THE OREGON SPORTSMAN DD 
upper Deschutes River in 1913 and 1914, and that this last summer 
some were caught above Crane’s Prairie that were over 16 inches in 
length. At this rate it should not take us long to solve the problem 
of the high cost of living, once we get our streams restocked and 
protected until the fish can get a start. Besides this, there is the 
sport of catching them without having to make a trip of from 50 to 
150 miles. 
We are now getting live rod and gun clubs organized all over 
these counties and the work is only beginning. These will assist 
greatly in enforcing the law for protection of both birds and fish, 
as it is quite impossible for a game warden to be everywhere at 
the same time. My idea is to show the people, and especially the 
owners of the land, that it is as much to their interest to protect the 
fish and game birds and animals as it is to take care of their live 
stock. Some of them look at it that way now, and others are fast 
getting the same idea. 
What we need most of all is a campaign of education along these 
lines. 

LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER NOTES 
By WarpEN JoHN Larson, Astoria, Oregon. 
Herewith a few facts pertaining to the wild game and wild fowl 
conditions of Clatsop County. 
During the years 1914 and 1915, Hon. William L. Finlay, State 
Biologist, collected and liberated in Clatsop County about four hundred 
. China pheasants. The climatic conditions in this county seem to agree 
with Chinese pheasants and from my observations, and reports that 
have been made to me, they are doing exceedingly well. The citizens 
of this county are giving them the best protection they possibly can. 
Protection should be afforded these birds for at least two years to 
come and after that they should be plentiful in the county. 
At the opening of the hunting season, on the 1st of October of 
this year, ducks were plentiful in practically all parts of the county 
and particularly on the lakes and marshes, on Columbia Beach and 
on the various small streams between Astoria and the Columbia 
County line, and it was easily possible for anyone to obtain the limit 
during the early days of the season. The season as a whole has been 
a very successful one. There are some exceptionally fine spots for 
duck hunting in this county, the most desirable places being, however, 
at small islands in the Columbia River, between Astoria and the 
Columbia County line, and the small lakes that dot the landscape 
between Warrenton and Seaside on what is know as Clatsop Plains. 
In the southern part of the county are several band of elk. There 
are also smaller bands scattered about in different parts of the 
county, one being a few miles south of Knappa and some being in 
the vicinity of Saddle Mountain. The county is fairly well supplied with 
deer which are more plentiful in the vicinity of Saddle Mountain 
and in the mountainous country off the Nehalem River. However, 
they may be found in other parts of the county than those herein- 
before named. Bear and beaver are plentiful, in some places the 
beaver are doing considerable damage to farms but as a general 
proposition they are in an uncultivated part of the country and do 
not interfer with farmers. 
