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NOTES FROM COUNTIES 



CLATSOP. 



Ben (Jhilders recently caught nine 

 trout and one Jack salmon from the 

 bridge at Seaside, using "mud-cats" 

 for bait. The first silver-sides were 

 hooked in this locality the first week 

 in September. 



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Mr. A. C. Nutter of Jewel killed 

 two large bear during the first part 

 of September. The animals were 

 treed by using dogs. 



CLACKAMAS. 



Three different deer have been 

 found along the Clackamas Eiver 

 within the past two weeks that have 

 been shot and wounded and escaped 

 the hunters, but died later. Several 

 other incidents similar to this have 

 been reported, showing that many 

 hunters take long chances with deer 

 when using high-powered rifles. 

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Many huckleberries are reported 

 in the higher mountain regions. The 

 big crop of berries has attracted 

 many campers. Huckleberries are a 

 great attraction for black bear. Bear 

 are. reported nearly as abundant as 

 campers. 



DOUGLAS. 



The Riddle Rod & Gun Club have 

 been carrying on an active campaign 

 to prevent the killing of does and 

 fawns. Severala rrests have been 

 made and convictions secured. One 

 party was recently given a jail 

 sentence. One of the men arrested 



was a member of the Club. He im- 

 mediately resigned, and said that he 

 did not care to belong to a Club that 

 did not protect its members when 

 they were in trouble. 



JACKSON. 



Goettsche, 



Messrs. Goettsche, Holcomb, 

 Wright, Blackman, A. J. and A. 

 Bratton returned Sept. 13 from a 

 trip to Bear ^Camp in Josephine 

 County with ten deer. They reported 

 seeing 101 deer on the trip, 25 of 

 them were bucks. 



Doves were quite plentiful in 

 Rogue River Valley this summer, but 

 were nearly all gone by the 15th of 

 September. Deer and bear are com- 

 ing down into the low foot hills for 

 acorns. Grouse and native pheasants 

 are quite plentiful this season but 

 the mountain quail faired badly in 

 the last winter's heavy snow. 



C. Costelo, J. Hart, H. Hosier and 

 J. G. Hurt returned to Ashland from 

 a day's fishing trip on Big Butte 

 Creek with sixty pounds of cut- 

 throat and steel-head trout. Salmon 

 eggs were the bait used. 



JACKSON. 



There is better hunting in the 

 Umpqua country than at any time 

 since the opening of the season. J. 

 Ragsdale, H. G. King and J. F. 

 Hale of Medford returned from 

 Sugar Pine Camp on the Umpqua 

 Divide with three bucks. 



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