PLANS TO RESTORE SOCKETE
RUN BY NEW METHOD
A. S. Miller States Four-Year
Cycle is False Theory
bers of them. In the streams
that he fenced all fish were pre
vented from getting up to the
lakes, and sockeye salmon alone
were lifted over the obstructions
by the Indians.
He is confident that if the sug
gestion that he is prepared to
offer, not only for the stocking
of the streams with sockeyes, but
with other species of salmon, are
followed, that British Columiba
need never fear the extinction of
its salmon fisheries. He main
tains that his whole scheme is
but one of assisting nature to
re-stock the streams with the
fish peculiar to that particular
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river, and to each little lake
feeding that river.
If his plan is followed, he pre
dicts, the Fraser River can in
future years become re-stocked
with sockeye salmon in greater
numbers than in the halcyon
days that pioneers recall.
Government Should Experiment
He would have the'government
take one or two little lakes
where sockeye spawn and prove
the correctness of his theory,
andv if satisfied apply it to the
larger streams.
“I do not want you to get the
idea that I wish to dam the
Fraser River,” he said. “The
spawning is in the small lakes
that drain into the Fraser, and
it is in the entrance to these
sockeye lakes that the fences
should be constructed. The
Fraser River is merely the high
way along which the fish pass on
their way to the spawning
grounds in these small interior
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Fraser Itiver
In connection with Millar’s
theory of an eight year cycle, it
is well to recall the history of
the Fraser River sockeye runs.
In 1913, there was not only a
large pack for that District, but
the Fraser River was blocked at
Hell’s Gate by hundreds of tons
of rock from the construction
operations of the Canadian
Northern Railway. This block
ing of the Fraser is regarded by
many as the worst blow ever
dealt the British Columbia Fish
ehies.
If the four-year cycle were de
pendable, there should have
been a small pack in 1917. But
as a matter of fact in British Co
lumbia and Washington there
Were packed 535,152 cases of
sockeye, a perfectly normal
year. The eighth year period
from the big rock slide witness
ed the lowest point of produc
tion from the Fraser River, for
in 1921 a total of only 137,000
cases of sockeye were packed, of
which the British Columbia can
eries packed only 35,900 cases.
Since 1921 the figures have more
or less corresponded with the
runs of eight years before.
It will be interesting to watch
the catch this year, 1929, which
will be two eighth-year cycles
from the blocking of the Fras
er in 1913.
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Of Emily Bright;
She put out her left hand
And turned to the right.
Arithmetic After Dark
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Rufus was proudly sporting a
new shirt when a friend asked:
“How many yards do it take to
make a shirt like dat one, Ru
fus?”
“Well suh,” replied Rufus, “Ah
got two shirts out’n one yard
last night.”