The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-24
MILLIONS OF SALMON
THE GREAT SUCCESS OF THE
BAKER LAKE HATCHERY.
Seen e.5Fo.eso ~ockeyes VIII Ne
of Fish CsnmIssfoner Crawford
The Only Stream ON the sound
of salmon the Year Around.

TIE Baker lake fish hatchery has proved
20 De a grand success Now everything
: con- p}eesd and n sp4eEsSisd Evofk@ng or
der, and sae arrival Of Eae llsSse sockeys
salmon IS o. daily occurrence soon $50
90 Salmon WI De Matched. and Tor sew
eral months &nsy VII - under the watch
IA care q -he practical and experienced
hands OF Mr. Il. Fallert- SIX aud one-1saAf
mAI-0n salmon - a very large nusnp$rs
ard thai : <Ele present figure whsch viii
ha turned oar about June. The eggs have
ali passed tie most delicate ssage. and
noae aus The aea.thy and strang remain
The unexceufionaiy cosd SEASON caused
deiAy IN the Matching. or every egg would
have been aatched 81 this umae.
II : 20 D. regretted thar zhe hatchery
can be reached only over almost smpass-
able trails. caused ~ the very s3gh ard
destructive frsshet. Otherwise from THIS
time or & would be visited by many peo-
pie curious % see tae artificial Incubation.
The .ssf Of the carpentry woFk has Just
been completed ~ the erection o. a very
large filter Of she most approved pattern.
making fhe mliSdy water during ran
come garouga into the hatchery as clear
as crystal
The people q the sound and OF the
Skagkt river towns are beginning 10 highly
appreciate the hatchery. as can ne proven
by tire numerous locatons for traps ard
nets that have OF late been eaken and Sc
cured FOR tae return OF the nrst fish from
the hatchery three years hence. Then All
be witnessed a prosperous year. as shere
are few industries N the state mat can
compare xsth tEae salmon fisheries.
James Crawford, tire nsh commissioner.
could not have selected more favorable
place for a hatchery than Baker lake.
where not only the celebrated sockeye
salmon makes It's home. but the Chinook
s1e $50 ~
head This hatchery could be aoab.y ben
sfe.ai By Matching the different varieties
OF salmon This would not coniins the
eannerles 70 a very short season, as sae
Industry could b. continued supply OF Re
diminishing varieties De carried on he
entire year around. So marked aud IS
tinct are the seasons af the respechve
runs OF salmon that the year Is divided
into four equal runs each lasting as long
as the scckeye season.
II is 20 DE regretted that Mr.. Crawford
had such limited funds 81 his disposal.
Otherwise. the taking cf the sIlverssce sal
mon would now have been under way. and
En he latter mart Of February the delicious
steeIhead salmon would be ready for the
hatchery While the wen-known and most
valuable Chinook or Tyee would III up thu
season between the sseelhead and soekeye
runs
IL Is hoped the coming legislature viii
realize the importance Of this Industry
and appropriate sufficient funds TO run the
hatchery the year aroGnd. and also 70 en-
large Il TO It's intended capacity. II is
situated ia about the only stream upon
Puget sound having all the valuable vaTi-
e.fez 81 salmon the year around. The in
ststufion Should be encouraged by ali the
business men Of the Sound, as wei as
throughout the state, as every branch OF
business VII be advanced by the success
OF the nSherfss. II Is also hoped the in-
coming administration will value the serv.