﻿LXXII 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  from 
  that 
  time 
  to 
  October 
  14, 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  2,179,000 
  being 
  secured 
  from 
  

   the 
  127 
  females 
  handled. 
  During 
  the 
  season 
  the 
  salmon 
  appeared 
  in 
  

   such 
  large 
  numbers 
  below 
  the 
  rack 
  that 
  the 
  Indians 
  often 
  captured 
  

   two 
  and 
  three 
  at 
  one 
  cast 
  of 
  the 
  spear; 
  many 
  were 
  also 
  observed 
  above 
  

   the 
  rack, 
  having 
  ascended 
  before 
  it 
  was 
  constructed. 
  

  

  In 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  construction 
  at 
  this 
  point 
  was 
  

   not 
  undertaken 
  until 
  SeiJtember 
  15, 
  when 
  the 
  spawning 
  season 
  had 
  

   already 
  commenced, 
  the 
  results 
  secured 
  were 
  considered 
  excellent. 
  

   Had 
  the 
  station 
  been 
  established 
  earlier 
  in 
  the 
  season, 
  there 
  seems 
  

   little 
  doubt 
  but 
  that 
  seven 
  or 
  eight 
  million 
  eggs 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  col- 
  

   lected. 
  The 
  lands 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  station 
  is 
  located 
  are 
  owned 
  by 
  an 
  

   Indian, 
  Joe 
  Thomas, 
  and 
  steps 
  are 
  now 
  being 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  Govern- 
  

   ment 
  to 
  lease 
  it. 
  The 
  total 
  cost 
  of 
  operating 
  at 
  this 
  point, 
  including 
  

   construction 
  of 
  hatchery 
  and 
  outbuildings, 
  amounted 
  to 
  $2,288.27. 
  

   The 
  hatchery 
  was 
  a 
  rough 
  wooden 
  structure 
  without 
  a 
  floor, 
  lighted 
  by 
  

   skylights 
  above 
  and 
  unglazed 
  windows 
  in 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  ends. 
  It 
  was 
  

   equipped 
  with 
  50 
  troughs, 
  and 
  the 
  water 
  supply 
  was 
  obtained 
  from 
  a 
  

   brook 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  away. 
  The 
  other 
  buildings 
  consisted 
  of 
  sleep- 
  

   ing 
  quarters 
  and 
  a 
  mess-house 
  for 
  the 
  employees. 
  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  

   collecting 
  season 
  the 
  trough 
  room 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  insuiUcient, 
  and 
  

   additional 
  troughs 
  were 
  erected 
  outside 
  for 
  holding 
  the 
  fry. 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  heavy 
  rains 
  on 
  November 
  15, 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  brook 
  from 
  

   which 
  the 
  supply 
  was 
  obtained 
  became 
  so 
  muddy 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  necessary 
  

   to 
  discontinue 
  using 
  it 
  and 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  supply 
  from 
  the 
  lumber 
  com- 
  

   pany's 
  flume. 
  During 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  men 
  were 
  obliged 
  to 
  work 
  night 
  and 
  

   day 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  screens 
  open 
  and 
  a 
  supply 
  of 
  water 
  flowing 
  through 
  

   the 
  troughs. 
  Snow 
  commenced 
  falling 
  early 
  in 
  November, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  

   28th 
  the 
  thermometer 
  had 
  fallen 
  to 
  13° 
  above 
  zero. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Sauerhoff 
  was 
  detached 
  from 
  the 
  station 
  on 
  January 
  18 
  and 
  J. 
  A. 
  

   Tolbert 
  left 
  in 
  charge. 
  The 
  fry 
  were 
  all 
  liberated 
  between 
  January 
  7 
  

   and 
  February 
  15 
  in 
  the 
  Little 
  White 
  Salmon 
  near 
  Chenowith, 
  Wash. 
  

   At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  the 
  apparatus 
  was 
  stored 
  in 
  the 
  bunk-house, 
  

   and, 
  as 
  the 
  grounds 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  station 
  is 
  located 
  are 
  liable 
  to 
  floods, 
  

   the 
  hatchery 
  was 
  weighted 
  down 
  with 
  stone 
  and 
  placed 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  a 
  

   watchman, 
  who 
  was 
  permitted 
  to 
  occupy 
  the 
  mess-house. 
  / 
  

  

  SiusLAW 
  River 
  Station, 
  Oregon 
  (L. 
  E. 
  Bean 
  in 
  charge). 
  

  

  Upon 
  the 
  recommendation 
  of 
  Dr. 
  S. 
  E. 
  Meek, 
  who 
  was 
  engaged 
  in 
  

   Investigating 
  the 
  salmon 
  streams 
  in 
  western 
  Oregon, 
  tlie 
  Commissioner 
  

   authorized 
  the 
  reopening 
  of 
  the 
  hatchery 
  on 
  the 
  Siuslaw 
  Kiver 
  at 
  

   Mapleton 
  on 
  a 
  small 
  scale. 
  The 
  owner 
  tendered 
  its 
  use 
  to 
  the 
  Commis- 
  

   sion 
  without 
  rental, 
  and 
  the 
  fishermen 
  agreed 
  to 
  furnish 
  the 
  necessary 
  

   adult 
  salmon 
  on 
  the 
  fishing-grounds, 
  about 
  26 
  miles 
  below 
  Mapleton, 
  

   free 
  of 
  expense. 
  An 
  effort 
  had 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  operate 
  this 
  station 
  in 
  

   1895, 
  but 
  no 
  results 
  were 
  secured, 
  as 
  th« 
  fish 
  were 
  all 
  captured 
  several 
  

   miles 
  below 
  the 
  rack 
  by 
  seines 
  and 
  gill 
  nets. 
  This 
  season 
  it 
  was 
  deter- 
  

  

  