18 SALMON FISHERIES OF PACIFIC COAST. 



cisco. In 1877 Mr. 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, since which date it has been operated by his heirs. Mr. Hume 

 also operated 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 various parties, but the people of 

 Oregon, upon an initiative and referendum petition, voted in 1910 to 

 close Rogue River to all commercial fishing. 



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 fisheries 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 irregu- 

 larly, and seems to have shut down entirely in 1895. 



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 Siskij^ou 

 County, passes through the southeastern section of Del Norte 

 County, keeping its southerly course into Humboldt County, where 

 it forms a junction with the Trinity River, and thence its course is 

 directed to the northwest until it reaches the Pacific Ocean. 



