28 THE ORDGON SPORTSMAN 
to have them enforced for the protection of our wild life and for the 
benefit of those who are now living; and for coming generations who 
will inherit that parental desire to whip the streams with the alluring 
fly and climb the lofty peaks in search of adventure and its abundance 
of big game. 
It also became ‘‘necessary’’ to publish the ‘‘Oregon Sportsman,’’ 
and it seems that it is the consensus of almost the unanimous opinion 
of its many readers that it should be as of yore—published monthly 
instead of quarterly. However, our efforts are much appreciated as 
it is. 
It was found ‘‘necessary’’ for the Department of Agriculture to 
create a bureau called the Biological Survey and Predatory Animal 
Control. It was then ‘‘necessary’’ to appoint inspectors, also hunters 
and trappers to endeavor to exterminate the many animals which have 
for years become a nuisance in the destruction of wild game and live- 
stock throughout the Western states, And it seems to be the opinion 
of many farmers and stock raisers that the State of Oregon is not 
co-operating as it should in the way of higher bounties, or the employ- 
ment of hunters in districts especially where predatory animals are 
most prevalent and destructive. 
It also becomes ‘‘necessary’’ with employees of the United States 
Biological Department to get results. Since May 20 of last year, while 
in their employ, I have succeeded in killing forty-nine (49) predatory 
animals, such as foxes, bobcats, raccoons, coyotes, ete., in Jackson 
County on upper Evans Creek. There were fifteen (15) cougar among 
the lot, which, to say the least, will save many deer in this district 
which, I believe, at the present time are on the increase or holding 
their own. They have wintered thus far remarkably well for the 
depth of snow which they have encountered since December. 
MRS. MOHR MEETS COUGAR ON COLUMBIA 
HIGHWAY 
By Warven W. O. Haptey, The Dalles, Oregon 
Much has been said and written about the cougars, which are, I 
am sorry to say, too numerous in many places for the welfare of our 
deer, and I am well satisfied that they kill more deer in the moun- 
tains than all the hunters combined. Therefore, the hunting and 
trapping of these animals should be encouraged in every way possible. 
On December 21, 1916, Orvill Thompson, of Parkdale, treed one of 
these varmints with his dogs on Toney Creek, a tributary of Hood 
River. This was a fine specimen of the cougar family and it attracted 
much attention in Garrabrant & Parker’s store window, at Hood River, 
where it was on exhibition for several days. On this same trip Mr. 
Thompson saw the tracks of a larger cougar which was following sev- 
eral deer. 
Mrs. Fred Mohr, who lives near Lindsay Creek and on the Colum- 
bia Highway, had an experience with a cougar on December 27 that 
she won’t forget for some time to come. She was walking along the 
highway a short distance east of Shellrock Mountain, feeling at peace 
with herself and the world, and enjoying a tramp in the snow not 
far from home. She had a sudden awakening from her pleasant 
dreams when, coming around a turn in the road, she suddenly saw a 
large cougar which had just jumped in the road from the bank above, 
