Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15
STATE FISH AND GAME.


That much progress has been made
in the fish and game department Of the
State, and that II has been most eff
clently looked after can be readily seen,
in the following information that is
taken from the annual report OF Fish
and Game Commissioner SHARP. Mr..
Sharp has been very perseverlng and
energetic in looking after the fish and
game inte 'ests in Utah, and scores Of
streams are now populated with the
dnny game that were once barren Of
them. He has been successful in
erecting and maintaining a State fish
hatchery constructed on the best plans
possible. having visited the hatcheries
OF several Of the surrounding States
and combining the best features In
each IN the building Of the Utah hatch
cry The site selected for the hatchery
was also a most happy one, II being
located at the junction of two clear
spring creeks about one mile and a
half east Of Murray IN Salt Lake cOun-
ty, at place called the Spring Runs ~
Here the water retains It's purity In all
seasons Of the year, being proof against
the contamination OF muddy streams
or drainage In rainy weather, and II Is
equipped with every facility that Is
essential 10 the successful operation OF
a fish hatchery. The hatchery building
was erected az a cost Of 1922, and was
completed and formally opened on De-
cember S0th. 1893
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As soon as the hatchery was pre-
pared, the commissioner at once made
arrangements for fish eggs 20 be
shipped from the East. As a result the
following lots were soon received:
Five hundred thousand Eastern lake
trout from Duluth, Minnesota; $4,000
Eastern brook trout, from Manchester,
Iowa: 10000 land-locked salmon, from
Green Lake, Maine; 100000 grayling
trout from Bedrock, Montana; 10000
Steel head trout, from u. 5, +, C.. sta
ton in Oregon In addition 10 the
above liberal allotments the State COM
missioner had contracted IN advance
with the Plymouth Rock Trout COM
pany OF Plymouth. Mass, for 300 900
Eastern brook trout eggs. over and
above the eggs received from outside
OF the State there were go, 900 taken
from our native mountain or black
spotted trout in Big Cottonwood creek,
near the hatchery, making the full
complement Of eggs received at the
hatchery about 1880 600. There has
been some loss In the spelling OF the
eggs and the dying OF some Of the fry
but the loss has not been material. The
loss would no doubt have been much
greater had IL not been for the compe-
tent help that the commissioner has
under him and the excellence OF the
facilities Of the hatchery.
WIDELY DISTRIBUTED.
The eggs and fry have been dIstrlb-
uted throughout the State, the commits
sloner going in person and inspecting
the streams. and exercising much care
and Judgment In selecting suitable
waters In which TO plant the fish. In
making a recapltulation Of the record
OF the hatchery the commissioner says:
AT THE HATCHERY.
A recapitulation OF the hatchery rec
ord OF operations for the season OF 1900,
and the foregoing record OF distribu-
lions will show that there were re-
ceived al the State hatchery i.i9O. 900
trout eggs OF various kinds. which
produced LAG. 900 trout fry. Matched and
planted In various waters OF Utah
showing the very small loss OF eggs and
fry TO be 1900 or a little less than 4
per cent, which Is something very un-
common, considering that the larger