THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 
Volume Four July, 1916 Number Three 


Published by authority of the Oregon Fish and Game Commission from its offices, Oregon 
Building, Fifth and Oak Streets, Portland, Oregon. 
Official Publication of the Oregon State Sportsmen’s League. 
EDITORIAL STAFF 
CE PD, STPOCIUGICCT ih ae biciela ove ie wreetees oa oe ele ofabe Behe -. state Game Warden 
IIe. eH AIRE Yeeros, waste oe aiie Sissi olan 6 SPM e Man are ean a at ant Mace. win ee State Biologist 
George Palmer Putnam...........ceeeeees Secretary to the Commission 
All material for publication should be sent to the Oregon Sportsman, Oregon Building, Fifth 
and Oak Streets, Portland, Oregon. 
Notice to Readers of the Sportsman Stories, experiences and _ corre- 
spondence relating to hunting 
and fishing, protection and propagation of game birds, animals and fish, are solicited. 
We are always glad to receive photos that will appeal to sportsmen. The fact that an 
article or photo does not appear in the next issue must not be construed to mean that 
it has been thrown aside. It may appear later. 
We especially desire secretaries of sportsmen’s organizations throughout the state to 
keep us posted on what their clubs are doing and what is going on in their respective 
localities. 
Subscribers changing their address should notify us promptly, giving the old address 
as well as the new. 
EDITORIAL COMMENT. 
FEDERAL MIGRATORY BIRD LAW 
By an organized effort which was made by the vari- 
ous sportsmen’s associations, other societies and individ- 
uals in all parts of the country in 1913, Congress passed 
the Weeks-McLean bill and it was signed by President 
Taft on March 4th of that year. This bill provided that 
regulations for the protection of migratory birds should 
be formulated and open and closed seasons should be 
fixed for migratory game birds by the Department of 
Agriculture. This was done and the new regulations 
went into effect October 1, 1913. 
The real value of the federal law is that the country 
is divided into two zones, according to the migration 
and breeding of birds, and the season has been set with 
