THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 203 

Central Hatchery at Bonneville, Showing Pond System. 
FISH HATCHERY AT BONNEVILLE BEST 
(From Portland Oregonian.) 
“T never saw a finer fish hatchery than the Oregon State Hatchery 
at Bonneville,’ declared Edwin F. Sweet, assistant secretary of the 
Department of Commerce, on his arrival in Portland from Bonneville 
last night. 
Mr. Sweet is touring the Pacific Coast on official business. He 
is giving particular attention to the fisheries, lighthouse and steamboat 
inspection bureaus. 
At noon today Mr. Sweet will be an honor guest at an informal 
luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce. He is expected to detail 
the plans of the Department of Commerce for development of Pacific 
Coast trade conditions. 
“T had often heard of the Bonneville Hatchery,” said Mr. Sweet, 
“so I decided to visit it at the first opportunity. I was particularly 
fortunate today in having an opportunity not only of going to Bonne- 
ville, but of riding over your justly renowned Columbia River Highway. 
I never saw two such wonders on a single day before.” 
Mr. Sweet, who is accompanied by his daughter, reports that he 
has toured over most of the best roads in the Hast, but that he has 
seen nothing in any part of the country that can begin to compare 
with the new road along the Columbia River. 
From a professional point of view, however, he was most inter- 
ested in the Bonneville Hatchery. Some of the men now attached to 
the plant at Bonneville formerly were in the Federal service, while 
others now in the Federal service formerly were connected with the 
Bonneville plant. 
“HKiver since I entered the department,” he said, “I have had the 
Bonneville Hatchery held up to me as a sort of model. I went there 
today expecting to see a wonderful plant and, indeed, I was not dis- 
appointed. I believe that the people of Oregon fail to appreciate what 
a valuable asset the fish hatchery is. It has been doing good work 
