The War Cry . from four thousandto twenty thousand fish per day,, ac-cording to size and where it is probable that an increasednumber of these traps will now bein operation, and that as there islittle doubt that all the fish caught inthe Sound and .vicinity are FraserRiver fish, a good deal of alarm isfelt by the British Columbia fisher-men regarding the effect this willhave on home waters. However, asthe runs on each side of the bound-ary are practically identical—that is,with a short pack south, the Fraserwill suffer in like manner—it is notlikely that any appreciable shortagewill
The War Cry . from four thousandto twenty thousand fish per day,, ac-cording to size and where it is probable that an increasednumber of these traps will now bein operation, and that as there islittle doubt that all the fish caught inthe Sound and .vicinity are FraserRiver fish, a good deal of alarm isfelt by the British Columbia fisher-men regarding the effect this willhave on home waters. However, asthe runs on each side of the bound-ary are practically identical—that is,with a short pack south, the Fraserwill suffer in like manner—it is notlikely that any appreciable shortagewill occur. In conclusion, It may beadded that there is a large and profit-able field for capital on the coast ofBritish Columbia, and it may beassumed that in the course of thenext few years the whole industrywill be more and more developed, MISSING, First insertion. 725S. CHANCE, Four sisters, Mag- gie, Mary, Nora and Bridget. Missing since 1903. All left convent together for East Boston, and have not since. Braillng—Taking Salmon from the Trap for the Great Canneries. Some of the Fish at Clme Quarters. -Vy; ;.beng the Fraser, Skeena, and Naas: :: Rivers, and Rivers Inlet. The- Fraseris the main watercourse of the Prov-—--linier It has its source in the Rockies,•,jr ? and has a total length of about 750 ttiilea. It is navigable for upwards?of one hundred miles at New West-minster. About twelve miles fromtne .mouth, large steamers and sail-•ers find excellent accommodation in5l:::;:::: has generally varied in a rotation oflour years, the first year very good,. the second good, and so on. In the year 1876 the fishery laws j, ( of Canada were made applicable to , British Columbia. At this time there , < were but four establishments foi ? canning purposes in the Province, all on the Fraser River, and the staple industry was of infantile proportions. .- Thirty years later there were sixty-
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