THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 
Volume Four October, 1916 - Number Four 


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 
CATE Di SROCMGIGCS 2.9 cists iM. 6 v's 2-2. <0: 8's ale eisie ech .... state Game Warden 
WAT EPA IOV OY are ere acovaual ota inves tise sieve ake: /ojejetee/eteial® aiavonarsieve cs .-state Biologist 
George Palmer Putnam..........-cecceeee 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 ‘Steries, experiences and, corre: 
; 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 Ae posted on what their clubs are doing and what is going on in their respective 
ocalities. 
Subseribers changing their address should notify us promptly, giving the old address 
as well as the new. 
EDITORIAL COMMENT. 

SHALL WE INCREASE THE ANGLING 
LICENSE? 
A great number of the angling streams of the 
State have been whipped by sportsmen to such an ex- 
tent during the past several years that there is a notice- 
able decrease in the number of fish caught and in their 
size this season. ‘The continued encroachments upon 
the far-away fishing streams by the use of the auto- 
mobile and the increased interest generally being taken 
in the sport of angling has placed upon and in the 
streams ten anglers where a few years ago there was 
but one. This situation, naturally, has produced a con- 
dition which is apparent to every true sportsman and 
that is the vital necessity of restocking our angling 
streams from year to year. 
