THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 77 
features. The limit for deer and trout has been 
lowered, winter fishing has been eliminated, China 
pheasant hens are protected, the law prohibiting 
hunting deer with dogs has been made more readily 
enforceable and other steps have been taken which 
will make fishing and hunting good sport this year 
and insure continuance of good sport in years to 
come. 
The increase of the license fee will make it pos- 
sible to give a big impetus to trout propagation and 
planting. The Commission plans to devote most of 
the extra income to raising more trout and getting 
them into Oregon streams where they will do the 
most good, for it feels that this is what the sports- 
men want perhaps more than anything else. 
It seems to me the sportsmen should appreciate 
the kindly treatment they received at the hands of 
the Legislature. An overwhelming majority of its 
members were actively and helpfully interested in 
fish and game legislation. Indeed, there was next to 
no opposition to sane protective legislation, which 
was due, in a large measure, I believe, to the fine 
spirit and organized interest of the sportsmen of 
the state, as well as to the efforts of the Commission 
during the past two years to give an efficient and 
clean administration. 
The Commission itself greatly appreciates the 
splendid backing it has received from the sportsmen 
of Oregon. We sincerely hope that our efforts to 
administer the new game code and to build up the 
state’s fish and game resources will receive in the 
future the same helpful co-operation which in the 
past has made it possible to get the results which we 
all want. 
