THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 169 

FOUR MILE LAKE, KLAMATH COUNTY 
By Commissioner C. F. STONE 
Kditor Sportsman: 
* About fifteen thousand years ago, more or less, seven miles due 
west of what is now Pelican Bay, in Klamath County, as a result of 
some mighty eruption, a giant mountain, branch, trunk and root, was 
shivered to splinters and scattered over many miles of fine scenery. 
The hole left in the jaw of the range was about four miles in length 
and three-quarters of a mile in width, but the noticeable features of the 
cavity, immediately after the extraction, was its depth. Tradition 
places this at about two miles; actual soundings have verified this 
to the extent of one-half. This excavation happened before the artesian 
well had been invented, but owing to the fact that the hole extended 
below several water bearing strata, it was immediately used for the 
storage of water, and is now known as Four Mile Lake. These geo- 
logical references are most likely faulty. I do not pretend to vouch 
for such, any more than I endorse any statements made of their experi- 
ences on the trip, of which I write, by W. P. Johnson, J. L. Slater and 
Jesse Siemens, but all are sufficiently accurate for the purpose of 
this story. 
Three years ago there was a complete dearth of fish life in this 
lake; a trout had never created one little ripple in its crystal waters. 
It was not even known to contain fish food, and the temperature had 
not been taken with a view to placing trout fry therein; but waiving 
all such preliminaries, some time in the latter part of July, 1913, the 
Fish and Game Commission shipped to the lake and planted 6000 
fingerling Rainbow trout. These were brought from the hatchery 
at Spencer Creek. Reports came from time to time that many of the 
fish had been seen and that same were doing phenomenally well. 
But not till within the last two weeks did the sportsmen realize the 
sensational result of the effort to stock the lake. About this time 
Henry Stout, district deputy game warden, W. P. Johnson, Carey 
Ramsby and Bob Robertson, of Klamath Falls, made a trip to the lake. 
They reported seeing as many trout as had been placed in the lake 
