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complete extermination of our game and game fish unless 

 existing conditions were remedied, and for that reason 

 advocated an entirely "new deal." The enactment of the 

 1911 law and the induction into control of the State Board 

 of Fish and Game Commissioners was the result. The law 

 creating the Board requires that four of the members shall 

 be selected by the Governor, that no more than two of these 

 shall belong to the same political party, and that two of 

 them shall be residents of that part of the state lying east 

 of the Cascade Mountains. 



The persons chosen by the Governor to compose the four 

 appointive members were Mr. J. Frank Hughes, of Gold 

 Hill; Mr. C. F. Stone, of Klamath Falls; Mr. C. K. Crans- 

 ton, of Pendleton, and Mr. M. J. Kinney, of Portland. In 

 accordance with the law, these four met and selected a fifth 

 member in the person of Mr. Geo. H. Kelly, of Portland. 

 The Board then organized by the selection of Mr. Cranston 

 as chairman and Mr. Hughes as secretary, and appointed 

 Mr. R. E. Clanton as Master Fish Warden and Mr. William 

 L. Finley as State Game Warden. Mr. Clanton was, and' 

 had been for about a year, the incumbent of the office to 

 which he was reappointed. Mr. Finley had had extended 

 experience as agent of the National Audubon Society in 

 protection of bird life within this state but had never served 

 as a state official, nor had he been specifically interested in 

 strictly game regulations. 



One of the first rules which the Board laid down to these 

 chiefs and executives was that harmonious action between 

 themselves is absolutely necessary and that on that class 

 of work entirely depends their retention in office. They 

 were given to understand that co-operation between the 

 two departments is and must be a cardinal principle. 



Thus organized, the Board has taken active hold of the 

 work before it. The members have visited most of the state 

 properties under the control of the Board. Formal sessions 

 are held about every sixty days when all matters relating 

 to the work over which it has jurisdiction are thoroughly 



