The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-06-07
FISH WARDEN'S
MONTHLY REPORT
Has Spent Busy Month Among
The Various Fish Hatch.
cries.
OBSTACLES BEING OVERCOME
Another Year VIII Find Greatly
Increased Output From
the siateheries of
Oregon.


AS6HHh Urekon, June y, lsVz.
Hon. Bourd Of FSah Commissioners.
Salem. Oregon.
Gentlemen; For the month OF May
] beg TO report ~ follows:
May the Is, ! visited the cIackamas
River at the Green Place where the
Portland CITY Il Oregon Railway Co.
contemplate putting dam IN across
the river for rfic purpose Of develop
Ing power for electrical purposes
This lam Ia 20 be put In about mid.
way bctw en the mouth of the river
and the present stat. hatchery site.
!, IL 10 b. In the neighborhood Of
twenty five feet high II IN their inten-
iion 10 takn the wafer from the river
above this dam and convey 1t along
clin on a natural bench of land for a
distance of q mile and a half, there
develop" sh,Ar power and return the
water To the river bed. This will
work considerable II a hardship on
hatchery work that we may desire TO
continue with ON this stream. but these
people have assured me that they will
provide their dam with a suitable fish
ladder and furnish II with an abundant
supply M water No assure Of its being
passablc by all varieties Of FISH life at
all tlms. II the year They also seem
10 appreciate FUZZY the extent OF our
work. and have signihed willingness
10 assist us in the premises. ms IL may
be- In their power 10 DO
May the Sh visited the Tillamook
district and examined the Wilson
River and the Trask River. both OF
which are tributaries 10 and flow into
Tillnmook Pay, looking for a desira-
bic situation where salmon cultural
work could he successfully carried on.
found them both very desirable
streams, each of which offer several
very good situations where the work
might be carried on. but taking into
constellation tina; the Wilson River Is
the larger of the two, and from infor-
nation derived IN frequented more
plcmifully by the Chinook and Steel
heal yari ..ies u salmon, have de-
termined on that stream for an expert
mental work that we viii carry on in
that district this coming season, " the
necessary rights and privileges can be
secured
May the llth | visited the Rogue
River district for the purpose Of de-
termlnlng, II possible. upon the feeling
there relative TO the matter
Of that stream being closed to salmon
fishing. excepting with hook and line
,s pet1toned for by the people OF Med
'ori. and filed with the Board February
she eth The feeling found was gener-
lilly determined one; that was, that
she stream should be set aside as a
.rout stream and that nothing but a
,ook ana line should be permitted on
Is upper waters, At Medford this
ceiling was very pronounced. but at
irants Pass II was not 80 unanimous
although tire feeling there was very
almost as much so as II was
lp at Medford
While in that section visited the
latchery owned by Mr. r. d, Hume
N the upper waters of the stream and
ound Mr.. ], w, Berrian, Superinten-
lent In charge, at work taking Steel
lead eggs. He had succeeded in get
ing 6OOOOe OF this variety OF eggs and
expected to get another 100000 before
he season was over, Since my visit to
his board last July, found that Mr.,
Iume had supplied 1t with Sc large
earring tanks, in which they We're
eeding and caring for 100000 young
'hlnook salmon. He had also furnish
the plant with q current water
Nheel which was furnishing them with
n abundant supply of water and had
one away with their steam pumping
liant which was quite an expensive
fair.
May the 18TH l visited the situation