
BAKER COUNTY GAME NOTES 
By Warpven I. B. HazeLtiIne. 
A. V. Lansing, President of the Halfway Rod and Gun Club, of 
Baker County, paid a visit to W. L. Keizur, President of the Union 
Rod and Gun Club of Prairie City, in Grant County, last July. These 
gentlemen are both blacksmiths, good fellows and all ’round sports- 
men in all that the term implies. On arriving at Prairie City, Mr. 
Lansing bought some gas for his car, he offered to pay for it and was 
told his money was “bogus,” on endeavoring to make other purchases 
he was unable to make his money pay the bill; he was becoming 
highly incensed and about convinced that the people there considered 
him some sort of lunatic, when he discovered that his visit had been 
anticipated by his friend Keizur and a few of the dealers “fixed.” 
This was Mr. Lansing’s first visit to Grant County and he promises to 
make another visit at some future date. He says the game is plen- 
titul and that the “bunch” at Prairie City is hard to beat. 
W. L. Patterson, Jas. H. Nichols and “Doc” H. J. Horton, of 
Baker, Ore., still contend that Van Patten Lake, situated 25 miles 
northwest of town, is the only place in Oregon. They visit it often, 
and while the big ones generally break the tackle, they substantiate 
their stories in the main by bringing the evidence back with them. 
Patterson brought in a rainbow this season measuring 22 inches. 
There are “some” trout, boys, in Baker County. 
John K. Fisher, of Haines, in Baker County, still makes frequent 
visits to North Powder lakes. If you want a guide in there all you 
have to do is to go to the Fisher ranch and say: “Can you show me 
the way to North Powder lakes, Mr. Fisher?” It is said that it makes 
no difference whether or not John is busy at the time, he wil] answer, 
“Just wait until I put the horses in the barn and the pack saddle on.” 
E. B. Cochrane, the popular druggist of Haines, in Baker County, 
takes frequent vacations during the angling season... “Doc” says 
that some of the boys complain that they can’t get the right kind of 
bait since January Ist, 1916. 
ITEMS FROM UMATILLA COUNTY 
By WarbDEN GEORGE TONKIN. 
Thus far we,have had a much better season for the deer than 
for the hunters. From sign on the range at present and from the 
number of deer seen early in the summer, it is thought that they 
are more numerous than usual. However, the dry weather and 
scarcity of grouse and native pheasants have discouraged many people 
and this season’s hunting trips fall far short of the usual number 
that are taken. It is safe to sav that not more than twenty deer 
have been killed in this county up to October 1. As soon as the 
