THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 145 
COLUMBIA COUNTY NOTES 

Difficulties experienced by Warden William Brown and party in feeding the game 
birds in Columbia County. 
St. Helens, March 9, 1916. 
Carl D. Shoemaker, State Game Warden, Portland, Oregon— 
_ Dear Sir: Pursuant to your request for an article to be published 
by The Oregon Sportsman as to my experiences as Deputy Game 
Warden for Columbia County, Oregon, I take pleasure in relating 
some of them during the severe winter months this past winter, 
which was exceptionally severe on game of all kinds on account of 
the continued deep snow. 
During the months of January and February in Columbia County 
the snow was so deep and so generally covered the entire county that 
if it had not been for the regular and almost daily feeding the game 
would have perished, and some species, for instance, quail, pheasants 
and the song birds, I believe would have fared badly. 
The greatest assistance was rendered me by the Rod and Gun 
Clubs of the different towns in this county, they not only labored in- 
dustriously, but put up money to purchase wheat and conveyances 
to feed the birds, and I believe that the people of this county are 
entitled to a vote of gratitude by the State Game Board for the interest 
they have taken, one man especially, of whom I might mention here, 
Mr. Oscar Anderson, of Rainier; also I must not forget to mention Mr. 
Morton, of St. Helens, and Mr. Sutherland, of the same place. 
Day after day I was compelled to shovel the snow from under the 
trees in order to scatter wheat so that the birds could be fed. The 
birds had sought shelter in many different places among the deserted 
houses, cabins and schoolhouse,- woodsheds, and on my rounds I 
located about one hundred quail which had sought refuge in a cabin 
in a logging camp, the weather being extremely cold. I knew that they 
would stay there, so I left plenty of feed on different occasions to 
maintain them. In many places all over the county the roads were 
