156 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 
animals $19,677.00, making the total amount paid for rabbits and 
predatory animals $71,086.10. This amount has been distributed among 
the homesteaders of the county they being the most interested in 
getting rid of a pest that has made farming in this county very dis- 
couraging. 
With the beginning of March the migratory birds started to come 
in, this county being their nesting grounds and most of them nest 
around the Malheur reserve and the adjoining marshes. At the pres- 
ent time there are hundreds of thousands of white geese and ducks 
on the meadows near Burns and on the Malheur Lake. The swan 
started on its flight to the far north to its nesting grounds. 
The local sportsmen were disappointed this spring in not being 
permitted to go out and get their usual spring goose, the Federal laws 
not allowing any spring shooting. 
_ Following is a copy of a letter sent to me by one of the Federal 
officers February 28th: 
“Dear Sir: The U. S. Supreme Court today announced that the 
Sauver case involving the constitutionality of the migratory bird law 
had been restored to the docket for reargument. This perhaps means 
several months of delay in a matter that very much affects your 
work and greatly interests the gunners in all parts of the country 
as well as the friends of wild life. 
“Our duty as officers charged with the enforcement of the law 
is plain and admits of no equivocation. Until the U. S. Supreme 
Court, which alone can decide the matter, hands down a decision 
settling the constitutionality of the migratory bird law one way or the 
other, it is our duty to insist on its strict observance, and you are 
again urged to report for prosecution every case of violation of any 
of the regulations under the migratory bird laws that may come to 
your notice in which it may be possible to secure sufficient evidence.” 
The above letter is self-explanatory and the violator is taking his 
own chances. F. W. TRISKA, 
Deputy Game Warden. 
COPIES OF OREGON SPORTSMAN WANTED 
The State Fish and Game Commission will pay 25 cents a copy 
for a limited number of copies of the October, 1915, edition of The 
Oregon Sportsman, delivered at the office of the State Game Warden 
in Portland, Oregon, by the 15th day of June, 1916.—Editors Oregon 
Sportsman. 
Rogue River, Oregon, April 18, 1916. 
Editors Oregon Sportsman, Portland, Oregon. 
Dear Sirs: Enclosed find my renewal to the Oregon Sportsman. 
This is an excellent organ for the advancement of game and fish re- 
sources of the state. Kindly keep up the good work. Very truly 
yours, J. W. SMUCK. 
