Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-03-05
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All the duties required of me by
Section 8 of an Act entitled An
Act to provide for the preservation of
fish in the waters of this State" have
been fully carried out, and some
twenty notifications under the same
section have been addressed to par
ties complained of during the past
two years. The appropriation being
restricted to stocking the waters Of
this State with fish," l have been
prevented from re9d ering financial
aid to District Attorneys in making
quite long and expensive trips, when
| believed that by such expenditure
for prosecutions the fish interests of
the State would be benefited and a
wholesome precedent established, or
rather a determination manifested to
carry out the law.
No distractions that am aware of
are to be found in the Truckee or
Carson rivers.
The Mexican Mill Company p &C I'd
an expensive fish ladder, Of the most
approved pattern, at their dam IN
the Carson; during the run" num-
erous fish were seen ascending it
easily. Diagrams Of the same ladder
l have furnished several parties on
their application.
1t must not be expected, neither
can we DEFY the rights of farmers to
construct dams and irrigating canals.
That up To- the present time many OF
these dams and inlets 10 the canals
are so constructed, or lack such pro
per CT instruction, as to be destructive
of fish | have indisputable evidence !;
but what recommendation to make
to correct this abuse, other than "A
s'rigid enforcement of the law" l am
at kss to say, unless it be the ere
alton of State or county officer, or,
say, make the County Assessor ex-
officio fist. inspector, with a small
salary, but sufficient to keep him on
the alert for violators of the law, to
bring them to punishment and to re-
move distractions.
OF THE $4,000 APPROPRIATED $2,32l
RETURNED.
l believe it better To ego slow,
than make mistakes. Matching,
transporting and transplanting fish
cannot be successfully accomplished
without some experiments, or a prac-
teal knowledge of the business and
nature of water into which to- plant
foreign fish. So far as my knowl
edge extends, the warm and alkaline
waters Of this State are not Injurious
I, the fish | have placed in item;
but To a>crrtaia this required o's rv-
atoms and time.
Carp, AS food fish, have no supe-
rior. When our streams are stocked
with them the people OF the State
will possess as grand luxury as
found in the waters of those States
celebrated for the abundance and
variety OF their fish; besides, carp
should be as plentiful to our people
as chickens to The table Of the pru-
dent farmer; the fact of raising them
in small ponds, from twenty-five feet
and upward square, or in springs ON
the many farms in this State, renders
this fish most popular and desirable.
Ono of my great aims has been to
stock our waters with the best species
of carp, and with the very sufficient
appropriation at my command l re
greet the causes that have occasioned
the delay now report, and trust the
coming season will be more propi-
tious to the ends l have in view.
For these reasons, together with the
lack Of protection to fish in streams
heretofore alluded to, have only
drawn on the appropriation for such
amounts as would bear economically
tie expense Of the plants 1 have
made, aud the Matching and care VI
the McCloud River salmon spawn
now daily expected from the United
States Commission, and such other
spawn as may be awarded To Nevada.
With An appropriation OF S2,32l GO
being amount unexpended OF the
"a, 900 appropriation of 1879, will
be enabled to carry out all my plans
and fully stock all our LIKES and
streams with the kinds and quality