october november owner pioneer operator politician author self described controlled salmon fishing years lower state oregon born maine foster parents farm moved age san_francisco join salmon canning business started brothers later located prospered death wife young children moved started mouth rogue bought rights fishery built salmon structures acquired bordering lower miles river remarried invested small fleet ships salmon expanded business interests include store hotel newspaper enterprises nearby community founded canning shipping selling hundreds tons salmon years known salmon king oregon wrote editorials engaged litigation appealed legislators waged political campaigns protect business interests running republican twice elected represent counties according biographer voted self interest conservative positions second resisting populist ideas vogue time publications series articles fish management collected reprinted salmon pacific_coast despite efforts maintain steady fish supply egg collecting fish salmon catches rogue rising years falling generally declined time seventeen years death state closed river commercial fishing early life youngest surviving boy family children born maine october parents william little money adopted years old growing farm went san_francisco age work operated brothers brothers moved north oregon opened near married children girl died baby second boy died age died shortly children buried portland prospered buying wife children died sold holdings returned san_francisco bought steamer searching new purpose life traveled north oregon coast visiting later renamed decided buy salmon fishery near mouth late took career isolated sections pacific_coast empire building warehouse mess hall buildings hiring fishermen opened salmon business acquired ownership sides miles river gave virtual control fish populations migrating ocean spawning beds upstream years company caught processed shipped hundreds tons salmon rogue remarried expanded business interests include store hotel saloon enterprises involving shipping newspaper gold beach gazette real estate fire destroyed buildings moved holdings opposite river founded city naming honor ancestral castle floating buildings added new offices new home buildings horse racing track started newspaper applied successfully post office opened run employee general store businesses grew added fleet ships big ones ship salmon san_francisco smaller ones shallow waters larger ships rogue mouth bought steamer started shipyard added steam schooner schooner steamer replacement craft subsequent years returning ships brought goods general store career store central components business center supplies news people rogue awaited arrival fall provision ship anticipation anxiety vessel source winter provisions provided employer great majority citizens means wages employees exchange known salmon king oregon referred autobiography published politician according biographer entered politics protect realm assaults anti oregon populist progressive led governor democrat battled business oriented republican factions based portland populist candidate state legislature counties campaigned mainly opposition monopoly rogue political threats like posed threats begun fishing rogue led write political editorials file lawsuits endorse candidates petition legislature eventually run office hoping seat state legislature campaigned support populist demands unlimited silver regulation large corporations like large scale government spending internal improvements says approach illustrates view purpose political campaign program advocated win necessarily program party candidate believed losing election went salem state capital lobby bills favor business interests switching republican_party newspaper support republican presidency running republican narrowly won election represent counties state legislature shortly taking office helped bill repeal law passed gave owner exclusive right fish waters owned rogue law gave monopoly fishing lower reaches issues unrelated business interests generally voted conservative won election garnering votes half total cast democrat socialist second term fought law intact continued support government low taxes attempted failed win nomination seat state senate seat state house_of_representatives seat state senate sums political career saying accomplishments legislator slight bills passed hand spoke voted measures defeated legislative decision interests second support conservative position midst progressive era remained populist regime yielded time free silver shown early interest salmon conservation columbia rogue tried protect fish supply disappointed company catch built years river operated rogue newspapers lawsuits lobbying speeches member tried influence public opinion artificial fish propagation published series articles later reprinted salmon pacific_coast summarized ideas persuaded run egg collecting station creek miles mouth rogue built station government paid salaries workers collected eggs shipped observations salmon received quarters conflicted opinions pioneers field attempts control fishing dams met resistance arguments river mouth despite attempts preserve fishery fish runs year year variety reasons downward time total reported salmon catch year rogue pounds peak catch pounds catch year death pounds fish runs continued diminish state legislature closed river commercial fishing family life death legacy december year married year old daughter lost fortune stock market hoped canning salmon according mary led relatively life working flower garden writing letters talking friends occasionally selecting clothing store acting secretary sick business occupied time value wife help says events indicated mutual affection october traveling schooner ship enterprise storm arose enterprise wrecked rescued crew arrived safely exposed wet cold grew ill rallied briefly died november according dying wish buried overlooking empire rogue sold holdings body moved san_francisco opinions vary fish theories practices influenced state federal salmon management decades death ahead time says belief practice retaining immature fish feeding ponds belief home stream theory writer says efforts rogue fish early new era river nation large motives suspect practice perfect solution environmental historian says regarded salmon expert reputation exceeded results late 20th century fisheries scientist sees keen observer salmon natural history interpret observations correctly
Robert Deniston Hume