The Alaska daily empire., 1918-09-19

AS a result of the experiments by | the Alaska Fish and Game Club dur
 ing the past nearly two years and still gong on, the pr''L;tms of keep ing up the supply of fish in formerly barren streams and lakes and in the depleted waters of Alaska are now in fair way to be settled in most intelligent and satisfactory manner
 The Association known as the Al
 aska Fish and Game Club was or ganized by influential residents of Alaska in September of 1916 and the experiments it proposed to conduct were delegated to A. J. Sprague, q recognized authority of fish and fish propagation by artificial methods, the primary purposes of the association being to provide fish for food as twell as to furnish sport for resident anglers. Accordingly, in October, 1916, an application was forwarded to the Commissioner of Fisheries with which to start the experiment. al work, the application also setting forth the intentions of the association and giving a detailed outline of the tion of the waters to be stocked and guaranteeing protection of the fish until they were able to care for themselves. This application was supported by residents of Alaska gen erally and by Hon. Chas. A. Sulzer, Alaska's Delegate to Congress.
 In January, 1917, upward of 150,- 900 trout eggs were received from the Commissioner of Fisheries and placed in an artificial hatchery which had been provided In due time these eggs were matched with loss of less than 10 per cent. rw- ing to the lateness of the spring the fry thus obtained was not planted for several months but between the periods of matching and planting they grew well and there was practically no loss. The Territorial government, in the meantime. became interested in the experiments under way and provided means for caring for the young fish until they could be plant ed in numerous formerly barren lakes and streams, mostly in the vic mites of Juneau and Skagway.
 The fish were about one inch long when planted, but thirty days later and owing to the very advantageous conditions of the waters in which they have been placed, they had grown to three times their former size and by the end of August they were fully four inches in length. At the end of the season of 1917 many of them had attained a growth of six inches and several taken with a fly in the early summer of 1918 meas ured eight inches. The first expert ment having proven an unqualified success, another application for trout eggs was made late in the sul.l- mer of 1917. this time for the var iety known as Eastern Brook Trout, the application being for 100000 eSSS. lUc c1tlTt CUuSlSUncHt was matched with but a minimum per centage of loss and three creeks and five lakes, all previously barren, were stocked with the fry. about 10000 each, and so well are they doing that each lake and stream planted now promises to teem with game sport" trout for all time to come.
 Club Experiments With Salmon
 Having achieved such flattering success in experimenting with trout, the Club took up the matter of ex- perimenting in salmon propagation in which marked progress has been made and continues to be made. While satisfactory results have been obtained from salmon spawn from salmon spawn treated in the artific- ial hatchery, natural matching in the sand and gravel of streams has been proven to be very successful. The Club has submitted, as the result