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paid the Oref!:on & Washington Fish Propagating Co., which was 

 operating the hatchery on the Clackamas River, $2,000 for salmon] 

 fry deposited in that river. In 1893 the State legislature estab- 

 lished a hatchery fund which was to be supplied by licenses from 

 certain lines of the fishery business. In 1895 its first hatchery in 

 the Columbia River Basin was built on the Kalama River, about 4 

 miles distant from its junction with the Columbia, and in Cowlitz 

 County. Shortly after this hatchery was built it was discovered 

 that it was above w^here the salmon spawned, and a second hatchery 

 was built 1% miles below the first named, as the rugged mountainous 

 character of the country made transportation between the two sites 

 diflicidt. The plant was rebuilt and enlarged in 1928, and 20 rearing 

 ponds were built. 



Another station for the collection and eyeing of eggs was estab- 

 lished on the Chinook River, a small stream which empties into Baker 

 Bay near the mouth of the Columbia. 



During the fiscal year 1897 the United States Fish Commission 

 established a station on Little White Salmon River, a stream which 

 empties into the Columbia, on the Washington side, about 14 miles 

 above the Cascades. During the fiscal year 1901 an auxiliary station 

 was operated on Big Wliite Salmon River, while fishing was carried 

 on in Eagle and Tanner Creeks, in Oregon, the eggs obtained from 

 these creeks being brought to the Little White Salmon hatchery. 



In 1899 the State of Washington built and operated hatcheries 

 on the Wenatchee River, a tributary of the Columbia River, about 

 1)2 miles from Chiwaukum Station on the Great Northern Railway, 

 and on Wind River, a tributary of the Columbia, about 1 mile from 

 the junction. The latter was abandoned in 1922 and rebuilt in 1928. 



In 1900 Washington State hatcheries were established in the 

 Columbia River Basin as follows: White River hatchery, which was 

 built on Coos Creek, which empties into a tributary of the White 

 River, the location being about 2}^ miles from where the Green 

 River joins the White River; Methow River hatchery, built on the 

 Methow River at the point where it is joined by the Twisp, about 

 22 miles from the Columbia River; Colville River hatchery, built 

 on the north bank of Colville River, about 1% miles from its mouth, 

 and about 1 mile from Kettle Falls; Klickitat River hatchery, 

 located on the east bank of the Klickitat River, about 6 miles from 

 its mouth; and one on the Little Spokane River, about 10 miles from 

 its mouth and about 9 miles north of the city of Spokane. The 

 Klicldtat River hatchery never was operated, while most of the 

 others were operated intermittently. 



In 1906 a hatchery was extablished by the State of Washington 

 on the Lewds River, some distance above the town of Woodland. In 

 1919 this hatchery was operated by the United States Bureau of 

 Fisheries. This has since been abandoned. 



In 1909 the State of Washington established a hatchery near 

 Pateros, on the Methow River, a tributary of the Columbia River, 

 and on the Til ton. 



In 1915 Clarke County, Wash., built a hatchery on the east side of 

 Cold Creek, about 2 miles from the town of Vancouver. 



A temporary station was established by the State of Washington 

 on Wenatchee Lake, near Leavenworth, in 1915. 



