The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-05-23
NEED MORE HA1CHfRIfS
WARDEN VAN DUSEN'S PLANS
FOR PROPAGATION.
Washington Papers CrltIcise Ore
gon Official Without Know
ing Existing Situation.


part Of some Washington papers 10
criticize the lack ~ enthusiasm o. the
Oregon state board Of fish commission
ers In the matter Of this state taxi
Ing over and operating for the next
year the Washington hatchery located
~ Wenatchee. The Chinook Obser-
yer, In a recent issue, says Of the SIT
uation. "COmmlssloner Little is only
foOling away his time trying to do any
thing for the benefit Of the salmon in
duStry by working In conjunction with
Oregon. She viii not do anything with
the Wenatehee hatchery. She now has
eight water balliffs, or policemen, and
two batcherles on the Columbia: We
have one deputy fish commissioner and
eight hatcheries; with US the collection
~ fishing licenses and taxes on the
Industry Is a matter Of legitimate busi-
ness: with Oregon II Is simply extor-
ton by law TO provide Jobs and reye-
nue for men who make politics a bust
ness"
The article goes on TO state hat Ore
gOn wants no ha:cheries. and intlmates
that the master fish warden and the
board has been cOyly flirting With the
Washington authorities regarding the
Wenatchee hatchery. and has no .nten-
tiOn II accepting the offer made By that
state. AZ matter Of fact the FISH
warden not only wants hatcheries, but
the plans for artificial propagation are
on larger scale his year than ever
before
The generous offer Of the state Of
Washington involves the expenditure o.
$500 or more in the operation OF the
plant At the end OF the year II rer
yerts 10 the state Of Washington. II the
authorities so desire. The hatchery Is
not given 10 oregon: II Is handed over
for a period on condition that the Oper-
ating expenses are paid by this state
The Wen3tchee plant Is well equipped.
and has been turning out a large num-
Der Of salmon fry. but the variety pre-
dominating has been silversides. and
Fish Warden Van Dusen prefers to
spend the states money in the prOpa-
CATION OF ch!nooks, wherever desirable
locations can be found.
+. G. Greenman. state field superin-
fenden: Of ha;cheries and ]. 3. Brad
ley an expert in fish propagation, are
now looking at desirable sites for
hatcheres on tributaries ~ the Column
bia and Snake rivers. and il IS the in
tention OF the fish warden, acting with
the approval Of the state board, 10 es-
tablish at least ten new plants on the
tributaries named. This Is but A part
OF the work PLANNED In addition 10
the two experts who are now in the
field the fish warden himself recently
made an extended trip inspecting sites
now in operation. and 10 see what i'm
provements could be made that would
result In increasing the output. AS
result an additional station will be es-
tablished on the 'lacka mas river. SIX
teen miles below the present hatchery.
Also. changes will be made in the SAL
mon river hatchery II is now too far
up and a new site has been selected on
Boulder creek which should yield from
three to fiva million eggs, instead Of
a scant two million. as is now the case.
Other changes Of importance are con-
tempated and will be made as soon as
circumstances will permit While the
state board appreciates the offer from
the Washington authorities they prefer
to spend their money in the establish
ment Of plants that will be Of lasting
good to Oregon, rather than TO spend
large amounts for temporary benefit
There are many excellent streams In
of chinook salmon and
these will be given the preference. On
point that will nave 10 be considere
Is that the revenues from licenses will
probably not aggregate as much this
wear as under the old law. II Is es-
fimated that .he decision of the attor-
ney- general that bOatpullers ara exempt
will decrease The receipts fully $1,000.
A In ha abo in IA Low al hn1
ing the division Of the state into dis
tricts will result in the loss of an ad-
dltional $4,000. Under the old law
license was only good in the district in
which il was issued. Now one license
holds good for the entire state. The |
total amount coll acted from licenses by |
ex- Commissioner Reed last year was |
s13.03S Up to the present writing but |
a little in excess OF $4,000 has been cell |
Iected by Fish Warden Van Dnsen |
The total number Of individual licenses
issued during Mr.. Reeds administration |
last year aggregated 1924; Mr.. Van Du-
sen has issued but 697. The fishermen |
have been backward in the payment |
IF licenses because of the lack of fish
and many have not vet commenced ac-
live work Fully 60 per cent of the
licenses have already been
ssued, according to a conservative es-
innate. from which it is apparent that
he total receipts from all sources will
all considerably short of the collec-
ions far last year. However, there
3 comfortable balance remaining to
he credit of the hatchery fund which
will be available for the plans of the
ish warden, and that balance together
with what other funds NAV he eX- |
,ended will be used on Oregon streams