﻿XCII 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES- 
  

  

  The 
  streams 
  visited 
  were 
  Lewis, 
  Toutle, 
  Hood, 
  Big 
  White 
  Salmon, 
  

   Little 
  White 
  Salmon, 
  Des 
  Chutes, 
  and 
  John 
  Day 
  rivers; 
  the 
  Columbia 
  

   Eiver 
  at 
  the 
  Cascades 
  and 
  Celilo 
  ; 
  Hamilton 
  and 
  Eock 
  creeks 
  near 
  the 
  

   Cascades, 
  and 
  Tanner 
  and 
  Eagle 
  creeks. 
  

  

  The 
  examinations 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  main 
  limited 
  to 
  the 
  lower 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  

   streams 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  their 
  greater 
  accessibility, 
  a 
  reasonably 
  close 
  

   proximity 
  to 
  the 
  railroad 
  being 
  a 
  desirable 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  proposed 
  

   station. 
  During 
  the 
  visits 
  made 
  to 
  these 
  streams 
  early 
  in 
  August 
  the 
  

   inquiries 
  consisted 
  chiefly 
  in 
  determining 
  their 
  physical 
  characters, 
  the 
  

   examination 
  of 
  possible 
  sites 
  for 
  hatchery 
  buildings, 
  and 
  the 
  collection 
  

   of 
  information 
  concerning 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  salmon. 
  At 
  that 
  time 
  the 
  

   run 
  of 
  fish 
  had 
  not 
  begun, 
  and 
  no 
  authentic 
  information 
  regarding 
  the 
  

   spawning 
  time 
  and 
  condition 
  could 
  be 
  obtained. 
  It 
  was 
  therefore 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  revisit 
  the 
  different 
  localities 
  in 
  September, 
  when 
  salmon 
  

   were 
  arriving 
  upon 
  the 
  spawning-beds 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  possible 
  by 
  personal 
  

   observation 
  to 
  determine 
  the 
  relative 
  advantages 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  sites 
  

   and 
  streams 
  for 
  fish 
  cultural 
  puri)Oses. 
  

  

  Salmon 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  some 
  numbers 
  in 
  Big 
  White 
  Salmon 
  and 
  Little 
  

   White 
  Salmon 
  rivers 
  and 
  in 
  Tanner 
  and 
  Eagle 
  creeks. 
  No 
  salmon 
  

   were 
  observed 
  in 
  Des 
  Chutes, 
  John 
  Day, 
  and 
  Hood 
  rivers, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   doubtful 
  whether, 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time, 
  these 
  rivers 
  contain 
  any 
  impor- 
  

   tant 
  spawning-grounds 
  of 
  the 
  chinook 
  salmon. 
  Salmon 
  were 
  observed 
  

   in 
  greatest 
  abundance 
  in 
  Little 
  White 
  Salmon 
  River, 
  and 
  this 
  stream 
  

   was 
  selected 
  as 
  the 
  most 
  desirable 
  site 
  for 
  the 
  contemplated 
  hatching- 
  

   station. 
  Temporary 
  buildings 
  were 
  hastily 
  constructed 
  and 
  the 
  station 
  

   operated 
  during 
  the 
  same 
  fall. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  collected 
  was 
  com- 
  

   paratively 
  large 
  and 
  warrants 
  the 
  belief 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  

   sites 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  Columbia 
  basin 
  for 
  fish-cultural 
  work. 
  

  

  In 
  September 
  and 
  October, 
  1806, 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  B. 
  Alexander 
  spent 
  consid- 
  

   erable 
  time 
  at 
  the 
  canneries 
  of 
  Mr. 
  I. 
  H. 
  Taffe 
  and 
  Messrs. 
  Seufert 
  Bros., 
  

   at 
  Celilo, 
  Oreg., 
  inspecting 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  salmon 
  made 
  in 
  their 
  wheels 
  

   and 
  nets. 
  Important 
  data 
  were 
  obtained 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  relative 
  abundance 
  

   of 
  Chinook 
  salmon, 
  silver 
  salmon, 
  and 
  steelheads, 
  their 
  sizes, 
  spawning 
  

   condition, 
  relative 
  numbers 
  as 
  to 
  sex, 
  and 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  run. 
  

  

  WALLOWA 
  LAKE, 
  OREGON. 
  

  

  A 
  brief 
  visit 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  this 
  lake 
  in 
  August, 
  1896, 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Meek 
  

   and 
  Maddren 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  ascertaining 
  what 
  facilities 
  existed 
  in 
  

   that 
  region 
  for 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  blueback 
  salmon 
  or 
  redfish 
  and 
  the 
  

   quinnat 
  salmon, 
  more 
  especially 
  their 
  spawning 
  habits 
  and 
  grounds 
  

   and 
  their 
  condition 
  after 
  spawning. 
  Ko 
  large 
  redfish 
  were 
  seen, 
  but 
  it 
  

   was 
  learned 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  formerly 
  spawned 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  in 
  

   an 
  inlet 
  of 
  Wallowa 
  Lake; 
  the 
  run 
  has 
  been 
  rapidly 
  decreasing 
  in 
  

   recent 
  years. 
  This 
  region 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  spawning-ground 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  

   redfish, 
  but 
  they 
  had 
  not 
  arrived 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  this 
  visit. 
  Important 
  

   spawning-grounds 
  of 
  the 
  chinook 
  salmon 
  formerly 
  existed 
  in 
  the 
  west 
  

   and 
  main 
  forks 
  of 
  Wallowa 
  River, 
  but 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  years 
  not 
  

   many 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  seen. 
  

  

  