The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-07

place, though not far rom the r'rultr line'
OF travel and only u nile rom the pie
| turesqne station of Glsn Il .en, at the tern
| inIs Of the DJnabue rome. Tue proprietor
| OF the placs Is an Amsriosn gentleman
named La Motto, whose fame ns promoter
OF fish lie 10 30 Considerable side OF his
| own state that short sine since he
wa, appointed By The Msxicsn govern
ment as chief boss and superintendent gan
oral OF all the fish aud Il III hatcleries, pres.
ent and 10 com, IN tho rapub 10 OF Mexico.
Fish Guitars 10 La Notes hobby: he has
| spent q fortune On Il, and 10 use the YER
| VASCULAR, has got Is Gown 10 a particularly
| Il 60 point. Everyone does not know how
iii are artificislly Matched, and a descrip'
m OF the Lsuni hatchery and the meth
ods employed there TO cheaper the prices
OF trout should be interesting. The hatch
cry and surroundings are situated on M
elevated plateau on the banks OF Sonoma
creek. To hatcn trout nte1s water, aud
as Mr.. La Motto found he could not IN.
ducs the water In tho creek to run up hill
TO bis hatchery, no put dam across The
creek about quarter OF a mile above hit
place and got all the water he wanted
by running fume from the head OF the
dam TO "a huge reservoir on his prem lses
This was q very costly Job. The creek IN at
least seventy feet wide, the current ttroog
In the Hood time, and the foundations loose,
30 huge cribs OF timber had TO be bnilt on
either side 10 hold the wooden dam, and
foundations had to DO sunk way down to
bedrock 10 remove the fear ut wsshouts.
There are few irou! In Sonoma creek, and
to enable them to wend their way up stream
IN their wonted spawning grounds, ar l.,
Note, in compliance with the law, put no
q splendid fsh.ladder. This is = huge wooden
trough running from the top OF the dam
TO the creek below. All down
the oa,d trough o,s are wooden cha stems
across and overlapping each other to break
the current no that the trout can work their
way up without difficulty. II is rather II
serpentine path they have TO travel, but, ~
every one knows, no ordinary obstacle Will
check the way OF a trout on his road TO the
spawning grounds. and during the season
1 a Notes ladder is crowded with long
process lion OF Il sh who have family engage
monis further up the creek. a prettler
spot than that came dam would be
hyrl TO find. 0n both eiees OF the creek
and behind the dam where the creek turns
sud- IN corner, the hills rise pr, cipitately.
Though these same hills are some " the
finest grape land in tho world, They hsvu
been letG undisturbsd 30 lar. and
their evergreen sides nfe GOV rel wish
heavy growth OF live oak, mEuzanita, rose
bu3hes, and the beautiful malroua
treep, whose glisten!ug leaves ani moist
-td ~ hs prcciaiu IN a tie ian 49, O. hs
foTott TheoTi tul Of go lum utinHeC's,
md ne noe OF ths go lGuee.rr, the thriii-
ing song ct tbs lax o. 4 the buy talk ot
the G,ow f0ldf, whose gioss black blum e.
~ scar.et tipped at the wings, max lionel.
ness impossible. the four-i0oted denz'r8
OF the forest can DO found iround in plnlty
The MIN Ie ,quifrel sits IN the shadow OF
hiJ tail whpn not busy hunting for the
pientsous s;ore o. nn's, berries and mast
which Uature has scatter d arou1f.
Tho clipper cotton.t.il add the Gym
cal jsck-rabblt are not rare, VIII. o
the Ioy, the wildcat, and occasion
ally sheep s,esling lion or Gin
namon bear come prowling down the creek
to see what's goi'g on ard what makes the
water fail over the bank with such q loud
splash, where the d,m 's built. Au air OF
laDguor and lsziness hangs ar Iund the spot
ard makes 1t just the place where one
wonld love to lie on 81 m cool, shady bank
aud loaf the day away, watching the huge
trout as they lie under the splash OF the
dam, OF make occasional excursions TO see
what yon pair OF huge suckers mean by
coming around, or else throwing of the
lethHrey and making frantic PUSHES for
some poor May fly or grub that III late has
wnirled across the stream.