The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-04-11
FINS, FURS AND FEATHERS

1t is not generally known that the
salmon trout v hich comes in from the
ocean with the salmon and travels up
the streams with the king Of all fish.
is an outlaw and a thief an6should be
treated as such, instead Of receiving
the protection Of the game law, which
fOrbids seining or trapping it. or even
fishing with hook and line, except dur
ing open season.
Albert Rasmussen, Of Grays Harbor,
Wash. is authority for the statement
that the salmon trout lives entirely on
salmon eggs, following the big FISH up
the streams for the purpose OF steal
ing. Mr. Rasmussen is Of the opinion
that war should be made On this fish
and that the raidlng of salmon eggs by
this poacher of the ocean offsets TO a
large extent the good work done by
the hatcheries.
There are thousands of salmon trout
in Columbia river and Grays Harbor
waters, especially during the runs, and
relentless war should be waged on the
outlaws. The salmon goes up stream,
spawns and dies the salmon trout re-
turns to make the trip another day.
The present game law should be
amended and the mantle of protection
withdrawn which at present is thrown
around the pirate fish.
In the first place the salmon trout
was probably wise provision of ma
ture to keep the number of salmon
spawned from overpopulating the seas.
but the immense popularity of the big
fish and the numerous methods devised
to catch it, threaten to make salmon
as extinct as the buffalo in few
years. The devices Of man will more
than keep up with the slaughter Of
mature salmon without nature assist
ance, therefore, death to the salmon
trout
Scores of fishermen have caught nice
lunches of trout since the first Of the
month, when the season opened. A
run of steeheads and salmon trout Is
also coming into the Hood river now,
and scores of the big fish are landed.
Many of Hood Rivers most enthusi-
astic fishermen are now in their cOun-
try's service. and the usual large
crowds of anglers seen opening week
of trout season, was absent this year.
Letters from numerous soldier boys
announce the homesickness of the writ
ers, when the fishing season is mem
toned.
W. o. Hadley, who was here last
Friday to inspect the new work, says
that the fish ladder over the Pacific
Power & Light Co. dam on Hood river
has been opened and that fish are pass
ing to the Upper river. The old dam
was destroyed by freshet in Decem-
ber.
Work has been commenced at Dee to
blast the base for new ladder over
the dam of the the Oregon Lumber Co.
The old dam there was also destroyed
by the December floods. The new
ladders have been made freshet proof.
The cost of each will be approximately
$500.
If there is rat about your place,
swat him. In December. 1916, nat
uralist, to study the habits of the ami
NAL, paired off couple of rats. He
took an inventory in September, 1917.
He had S97 rats.
Employees of the Q-W. r. & N. Co.
have purchased S. A. Veach' fighting
rabbit. King Albert The railway men
say they are going to breed new spe.
cies of fighting rabbits
Rev. M. L. Hutton spent last Tues
day fishing on Hood river. He landed
Is beautiful trout.
K. j. Middleswart was one of the
first Hood River fishermen to catch a
creelfu of trout.