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CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME, 



His kuovvlcdge of the trout and salmon 

 was of great value to him in bis new posi- 

 tion, and he made rapid progress in his 

 work. He was employed as fishculturist 

 in charge of an egg-collecting station, and 

 superintendent of one of the commission's 

 distribution cai's, until bis illness early in 

 the summer of 1921 caused him to retire. 

 Mr. McCloud's death is deplored by a 

 host of friends. He was an honest, up- 

 right and coucientious man. In bis pass- 



lots of rainbow trout eggs to the Ha- 

 waiian Islands : 50,000 in the spring of 

 1919 and 25,000 in the spring of 1920. 

 The executive officer of the Fish and 

 Game Commission of the Territory of 

 Hawaii, under date of December 20, 1921, 

 reported as follows : "In the streams vis- 

 ited on Kauai which had been stocked, 

 dozens of I'ainbow trout were seen in 

 every pool. I have never seen more fish 

 in virgin streams in the Cascade Moun- 



George McCloud, pioneer of Siskiyou County, for many 

 year.s a trusted employee of the Fish and Game Com- 

 mission. 



ing the Fish and Game Commission lost 

 an efficient and dependable employee. 



There survive to mourn his loss his 

 wife, Mrs. Mary McCloud ; two sons, Ross 

 A. McCloud, who succeeded his father as 

 superintendent of distribution car No. 2, 

 and George McCloud Jr., superintendent 

 of Mount Whitney Hatchery ; two daugh- 

 ters, Mrs. Carrie Ilickman and Mrs. Ruth 

 Wheeler, and a sister, Mrs. Elda Ma-ssen. 



RAINBOW TROUT THRIVE IN 



HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 

 Within the past few years the United 

 States Bureau of Fisheries has sent two 



tains. The fish all have the appearance 

 of being very fat and averaged about 10 

 inches." The bureau plans to send a 

 further consignment of rainbow eggs to 

 the islands this spring. 



MANY LIONS SECURED IN GAME 

 REFUGES. 



Since the lieginniug of operations by 

 tli(> state lion hunter, 47 mountain lions 

 have been killed in and around game 

 refuges and 20 ofliors in and around na- 

 tional parks. Eight lions have been 

 killed in Fish and Game District 2A, five 

 in Fish and Game District 3C, one in 



