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THE FISHERMAN
December 16, 1952
JONES spent a night in a hotel just above the railroad station and an engine kept shunting cars back and forth incessantly. Finally, Jones called the desk clerk. "What time does this hotel reach New York?" he asked sarcastically. ^ * * *
THE DOCTOR was very pleased with his patient's progress. "You're coughing more freely this morning."
Impatient patient: "Well for gosh sakes, I ought to be. I've been practicing all. night."
AN AMERICAN was seated opposite a nice old lady in the compartment of an English railway car. Fo r some minutes he chewed his gum in silence, then the old lady leaned forward. "It's so nice to try to make conversation," she said, "but I must tell you that I'm terribly deaf."
TWO GANGSTERS were escorting a member of a rival gang across a lonely field on a dark rainy night.
"What rats you guys are," groaned the doomed one, "making me walk through a rain like this."
"How about us?" growled the escort. "We gotta walk back." '» *k * PREACHER: "Now that you've seen what's wrong with my car, how much will you charge to fix it?" '
Mechanic: "Well, Reverend, S20 if you stand watching, $10 if you get out of hearing distance."
THE CHORUS GIRL was telling the other girls in the dressing-room all about her birthday party.
"You should have seen the cake," she told her companions. "It was marvelous. There were 17 candles on it—one for each year."
There was a disbelieving silence for a moment or two, then her best friend smiled. "Seventeen candles, eh?" she purred. "What did you do—burn them at both ends?"
HAVING NOTICED that his Scottish guide usually went bareheaded in all sorts of weather, the London sportsman made him a gift of a fur cap, the kind that has the heavy ear flaps for extra warmth.
On his next visit to the hunting lodge, in the middle of winter in the Highlands, he asked the old Scot how he liked the cap.
"I hae not wore it since the accident," was the gloomy reply.
"What accident?" queried his benefactor.
"Jock MacLeod offered to buy me a drink," sighed the guide, "and I didna hear him."
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A POLICEMAN spied a citizen atop a large bridge getting rsady to plunge to his death. The polica-man ran forward, hollering, "That doesn't solve anything."
"I can't go on this way," moaned the citizens. "Life is too awful."
"Well, we can at least talk it over." said the policeman. So they talked it over, and then they both jumped off the bridge.
"THEY TELL ME that you
pushed a wheelbarrow down the street last night right after our company party. Is that right?" asked the boss.
"Yes, sir. I was pretty well crocked," admitted the wage slave.
"Well, how do you think I feel over the possible loss of prestige that ' your actions may have brought upon our business?" asked the boss.
"I never thought to ask you, Boss. You rode in the wheelbarrow."
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"MAMA, Daddy isn't like other men, is he?" "Why do you ask that, child?" "Well, he just got tired of waiting for an elevator and went down the shaft without one."
* * %ju BERT: "Give me a cigarette,
Bill."
Bill: "I thought you had quit smoking."
Bert: "Well, I got to the first stage. I've quit buying."
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A YOUNG SOLDIER lost his rifle. Brought before the colonel he was told he'd have to pay for it.
"Suppose I lost a tank, sir?" asked the soldier. "Surely I wouldn't have to pay for that."
"Yes," repfied' the colonel. "Even if it took the rest of your army career to do it."
"Gosh," said the soldier. "Now I know why a captain goes down
with his ship."
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THEY WERE out driving on a quiet country road. The car slowed to a stop.
"What's the matter?" asked the girl.
"We're out of gas," replied the boy. "We may be here quite a while."
The girl smiled shyly as she took a bottle from her bag and said softly, "We can make good use of this, then."
"Great," said the boy with a pleased grin; "is it gin or whiskey?"
"Neither," she smiled, "it's Ethyl. I've been out "riding with you college men before."
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THEN THERE was the Indian who attended church services one Sunday but was apparently unimpressed with the services. When asked about this after the service, he replied: "High wind, big thunder, no rain."
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THE' PATIENT told her doctor she was so worried that she had butterflies in her stomach. "Take an aspirin and the butterflies will go away," said the doctor.
The lady moaned, "But I took an aspirin and they're playing ping-pong with it."
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Alaska Herring Results Nil
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ves-sel"John N. Cobb," presently engaged in a herring investigation in waters of Southeastern Alaska, has reported working late in November in Stephens Passage and adjacent bays, Saginaw Channel and Carlow Cove. The results were negative.
The "Cobb" is attempting to determine the possibility of establishing a winter herring fishery in southeastern Alaska. Commercial herring gear is being utilized to carry out the investigation.
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"TOO BAD about the disappearance of Professor Smith. He was a profound thinker."
"Yes, he was always thinking, no matter where he was. The last time I saw him he was in swimming and he suddenly called out: 'I'm thinking! I'm thinking'."
"You fool,! Professor Smith spoke with a lisp."
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IN ALBUQUERQUE, a taxi driver, his garbage uncollected, tried leaving it in a neat package on his cab's back seat. Said he: "It works. I watched one woman through the mirror. She spent five minutes stuffing it into her shopping bag."
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A TEAM composed of military police was playing a soccer game with a team composed of buck privates. A soldier was outlining the principles of the game.
"If you can't kick the ball," he said, "kick one of the men on the other team. Now where's the ball?"
"Never mind the ball," shouted a husky young private. "Let's get on with the game."
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By JOHN P. TULLY
Since the war, oceanograph-ers on the Pacific coast have concentrated their efforts to describe the submarine climate in particular regions.
Ever since 1932, daily observations of sea water temperature and salinity have been 'made at 13 strategic positions (mostly lighthouses) along the coast. These data, which are published annually at the Pacific Biological Station, record the submarine climate in each region and its raily, seasonal, and annual variation. As each region is surveyed and its behavior and mechanism is described in one year, it is related to the daily observations which then provide a continuing index of the conditions that exist in subsequent years. This relieves the necessity of repeating the tedious and costly surveys.
In addition to their value as indices of the oceanagraphic conditions, the daily sea water observations have been shown to be an index of certain fisheries. The lemon soles in Hecate Strait appear to produce most plentifully when the winter temperatures (January to March) are lower than average.
Further, the coho salmon along the west coast of Vancouver Island appear to be most plentiful when the salinity during the spring (March to May) is lower than average. These findings indicate that it may be possible to use the daily sea water observations as an index to predict the fisheries, as is already done in Norway.
During the summer of 1948, the approaches to the Skeena River in Chatham Sound were surveyed 10 times, to determine the depth and distribution of the Skeena River water in successive levels of the runoff from the maximum in June to the minimum in September. From November 1949 to February 1951, 13 surveys of the Strait of Georgia were made to chart the distribution of the Fraser River water throughout the year. These studies have shown that the outflow of these rivers in the sea follows a definite pattern which depends on their rate of discharge and the tidal circulation, and of course is modified by the winds.
The fresh river water spreads out over the surface of the salt sea water, mixing as it goes to form a brackish upper layer, which becomes more saline with distance from the river. The boundary between the upper brackish layer and the deep saline zone is marked by a sharp increase of salinity. This boundary varies in depth from about 20 feet near the river mouth to about 300 feet in the open sea off the British Columbia coast. The
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freshness and extent of the zone varies with the discharge of the river.
The distribution of the river water in the brackish upper zone depends on three factors. Due to the rotation of the earth any free flow in the northern hemisphere tends to veer to the right. When the river enters the sea the fresh water turns and "sets" to the right along the coast, that is, northward along the British Columbia coast.
In general, tidal currents ebb and flow parallel to the coast. When the tide and set are in the same direction there is a strong current of brackish water along the coast; when the tide opposes the set, the river water tends to move in a stream offshore. Consequently the northward flow along the coast is always greater than the southward current.
Gentle winds have very little effect on the movement of water, but when waves with white-caps are formed the wind transfers about one-fiftieth of its velocity to the water.
Finally the fresh water discharge from the rivers tends always to seaward, while the tidal'flow in the deep water is reversing. Consequently the bays, sounds, and straits are continually being flushed by fresh and sea water at a greater or lesser rate depending on the magnitude of the runoff, tide, ar^d wind at the particular time and place.
The surveys in the several areas reveal the distribution of the fresh and sea water in relation to these factors and allow the mechanism of the circulation to be described.
ARCTIC
Similar to the surveys in Chat^ ham Sound and Georga Strait, a survey in the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean was undertaken in the summer of 1949.
FRASER RIVER ESTUARY
A close study in the approaches to Vancouver city and the Fraser River was made during the summer of 1950. From this latter a method of sewage disposal was worked out, which will avoid accumulation of sewage on the city's
swimming beaches. This plan is now being implemented. BRITISH COLUMBIA INLETS
During 1951 the examination of the oceanography of most of the inlets along the British Columbia coast was made. While some of these had been studied in detail in 1931 and 1932, the majority of them had never been explored. OFFSHORE
During 1950, '51 and '52 the oceanic waters were examined for a distance of 500 miles off the coast. Five surveys were undertaken and it was found that the characteristic upper zone (300 feet in depthi persisted over the whole area, and that the currents were slow and variable. The prevailing westerly wind over this part of the Pacific drives the surface water across the ocean. When it reaches the North American coast the waters divide, part flowing south and part north towards the Gulf of Alaska.
British Columbia waters lie at the point of division of the current, which shifts its position north and south from year to year. It is evident that a small shift in the west wind drift, which is popularly known as the Japan Current, can change the direction of the offshore currents. It is already apparent that these shifts have a profound effect on the tuna fishery, and may be a limiting factor in the pilchard fishery. It is planned to continue these surveys awhile to determine the pattern and causes of variation.
JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT
During 1951 and 1952 a continuous series of current measurements and surveys have been made in Juan de Fuca Strait. These have not been analysed, but when this is done it may be possible to say why most of the salmon migrating toward the Fraser appear along the northern (Canadian) side, rather than being scattered throughout the 11 miles of width and 100 fathoms of depth.—Fisheries Dept. "Trade News."
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