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another hatchery on the Clackamas River about 30 miles below the 

 main station and between the North and South Forks. In 1904 all 

 were turned over to the United States. In 1907 an experimental 

 station for the collection of eggs of the early variety of chinook salmon 

 was established by the State of Oregon on the Clackamas River below 

 the Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. 's dam at Cazadero, but this 

 is now operated by the United States Bureau of Fisheries. 



In 1889 the State established a hatchery in the cannery of Mr. 

 F. M. Warren, at Warrendale, in Multnomah County, on the Colum- 

 bia River, which was operated in that year and in 1890. 



In 1895 some of the Oregon salmon packers combined and organ- 

 ized the Columbia River Packers' Propagating Co., which estab- 

 lished a hatchery on the upper Clackamas River at the junction of 

 the Warm Springs and the Clackamas and operated it in 1895 and 

 1896. The Government operated it in 1897 and 1898, after which 

 it was turned over to the State and moved to the opposite side of 

 the river. 



In 1898 the collection of steelhead trout eggs was first undertaken 

 on the northwest coast by the State of Oregon on Salmon River, a 

 tributary of the Columbia River, and met with fair success. In 

 March, 1899, the Government sent a party to the falls of the Willa- 

 mette River, near Oregon City, to collect steelhead eggs, and also 

 operated for this purpose at its substation on the Salmon River, but 

 the latter eiTort met with failure, as the rack was washed away. 

 This station was turned over to the State on June 15, 1899. 



In 1901 the State of Oregon did some experimental work at Swan 

 Falls, on Snake River, the boundary for a considerable distance 

 between Oregon and Idaho. During the winter and early spring of 

 1902 the State also worked Tucannon River, which is a tributary of 

 Snake River, for steelhead, but met with poor success. Snake 

 River was worked again in 1902 at the foot of Morton Island, which 

 is situated 2 miles above Ontario, in Malheur County. Title to the 

 necessary property was secured from the War Department in 1903 

 and permanent buildings were erected. 



In 1901 the State of Oregon established an experimental hatchery 

 in Wallowa County, on the Grande Ronde River, at the mouth of a 

 small tributary called the Wenaha River, which enters the main 

 si ream about 50 miles from its mouth. A permanent station was 

 established in the canyon about 1 .V miles below the Wallowa bridge 

 on the Wallowa River, a tributary of the Grande Ronde River, in 

 1903. 



In 1902 the State of Oregon erected a permanent plant on Salmon 

 River at its junction with Boulder Creek. 



In the same year the State established an experimental station 

 on the McKenzie River, a tributary of the Willamette River, about 



