The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-07-16
Heavy Slaughter Of Young Fish by
Irrigation bitches.
W. {. KERN ON the LE6Al wAR.pATH
Successful SOciable Last Evening
at the Methodist
Church.
General Mining News Of Considerable
Interest to the
Public.
More Young Fish Coming.

Captain Taylor has received a COM
munication from United States Fish
Commissioner 5. p. Bartlett of Quincy,
Illinois, stating that u shipment of fish
will arrive here about July rs. The cap
tain expects to place in the waters OF
Montana aver 100000 fish this season, If
the people of The state will support and
enforce the laws in regard to their
preservation.
In speaking of the destruction of the
game fish, Ben Rumney of Chestnut val
ley states that thousands of the bass and
ring perch which we're put in the river
last year have drifted ont into the Chest.
nut valley %irrigating ditch aud have died.
| so many have died that in places along
the ends of the laterals, the dead fish
| produce u disagreeable stencil. The
owners of this ditch or any other irri.
eating ditch who do not piact. a screen at
the mouth of the canal to prevent the
fish entering, are guilty of gross neglect
and should be punished.
THOUSANDS OF FISH KILLED.
Mr.. II. B. Mackey reports that a young
man who had lately been along Sixteen
Mile creek said that the irrigation bitches
were the mean of the death of thousands
of fish. At one place he saw over 5000
of dead trout some OF which were ID
inches long. On this creek n ranch
man had put in screens, but there are
many who allow the fish to run and die.
Horace L. Mcintyre, county surveyor,
reports that in Deep Creek, a tributary OF
Birch creek, he has gone with II basket
and in u short time picked up Large num-
bers of fine trout which had run out dur
une-half of the fish in this creek have
been wantonly destroyed in this way.
No condemnation is strong enough for
such action and the United States au-
thorities should see that the entrance to
every irrigating canal is covered with a
wire screen which will prevent the In
gress of ever the smallest fish.
DYNAMITE PROBABLY USED.
]. F. McClelland is an enthusiastic
fisherman, and is reported to be the mos
expert manipulation Of the rod and fly il
Oredt ais. F1o LIN duktou lOE TIC Will
trout in many streams Of the Keystone
state. The town of Williamsport, Pa, II
built along a beautiful rushing stream
which has for years been noted as a fine
trout stream. During the season dozen
of fishermen throng its banks and TAXI
from its sparkling waters hundreds o.
fish, yet there seems to be no decrease IL
the number which are annually caught
The trout streams of the eastern states
are practically as good fishing grounds al
q they were SO years ago. It seems almos
' impossible with the rod and hook to de
crease the number of fish in a stream
Yet here in Montana where the stream
: should be teeming with fish, the use O
nets, seins and giant powder has almos'
depopulated some of the streams. Las
fall it was plainly evident that dynamite
had been used on Belt, Logging, Deep
Tenderfoot and Hound creeks and parties
were seen using seins in Deep creek
All this was in violation of the law, ani
yet there was not a conviction nor v 6
single action brought.