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eggs from the Satsop River, a tributary of the Chehahs, it has been 

 possible to fill the hatchery each season. 



In 1909 the site where eggs had been gathered on the Satsop River 

 was purchased, and a new hatchery was erected there. It has three 

 concrete rearing ponds and is fully equipped for the taking of spawn 

 and the hatching out and caring for 5,000,000 fry. This plant was 

 first operated in the fall of 1909. 



Work was begun in September, 1914, by the United vStates Bureau 

 of Fisheries on a hatching station on Lake Quinault, Wash., and a take 

 of eggs was made the same year. 



In lieu of installing lishways in their dams in the Humptulips 

 River and tributaries, in the Grays Harbor section, two timber firms 

 agreed to furnish the money needed to build a hatchery on Stevens 

 Creek, west of Humptulips, and the same was constructed and put 

 into operation in October of 1914. The plant is now the property of 

 the State. 



In 1917 a hatchery was built by the State on Chehalis River near 

 Dryad, with money contributed l)y two lumber companies in lieu of 

 building fishway over a dam. 



Puget Sound ami trihuiaries. — In 1896 the State established a hatch- 

 ery on Baker Lake, which is the head of Baker River, a tributary of 

 the Skagit River, and this was the first establishment for the hatch- 

 ing of sockcye salmon. In July, 1899, it was sold to the United States 

 Fish Commission. In 1901 steelhead trout eggs were collected on 

 Phinncy Creek, about 5 miles from the town of Birdsview, and some 

 30 miles from Baker Lake. In 1901 an auxiliary station was opened 

 at Birdsview, on Skagit River, and steelhead trout eggs were col- 

 lected on Phinney and Grandy Creeks and brought to Baker Lake to 

 be hatched. 



In 1898 a private hatchery (the necessary money being raised by 

 subscription among the residents of Fairhaven, now Bellingham, and 

 vicinity) was built near Lake Samish, a lew miles from Fairhaven. 



In 1899 a hatchery was built by the State on Kendall Creek, a 

 tributary of the Nooksack River, about 300 yards from same, and 

 abont 2 miles from the railway station of Kendall. Exce])t in 1903, 

 this hatchery has since been operated continuously. An eyeing sta- 

 tion was built in 1!)07 on th(^ south fork of the Nooksack River, about 

 1 mile from Acme. This hatchery is now used as a reserve station. 



In the same year the State built a hatchery on the Skokomish 

 River, about 4 miles from its mouth. An (eyeing station was also 

 erected on the north fork of the same river. The main station was 

 not operated in 1904 and onlv on a small scale in 1903 and 1905. 



The State in 1889 built a hatchery on Friday Creek, a tributary 

 of the Samish River, situated about 1 mile from the mouth of the 

 creek. 



The following State hatcheries were first operated in 1900: vSnoho- 

 mish hatchery, built on the west bank of Skykomish River, a few 

 miles from its mouth; Nisqually River hatchery, built on Muck Creek, 

 about one-half mile fron the Nisqually River, and about 4 miles 

 from the town of Roy, in Pierce County; and the Stillaguamish hatch- 

 ery, located on the Stillaguamish River, about 4 miles from the town 

 of Arlington, in Snohomish County. The latter has since been 

 moved to Jim Creek, a tributary of the south branch of the Stilla- 

 guamish River. It is merely used as an eyeing station now. 



