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Union as being a "sportsman's paradise" and Bonne- 

 ville does much to maintain this reputation. Were it 

 not for the propagation of game fish and their libera- 

 tion in our streams the splendid sport of angling would 

 long since have passed into the category of classic 

 myths. But the Commissioners were far sighted and 

 have established hatcheries and feeding stations in vari- 

 ous locations in the state which are favored by climatic 

 conditions and a plentiful supply of water of a proper 

 temperature. 



These smaller hatcheries and feeding stations play 

 an important part in this great work of game fish propa- 

 gation. Millions of eggs are taken from them annually. 

 Some of these eggs are exchanged in the East for the 

 eggs of Brook Trout and other varieties of game fish 

 not native to Oregon. In many other ways these smaller 

 stations serve a most useful purpose and it is hoped, as 

 finances permit, to increase their number and enlarge 

 their efficiency. 



Bonneville was visited during the past season by 

 thousands of people from all parts of the state and the 

 nation. No one who has not visited this hatchery has 

 any adequate idea of what the Fish and Game Com- 

 mission has undertaken for the benefit of the sportsmen 

 of Oregon. During the past season between six and 

 eight million trout fry have been liberated from Bonne- 

 ville and the other stations. The sportsmen know how 

 well this has been done in their own communities. But 

 they do not know, unless they visit Bonneville, the 

 amount of care and attention that the State gives to 

 make this distribution possible. From the time the eggs 

 are taken from the female fish till the trout are finally 

 planted in the waters of some lake or stream they are 



