228 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



OREGON. 

 HATCHERIES ON COASTAL STREAMS. 



Rogue River. — In 1877 R. D. Hume, who had been packing salmon 

 on this river for some years, erected a hatchery at Ellensburg. 

 In 1888 the Oregon Legislatm-e appropriated a sum of money for the 

 enlargement and support of this hatchery, Mr. Hume to retain 

 complete control. As the location is on tidewater, it is necessary to 

 catch the parent fish and hold them until they are ready to spawn, 

 and in order to do this Mr. Hume had an excavation 32 by 62 feet 

 and 1 1 feet deep made in the bank of the river. This was lined with 

 concrete 1 foot thick, which, when filled with water, made a pond 

 30 by 60 feet and 10 feet deep. Over the entire pond he constructed a 

 building which could be closed up so as virtually to exclude the light. 

 It is supposed that retaining the fish in a dark plac<' aids in keeping 

 them in good physical condition until ready to spawn. After the 

 death of Mr. Hume in 1908 this hatchery^ was taken over and operated 

 by the State. 



In 1 897 Mr. Hume built and equipped a hatchery on the upper 

 Rogue River at the mouth of Elk CYeek, about 26 miles from the 

 town of Central Point, in Jackson County, and, in pursuance of an 

 understanding with the United States Fish Commission, the latter 

 operated then and still continues \o operate this plant. 



In 1900 the Government established an auxiliary station for the 

 collection of steelhead trout eggs on Elk Creek, about 10 miles above 

 th<^ main station. In 1905 a substation was operated at Grants Pass, 

 while during the fiscal year 1908 and in subsequent years substa- 

 tions were operated at Findley Eddy, on the Rogue River, Illinois 

 River, and Applegate Creek, tributaries of the Rogue. 



Many of the eggs gathenMl at the upper Rogue River stations were 

 slii; pcd to Mr. Ilume's hatchery, on the lower river, and there hatched 

 out and planted. 



CoquiUe River. — The State formerly had a hatchery on this river, 

 but it was abandoned during the winter of 1902-3. In the winter 

 of 1904-5 a substation was establish(Hl on one of the tributaries of 

 the Coquille RivcT, about 6 miles from the South Coos River hatchery, 

 and was used in hatching eggs brought to it from the latter place. 

 A station was built on the north fork of the Coquille River in 1910. 



Coos River. — A hatchery was built by the State in 1 900 on the South 

 Coos River, about 20 miles from the town of Marshfield. 



Umpgua River. — In 1900 the State built a hatchery on the north 

 fork of the Umpqua River, iK^ar the town of Glide and about 24 miles 

 east of Roseburg. In 1901 a station was established farther up the 

 north fork, at the mouth of Steamboat Creek. After working here 

 two years the station was moved a couple of miles farther up the 

 stream. In 1!)07 work was resumed again at the original station near 

 Glide, as winter freshets had seriously damaged the upper station. 

 A permanent station was built in 1910. 



Siuslaw River. — In 1893 the State erected a hatchery on Knowles 

 Creek, a tributary of the Siuslaw River, about 20 miles above the 

 mouth of the river. It was turned over to the United States Fish 

 Commission to operate, but no fish came up to the hatchery because 

 the fishermen lower down stretched their nets entirely across the river, 



