The Oregon Sportsman 



Volume Six January, 1918 Number One 



Published by authority of the Oregon Fish and Game Commission from its offices, Oregon 



Building, Fifth and Oak Streets, Portland. Oregon. 



Entered as Second-Class Matter in the Postoffice at Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. 



Official Publication of the Oregon State Sportsmen's League. 



EDITORIAL, STAFF 



Carl D. Shoemaker State Game Warden 



Wm. L. Finley State Biologist 



All material for publication should be sent to the Oregon Sportsman, Oregon Building, Fifth 



and Oak Streets, Portland, Oregon. 



Notice to Readers of the Sportsman JjsJj*. ."Stags? " d taStK 



and fishing, protection and propagation of game birds, animals and fish, are solicited. 

 We are always glad to rerehe photos that will appeal to sportsmen. The fact that an 

 article or photo docs nut appear in the next issue must not he construed to mean that 

 ii had been thrown aside. Ii may appear later. 



We especially desire secretaries of sportsmen's organizations throughout the state to 

 keep us posted on what their dubs me doing and what is going on in their respective 

 localities. 



Subscribers changing their address should notify us promptly, giving the old address 

 as well as the new. 



EDITORIAL COMMENT. 



"More fish and better fishing; more game and 

 better hunting; more sport and better sportsman- 

 ship. " — Governor James Withycombe. 



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DON'T EAT YOUR SEED POTATOES 



It is unnecessary to offer this kind of advice 

 to any one who raises potatoes, and it would seem 

 equally unnecessary to offer similar advice with 

 reference to salmon; yet, there are many people 

 in this state who do not stop to consider that it is 

 necessary to permit salmon to reach the spawning 

 beds and deposit their eggs in order that we may 

 have a future supply of this splendid food. The 

 eggs which are deposited by the female fish are 

 the seed which brings forth the future salmon, the 



