238 PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES. 
fry deposited m 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 where the salmon spawned, and asecond hatchery 
was built 1} miles below the first named, as the rugged mountainous 
character of the country made transportation between the two sites 
difficult. Of recent years a road has been constructed along the 
river bank, and it is probable that the upper buildings will be aban- 
doned entirely. 
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 White Salmon River, while fishing was carrted 
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 
4 miles from Chiwaukum station on the Great Northern Railway, 
and on Wind River, a tributary of the Columbia, about 1 mile from 
the junction. 
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 24 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 14 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 
Klickitat River hatchery never was operated, while most of the 
others were operated intermittently. 
In 1906 a hatchery was established by the State of Washington 
on the Lewis River, some distance above the town of Woodland. 
