THE 



OREGON 



SPORTSMAN 



SPORTSMEN INTERESTED IN STATE CONVENTION. 



Interest in the proposed state convention of sportsmen which has been 

 set for January 16th and 17th at Portland is growing in different parts of the 

 state. Many replies have been received by the committee in charge. A 

 number of game protective organizations from different parts of the state 

 have already elected delegates. A large attendance is expected. Invita- 

 tions have been sent to prominent men in the East who have accomplished 

 results in game protection and propagation. An attractive program is being 

 arranged, including lectures on game protection and propagation, moving 

 pictures of hunting and fishing and reports from different counties. Rep- 

 resentative sportsmen will be present fTom Washington and California to 

 take up subjects of mutual interest along the Pacific Coast. 



NOTES FROM COUNTIES 



BAKER COUNTY. 



A rod and gun club was recently 

 formed at Cornucopia, in Baker 

 County. The officers elected were 

 C. E. Buxton, president: Jim Cooley, 

 secretary, and A. X. Fisher, of 

 Halfway, treasurer. People in the 

 surrounding country have been 

 asked to join the club and help in 

 matters of game protection. 



BENTON COUNTY. 



Charles Rycraft killed a large. 



five-point buck, weighing '215 pounds. 



the last day of the hunting season. 

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Black bass are reported quite 

 abundant in Bowers * Slough, north 

 of Corvallis. 



A party of four sportsmen from 

 Corvallis landed 56 of these fish in 



?nort time. 



DOUGLAS COUNTY. 

 The last week of the open season 

 brought many hunters to the coun- 



try around Tiller, Oregon, and the 

 reports have i: that ; great many 

 deer were killed. T. M. Ware. Jesse 

 Ware and W. E. Mynatr killed sis 

 bucks at Bunchgrass. Homer Smith. 

 W. Robertson. H. H. Olinger and 

 John Mover killed eight deer 

 one bear. T. B. Kay. State Trr is- 

 urer. was lis with this party. He 

 killed two deer and went out ahead 

 of the others. 



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On November 13 two inmates of 

 the Oregon Soldiers' Home, jost 

 across the river from Roseburg. 

 _j-7 seven s:eelheads ranging 

 from eight to twelve pounds. The 

 fish were caught by trolling near the 



Soldiers' Home buildin^- 



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E. H. Bahlman. a residen: :z 

 Roseburg, on November S caught 

 six cut-throat trout, ranging from 

 12 to 15 inches in length, jost :ut- 

 side the city limits, using salmon 

 e££s for bait. 



Pag-e Thirteen 



