The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-04

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Upper Clackamas River Hatchery
Turned Over to United States
Fisheries Bureau.
REPORT OF THE FISH WARDEN
Denies stories Published About
the Loss of Salmon at the
Dam on Rogue
River.
REPORT OF THE Fish WARDEN

] public yesterday. The report show
that the receipts OF the office for tn
month aggregated si7sL2S. Of whicl
J sl727.l0 was collected in the Firs
columbia river) district. The report
after detailing the receipts, is as fol.
flows:
i Considerable complaint has beer
made OF late about the salmon being
stopped in great numbers by the Ray
dam across the Rogue river. and arti-
cles have been published In some OF
Jour papers to the effect that thousands
Iof salmon We're killing themselves in
their efforts to get over this dam
In regard to this matter. beg to
report: That while the salmon are be-
ing stopped and interfered with TO a
considerable extent by this dam. very
few are being injured In any way and
they are passing up through the fish,
ways that have been provided and
are getting above the dam as fast as
III is possible for us TO expect. Upon
an investigation recently made found
that they were going up through the
fishways at the rate OF 1000 or 5000
a day. and that they have been going
at this rate during the past two weeks.
Two thousand day is very con-
servative estimate. and by very care
full count. made by State Water Balliff
Williams. who is there continuously
to see that the fishways are kept clear
and the fish are not moIested In any
way, 1t appears that some days five
or ten thousand have passed over the
dam.
Also from letter received from
Mr.. ID. H. Miller OF Medford, who fishes
great deal with rod and line on the
upper Rogue river, and who has been
very much interested In seeing that
the fish get above this dam, / learn
That he was down TO the dam on the
25th and inspected both Of the fish,
ways. and counted very carefully the
number going through. and he figures
that they are going through both fish
ways at the rate OF $50 an hour; he
was there in the middle OF the day,
but from evening to morning he fig |
ures that we could count on double
that number. II they were going
through the fishways In such num-
bers, and have no reason to doubt
It, II shows very clearly that during
that particular day from five to ten
thousand salmon and other fish passed
above the dam.
notwithstanding the fact that they
are passing above the dam In such
numbers. others are continually COM
ng up the river to take their places,
which keeps the pools below the dam
literally alive with salmon and other
ish eager to get by the obstruction.
which makes it appear to a casual OBJ
ierver that the same fish are there to-
lay that were first stopped, and has
aused all this complaint.
With a massive structure, like this ]
lam, conditions will always be about
his same way; the fish ascending the '
tream will be stopped, sometimes In
reat numbers. and It will take them
few days or week before they will n
atisfy themselves sufficiently to enter U
nd take the ladder fshway contriv- h
nee in order to get above the OBJ
II
Turned Over to Government. b
The matter Of turning the Upper a
lackamas river state hatchery over to II
ne United States bureau of fisheries
operate in the future I took up with n
he Hon. George NJ. Bowers, commis- a.
oner, June 81, in accordance with an a
rder to that effect passed at meet al
lg held June s. II
Upon receipt Of my letter Mr.. J. N. ri
yisner, United States field superin- S.
ndent in charge Of this division, was W
to investigate the mat
r and report, and on July 27. through
H. Wilson, superintendent in charge
the station at oregon City. l re- e
lived word that the United States
lreau would accept the proposition
ID would take the plant over to OPP wi
ate in accordance with the propo- on
ion submitted, with the understand lai
g that the bureau was to have full ga
ntrol of the Clackamas river in the We
ture, and that they would not be in mi
rfered with in any way on that ga
-eam by the state fish commission; lal
at he had been directed to assume ha
arge of the station in accordance KIN