THE OREGON SPORTSMAN Vi 
The business sessions of the League were held at the Imperial 
Hotel, and were given up exclusively to mapping out plans for the 
betterment of fish and game protection, the appointment of commit- 
tees to investigate matters of vital interest and importance to the 
sportsmen of all sections of the State, the discussion and adoption of 
resolutions, and the discussion of ways and means to carry on the 
work of the League more effectively. 
The work of the State Fish and Game Commission was com- 
mended. It was recommended that the League, with its allied asso- 
ciations throughout the State, cooperate in every way with the State 
officials of the game department in protecting the wild animal, bird 
and fish of the state; that the railroad companies of Oregon be re- 
quested to rescind their recent order, charging mileage for the move- 
ment of the State fish car in restocking the streams of the State with 
trout; that a grievance and investigation committee be appointed, to 
have power to act with officers of the organization and the Fish and 
Game Commission to receive complaints that might come from rod 
and gun clubs and game protective associations relative to matters of 
fish and game protection; that some method be adopted to provide 
finance for the League, and that a committee be appointed to take up 
this work; that a publicity committee be appointed, which is to aid 
the organization in getting full publicity of its doings throughout the 
state. These, and many other plans for carrying on the work success- 
fully were adopted. 
At the beginning of the business sessions the following committee 
on resolutions was appointed: I. B. Hazeltine, Baker; Dr. Albert 
Kinny, Astoria; Ira Hutchings, Brownsville; L. W. Humphreys, Port- 
land; O. H. Rhoades, Hood River. 
The following committee was appointed on nominations: Dr. 
-E. C. McFarland, Portland; W. N. Matlock, Pendleton; Dr. J. M. Gill, 
Lebanon; F. R. Armstrong, Sutherlin; Joseph Bridges, Oakland. 
The report of the resolutions committee, dealing with the Rogue 
River fishing question, was adopted, and a committee to investigate 
and recommend a settlement was appointed by the president. The 
committee is composed of A. HE. Reams, of Medford; I. A. Robie, of 
Grants Pass; J. B. Johnson, of Gold Beach; Walter Backus, of Port- 
land, and Dr. Bundy, of Medford. 
The plan of the State Fish and Game Commission, submitted by 
State Game Warden Carl D. Shoemaker, to place the sale of angling 
and hunting licenses with sporting goods houses throughout the state, 
as well as with the different county clerks, was unanimously adopted. 
Another plan of the Commission, to aid sportsmen in various sections 
of the state, by letting them have the use of the films photographed 
by the Commission, was also received with enthusiasm. 
Walter F. Backus, of Portland, introduced a plan for selling mem- 
berships in the League that was unanimously endorsed. The proposal 
is to distribute membership books to the various secretaries of the 
clubs affiliated with the League, to be placed at anglers’ and hunters’ 
license headquarters. In this way it is thought to reach all of the 
sportsmen, of which there are 60,000 in Oregon, and thus provide a 
fund for carrying on the work of the League. According to the treas- 
Be the League accomplished its work during the past year 
on 04, 
R. E. Clanton, superintendent of hatcheries, stated to the meeting 
that 3,000,000 eastern brook trout eggs had been purchased and the 
trout would be distributed in various parts of the state. The securing 
of German brown trout eggs in trade for salmon eggs was also an- 
