Show REED SMOOT AND PARTY IN TOWN distinguished SENATOR 18 undismayed BY DEFEAT senator sutherland and congressman Congre asman hewelt also visitors go to the canyon from wednesday standrd senator reed smoot and a party of salt lakers came up from the capital on the noon train ot abe oregon short line they were met at the depot with carriages and taken up the canyon by the county commissioners where they will inspect the proposed site of the elsh hatchery which the government contemplates building senator smoot when approached by a representative of ibis paper did not seem at all worried over ine results of the election in salt lake and when asked regarding his opinion of the victory of the american parly he said well it Is a defeat diat it all I 1 am still a republican the reporter laughingly said it looked very much as though the hierarch would have to move to ogden to this the senator simply smiled the party from salt lake consisted of senators smoot and sutherland congressman howell his private secretary hugh cannon E H caluster united states revenue officer and william spry chairman 0 the state republican central committee county commissioners W G wilson stanford and madsen the party to the canyon dinner will be served to the party at huntsville and a light lunch at the hermitage on the return trip of the party the proposed site of the fish hatchery is north of huntsville on spring creek a beautiful stream between north and middle forks which shirts tho city and merges into middle fork lower down the valley it is owing to the many excellent features of this creek that commissioner wilson has been diligently working for two years to see his plans materialize the water is uniform in temperature at from 60 to 61 degrees this temperature is right for an extravagant growth of water cress which lines the banks and stream with a wealth of green from its source to the inflow on the leaves of the cress myriads of small black water bugs thrive for the sustenance of the young croul the bugs alone are sufficient to nourish the young elsh until planted in some other mountain stream these insects with tho cress and the pure spring forman ideal spawning ground for the development of trout an important consideration is the supply of water and the extent of the spring fed territory in the estimation of the commissioners abre is at all seasons of the year enough water to feed a fishery that would be large enough to supply the entire mountain country with any desired number of pawn the position of spring creek is the most advantageous of aay spot in utah for the hatchery maps of the surrounding country hy bare the important tact that the headwaters of seven counties can be reached spring creek in a days travel this journey in four directions can be made over as good mountain roads as any m tho state to points not within convenient reach of ogden valley the spawn may be conveyed over thirteen miles of the best mountain road in the west to the best railroad distributing point in the intermountain inter mountain territory this is one of the str onset menta in favor of ogden valley as the best adapted place for an exhaust ices hatchery two year s ago the flici warden of the government was in ogden valley inspecting spring creek he was shown fah of from three quarters to a pound jn weight after one year of development at this time he pronounced the site to be the best combination of natural excellencies of any be had inspected in the states should the proposition be favorably acted upon aid from the government may bo expected in connection with the county and state support |