82 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 
a great body of land that is not subject to state tax, 
although the state derives thirty-five per cent of the rev- 
enues from grazing, timber and other sources, collected 
by the National Government. In addition to the Forest 
Reservations there are approximately twenty-five mil- 
lion acres covered with heavy timber which is not used 
for agricultural purposes. 
It is very important to every citizen in the State that 
this extensive territory within our borders should be util- 
ized in every way possible. It is essential that the out- 
door resources of Oregon be developed. Maine has esti- 
mated that her game resources are worth twenty mil- 
lion dollars annually. California values her game re- 
sources nearly as high. California has also capitalized 
her climate to the extent of millions of dollars. Neither 
one of these states has a better opportunity than Oregon 
to become famous for fishing and hunting. No place in 
the world has such a lure for the angler as the Willamette 
River, as this is the place where the Royal Chinook Sal- 
mon are taken with rod and line. Eivery year thousands 
of sportsmen from the Eastern states make long trips 
into the mountains and forests for the recreation of 
angling and hunting. If angling for Chinooks in the 
Willamette and fishing for Rainbows in the Rogue and 
McKenzie, the Deschutes and the Umpqua, and other 
streams, were as well known in New York, Massachu- 
setts, Pennsylvania and other states as it is known here 
in Oregon, the migration of the tourist sportsmen to 
Oregon would tax our railroads to the limit and fill our 
hotels to overflowing. 
It is a surprising thing that our own citizens are not 
really yet awake to the great possibilities of developing 
