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Title: Western field
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.) California Game and Fish Protective Associations
Subjects: Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.) California Game and Fish Protectice Associations Sports
Publisher: San Francisco
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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onconsent certain lines have been recognized inthe past, lines which were established by thegovernment. The syndicate desires to havethose lines changed, claiming the channel is nolonger suitable for navigation, which is correct,and that the fishing grounds should be utilizedand that it is ready to make use of them. Ithas made application to the War Department toextend the grounds, and has driven stakes inthe belief that the request will be granted.Should that happen, every salmon entering thatpassage from the ocean will be caught in thetraps of the syndicate, and the pioneers of theindustry forced out of the business. The otherscheme is to get control of Sand Island, whichhas hitherto been used by the fishermen as acamping place during the run of fish, and forlanding their gill nets with catches. By mutualconsent, they had divided the island, each rec-ognizing the others rights, and there were fewdisputes. They pay a license to the State ofWashington for the privilege of fishing, and
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IN THE NORTH WOODS. iiave erected numerous buildings on the islandto aid them in carrying on their work. A shorttime ago the island was advertised for leaseby the government. Being a military reserva-tion and unused, the Secretary of War is em-powered to ask for bids and it will go to thehighest bidder, which it is now believed will bethe syndicate. Putting two and two together,the fishermen at present see dark days ahead,for if the syndicate gets control of the islandas well as of the channel, their bread and butterwill have to be sought elsewhere. In the mean-time strong representations have been for-warded to the proper authorities at the nationalcapital. Each Congressman from Washingtonwill receive three sets of strongly worded peti-tions—one from the fishermen, one from thebusiness men, and one from the people of thepeninsula in general. * * * The path of the legislator is not always oneof peace. Sometimes we may envy him theapparent serenity of his way, but when it comesto the

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