THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 33 
GRANT COUNTY FAIR EXHIBIT 
One of the main attractions in the exhibit line at the Grant County 
Fair, held at Canyon City in October last, was the display made by 
the State Fish and Game Commission, through the personal efforts and 
under the direction of Deputy Game Warden I. B. Hazeltine of that 
district. 
The Grant County Journal, in its write-up of the Fair, said of the 
exhibit: 
“The State Fish and Game Commission has an exhibition that 
alone is worth making the trip to John Day to see. There is a fine 
assortment of birds of the state, with information as to which of them 
are of value and should be protected, and which are destructive and 
should be destroyed. 
“One of the most interesting things in this department is the show- 
ing of fish and eggs, displaying the manner of the growth of trout, 
from the egg through eyeing period and up to the time that the fish 
are several inches in length. There are also a number of Hazeltine’s 
bullfrogs on display, as well as Rainbow, Cutthroat and Eastern 
Brook trout.” 
Warden Hazeltine, who is charged with the duty of protecting 
the game birds, animals and fish in Grant, Baker and Harney Coun- 
ties, is to be commended for the energy displayed in gathering together 
and arranging the exhibit, which was by no means no small under- 
taking. 
The idea of making an exhibit of this kind originated with Mr. 
Hazeltine, and was so successful that the State Fish and Game Com- 
mission will probably adopt the same as a means of reaching the 
people of the state through the medium of the different county fairs 
in the campaign of education that it is endeavoring to carry out. 

FAVORS REWARD ON VIOLATORS 
By Joun B. HammMerstey, Gold Hill, Oregon. 
A deputy state game warden has repeatedly asked me to write 
The Oregon Sportsman, giving my opinion on the protection and prop- 
agation of game and game birds in Southern Oregon. 
During the summer of 1893 I started from Gold Hill with a party 
' of three men on a hunting and prospecting expedition through the 
mountains of upper Pleasant Creek, Grave Creek, and following down 
Evans Creek to its confluence. I have recently visited the same sec- 
tions, and am now cabined and writing this article at Willow Flat on 
Evans Creek, noted throughout the state as a great deer country. 
Twenty-two years, reader, has brought many changes in the game 
conditions of this locality. There are yet to be found deer, but in my 
opinion not 50 per cent remains in comparison to my first visit 
in 1893. Hunters and predatory animals have caused the deficit. Can 
it be remedied? Yes. How? By closing the hunting season at inter- 
vals in small districts throughout the state, which will not materially 
affect the sale of hunting licenses, thereby allowing the game to breed 
and multiply unmolested at least by man. Deputy wardens could 
mark boundaries while patrolling these districts, thus saving the 
state extra cost of same. 
