Show FISH an interesting communication on the subject fish arieh commissioner A M musser has hag received the follow dispatch to which he appends appends the suggestions made below pittsburg pa may 28 issa A 4 ar M musser fish salt lake lahe utah 17 S fish commissioners car is en route to salt lake city with cargo of shad hii f fry expect to reach ogden tuesday p m will be pleased to have yu you meet car at any point you may select wire me denver care depot master geo GE H H MOORE I 1 will add that I 1 expect to meet the car beyond green river and if we have hav e fry enough 1 I petit petitioned ned for or will put ut some la in that stream I 1 expect to put the residue into bear weber eber and provo rivers or rather into small fishless side streams leading into these rivers where the try fry may mature undisturbed by enemies till old enough to take care of themselves this shipment is the fruitage of a number of communications which i have passed between prof baird and col mcdonald of the U S fish department and myself on the subject I 1 am now maturing arrangements with mr seth green of rochester N Y for a few hundred thousand eels which I 1 think will do well in our muddy streams such as the jordan spanish fork sevier ogden mill creek ete etc 1 lam am satisfied that oysters can be successfully cultivated in artificial ponds located on marshy bottoms near salt lake I 1 am in communication with prof philadelphia and mr henry C rowe of new haven conn on the subject prof rider is a practical artificial oyster raiser and mr rowe is a large dealer in seed oysters and experienced in oyster planting both give me every assurance of success more anon A MILTON MUSSER |