The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-27
Three New Ones to Be Construct
ed During Present Year.
WILL MAKE SIXTEEN IN ALL.
Deputy Fish Commissioner a. ID.
Boardman Says Their Success Has
Been Demonstrated-Agit to
Have an Appropriation Made TO
Build a Trout Hatchery on Cham
hers Creek-Progress of work.

r Before. the end OF the present year the
state fish commission proposes to have in
operation three new hatcheries. These.
according TO present plans Will be located
at White river. near Auburn, on the Mes
qually river, and on the Methow river in
Eastern Washington. In the former II Is
expected the eggs Will shortly be planted
and Matching will be begun within few
months. Already there are twelve hatch
cries belonging to the state. and one
owned by the government. in full opera
ton. and the benefit of thus increasing
salmon, IL Is said, is already making itself
felt.
Deputy Fish Commissioner A. ID. Board
man arrived In the city yesterday. sfter
a trip to several of the hatcheries. In
speaking OF this branch of the states In
dustry, he said:
Three new Hatcheries.
~ ais year Is an off year for salmon.
but the effect OF the state hatcheries is
already making itself felt We are getting
along with the new White river hatch
cry very nicely. There was some trouble
in getting title to the property after the
site had been selected. but this mas now
been adjusted and within a few weeks we
will begin planting salmon eggs of all
varieties, except the soekeye.
I'VE will also complete hatcheries this
year on the Eesqually and Methow riv-
lowing state hatcheries In operation. At
Wiliapa, hontesano. In the Grays harhor
country Chinook. on the Columbia river:
on the Kaianna river. where we have also
the Wenatchee river. On the Sound we
have one on the Skokomish river In Ma
son county. on the Sultan river. tribu-
tarv 81 the Snohovnish: on Friday creek.
tributary OF the samish: on Kendall
creek, tributary OF the Nooksack, and
on the Spokane river. Besides these there
is the big Baker lake hatchery, owned by
There Is some agitation IN Pierce coun-
" at the present time 10 have the next
legislature appropriate suntcient money
10 establish a trout hatchery on Chambers
crecx. The idea Is a good one and think
should be carried out. Up to the present
time all our hatcheries are for commercial
purposes. We had the best OF success last
year and expect to have the same this sea-
son.
"'rhe best results. so far obtained, have
been In the Kendall creek hatchery, in
the Nooksack country where we produced
can be doubled at any time. The same Is
true of the Skokomish hatchery. The
Wenatchee and kalama hatcheries have
been demonstrated to be the best on the
Columbia river.
development af Mfnnows.
!. The young fish are turned out into the
open waters when two months old, They
are first freed on the spawning beds. They
are syphoned out into a pail and gently
deposited In the water without frighten-
ing them. In the Friday harbor hatchery
we have been experimenting with feeding
them and have found 1t to be a great sue
cess.
AFTER they are turned osr they remain
I'm fresh water for about year. then leave
for the salt waters where they remain
supposedly for three to- nve years, when
they return TO spawn. which Is at our
fishing season.
Notwithstanding that a great deal OF
investigating has been done no one knows
where the young salmon go after they
take TO. salt water IL is a fact, however,
that they have never beer caught beyond
twenty miles from the shore line
at IL my opinion that their develop
ment depends to a great extent on their
feeding grounds and the temperature OF
the water they remain In. II Is a theory
tina, they go north. but no one really
knows
"The outlook Ia that this IL to be very
poor year IL IN known from observa-
ton that when salmon do not travel in
large schools they avoid the traps. This
ia what they are doing this year II is
expected that before the season Is over.
however. there will be a short good run
of sockeyes."