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Show Indians' Big Catch of Salmon. The catch of Qulnault salmon this season was the greatest ever known. Seventy-five thousand fish were delivered de-livered at Hoqulam, valued nt $35,000. This Is 27,000 moro fish than have ever been cnught In any previous sea-eon. sea-eon. The Quinault Indians used advanced ad-vanced methods this season In fishing, fish-ing, going out beyond the breakers In their frail canoes and then setting their nets. Hundreds of fish wero caught in the lagoons where they had been left by the receding tides. This enormous catch was mado by 30 Indians and the entire tribe en-Joyed en-Joyed the prosperity. They wore paid In full at Hoqulam one day this week. Tacoma Correspondent San Francisco Fran-cisco Chronicle. |