Show catch smelts by the A great cuir of 0 smelt Is ie now gol going ang up the sandy river the first one in about eight elpha years the little fish are to be seen in a solid column coming from the columbia river hundreds ot of persons attracted by the sight are catching the smelt in dip nets and buckets and hauling them away by the farmers are coming in by the score every day from every direction and from long distances to get a supply of fish for pickling and smoking the run probably will last for ser eral days and then the season for the smelt will close until next winter troutdale trousdale Trout dale correspondence san francis co chronicle |