FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST. 
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During 1888 but one cannery was in operation, the pack being 5,500 cases. 
The operations of this establishment gave employment to 46 factory 
hands in addition to the fishermen who'supplied the raw products. 
The following tables exhibit the condition of the fisheries in Koos 
Bay and River in 1888. For purposes of comparison, the yield in 1887 
is also added. 
Persons employed. 
Fishermen.* 
Factorymen. 
Country. 
Nativity. 
Nationality. 
Nativity. 
Nationality. 
United States 
28 
57 
2 
2 
British Provinces 
12 
6 
3 
3 
Russia ................ 
20 
14 
1 
1 
France 
4 
4 
Sweden 
10 
5 
Norway ... 
10 
4 
40 
40 
nhina - 
Total 
SO 
90 
46 
46 
*Of the fishermen, 28 came from the Columbia River after the close of the 
season on that stream. In the total tables for the State they have been in- 
cluded under that river, where they properly belong. 
Apparatus and capital. 
Designation. 
No. 
Value. 
Steamer (tonnage, 85.87) 
1 
43 
26 
108 
*$9,500 
2, 990 
2, 600 
4, 320 
20, 000 
. 24,000 
Boats 
Drift nets 
Set, nets 
Shore property 
(lash capital _ _ 
Total 
63, 410 
* Including outfit, provisions, fuel, etc. 
Products and values. 
1 
Species. 
1887. 
1888. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Salmon sold to canneries 
791,000 
$11,865 
385, 000 
$5, 775 
Salmon sold in local market.. . 
250, 000 
5, 000 
360, 000 
7, 200 
Total 
1, 041, 000 
16, 865 
745, 000 
12, 975 
33. FISHERIES OF THE UMPQUAH RIVER. 
With the exception of the Columbia this is the longest and largest 
river in Oregon. It is formed by north and south forks, which rise 
in the eastern part of Douglas County, emanating from melting snows 
and mountain springs. The forks unite about 9 miles northwest of 
Roseburgh, and the river then flows northwestward through a fertile 
valley and enters the Pacific about 22 miles north of Empire City. 
Species, seasons , etc . — The most important species in this river are 
the three varieties of salmon — quinnat, silver, and steelhead. Salmon 
trout, black-spotted trout, shad, herring, smelt (two species), torncod, 
