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eggs from the Satsop River, a tributary of the Chehalis, 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 States 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 fishways 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 by two lumber companies in lieu of 
building fishway over a dam. 
Puget Sound and tribuiarves.—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 sockeye salmon. In July, 1899, it was sold to the United States 
Fish Commission. In 1901 steelhead trout eggs were collected on 
Phinney 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 few 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 
about 2 miles from the railway station of Kendall. Except in 1903, 
this hatchery has since been operated continuously. An eyeing sta- 
tion was built in 1907 on the 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 only on a small scale in 1903 and 1905. 
The State in 1889 built a waite on Friday Creek, a tributary 
of the Samish River, situated about 1 mile from the mouth of the 
creck, 
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 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. 
