The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-05-31

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mountain streams were low this aanuon,
ana this no lower than others nnhf here,
for when tho water was the lowest /
went down 10 tho site Holcoted by Me.
uulrc aud Hubbard ana found that creek
With no moro water than this ! think
H0mo action should be- taken 10 secure d
botier supply Of water, N possible /
think the cheapest wHy 10 do this IL 10
build a higher dam hnd make n pond or
reservoir 10 hold sufficient water for use
| through tho dry season The dam should
be, say, ton feet higher than tho present
one, twenty feet long on the bottom and
about forty feet on top, This would
make II pond which, by q rough estimate
would hold about 100000 gallons 0f
wator, A. the lowest supply this sea-
son there was about 1000 ghllcas per
hour running through tho hatchery. or
HOJ gallons pnr day. Therefore tho
pond holding 100000 would supply w
about IA days, which, with tho running
supply OF tho creek. would enable ~ 60
uho more trouKha and Hiill run more
water In them, Tho numo leading from
tho dam 10 tho hatchery In made Of split
cedar IN V shape. This should be- rc.
built another sonHon. and made square or
boz shape. tEd inches inside, Of sawed
lumber. NO that II can be buried IN tho
ground the greater part Of the distance
from tho dam 10 the hatchery. thereby
obvlatinK tho danger OF timber falling
across and breaking tho nume. Tho
water. I think. In very good for Matching
purposes. Hs II II fairly pure and does
not get thick or muddy when u rains
The temperature IN quite steady. tho
highest. q degrees ON one or two Of the
hotleat days In August. but II gradually
Errw lower ~ tho weather got cooler.
and the FIRST week In November. which
was quite cool ~ there. u fell 40 iow as
- degrees. but the variation during tho
day IN tho hottest weather was only four
OF I'VE degrees between morning ana
noon
run or SALMON AND TAKING EGGS
saw tho nrst salmon below the rack
on the Ath OF June, or ak days after
tho rack WIS completed $50 ! am we'll
satisfied that no nah went up past before
tho rack Was put inii and not more than
ton 1Hh made their appearance till after
the lot Of July, when they b'gnn coming
up muru plrntilully, Hbd lay In donp pool
Just below the rack | began catching
a foW about tho 18th OF July. bui got
none ready 10 spawn iiil the I'D. when
We got oho. They Increased from this
time till about the middle uf Auguat.
when they wore more plentiful The |
iilh was our larEeat days work. when |
Nc took ibi.po9 rEEu. and at this time /
tho wire for trays gave out or nearly 10, I
aud was compelled to limit tho number |
Of lnh taken 90 what ! could provide /
trays for, Had We been prepared with /
plenty OF trays AZ this time think We I
could have taken over aUo.0J eggs u /
day for week. but aA We could uhV |
only 20 many nsh W. made only ono
haul with the seine. and saved what We
could use by putting them In small cor
rails. and the reHl We would put back
Into the river. and an there were ycy |
many Of them ready 10 spawn and could
not get up tho river. I arm OF the opinion
hat nome Of them dropped back down
stream and spawned In the best places
Ihey could md. and TO prevent u rcpcu-
lion OF this another season ] would
recommend tho building of another rack
IN the rapids below 20 stop them from
golnE hack. and then they would be In
argv corral with no very good chance to
,pawn.
AZ the start l. tried 90 catch the nah
with n gillnet. but soon found this 10 be
100 slow and expensive. and ordered u
,clno. with which most OF the fHh were
,aughl ny taking four or nvo men hate
n the afternoon whom the iiHh began 10
aove l would send one man up 10 the
'ack with canoe 10 drive the FISH
iown into the deep water, ana then
hrow tho seine around them ana catch
Yearly all that were IN the pool, some
imea hauling ashore 80 or ~ salmon,
md after piekipE out what was ripe let
he rest so IN the river again and catch
hem the same way the next day. This
you'd take from thirty minutes To one
,our. after which the men could so back
o their work.
Tho following table will show the mum.
'cr OF female Hph spawned each day ana
he number OF cgEH taken