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tion, Which I believe is going to be of great assistance in enforcing 
the laws for the protection of fish and game and also in helping get 
the streams restocked with fish, so that fishing may be good in them 
‘ again, aS in years gone by. The association has sent in their appli- 
cation to the State Fish and Game Commission for treut to restock 
the streams, the list of streams prepared numbering twenty-one, none 
of which have ever been known to go dry. 
As an evidence of the interest being taken in fish and game pro- 
tection in Wheeler County, I have obtained over one hundred sub- 
scribers to The Oregon Sportsman in the town of Fossil, with a popu- 
lation of less than 500 people. This, together with the other subscrip- 
tions sent The Sportsman by the writer, since December last, puts my 
total over the 500 mark, or more than the original circulation of the 
magazine at the time the campaign for new subscribers was launched. 
As the editor has limited my space, I will conclude, hoping to be 
able to address the readers of The Sportsman again in some future 
issue. 
SPORTING NOTES FROM TILLAMOOK 
COUNTY 
By Deputy Warden G. E, LEACH 
Trout fishing was not very good during the fore part of the season, 
though of late many good catches have been made. 
Poor fishing during the early part of the season was probably due 
to the high water and to the fact so many trout were caught with sal- 
mon eggs during the winter. 
Ernest Himes and Alvin Wells have made some splendid catches of 
late from Trask river. 
Many chinook salmon were caught by the trollers during June 
and July. 
Numerous broods of china pheasants have been seen lately by the 
farmers—the result of liberating this bird in this vicinity. 
There also has been seen several flocks of young California quail. 
This bird was liberated here the past season. 
A few ducks nested here this season, but not so many as common. 
' Larger game seems to be as plentiful as common. 
Quite often I notice deer tracks along the rivers on sand bars. On 
one sand bar I noticed elk, deer and cougar tracks—the cougar track 
being the last one made. 
During June, seven cow elk were seen within six miles of Tilla- 
mook City. 
Deputy Game Warden Geo. W. Mitchell, of Enterprise, reports 
that the elk in the state game refuge in Wallowa County, known as 
the Elk Pasture, are doing fine this year and that there will be a big 
increase. Mr. Mitchell states that there are already between twenty 
and thirty young calves in the pasture. 
Deputy Game Warden Frank Triska, of Burns, has been investi- 
gating the spring hatch of migratory birds in Malheur County, and 
reports to the State Game Department that the young birds are appar- 
ently more numerous than common. 
