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Driscoll-Report  -4-

Henderson is bringing two boats down from Seattle.
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     Mr. F. Small owns and operates the ice-plant, which makes something like five tons a day; the plant is run by a gas-engine of 15 H. P. 
     Mr. Small owns sixteen boats that do very well; these fish through-out eight months of the year, but do not get much in winter.  The men are required to furnish their own nets; they sell their catch to Small.
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     Mr. I. Bibby, manager of the Tillamook Clam Market, informed me, that he uses 500 lbs. of fish each week; his fish are shipped from Portland, and he has never heard of any halibut being caught in Tillamook.  He has a good business in clams and crabs, although he is about to close out.
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                                        Aberdeen, Wash.
                                             June 24.
     The ^[Z]Ella May", Capt. ^[E][[strikethrough]]A[[/strikethrough]]nderson, is fitting for a beam-trawl, and putting in some heavy winch gear for lifting the net; she will be ready in about a week.  The last two trips were north of Gray's Harbor.
     Capt. ^[E][[strikethrough]]A[[/strikethrough]]nderson expects to do well, as he has his own market, and can handle a variety of fish -- he sells a quantity in the logging-camps; later, he expects to go to San Francisco with some of his fish.  He intends to go to the southward to operate the beam-trawl; if it proves a success, he will ^[?][[strikethrough]]engage[[/strikethrough]] his other boat ^[with one][[strikethrough]]in it[[/strikethrough]].