86 PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES. 
cisco. In 1877 R. D. Hume, who had been canning salmon on the 
Columbia River, removed to the Rogue River, and established near 
the mouth a cannery which he operated every season (except 1894, 
when the cannery burned down) until his death in November, 1908, 
after which date it was operated by his heirs. Mr. Hume also oper- 
ated a large cold-storage plant at Wedderburn for several years. 
The development of the fisheries of the lower Rogue River was very 
much hampered by the monopoly which Mr. Hume acquired and 
maintained until his death. He bought both shores of the river for 
12 miles from its mouth, and also owned an unbroken frontage on 
the ocean shore extending 7 miles north from the mouth of the river. 
As a result of this, independent fishermen could find no convenient 
places for landing, which was necessary in order to cure, handle, and 
ship the fish caught. Since Mr. Hume’s death the property has been 
sold to the Macleay estate, but the people of Oregon, upon an initia- 
tive and referendum petition, voted in 1910 to close Rogue River to all 
commercial fishing, and it was so closed in 1911 and 1912, but reopened 
in 1913. A second cannery was built here in 1915 by B. A. Seaborg 
-& Co. 
In the upper river ranchers living along the banks have engaged in | 
fishing for a number of years, the catch for the most part being sold 
fresh. In recent years, as the country has developed, this fishery has 
become fairly important. 
Chetco and Windchuck Rivers:—These two unimportant streams 
empty into the Pacific in the lower part of Curry County, not far from 
the California line. The former is about 20 miles and the latter 
about 25 miles in length. Both have runs of salmon, and small fish- 
eries have been maintained for some years, the catch being either 
pickled or sold to the California canneries. 
CALIFORNIA. 
Smith River.—This river, which is the most northerly one in the 
State, rises near the Siskiyou Mountains, and runs in a westerly 
direction to the Pacific Ocean. 
The river has only a spring run of salmon, and the early recorded 
history of the fisheries is fragmentary. The pickling of salmon was _ 
the main business at first and has been important ever since, as the 
cannery, which was first established in 1878, operated irregularly, 
and seems to have shut down entirely in 1895. Canning began again 
in 1914 by H. E. Westbrook and continued in 1915. 
Klamath River.—This is the most important river in California 
north of the Sacramento. It issues from the Lower Klamath Lake 
in Klamath County, Oreg., and runs southwesterly across Siskiyou 
County, passes through the southeastern section of Del Norte County, 
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