92 SALMON FISHERIES OF PACIFIC COAST. 



Canned Pack on Both Sides op the Columbia River in 1909. 



a All 1-pound cases contain 48 1-pound cans; the J-pound cases contain 48 J-pound cans. 



b Of these, 5,592 cases, valued ai $22,883, were filled with sockeyes brought from Puget Sound, Wash. 



c Of these, 50 cases, valued at $320, were filled with sockeyes brought from Puget Sound, Wash. 



d Filled with fish brought from Puget Sound, Wash. 



Pack of Miscellaneous Products on Both Sides or the Columbia River in 1909. 



OREGON. 



The catch of salmon in the Columbia River in 1909 was only fair, 

 owing partly to the shortening of the open fishing season. On the 

 coast streams conditions were far from favorable. Low water at one 

 time kept the salmon from entering the streams ; afterwards freshets 

 and storms made fishing impossible at times. A few places, however, 

 show increases over the previous year. 



STATISTICS BY COUNTIES. 



Persons employed. — The total number of persons employed was 

 5,320. All of the fishermen and transporters were whites. Clatsop 

 County, in which Astoria is located, has more than half of the per- 

 sons employed. 



