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Deputy Game Warden Mitchell reports that the elk in the Billy Mea- 
dows pasture in Wallowa county are doing fine, with an increase of 
about thirty calves this year. 
Mr. A. A. Wenzel, a well Known Eastern Oregon sportsman and 
business man, who recently disposed of his interests in Oregon to 
engage in business in Wisconsin, was a caller on The Sportsman this 
month while en route to his new home in the East. Mr. Wenzel, as 
secretary of the Wing, Fin and Fleetwood club of La Grande, did much 
enthusiastic work in game protection and propagation in Eastern Ore- 
gon while he was a resident there. He will be missed from the a 
of the game enthusiasts in that section of the state. 
Seventeen states now limit the killing of deer to males. Most of 
the Southern states are included among those afording this protection. 
Four Canadian provinces also limit the kililng of deer to males. 
Weight of trout by length: 9 in. trout, % pound; 11% in., % pound; 
13 in., % pound; 14 in., 1 pound; 15 in., 1% pounds; 16 in., 15 5% pounds; 
17 in., 2% pounds; 18 in., 2% pounds: 19 381..:3 pounds: 20 in., 3% 
pounds; 21 in., 4 pounds; 22 in., 434 pounds; 221, in., 54% pounds; "23% 
in., 6 pounds; 24% in., 7 pounds. 
‘The game warden service constitutes the foundation and frame- 
work of the whole structure of game law administration. Without it 
the whole edifice falls to the ground. The game laws may be ever so 
wisely and scientifically drawn; they may be ever so comprehensive 
and complete; but without an adequate, efficient, alert, and honest 
warden service they will inevitably fail of their purpose. 
E. S. Cattron, District Inspector, Migratory Bird Law, requests per- 
sons interested in the protection of birds to report to him all cases of 
violation of the Migratory Bird Law that may come to their notice and 
to call upon him when he can be of any assistance in the investigation 
of any particular cases. 
Henry O’Malley, former field superintendent in charge of Pacific 
Coast operations for the United States Bureau of Fisheries, has been 
appointed Chief of the Division of Fish Culture, made vacant by the 
recent death of Robert S. Johnson. Mr. O’Malley is one of the most 
efficient men in the Federal fisheries service and has risen through 
all the grades of the service. 
