The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-18
Alaska Fish and Game Club Wants $5,00O at Once from the Alaska
 Cannerymen.
M 0 NEY co M ES IN
Many Cannerymen Approve and Money Is Already Coming in for That
 Purpose.

 through immediately with not les' than 5000 to maintain the experi mental salmon hatchery and other ] experiments in fish propagation tha have been prosecuted here for the last two years by A. J. Sprague un der the direction of the club. Many of the cannerymen have already prom ised to contribute $200 apiece, some of them writing and others verbally and the checks in this amount al ready are beginning to come in.
 The club is accepting money from the cannerymen with the distinct understanding that it will be return ed to them if enough is not raised within the next two or three weeks to guarantee the operating expenses of the experimental hatchery until the meeting of the next Territorial Legislature. when it is hoped to SC cure public recognition of and aid for the work. MT Sprague esti mates that 5000 will be needed fol this purpose.
 MT Sprauge is conducting exper' ments in the propagation of salmon that he expects will overcome the destructive features of artificial fist propagation as heretofore practiced In the past it has been found that the hatchery reared fish become 1 domesticated. Instead of fleeing tc a place of safety, for instance, wher ! they see or hear a disturbance 1T the water they rush toward it, be cause often they have found that i' meant something to- eat. The result has been the fish, as soon as liberat ed search out the enemies of theil kind and are quickly devoured. To overcome this MT. Sprague proposed to artificially fertilize the eggs, and plant them in the sands of the streams that they might bs matched out under natural conditions He also proposes to experiment up on the development of the eggs un til a day or two before the matching time arrives and then bury them 1T l the sands just as the eggs are buried when Nature does the developing.
 Larger Place Needed
 It is the purpose of the Junea' Fish and Game Club to secure larg ar quarters than those down on From Street, if they succeed in getting the money which they have asked the cannerymen for. to install ab0u fifty additional troughs and hatcl out and distribute a great deal larg CT quantity of fry than they have provided for in the past. The pur pose is to have complete plant il a high state of efficiency, with ex perimental work along many line in full progress, when the Legisla ture meets here next Spring.
 Trout Work Satisfactory Mr. Sprague's work in the develop ment of trout has proved highly sat isfactory. The trout that was fiber ated in the heretofore barren lake and streams year ago have deve. oped beyond the fondest expectation of those who have followed the worl The examination made last Sunda. of the trout that were turned ou at the Salmon Creek Dam June Il 1917, when they were about an incl in length, disclosed that there art schools of thousands in the pond O finely developed trout from seven t' ten inches in length.
 Late Distribution
 The Alaska Fish and Game Club n addition to the salmon 1t ha: matched this year, has developed over 100000 trout fry that is beini distributed in the creeks and lake of Southeastern Alaska. Already dis tribution has been made as follows
 Fleming Brothers, Chichagof, Is, a0O: Salmon Creek, below the dam 10000; Sheep Creek Basin. 2O,OO0 Lemon Creek, 10000; Lund Lake. 15, 900; Sheep Greek tributary, 500 Boston Basin. 2,0O0; Granite Creek | 15,000. Total, 107,500.
 There are about 100000 more fir. tO uIStTlUulc, anu IL ID pioPoSOu " ! alIot them to the Chichagoff Mine Lake, Kennecott Copper Company Ready Bullion Lake and the lake! of Skagway.
 w. A. Hesse, the mining engineer has agreed to make arrangements fol the transportation of fry to Kenne l cctt.
 Game and Fish Club To Help
 Letters were read at the meeting last night from Gov. Thomas Riggs Jr, in which the latter asked fo the record of the activities of thu Alaska Fish and Game Club and thu results of its experiments. He de sires to incorporate it in his annua report, work on which will begin il August. He also asked the Club t' prepare suggestions for laws ant l AL-A {rwYS on0h hur1t