Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1913 — SALMON-FISHING IN A CITY [ARTICLE]

SALMON-FISHING IN A CITY

River Taking Short Cut Through Inland Puyallup Brings Shoals of the Finny Tribe.

Seattle, Wash. —To be able to stand on the sides of the principal business street of an inland city with a population of more than 6,000 and catch any number of large salmon of all varieties is something that can be enjoyed right in this section of Washington. Puyallup is the city, and if the run of salmon continues she will also be prominent as a fishing center as well as the hub of agriculture. As “fishy” as the story sounds, It Is nevertheless a fact, and should one care to venture to Puyallup in quest of the klrtfe of fish a well-filled string would be the result. The fish coma from the Puyallup river through Clark’s creek and into “Big Ditch,” which crosses Meridian street, the main thoroughfare of the valley metropolis. The run is so large that at times the water in places bubbles like an eddy. Persons in the vicinity of the stream have taken many a catch to their homes and there will undoubtedly be a slump in sales in the fish market as long as the run continues. The appearance of the salmon was discovered by Carl Hill, a city surveyor, who was making an Investigation of the condition of the ditch.