THROW OUT FISH
AS PRICES SOAR
Boatmen Waste Food as Market
Sets Losing Figure.
BEFUSE TO SELL AT PRICE
Fisherman Explains That He Would
Have to Pay Out Money if He Sold
His Cargo at Figure Offered—New
York Pays Fancy Price for Storage
Fish While Fresh Fish Are Being
Thrown Away.
If a dealer were to take a fish and
tI#ow It. into South street, New
York, and repeat the performance
twenty or thirty times In a minute, and
were to keep it up for fifteen or more
minutes without even an attempt at
rest, there would be something doing.
Ttie dealer would be held as a maniac.
Thousands of freshly caught fish are
thrown away at Block island each sea
son. To a New Yorker there is some
thing horrifying about the perform
ance. To the islander it Is simply mo
notonous. Ever since he can remem
ber he has seen fish thrown away. He
. expects to see them thrown away.
The fisherman always knows New
York prices. If the figure given by the
dealer is much lower than New York
prices the fisherman will decide to ship
his fish to New York.
Sometimes he makes money by ship
ping to New York, but again he will
lose by so doing. Fulton market prices
«have a way of rising and failing that
is beyond the calculation of the wisest
fisherman.
Tlie schooner Susan tied up with a
cargo in the main butterfish.
Refuses to Sell at Price.
As the price for the Susan’s cargo of
butterfish was too low, the captain re
fused the dealer’s offer and made a de
mand for barrels.
The sorting of the fish was done with
• almost incredible speed. The sorter
held a short baton, on the end of
which was a sharp, curved hook. He
stuck this hook into everything but
butterfish. He made only two motions.
With one motion he jabbed a fish.
With another motion he flung it into a
far corner or overboard. The fish flung
into a far corner were whiting, a bone
less fish that makes good eating. The
fish flung overboard were hake, and
not bad eating either. The sorter made
no mistakes, though he jabbed into a
solid pile of fish, and his motions were
swift as thought.
When a large part of the surface of
the New harbor was covered with hake
t thrown overboard from the Susan an
onlooker said to the captain :
“Are not these hake good fish and
good eatin’?”
l iit*v ut:, tie auawcicu.
“Then why throw them overboard?”
he asked.
“Well,” replied the captain, “what
else is there to do„with them? I’m of
fered 2 cents a pound for them. After
I’ve paid for barrels and ice and pack
ing and freight and commissions, what
do you suppose I’d get?”
“What would you get?” asked the
inquisitive one.
“I’d get a bill £nd a request to remit
at once.”
Fish as a Fertilizer.
"But fish,” it was suggested, “is a
fine fertilizer, and the farmers would
be glad to have that fish.”
“I don’t doubt it,” answered the cap
tain, “but I’m a fisherman and I don’t
own a cart, and I wouldn’t be alloVved
to leave this fish on the dock.”
“What will become of these fish?” I
asked.
“Most of them will sink,” said the
captain, “and tly rest will be cast
ashore.”
“What will you do with the whiting?”
“Not sure,” said the captain. “If I
can get any kind of a price, a price
' that will pay expenses, I’ll sell. If not,
overboard they go.”
** New York is about one hundred and
twenty miles by boat from Block
island. A fast boat will cover the dis
tance in daylight. A slow sailer will
make the trip in less than twenty-one
hours.
In New York people are paying all
sorts of prices for storage fish. They
are throwing away freshly caught fish
at Block island. There is certainly
something out of gear in the fish busi
ness.
WILL NOT CAPITALIZE FAME
Kentucky War Hero Has Refused
“Movie” Offer of $500 a Week.
Declining an offer of $500 a week
to enter the “movies”, Sergt. William
Sandlin, the Leslie county (Ky.) war
hero, has begun his campaign against
Wllteracy.
He wears the Congressional medal
of honor, the crolx de guerrre with
* palm leaf and the French medal mili
taire, and another medal from the
French government for distinguished
service while brigaded with the Mon
tenegrin troops.
Sandlin has planned a whirlwind
tour of Southern Kentucky counties
in a campaign to wipe out illiteracy.
Italians in a Rush to United States.
An unusual rush of emigrants to
ward America Is in progress. Two
thousand Italians applied at Naples,
Italy, for passports to the United
States during the first fortnight of
October.
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BEE’S STING HURTS THREE
Pony Pricked, Runs Away Throwing
Out Three Boys Who Are Se
riously Injured.
Stamford, C in.—One of the don
ees of country ' ">■ "ms hi-night home
to tlie two young sons of .fudge Charles
I >. Lockwood, former assistant dlstrlet
attorney In New York city, and law
partner of Homer S. Cummings, chair
man of the Democratic national com
mittee.
A lice stung a pony they were driv
ing near their home in Noroton, and
tlie pony ran away, throwing out the
Lockwood boys, Walter and Davenport,
and their friend. William Bouton. All
were injured badly.
Snake Has Two Feet.
Waynesboro, Pa.—A copperhead
snake with two well-formed feet was
killed by Ira L. Knetzel at the foot of
the Blue Ridge mountains. The rep
tile measured two feet four Inches in
length. The feet are located about six
Indies from the tip of the tall. Tlie
legs are lliree and three-quarters
inches in length. Ttie feet are rcund,
about twice the size of the legs, and
are covered with a hard gristle. The
freak lias been preserved in alcohol.
He Obeyed Orders.
San Francisco.—Mrs. George Voelker
wants a divorce because George was
too obedient. Quarrels always ended
by her ordering him to leave home, she
said—and one day lie obeyed orders.
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Todays
Games
in the Handicap Bil
liard Tournament at
the Horseshoe are:
Brock vs. Hartwig
at 7 p. m.
Clayson vs. Fursman
at 9:30 p. m.
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will he:
Brock vs. Graham at
4 p. m.
Matson vs. Bronsky ]
at 7 p. m.
Game vs. Fursman
at 9:30 p. m.
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WINDSOR HOTEL
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Juneau, Alaska
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Overland Hotel
MR8. J. W. KENNEDY
Chitina, Alaska
POOL TABLE IN CONNECTION
BEST BRAND8 OF CIGARS KEPT
Manhattan Hotel
R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish a*d Tub
Baths.
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PHONE 99
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Steam-Fitting, Marine Pipe and Tank Work
Sheet Metal Work
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Wrecks Italian
Cities—
and the use of the
following rules will
wreck any church:
1. Never try to bring anyone to
church. John 1:41.
2. Don’t give to missions, benevo
lences, and see that the pastor’s sal
ary is always behind. 1 Cor. 9:14.
3. Try to run the church. Mark
10:44, 45.
4. If you see anyone willing to
help in the church work, be sure to
find fault and accuse them of being
bold and forward. Ecc. 19:10.
5. Don’t keep the Sabbath holy;
keep it for all your odd jobs, your
business and your amusements. Ex.
20:8-11.
6. Don’t speak to another about
Christ; your pastor should do all that
kind of work. Jas. 5:20. Don’t speak
to a stranger after services.
7. Insist on your views being
adopted on all questions brought up
before the church, and don’t give in
for the majority. Matt 13:12.
8. Don’t join any church society.
Mai. 3:16.
9. When sick, don’t tell your pas
tor; he is supposed to find out him
self. But tell your neighbors how he
neglected you during your illness.
John 11:3.
Don’t be a wrecker; be a builder.
Don’t be a hinderer; be a
helper and attend the
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