PACIFIC COAST FISHERIES. 233 
Sikhs River.—This river is of some importance to the ranchers living 
near by, who depend on it for their supply of fish food, and some years 
a small quantity of fish is salted for market. In 1888, 20,000 pounds 
of fresh salmon were sold to a cannery on Coquille River, and in 1889 
60,000 pounds to a cannery on Elk River. In 1891-92 no fish were 
taken except those consumed locally by ranchers. The output of this 
stream in recent years has been as follows: ; 
Years. | Salted. Fresh. Total. 
| Pounds. Pounds. | Pounds. 
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Elk River.—For a short time each year this stream is fished by a few 
ranchers living near its mouth. The river has only a small run of sal- 
mon, and is so inconveniently situated that its fisheries will probably 
never have very much importance. In recent years the catch of the 
ranchers has amounted to only about 50 barrels of salt fish. In 1889 a 
cannery was established in connection with a steam sawmill at the 
mouth of the river. Some 900 cases of salmon were canned, but the 
business proved unsatisfactory and was not resumed. The output of 
the Elk River since 1887 has been as follows: 
Years. _ Salted. Fresh. | Canned.| Total. 
| Pounds. | Pounds.| Pounds. | Pounds. 
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Sea-otter hunting.—In 1891 the high price of sea-otter pelts led to 
the formation of two bands of hunters in Curry County. Twelve men, 
armed with rifles and using two sail and three row boats, skirted the 
coast from Cape Blanco to Rogue River, weather permitting, during 
March and April and August and September. At night the men camp 
at some desirable point. Some of their camping stations are located 
near high bluffs that have a fringe of timber along the ridge overlook- 
ing the sea. Such a spot near the feeding-grounds of the otter is a 
favorite place for a camp, for in the branches of some tall pine the 
hunter has his lookout station. A few boughs are chopped off and 
made into a comfortable resting-place up among the branches, and here 
one of the hunters will lie for hours, concealed by the thick foliage 
from view of shore or sea animal. His lofty location gives him an 
uninterrupted sea view for miles. His boat is close at hand. In case 
an otter shows up within range of a rifle, it is shot, and the hunter or 
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