230 PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES. 
OREGON. 
HATCHERIES ON COASTAL STREAMS. 
Rogue Rwer.—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 Legislature 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 11 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 place 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 1897 Mr. Hume built and equipped a hatchery on the upper 
Rogue River at the mouth of Elk Creek, 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 to 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 
the main station. In 1905 a substation was operated at Grants Pass, 
while during the fiscal year 1908 and in subsequent years sub- 
stations were operated at Findley Eddy, on the Rogue River, Illinois 
River, and Applegate Creek, tributaries of the Rogue. 
Many of the eggs gathered at the upper Rogue River stations were 
shipped to Mr. Hume’s hatchery, on the lower river, and there hatched 
out and planted. 
Coquille Rwer.—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 est»blished on one of the tributaries of 
the Coquille River, 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 1900 on the South. 
Coos River, about 20 miles from the town of Marshfield. 
