PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES. 241 
tion was built in 1907 on the south fork of the Nooksak River, about 
1 mile from Acme. 
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 only 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: Snoho- 
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 from 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 srbaltary of the south branch of the Stilla- 
guamish River. 
The Startup hatchery, located near Startup, on the Skykomish 
River, was formerly used as a collecting station for the Snohomish 
hatchery. It is still used for this purpose, but also retains and 
hatches a considerable quantity of spawn. The station is about 4 
miles from the Snohomish hatchery. 
In 1900 the State established a fisheries experimental station at 
Keyport Landing, on the east arm of Port Orchard Bay, with Pearson 
as the nearest post office. The work of the station was devoted to 
salmon and oysters until it was abandoned a few years later. 
The State established a hatchery on the Dungeness River, about 7 
miles from the town of Dungeness, in Clallam: County, in 1901. In 
1906 it constructed a hatchery on a small tributary of the Skagit, 
River, between Hamilton and Lyman. The station built on Sauk 
River, a tributary of the Skagit, has been operated only occasionally 
since the Skagit hatchery was built. 
The White River hatchery was constructed on Suice Creek, a trib- 
utary of Green River, some years ago. During the summer of 1909 
a new hatchery was built at this station, the old one being too small 
to accommodate the amount of spawn that could be taken. The new 
hatchery is located on the east side of Suice Creek near the county 
road. The building contains 140 hatching troughs. The plant has 
a pond system, where the fry are kept and fed until they are able to 
shift for themselves. 
During the summer of 1911 the city of Tacoma constructed a large 
concrete dam in the Green River, about 4 miles west of Eagle Gorge. 
