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unprecedented arf()iri[)lislmii'iit, llic I'ciuafk.-ilily ravoraljlc; waters ot" 

 Oak Creek upon which this hitest of trout liatcheries is situated, have 

 set new records for tlic <iT()\\ iiil; of all kinds of \'vy. Its site was eliosen 

 with the same realization of inereasinL; t'ntiife deiii.-nids that has actu- 

 ated the b'isli and (Janie ( 'oniniission in all its recent enterprises. With 

 not a nniiute's prematui-ity in its foretliou<ilit. tin' ( 'onnnissiori set about 

 huihlinii' up the l)arren lakes of tlie Sierra as soon as tlie .Mount Whitney 

 Hatchery hejjan to operate. ("onse((uently, sportsmen have found fish 

 teemiuu' in numy a hdce that three years a<;o was barren. They have 

 enjoyed tlie keenest of the tly-easter's sensations in battling with the 

 wonderful golden ti'ont in those hij2:h. crystal-elear lakes. To such an 

 extent did the needs of the situation impress Commi.ssioner .M. d. ( 'on- 

 nell that he personally tnok charge of the dist filnd ion of the 6U0,(JU() 

 odd golden trout reared in the .Alount Whitney Hatchery from the 

 "take" of eggs at Cottonwood Lakes this year, limiting the planting 

 to sjK'eially selected and barren waters which henceforth are to be 

 golden trout lakes and streams, thus providing an infinitely i)leasing 

 variety to the summer Sierran camper. Large federal motor-trucks 

 lend a most businesslike air to the distribution of trout from the ^Mount 

 AVhitney Hatchery, but of i our e the actual i)lanting is a laborious 

 pack-train proposition, tedious and expensive at best. 



Fl«. J6. -Mount W'hitn.-y I l;it> d. i., , .-li. i\\ in- n.\vl\- i;i.j. 



by J. L,. \'iMi HIdii. 



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