"In conclusion would say in regard to this matter, if we could succeed in 

 finding where the Columbia River Blueback spawn in your state, we would 

 be glad to establish a station, and in return for favors shown could furnish you 

 all the Chinook eggs and perhaps Steelhead which you could handle. 



"Trusting to hear from you at your earliest convenience, I am, 



c/g 



"Yours very truly, 



"R. E. CLANTON, 



"Master Fish Warden." 



First of the Kind. 



It may be stated as a fact that never until November, 1918, have any fish 

 resembling the ones submitted for examination been caught in Ronan Lake. It 

 has always been thought impossible for salmon to proceed further up the waters 



lumping L'p the lacks 



of the Columbia than Kittle Falls, Idaho, lor any purpose and while the waters of 

 Lake Ronan ultimately reach the Columbia River, the distance is so great and the 

 obstacles so numerous that it has been thought impossible for any of the salmon 

 family to reach the waters of Montana for spawning purposes. 



The thought has occurred that a mistake was made by the authorities in 

 selecting the eggs sent in 1916 and that instead of receiving Chinook salmon 

 eggs that in fact the Blueback eggs were sent, hatched and planted. Whichever 

 way we account for the presence of this beautiful fish in our waters the fact 

 that the fish is present is a source of satisfaction, and if as in the present instance 

 they are able to reproduce in fresh water without going to the ocean the waters 

 in which they are now found may become populated without further effort hy 

 State authorities. 



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