The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-04-06

G. +. HELEA SPENT SUNDAY
HERE, But DID NOT
HAVE TIME TO VIEW
ALL SITES.

w. AASlVoS Vic SuP~A AAbSA1NAAAS
of the state fish hatchery. was in
town all day Sunday, and was d
greatly sought after man by White
fish Boosters. They all wanted to
know about the fish hatchery that
is coming to the Flathead, and it
kept him busy every minute of his
time answering questions, and ex-
planning to the many inQuirers the
requirements for fish hatchery. At
nine o'clock Sunday morning the sex
rotary of the Whitefish Club located
the gentleman at the Northern Ho-
tel before he had had breakfast and
had a short session with him and
while{ he was eating his breakfast
the secretary hustled around and
got al number of others together
who knew anything about springs
in this vicinity.
It was a hard matter to get even
a small meeting together so early
on Sunday morning, but every early
riser, who was interested and knew
anything about the location of any
springs was corralled. A short ses-
sion was held in E. L. Geddes' Of
flee where the different sites that
might be suitable were talked over.
Three sites were offered. Two on
the west shore of the lake and one
at the Werner ranch at the head
of the lake. On account OF Mr..
Heleas time being limited to the
day, and the lake still being full of
ice so that it was impossible to get
to the head of the lake that day to
inspect the Werner spring, it was
decided to visit the two other sites
which were only a couple of miles
out from town and could be reached
On foot. B. o. Mullin, E. L. Geddes
and H. C. Anderson volunteered to
accompany Mr.. Helea on this rip of
inspection. A site on the Hutchin-
son place was looked at and c large
spring near the first trestle, but
the flow of water from either place
was too small. The party returned
about two so'ciock in the afternoon
During the afternoon MIR. Helea was
entertained by members of the
Whitefish Club, who were all anx-
ious to hear what he had to say
in regards to the situation.
Mr.. Helea explained that what is
needed is a spring of water that
can be tapped right out of the
ground, sufficient in volume to
fill a twelve inch pipe, and it must
have at least ten or twlve feet OF
fall. Everyone who had seen the
Werner spring knew that this had
more than enough water, but there
was some question about whether or
not it had enough fall. This Mr..
Helea explained might be overcome
by tapping the spring higher up if
the conditions were right. AS it wa
impossible for him to get to the
head Of the lake this trip to view
it; he nreesaisti thst hs would be
back again in two or three weeks,
when the lake would be open So
that a launch could be used to get
to 1t to look it over, as the descrip-
ton sounded very good to him.
Mr.. Helea was entertained dur
ring the evening by members of the
Club at supper at the Cadillac ho-
tel and after that took in the NOV
ing picture shows. He departed on
No. A for Helena, but before he
went assured everyone that If the
proper site can be found here White
fish stands the best chance Of get
ting the fish hatchery so far, and
promised faithfully that he would be
here again on his next trip and
stay several days so as to make a
thorough inspection of all likely