
the latter place and handles pracantls) all the clams taken at this 
point. There is also a mild-curing establishment at Bay City. 
Nehalem River is the second in importance in the county; the 
catch was entirely salmon and amounted to 893,630 pounds, valued 
at $17,492. It is prociicaly all handled at the two canneries on 
the river at Wheeler and Nehalem. One plant put up a small 
uantity of mild-cured chinook salmon. The remaining cannery of 
this county is located on Nestucca River, where the catch is wholly 
salmon and amounted to 353,059 pounds, valued at $8,207, in 1915. 
The fishing on this, as well as Nehalem River, is all done with gill 
nets. One of the plants on the Nestucca put up a very small lot of 
mild-cured chinook salmon. 
Although Tillamook County has six salmon canneries and one 
clam cannery, the investment is comparatively small, because the 
buildings are Inexpensive, the total investment for the year being 
$269,938. 
Wasco County.—This county, though located a _ considerable 
distance up the Columbia River, occupies a prominent position 
among the fishing counties of the State. Itranked sixth in the value 
of its fisheries and supports quite an important salmon cannery. 
The catch amounted to 973,475 pounds, valued at $44,757, mostly 
salmon, with chinooks predominating. Of this catch 838,888 
pounds, valued at $40,871, which is 86 per cent of the total quantity, 
were taken in fish wheels, 9 of which, valued at $43,000, were oper- 
ated by the fishermen of this county. In addition to salmon, the 
wheels took a small quantity of sturgeon. The seine fishing of 
this county is comparatively light and the gill-net fishing is negligible. 
As previously stated, commercial fishing on the Oregon side of 
Columbia River does not extend above Celilo Falls, which is located 
_in this county. Some of the fish wheels are located here, and the 
catch is usually very good. A considerable number of salmon are 
caught by the Indians, who stand on the rocks at the falls and spear 
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