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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  amounted 
  to 
  14,762 
  cases, 
  of 
  which 
  10,377 
  cases 
  were 
  chinook 
  aud 
  

   4,385 
  cases 
  were 
  silver 
  salmon. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  E. 
  D. 
  Hume 
  (one 
  of 
  the 
  pioneer 
  caniiers 
  of 
  salmon), 
  proprietor 
  

   of 
  this 
  cannery, 
  has 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  taken 
  much 
  interest 
  in 
  and 
  been 
  at 
  

   great 
  expense 
  in 
  keeping 
  up 
  the 
  salmon 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Eogue 
  Eiver, 
  

   building 
  and 
  operating 
  a 
  private 
  fish-hatchery 
  from 
  which, 
  in 
  past 
  

   years, 
  millions 
  of 
  salmon 
  have 
  been 
  hatched 
  out 
  aud 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  

   river 
  for 
  the 
  general 
  good. 
  During 
  the 
  packing 
  season 
  of 
  1893, 
  this 
  

   cannery 
  and 
  the 
  hatchery, 
  located 
  at 
  Ellensburg, 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  river, 
  were 
  destroyed 
  by 
  fire. 
  The 
  season's 
  pack 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  date 
  

   of 
  the 
  fire 
  was 
  3,200 
  cases, 
  after 
  which 
  no 
  canning 
  was 
  done 
  up 
  to 
  

   1895. 
  During 
  1894 
  a 
  new 
  cannery 
  was 
  built 
  at 
  Wedderburu, 
  on 
  the 
  

   north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  not 
  far 
  above 
  its 
  mouth, 
  and 
  the 
  hatchery 
  was 
  

   rei^laced 
  by 
  a 
  new 
  one, 
  located 
  10 
  miles 
  up 
  the 
  river. 
  During 
  1895 
  

   salmon 
  used 
  at 
  the 
  new 
  cannery 
  numbered 
  05,324 
  fish. 
  

  

  The 
  77,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  salmon 
  previously 
  noticed 
  as 
  from 
  Chetco 
  Eiver 
  

   were 
  taken 
  with 
  haul 
  seines 
  used 
  near 
  its 
  mouth. 
  The 
  entire 
  catch 
  was 
  

   salted, 
  packing 
  220 
  barrels, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  chinook 
  salmon. 
  The 
  

   run 
  of 
  silver 
  salmon 
  and 
  steelheads 
  was 
  quite 
  large, 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  fish 
  

   entered 
  the 
  river 
  later 
  than 
  usual 
  no 
  attention 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  them. 
  

  

  Sikhs 
  Eiver 
  was, 
  for 
  a 
  shor' 
  time 
  only, 
  fished 
  near 
  its 
  moutli 
  during 
  

   the 
  salmon 
  run. 
  The 
  catch 
  of 
  15,006 
  pounds, 
  taken 
  with 
  haul 
  seines, 
  

   was 
  sold 
  to 
  the 
  cannery 
  at 
  Bandon. 
  

  

  Elk 
  Eiver 
  in 
  past 
  years 
  has 
  been 
  of 
  some 
  little 
  value 
  for 
  its 
  run 
  of 
  

   salmon, 
  but 
  since 
  1892 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  no 
  fishiug 
  here, 
  as 
  few 
  fish 
  now 
  

   enter 
  it 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  mouth 
  being 
  badly 
  filled 
  up 
  with 
  sand. 
  

  

  Port 
  Orford. 
  — 
  From 
  its 
  isolated 
  position 
  and 
  lack 
  of 
  railroad 
  advan- 
  

   tages 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  this 
  portion 
  of 
  Curry 
  County 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  expected 
  

   to 
  be 
  large, 
  although 
  the 
  harbor 
  and 
  adjacent 
  waters 
  abound 
  with 
  

   numerous 
  species 
  of 
  fine 
  food-fish. 
  A 
  few 
  men 
  make 
  a 
  good 
  living 
  from 
  

   what 
  they 
  take 
  from 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  and 
  gather 
  from 
  the 
  cliffs 
  

   and 
  rocks 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Port 
  Orford. 
  The 
  products 
  obtained 
  by 
  

   these 
  fishermen 
  would 
  make 
  a 
  unique 
  collection, 
  comprising 
  fish, 
  sea- 
  

   otters, 
  sea-lions, 
  and 
  eggs 
  gathered 
  from 
  the 
  rookeries 
  of 
  innumerable 
  

   waterfowl. 
  Knowing 
  of 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  rock 
  and 
  other 
  food-fish 
  

   at 
  their 
  doors, 
  an 
  attempt 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  Port 
  Orford 
  to 
  

   build 
  up 
  a 
  business 
  in 
  either 
  fresh 
  or 
  cured 
  fish. 
  Samples 
  of 
  fish 
  were 
  

   caught, 
  cured, 
  and 
  taken 
  to 
  San 
  Francisco. 
  The 
  only 
  encouragement 
  

   met 
  with 
  was 
  from 
  a 
  Chinese 
  firm 
  that 
  were 
  so 
  pleased 
  with 
  samples 
  

   that 
  they 
  contracted 
  for 
  the 
  delivery 
  of 
  several 
  thousand 
  pounds 
  of 
  the 
  

   dry 
  cured 
  fish 
  each 
  week, 
  for 
  which 
  they 
  agreed 
  to 
  pay 
  7 
  cents 
  a 
  pound. 
  

   A 
  few 
  thousand 
  pounds 
  were 
  delivered 
  and 
  paid 
  for 
  as 
  contracted, 
  

   giving 
  promise 
  of 
  building 
  up 
  quite 
  a 
  business, 
  but 
  the 
  contractor 
  

   gave 
  up 
  the 
  business 
  and 
  left 
  the 
  country 
  soon 
  after 
  the 
  enterprise 
  was 
  

   well 
  started. 
  In 
  taking 
  the 
  fish 
  that 
  were 
  cured 
  for 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  

   halibut 
  weighing 
  from 
  60 
  to 
  125 
  pounds 
  were 
  found 
  quite 
  plentiful. 
  

  

  