problematical, ns no dead wero ob-V
served at the Gate or below it, and
i;o dead or living fish were seen
dropping down-stream. However,
Ollicer Scott reports thsit from the
nrd of November to December 1UIU
some thousands of sockeye fish
which closely resembled those seen
at the Gate entered and spawned in
Kawkawa Hake a small lake near
Hope. He had never known sock
eye to enter that lake so late in the
year. The number of females great
ly outnumbered the males.
"\Vbere the sockeye spawned that
packed through Hell’s Gate late
in October and November and which
wfro seen in the Eraser and Thomp
son above Lytton, is unknown, not
withstanding that Provincial aud
Dominion officers tried to- locate
them. They were not seen either
ir Shuswap or Seton Lakes, or re*
ported from any other lake sect*on
'the early run of soekeye to the
Birkenhead river, at the head of the
i.’ urison Lillooet BaK' s section, was
distinctly disappointing—the small
est September run in yuars. Some
mousiness was felt until October,
when a good run begun and equal
ed in numbers those that have
spawned in that section for many
years. The Birkenhead is the only
section ia the Fraser basin where the
run of soclceye shows no sign o*
diminishing.
Report from the Skeenn River
This report was made by the Drs.
Cb.incns and shows two general
• f ndeneios. “The first is’ a gradu
al reduction in the avorage size of
the fish, especially marked iu tho
c.ise of the Fraser fish, but not evi
dent in the Naas runs. This condi
tion may have beer, brought about
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by il»«s selective actiou of the gear
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tiic- use of nets of smaller mesh
than 5% inches. Reports from
spawning beds generally have In
dicated the presence of large num
liois of small males, which doubt
less had passed through the nets
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smaller mesli is used tharalter the
smaller tish—mainly males—should
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“INDKPKVDENT” MAFUJUAM
Thomas A. Marquam, erstwhile
••andidate o»j the ’independent ticket’
of a couple of years ago was recently
indicted on several counts for Vio
lation of the election laws of the
United States. Said iudictineut be
ing made by the Washington, D. C.,
grand jury.
More recently ho was arrested
and taken .before the Federal Court
at Fairbanks of which city he was
mayor Cor several terms. Bail being
fixed at~ $ 5,000. he was released to
appear before the Federal Court at
Washington. Morton K. Stevens Is
representing him.
Under the indictment, if found
guilty, he will he sentenced on two
counts charging felony and two on
misdemeanors.
"Concluding chapter of the story of
the machinations of the “Indepen
dent’* “Dcmo-Republican” machine
will bo written later.