254 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 

Home of John W. Herron, near Gold Hill, Oregon, and fish pond where the 
Black Bass with which the Rogue was stocked were propagated. 
BLACK BASS OF THE ROGUE RIVER 
By ALVAH E. KELLOGG, Gold Hill, Oregon. 
during the season of 1912. Soon after his arrival he purchased 
the home of Jesse J. Houck, which was situated a half mile north 
of the burg on the Rogue. The Gold Hill-‘Sams Valley highway leads 
past the door of the new home; its green lawns and shaded acres border 
on the banks of the swift flowing river. The premises were bountifully 
supplied with water piped from a spring in a shady nook on the neigh- 
boring hill, and the waste from the pipe line flowed across the grounds 
joining the Rogue. 
The newcomer’s hobby was the mountain torrent passing by, and 
its finny tribe. In his new environment his thoughts ran rife, as to 
how he could improve the surroundings. ‘‘I’ll build a pond,’’ he said 
one day to friends. 
The next season he constructed a concrete reservoir 60 by 60 feet, 
with a depth of five feet, on his new possessions near the dwelling. 
And thereafter the ice cold water escaping from the waste pipe of the 
water system fed the new aquarium, 
One summer day Ben Hur Lampman, who was the ruler over the 
devil in the Gold Hill News establishment, came that way. It was a 
short cut to Ben’s favorite riffle on the Rogue. ‘‘Splash! What is it?’’ 
said the country editor, as he craned his neck that way, observing the 
swell spread over the calm waters of the pool; ‘‘fish,’’ he smiled. 
‘Hello Ben!’’ said the merry landlord, as he sauntered out from a 
nearby shade. 
‘“What have you cooped up here?’’ continued Ben, pointing towards 
the placid waters. 
‘*Gol darn it, you’ve caught me in the act,’’ continued Herron. 
Fa and jovial John W. Herron, of Portland, came to Gold Hill 
