14 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



of the hatchery fund, which showed the state spent $29,784 for the 

 propagation of trout in 1917, against $29,430 in 1916. 



The salaries of the State Game Warden's force showed a decrease 

 of more than $12,000 for 1917. The 1916 salary list totaled $31,122, 

 against $18,962 for 1917. The expenses of the Game Warden's office 

 for 1916 were $12,102, while the expenses for 1917 totaled $10,690, a 

 decrease of $1412. 



A resolution was adopted recommending that the China pheasant 

 season be closed for two years. The China pheasant shooters of Uma- 

 tilla County will be able to enjoy a ten-day shoot each year if a resolu- 

 tion adopted, recommending its passage, is acted favorably upon by the 

 next Legislature. 



A motion was made by A. B. Weatherford, of Albany, on behalf of 

 the Albany Gun Club, recommending a bag limit of five, male or 

 female, China pheasants in seven days. The motion was lost. 



The league decided to recommend that the deer season in district 

 No. 1, which comprises Western Oregon, open September 1, and close 

 October 31. 



A resolution recommending that the law covering salmon egg fish- 

 ing on the Willamette Eiver south of Independence, be repealed, was 

 adopted. This section is the only one in the state which is prohibited 

 from using salmon eggs and the league voted to ask the next Legisla- 

 ture to strike out this part of the act and make it uniform throughout 

 the state. 



Carl D. Shoemaker, state game warden, in discussing the condition 

 of the patrol service of his force, said that it was a serious task to keep 

 competent deputies in the service at a salary of $3 a day, which is all 

 the Legislature has allowed. A motion was made recommending that 

 the salary be raised to $5 a day. 



A. B. Weatherford, of Albany, made a motion recommending a 

 county administration of game fund collections and expenditures. This 

 would take the matter out of the State Game Commission's hands and 

 each county would be forced to propagate and distribute its own fish 

 and game. The motion did not carry. 



The work of the Hoover adherents was seen in a resolution adopted 

 that no millable wheat or wheat that could be exported be used for 

 duck feed. 



It was recommended in a resolution adopted that all important 

 changes in the present fish and game laws recommended by clubs must 

 be made by an authorized representative of the club in writing. 



A committee of three was appointed to conduct a campaign against 

 the referendum invoked by the commercial fishermen against the net 

 fishing law in the Willamette and Rogue rivers which was passed at 

 the last Legislature. 



A resolution was presented and adopted asking that a committee of 

 three be appointed to report on the finances and expenditures of the 

 State Game Warden's office for the past season. 



Every rod and gun club in the State of Oregon will donate money 

 from its treasury toward a tobacco fund for boys in the United States 

 Forestry Division, according to a resolution carried at the meeting. 



Owing to war conditions and the fact that the state game fund is 

 depleted, a resolution was adopted urging all club members to co-operate 

 in every possible way to assist the State Game Warden's office in a 

 strict enforcement of the game laws. 



R. E. Clanton, master fish warden, said that the hatcheries turned 

 out 9,000,000 game fish in 1917, including steelheads and trout. Owing 

 to the enlistment of a number of employes of the fish hatcheries Mr. 



