East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-20
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Other News Notes.

Other News Notes.
Monday the regular school election
viii be held at the Hermlston school
house. At which time one director
and a clerk is To be elected The
terms of Howard T. Irwin, the pres
ent chairman expires. The name OF
DR.. ]. Il. Rose has been proposed and
n large number OF his friends are
anxious 10 see that he makes the race.
w NJ MADISON Of the Hermiston no.
tel. will leave about the middle OF
the week for Troy. Alabama Mr'
MADISON expects to take charge OF a
hotel at Troy Immediately on his ar
rival there. He likes Hermiston and
the northwest. but says that he can
not afford to let as good PROPOSE
ton as he is offered 60 by. Accord
ing To present plans the Hermistoh
hotel Will continue To operate but at
present It Is not known who VIII be
the manager.
on Friday evening the standard
= bearers Of the Methodist church. VIII
give the Hermiston people an enter
talnment n little out Of the ordinary
The main event Of the evening Will be
a marriage ceremony and wedding
supper of ice cream and cake will
be served afterward.
w. 5. Winsor of Tuscon, Arizona
has been here the past few days look
ing over the project
Feeding of Fish.
Much discussion by the papers ana
anglers of this county has been gong
on lately about the trout in the COLO
Springs reservoir starving many
thought 1t would be a good idea to
feed them but when the question
came up. what will we feed them
on?" every one had a different idea
George Root, one of the lovers ol
good angling took upon himself tC
write to Congressman w. X. Ellls
who referred the letter to the COM
missioner OF fisheries. The commls'
sioner's letter to Congressman Ellis
IS as follows:
Washington. Juune 10, 1910,
Hon. w. r. Ellis,
House of Representatives
Washington, d. c.
Sir-I have the honor to acknoWl'
edge the receipt of your letter of June
6 enclosing communication IRON
George IL. Root of Hermistoh' ore
gon, making inquiry as to the teasl'
blity of introducing into the una
tilla irrigation project reservoir
natural food supply for the susten'
ance of the salmon trout therein con
tanned. Fish OF the Salmonide ram
ily subsist on live food, such as crus
tacea, mullusks, larvae of insects anc
other forms of acquatic animal lie
IL is thought the waters of the reser'
voir can be successfully stocked VIII
the different species of crustacea ma
tive to the region including shrlmi
(Gammarus), and etomestraea ol the
genera Daphina, Ceriodaphina, slua
Cyclops, Polyphenus and other torm'
which probably can be collected IRON
local streams where they are lndi
genous by means of fine moshed "e''
or other appliances. Under norma
conditions these forms will all muili
ply some OF them enormously
yould also be well to literally stocf
the lake with minnows, frogs craW
fish and such other forms OF aquati'
life as can be collected from adJa
cent waters or transferred from soIli'
of the larger rivers of the state ih'
Introduction of few desirable spe
cies of aquatic plants would also n'
advisable, as they harbor and deVe'
on minute animal life. If this is I'M
practicable owing to the rise ana iai
of the water level in the reservoir
the planting of willow trees ah'
shrubbery of all kinds along th
shores will be beneficial, as 1t woul'
no tho means of propogating variou