Justice

The Daily Olympian: A funny thing, Justice! A Hollywood publicity hound can come up here, net steelhead, strictly illegal, fish without a license, get plenty publicity and then is turned loose. While a few Indians who claim to have rights under the old treaty allowing them to fish in order to buy clothing and food, with the possibility of a little Pia Chuck to drive away the chill, are jailed. The right and wrong of the Indian fishing question is not for me to say, but for anyone not Indian to net steelhead is definitely illegal and the one doing so should be punished. And in his case a small fine would have been no punishment. Just some more publicity, the punishment should have been a stiff jail term. I’m sure that is what would happen if I were caught netting or gaffing one fish for my own use.

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