The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1909-1911, September 15, 1910, Image 2
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| 1 UL.ACIIAN?"
The old Indian
turned his face from
*'1C camp lire and
HN fixed his bead-black
.'fy eyes on mine.
' "Oulachan," I reK=^)M\|
pealed. "Why ?lo men
Fv^vir.S call,you Oulachan?"
I 'I He turned his wrin""^^j
kled face to the fire
again and wo sat
a w h 1 I e In silence.
Then, in the deep gutturals and short,
broken words of his native tongue, he
told nie.
"Many summers ago," he said, "the
teepees of my father's tribe stood
where wo sit tonight. The white man
was not hfjro then"?he pointed up
the river toward Kelso?"the woods
and tho open wero the Indian's. The
Indian hunted and fished and was
happy. But white men came up the
big river in canoes and they brought
with thorn the black death. Warriors,
klootchmen, pappoos;es, all aliko sickened.
Many died. When the rain
and the winter came, no deer meat,
no fish hung beside the teepees. For
when the frost drove the blac k death
away, the hunters were weak. They
could not go to the wcodr for deer,
and the salmon had pa: <-d on up the
little river. The Indian was very
hungry. The klootchmen and tho
pannooses crii-d for meat. And when
the Indian was r< idv to fold his blanket
around him and lio down to the
long s!< [>, the Great Spirit saw and
sent, f'-od. From the north it came,
l'roi i uu i< r the frozen water. Swimming
tugcther. A long rope?hip?
many .miiis long. Many little lh;h swiinanlng
at the bottom of the big water?"the
Pacific?"along the bottom
of the big river"?the Columbia. "They
came here to the mouth of the little
river"?he pointed to the Cowlitz
flowing past us in the darkness to the
Columbia?"and here they came to the
top of the water. My father saw
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*, jt't~HL>y / v-Vr
thorn and shouted. 'Oulaehan.' J In
klootchnien wont into the water and
joulachan with tholr hands. 'Oulao
shouted. They made potluch and won
.that hour was I horn. My name is O
The oulachan still runs in the C
uvfiy year mere is a leasi, mil 11 is
whit? men; tho Indian tribes havo
from (lie rivor. Durinj; tho early mon
let- Portland and all tho cities and to
reach of tho fishing grounds look forv
feast. In tho old days when Portlat
only market fishermen scrambled fo
tat tho run. A wild race of the deopup
tho Columbia followed, and the til
to roach tho market sold, smelt for si!
.for weight. Ilut since railroads and
cars have put smelt fishing on tho
practical Industry, the first run of tli
does not bring more than 20 cents th
the northwest* rn retail markets, tlioiif
first to arrive are eagerly sought at p
what higher.
Known commercially as? the Colli
smelt, the king of pan fish has seve
Ichthyologists classify It as thleichthy
<of tho smelt family. The Indians of
bia river region knew It as oulachan .1
neer fishermen called it the Eskimo
In shape it resembles the smelt of
atates and Europe, but Its rich yet d
wweet flavor plaei'R If far above them
nation of tho epicures. Indeed, ent.hu:
that as a pan fish It Ik superior to ti
Wnd.
Per unnumbered years tin oulachai
the Cowlitz river its spawn in, gru
course the Columbia river 1 .i.iii we
use it for food. During the nni:i t
the fish in v?Ht quantities drying mi
thorn, and rifled, actually tin* ! tin r
Jn their teepees For so much i th.
oil that, with n -?rip of bark run thr
dried fish * ill burn with a clear i at
to tail.
fit the early month.-; of the nor' a
or fho oulaehan ;ather In uncouti' i:
at flomn unknown >t in Bering
their southward : vii . Always clo. .? t
bod, traveling in the lorm of a mon;
In length, they paws all the river nr. !
lugs along tlio coast -ntll the in . i
lumbla Is reached. Then, so clbf? . !
river bottom thnt kil' not? are ill |
to reach thorn, they i .;iko for : ?
few Hps up from ti mouth Hint
strl : tho shallower v iter, and rotno
roach of tho salting Ji:ihormon.
From In.linn tlnvon until thr\ nro(
last season tho method of flshin ' *<
naitio, A lx>ut. or a canon to fish
Jiet with a long handlo for ft hinj
$
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Coluni
titers and eagles, gulls and hawks, folic
caught tho of the living rope of fish ai
han,' they dead as thoy come to the surfa
> filled. In ermen gather by liurdreds In
ulaehan." the fishing grounds and feel
Dwlitz and with the pole ends of their di
u feast for pole strikes the small, wrlgg
vanished nilng along the river bottom
ths of win- it is simply dip and fill, empt
wns within boat, dip and All again, until
vard to the no more. There is not much
id was the Is just about as exciting as
r<> the first to run up tho Lewis and tho S
hoy caught of tin run up tho Lewis, 11 y<
td smoking fiii 1 > a small run of main fish
n for light tin- fishermen made their sea
julachan In Lewis. About once in eight yi
>uirh it, tho uji Ili< Sandy, apparently it
from nose Cowlitz run, as tho number i:
lei. <m <| At the time of tli
torn win- Sandy a : rtv of rortlnnd men
n< millions nets. < > man lost his dip
and begin old, ru ' discarded bird cj.i
111< oct'iin f il l m a polo nnd scored ?
rope miles tho oth< : During tho satr.o
fi<.r?1 opon- their vvi ; into the stream
of iho Co- of fifth and hauled load tftei
lUf.--i:i c tho chards to I's-.o as for"Jl/.cr.
>ut u.-oless, Portland market some month
Cowlitz. A tinct.ly 1y flavor and rove
river (hey some of i! thrifty agrtcultui
within i.isy lo their l.og
f.ast. <"ti-ion tho Cowlitz 11 >
it ctuch or lag ground of tho fcroateHt
V :? tlm known t>> fishermen who huv
'Up nc>88 over t*ent.y yi-firs. /M
' o river had yielded over 10
* <s<4
*
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Is necessary. One D.000 tons of oulac
not even need tho about eight to the
net to catch a the way of the mar
for the river is Tho fishing gro
lly alive with ou- tically the only on<
i and children oft- caught in paying
.11 them out of tho some few are cau
with tin cans, get- river is deep and f<
half fish and half beyond the reach c
Where the wa- caught they have
s Hiinimw cnmiKii 01 m? mesnes, so
can even bo caught competition with tli
the bare hands, as long-handled dippc
skin is not slimy eight or ten miles
in the water. was on the map th
o run is always been dircctly oppr
led far down the ellic depot now st
ibia by flocks of town has driven th
wing in the wake catches are now im
ill picking up the Hot ween the smal
ico. Then the fish- and the fishing gro
their boats along during the runs, g
along the bottom turning laden with
p nets. When tlio ployed in. the lndui
ling bodies swim- boats.
in solid phalanx. It seems Strang
y the net into the superior to the eas
the boat can hold the eastern markc
sport about it. It BO-pound boxes fo
clam digging and catches sell in th
miitv caught, and $2.r>0 to $.">.00 the I
:it full to the gun- season the ordinar
e the smelt fisher- $<r>0 for 200 boxes?
iring the runs fish- are several men v,
the fternally gob- other fishermen, i
sated. Whin (he and chip direct to
fishermen ainuso wholesale buyers <
It for the gulls to the greater part o
the wing will gn?b through them. At I
Loss and reverse it as far east as W
1 first in the wink that with cold stor:
!?<? JTPfltlv iiir?rr?n?<
r tho first requires no moro skill. Quj
laden boats quickness in dipping one'a bo
st boatload vales of flapping little fish ar
vor, weight man's ideals of sport. And di
refrigerator ermen, fish oat< rs and e von
basis of a bling seagulls aliko bocomo
io onlachan gulls are at all hungry tho
e pound in themselves by tossing up sou
?h tho very cateh in tho air. A seagull on
rices some- a fish by tho middle or tall, \
in air, and gulp it down boat
inbia river of an oyo.
rai names. Most of tho flsning Is done
s paciiicus, seems to scatter tho fish, bu
!>.? Prtlnm. .I.irlnn ?? ~~
? ... vwiui.i uui iii.s i ii*- *11 li1m ?stt?i
irnl the plo- keep at their work with tfood
candle fish. there uro two nun to each I
the eastern arc filled In fin incredibly shoi
lelleato and last season two Kelso nton fill
in the ?-Hti- to Its capacity of 2,2f>0 pounds
blasts insist at the rate of 50 pounds a rr
rout of any of lrt.000 pounds in one day a
quent
n has made While 'he Cowlitz river Is
iixl and of spawiunir around, the ouhichn
at night. Daylight s.irdlnos has novo
t even in daytime opinion of experts
son (ho flshormon count tho Imported
results. As a rule, ally demoralized e
boat and tho craft Htm hy schoolboys,
t time. Ono night boats with fish an
led a power launch buyers. Often, too,
? In 45 minutes, (,r tho river in boats,
linute, and catches their fish for whato
nd night were fro- regularly engaged
a licensed ono, on t
tho only constant The growing 01
n has boon known seem, on the faco (
andy. At the titno (hot on the fish
>ar? ago, there was Increases year aftc
in the Cowlitz, and apparently knows
son's catch in tho broke all records
ear; there Is a run Is loot ing forward
>dependent of tho coming winter, wh
n that r<ver Is not. the streams will ag
f las* run in the
i went out with dip
?et hut found an "Was she overc
i?o. lie tied It to death"1"
111 iTijuiii < ;nrii Willi <>n, yes. HMfi
run farmers drovo now hall gowns."?
, dipped them full
* loa<l to their orpork
sold in the "pho married ai
later had a dis- "I went one bett
tiled the fart that aviator who is a ml
i its had fed smelt
Har
. or was the spawn- Utile Tommy (o
i mi ?>i sin cm i over - Mamma, why doi
boon in the I>uh1- Mamma?IiOdloH
(ho { ason's close Tommy (triumph
,000,0oo pounds, or boforo KthH??Tit
than. and na tho fish average
pound 80.000.000 of them went
ket and tho frying pan. c
unds of the Cowlitz aro praci>s
where the oulachan can bo
quantities. On tho Columbia
Kht by gill nettorB. But the
>r tho most part the fish swim
>1 im- wmi-31 IK'l, U.VJ,'!! WIll'Il
to !) picked ouo by ono out
putting the gill Hotter out of 11
ie Cowlitz man and his greedy, K
r. The grounds extend but ?
in the Cowlitz. Hefore Kelso n
e best location said to havo s
isite where the Northern Pa- | K
amis, but tho growth of the a
e fish farther up and the best C1
ide two miles above this point. s
I floating docks of the town J
unds boats ply day and night
oing upstream empty and re- j
fish. Over f>00 boats are em- I
stry, about 75 of them power
;?> that the oulachan, no far
torn smelt, liita novor reached j
ts. Tho fish nro packed In
r shipment and tho earlier ;
e \\ holosalo market at from I
l?ox; but In the height of tho r
v fisherman gets only about
-10,000 pounds. On tho river "
nu nuy in wiese prices rroni
Maintain boats of their own
retail markets. Portland has > ?
:?n tho ground, and probably !
f tho retail trado Is supplied 11
Kelso smelt have been shipped !l
laconsin The llsherinen Bay
nge facilities the output could 1
ad. Canning In the form of j
r been tried, though In tho j
the flah ao treated would dia- ^
sardine. The market i? uau i
iirly In the fivo months' sea- j
who go out, load up a few ! *
id become an oaay mark for i
, Greeks and Italians come up
slay a day or two and sell B
ver they can got. and the men 11
in tho trade want to make It l
his account. |
itput of tho oulaolian would j p
>f it, to domnnd a Qlfford Pin- ' y
commission. Hut tho supply !
r year with tho domnnd and ! "
no limit. Last year's run 1
ami tho Cowlitz smelt fisher v
in happy confidence to tho j
I'll tho deeps and shallows of j
ain bo filled with oulachau. "
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Sad Blow.
onio by her husband's sudden '
r.
had Just bought half a dozen '
Birmingham Age-Herald.
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Soaring.
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n old man who is very rich."
er on that. I married a young ,
inonainv I'olo Mole.
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d to Convince.
Idest of Ihf family, at dinner) '
n't you lx.lp mo before Ethel?
imiKt always come first.
antly)- Then why was I bor? ^
Kits.
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DWA POULTRY HOUSE PLAN
leslrable Features of Structure Are
Sanitary Method of Feeding
and Watering.
An oxcellent plan of a poultry house
i given by James J. Elliott In Mis- [
ouri Valley Farmer. Ho says:
"The house la covered with red rope J
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Ground Plan of House.
noflng,* which costs about $1.75 per
00 and exclusive of tho paper will ^
ost about $75. The features I lilto D|
est about the house are the sanitary m
let hod of feeding and watering, the E
andlness In cleaning, the store room ^
nd entry, I he coverB for nest boxes ?
o keep out the droppings, and the exra
warmth given by the building pa
or. There are nix one-sash windows
long the front between roofs affordig
sunlight to north side."
The ground floor plan of the house
1 explained as follows:
Ground dimensions 16 hy 24 feet,
louth side of house 5 feet 6 inches to
aves. North side 4 feet G inches,
'wo compartments on south side 7 by*
2 feet. One on north 7 by 18 feet,
lloy 2 feet wide. Entry can be used
3 store feed in. No. 10 heating stove,
ipe ranging along down one side of
lley way and up the other. Nos. 5,
re nesis lor silling nens. inosi. ooxea
lay l?o added clear to roof. PartiIons
are made of poultry netting oxopt
along alley way. Netting stops
S Inches from floor and partition is
nished with strips of wood 1 inch
rjuaro and 2 inches apart. Chickens
nn reach their heads through to eat
nd drink from troughs placed in al?y.
Nos. 7, 7, 7, are doors for chickns.
Above these doors are one-sash ! *
am windows nn hlntros In norm It nf ; ''
lirowlng out manure. Nob. 8, 8, 8, I
re light slat doors betwcn apart- J s1
ionts. Xo. 9, entrance. n
The following Is an explanation of "
tie end view of the house:
Perches are hinged to studding and
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End View of House. R
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unv bo raised and hooked to roof by o
traps, Nos. 3, which are nailed by r
no end to rafter and have ring in K
ther end. Strap is put around out- tl
ide bar of perch and ring hooked over g
pike on other side of rafter. Xos. 1 r
n> nest boxes placed along either side
f alley. They have covers hinged to
tudding, screen door hooks and eyes
asteu them up in day time, tho eye h
ieing screwed in edgo of cover. s
r\ASIB TSW \IATrH "
uuuuiu mux i
Scald out the water receptacles oc- 0
asionally to kill disease germs. c
When litter becomes soiled remove p
t and put In 11 fresh supply.
If desired to storo eggs for long
:eepliiK take away the roosters at o
nco. tl
In nearly all cases tbo hens that
uoult early niako the best winter
lyers. Vi
Fowls cannot thoroughly digest li
liflr food unless they have plenty of Tit.
Substantial brood coops with good
loors that will protect the chicks
rom the dam;; are always best.
Feruling frequently and a little at a
lme Is always better than overfeedng.
A chick which cannot get out of the
hell without help Is too lacking In vlality
to make a profitable fowl.
Get rid of all your surplus old stock,
'ou will not only gain money by their
ale. but also have moro room for
our young stock to thrive on.
i an t you raise a pound or gooso
neat as cheaply as a pound of pork?
f you have a piece of waste land, with
niter In It, why not raise geese?
Sonoma county, California, Is said
o yield a greater number of eggs than
iiiy equal area in the world. Last
ear's record was f>,312,000.
One advantago with late hatched
mlletR Is. tli-.it if kept growing they
,re ready to begin laying at opening
if the breeding season.
Fowls that must be fed In summer
hould bo fed regularly. If fed twlco
. day, roud ll^liily in the morning and
II they will cat at night.
The way to kill contagion Is to kill
ho very Kirk birds, Isolate those that
ire not so had, and ubo preventives
>n thoso which are apparently In
;ood health.
For swelled eyes, bathe the head
vlth a warm Bolutlon mado by dis-1
olvlng a teaspoonful of boracic acid
n a pint of water, and then anoint
vlth a few drops of glycerlno.
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THE WAY HE FIGURED IT.
~"^V. \d.
Mr. Wise?It's a fine machine, but
liavo to employ a man who does noth?g
else but keep It In the repair.
An?/-V \ir~ll ?< II r ?_i
num ?VUIl, 11 It I urn IB ues
teady employment for one man, it's
great deal better auto than those
lat don't. ?
Opportunity of Suffragist.
Baroness Aletta KorfT tolls In on?
f the magazines how tho women of
'inland came to vote. Tho fact is
hat women had to show that . ey
ould meet an emergency before (ho
ote came to them. They have not
ad many opportunities to take the
litiative In tho world's history and
tiey have not always responded when
lie opportunity came, but when a
rlsla, such as that In 1901, when the
truce and the revolutionary outbreak
i Russia took place at the same time,
ccurred, they proved they could
lako peace by doing it. Not until
Inglanri and the United States find
tie women helping them to boar some
roat. trouble will they give them the
ight to vote.
Scandal.
Mrs. Slmmonds glanced at the scare
eadllne: "Bank Robbed! Police at
ea!" and laid down the sheet. .
"Naow, look at that, Ez!" she ejaclated,
repeating the headline aU>ud.
Here's a big city bUnk broke Into by
urglurs, and th* city police force nil
ff fishin' somewhere! What a Bean
ai!"?Judge.
Youtli is Invariably present in tho
Id ago o fa great inan. Ho never
omplotoly loses life's first elixir.?
rot'. Harris-Bickford.
A fool man appreciates tho nonsense
f a pretty woman more than ho does
tie sense of a homely one. ,
If a man speaks of auburn locks
rhf?n n rrlrl hna rn/1 aho 1/ iir\w a o
as poetry in his bouI. I
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This Is a
Good Breakfast!
jiiioic.au v^/i a
hot meal, have some fruit;
Post
oasties
with cream;
A f?ftfl^filed egg; /
Slice of crisp toast;
A cup of Postutrw
Such a breakfast is pretty
sure to win you._
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