222 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 
healthiest fish that he ever kept there he caught from a nearby 
stream with a hook and line. If fish that have been hooked will live 
in an aquarium, will they not live much better if they are put back 
into their natural haunts? 
Many of our sportsmen have stopped fishing in localities where 
mostly small fish are being caught. They won’t run any chance 
of injuring the small fish and say that they would rather catch him 
two or three months from now, when he will be well above the size 
limit. 
All anglers should remember that our supply of fish is not inex- 
haustible. We must have the co-operation of all sportsmen in pro- 
tection and law enforcement, as well as along educational lines, if 
we are to have good fishing. If the State Fish and Game Commis- 
sion and the common rules of sportsmanship are protecting the fish 
and game, don’t knock and try to change them to suit some freak in 
your own disposition. 
NOTES FROM BAKER COUNTY GAME 
CLUBS 
By Deputy Warven I. B. HaAzetine. 
The Halfway Rod and Gun Club members decided during the last 
winter that if they would keep up the interest they must enlist the 
assistance of their wives and sweethearts. This proved to be a good 
plan, indeed. Mrs. A. V. Lansing, wife of President Lansing, had the 
honor of being the first lady honored with membership in the club, 
and following her lead, many women joined. They at once took 
charge of entertainment programs, organized a literary society, charged 
admission to their entertainments for the purpose of augmenting the 
funds of the club, and succeeded in clearing in one month over $40. 
It became the fashion there last winter to choose sides for the purpose 
of hunting predatory birds and beasts, each bird and animal counting 
so many points, and the losing side furnishing the repast for the win- 
ners. In this the ladies also took an important part, in that they 
relieved their “worser halves,’ who were not victorious in the hunts, 
of this arduous task. 
A. V. Lansing, of Halfway, caught with hook and line four salmon, 
the smallest weighing four pounds, at the forks of Pine Creek during 
the past few days. Mr. Lansing said that although it rained like 
“blazes” on one occasion, he did not mind it at all, as he succeeded 
in landing a ten-pounder, which amply repaid him for the discomfort 
of the trip. 
W. L. Greenwell, president of the Dayville Rod and Gun Club, 
situated in Dayville, Grant County, reports seeing more deer in the 
South Fork section this past winter than for some years past. When 
asked how it is to be accounted for, he replies that there is only one 
reason for it, and that is because people in general have awakened 
to the fact that deer must be protected during the time they are 
banded together on their winter range and, consequently, hunting at 
this time of year has almost ceased. He says that he used to go out 
and “pick” one himself a few years ago, but that now he sees the 
error in this and will assist in prosecuting any one found killing deer 
at this season of the year. 
