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ous times. Included were the whitefish, 

 striped bass, shad, muskallunge and Japa- 

 nese ayu. 



FISH TRANSPORTATION. 



At first, transportation of fish to the 

 stream was accomplished with horse and 

 wagon, or by direct express shipments or 

 in baggage cars. At the 1909 session of 

 the legislature $7500 was appropriated 

 for a fish car and equipment. The car, 

 GO feet long, was built in the shops of the 

 Southern Pacific Company at Sacramento 

 and is still in use. It is fitted up with 

 an engine-room in which is located a boiler 

 for generating steam to run two Westing- 

 house air-pumps, used for forcing a circu- 

 lation of air through a series of pipes 

 and tubes into the 125 cans that the car 

 is equipped to carry ; also a refrigerator, 

 tanks for carrying a supply of fresh wa- 

 ter, berths for the attendants, a culinary 

 department, an ofiice for the superintend- 

 ent of the car. besides lockers for the 

 tools and equipment required in carrying 

 the fish. This car has enabled the com- 

 mission to carry thousands of fish in per- 

 fect condition all over the state, at a 

 saving in the cost of transportation 

 amounting to hundreds of dollars each 

 season. Formerly it required two men to 

 care for 12 or 15 cans ; in the special car 

 four men can care for a load of from 100 

 to 125 cans, carrying from 200,000 to 

 400,000 fish. Since the car has been in 

 operation, three times as many fish as 

 before have been distributed during the 

 same period of time. Furthermore, the 

 fish carry better and are delivered in 

 better condition. A second fish car was 

 put in operation in 1915. 



In recent years the motor truck has 

 played an important part in transporta- 

 tion. The Mount Whitney Hatchery is 

 equipped with two large trucks. There 

 is a one-and-a-half ton truck in use at 

 the Mount Shasta Hatchery ; the distribu- 

 tion of fish from the Feather River Hatch- 

 ery is handled with a two-ton truck and 

 each of the other important hatcheries 

 has a Ford truck as part of the equip- 

 ment. 



From the nearest railway station the 

 fish are carried to the mountain stream 

 either by truck or by pack train. Special 

 pack-cans are utilized with animals, and 

 the fish stand long journeys without 

 injury. 



TROUT FOOD INTRODUCED. 



It seems reasonable to believe that an 

 increased food supply for trout in certain 

 streams might increase the supply and 

 better the fishing. The commission has 



consequently experimented in the trans- 

 plantation of certain insects and crusta- 

 ceans notable as food for trout. As early 

 as 1897 crawfish and salmon flies were 

 introduced into the Truckee basin. In 

 more recent years salmon flies have been 

 introduced and now thrive along many 

 streams in the Tahoe region. 



IN MEMORIAM. 



George McCloud departed this life 

 October 19, 1921. He was. born near 

 Gazelle, Siskiyou County, June 24, 1863. 

 The son of Ross A. McCloud, one of the 

 pioneers of Siskiyou County, who at one 

 time was county surveyor, George Mc- 

 Cloud spent his childhood at Upper Soda 

 Springs and at Yreka. 



He was educated in the common schools 

 of the county and in Ashland Academy. 

 After leaving school he was employed on 

 the survey of the Southern Pacific Rail- 

 road under Chief Engineer William Hood, 

 when that road was being surveyed and 

 built through the Sacramento Canyon and 

 over the Siskiyou Mountains. 



In 1880 he came into possession of a 

 half interest in the Upper Soda Springs 

 resort, and with his sister, Mrs. Elda 

 Massen, operated this popular resort for 

 a number of years. During this ijeriod 

 he established a resort on McCloud River, 

 that was named after his father. The 

 best information that the writer can ob- 

 tain regarding the origin of the name of 

 McCloud River, is that it was named after 

 Mr. McCloud's father, Ross A. McCloud. 

 This statement has been disputed by some, 

 who claim that the river was named 

 after a man named McLeod, who was 

 in the employ of the Iludsons Bay Com- 

 pany as a trapper, but there is not any 

 doubt in the minds of the first settlers 

 that the McCloud River was named after 

 Ross A. McCloud, who came to Siskiyou 

 County in the early fifties and prospected 

 on the river that was given his name by 

 early settlers. George McCloud sold his 

 McCloud River property in 1890 to Clar- 

 ence Waterhouse, who employed him as 

 his fiduciary agent in charge of his prop- 

 erty on the McCloud River, as well as on 

 a mining venture in Alaska. 



George McCloud was a thorough sports- 

 man and enjoyed the esteem of the best 

 sportsmen in California. His knowledge 

 of wild life, particularly the fishes of 

 Northern California, gave him an enviable 

 reputation, and his services were often 

 sought by those who desired to enjoy an 

 outing where good fishing could be had. 



In 1911 he entered the employ of the 

 California Fish and Game Commission. 



