The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-07
MnTEFISh FOR THE LAKES.
Three Hundred and Fifty Thou
sand Mere Arrive.


Mr. Gao-ge r MFess the ean-ervu,.sa
aud pasElcrlsarist, Afs this ysfv On
Monday for Portland ard returned
yesssr1ay- His assxscsn there Was 10 r,ro.
cure some raore small frr whltsEsA frt,n,
the United States Ssh curnrnEsssosssrss
ear which Is 81 Portland ia charge Of Frnf
]. Frank Ellis, Of the Smithsonian Institn-
ton II WI be remembered be brounAt
sa.ee Of these fsh 70 this city on SATURDAY.
last and deposited them in Lake Washing
ton
Yesterday when Mr.. Myers arrived. il
was with the report that hfs mission and
been entirely successful He had with him
$4,000 lively Esrle whiteHsh. in Il esr,S.
ckx cans fafi, or T7aGa0, were turned lssse
IN Lake Washington. three cans. o. 81 10.
we're given their liberty Ia Lake Unfen.
while the remaining thsee cans were tSka.Y,
TO sanmannish Lake and given the full lib
erty Q. that hode of uaxsr
IN esch instance the ash were sskfg
2ooat ito yards from the shore and pat
into the wafer As soon S. the fxh we're
paced in the lake they DARED OF IN yars-
OTIS directions like Fsee-horSeS
zig was lasky I autographed last Monday
ter the men IN charge al the car to reserve
some e the nsh: said Mr. Myers. Hardly
had the reply been fiisd. telling re they
woaiQ do 50. when 3 ussEnher of other an
pi1cssions were hled for the Ssh. bur ia
they has promised me they could not give
them out When arrived In Portland the
hsn were AL ready for me, and returned
The United states fish commissioner
car viii 20 Immediately 10 Lake PEND
d'Oreille and Lake cHur dsAlene sad re-
main there tor 10 days depoxising white
nsn In those lakes Is viii then return and
deposit ahoet i.ooo, coo white ash in Lake
klamath and other lakes in Southern Cree
gon- Inen Il VIII take young salmon ffUra
the Mctload river hatchery (which Is In
Northern California;, and deposit them srf
tie Rogue and ether rivers.
M. Myers says the process 90 hatchiRt.
the whltefish on the car Is quite interest
ing The ripe female whiteEsh sre taken
out OF pans ON the lakes and the eggs gent
" removed into large tuba When several
females have been relieved OF their eggs
several male fish are caught and the raslf
from them is mixed with the eggs and the
whole mass of niit and eggs Ia thoroughly
mingled. 30 that the latter may be impreg-
mated inen the eggs are packed in moss
and kent in n cool place. When II is neg
essary to hatch the eggs they are placed ia
running water IN the can ana are soon
hatched. The egg first becomes transpar-
ent and then two large dark eyes are seen.
Pretty soon the head and tail burst through
me soft shell OF TIE egg and the young fish
begins tn move about
There Is large. saek-fike protahersnce
on the stomach which is q portion of the
egg. On this the little fellows live until
they are able 70 skirmish living for them
selves. As soon as the fish are able TO
move about they swim Into little tank at
one end Of the car, and from them are
taken out and distributed
The hatehing can be delayed for quite q
period by placing the eggs in cool place.
This enables the men In charge OF the ear
10 make better distribution Of the young
fish