80 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



ble were held and fed until late in the spring, the final distribution 

 taking place during April. The total collections during the season 

 amounted to 14:,160,132 eggs, on which there was a loss of 2,537,200. 

 In addition to the eggs taken at this station, 573,000 were received 

 from the Big White Salmon substation and 598,868 from the Eagle 

 Creek substation, making the total of eggs handled 15,338,000, from 

 which were hatched 12,800,800 fry. The fry loss amounted to 719,995, 

 and the total number available for distribution amounted to 12,080,805, 

 which were scattered along in waters tributar}' to and in the Columbia 

 River from a point 30 miles up the Des Chutes River to the Sandy 

 River. 



Big White Salmon Station. 



When this station was visited it was found that the White Salmon 

 Boom and Improvement Company had thrown a wing dam across the 

 mouth of the river and had cut a channel across the bar in order to 

 get logs out on a lower stage of water than had been the former prac- 

 tice. This change necessitated new plans for capturing the fish in the 

 river, as it gave the fish a new lead from the Columbia and threw the 

 current from the eastern to the western side of the river. 



On September 5 the run of logs was finished and Mr. G. H. Tolbert 

 was placed in charge of the substation with al crew of 2 men. As 

 there are no buildings at this point, the necessary camp equipment was 

 transferred from the Little White Salmon Station, also a complete 

 equipment of tools. Camp was pitched within 300 yards of the mouth 

 of the river, and the fishing-ground was located 500 yards from its 

 mouth. Fishing was conducted by racking the stream and by down- 

 stream traps. Old troughs were freighted from the Little White Sal- 

 mon Station and set up on Olsen Creek, a small stream 1 mile below 

 the mouth of the Big White Salmon River. Here a fine water supply 

 was available, which was not only clear at all times but never varied 

 in temperature. 



Later in the season it developed that there was not sufficient room 

 for the fry being collected, and 100 new troughs were made for this 

 station and set up out of doors. They were supplied with water from 

 a 500-foot flume temporarily but substantially built, as it was neces- 

 sary to carry the flume in one place 20 feet from the ground, exposed 

 to high winds. 



The first females were taken September 14, when 29,500 eggs were 

 secured. The fish were captured during the greater jjart of the season 

 in the downstream trap, but t)vving to liigh water it was necessary at 

 times to seine them. Th(> same manner of handling tlu> fish was in 

 vogue as at the Little White Salmon. During the season 872 females 

 were taken, from Avhich were secured 3,415,000 eggs, showing the 

 average production per fish to have been 3,916. From the eggs tjiken 

 at this station, and from the 741,932 taken at Tanner Creek and shipped 



