18 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 
“More fish and better fishing; more game and 
better hunting; more sport and better sportsman- 
ship.” 
The Commission thinks that is a sound slogan 
and stands ready to co-operate to the best of its 
ability with the sportsmen of Oregon in making it 
effective. JAMES WITHYCOMBE, 
Governor and Chairman 
Oregon Fish and Game Commission. 
CHANGES IN THE GAME LAWS 
The members of the Legislature, whose session 
has just closed, were real friends of our wild game. 
For the first time in many years the Legislature took 
the position that the game should be given better 
than an even break with the sportsmen and that leg- 
islation should favor the game rather than the 
huntsmen and fishermen. This is an advanced step 
and, unquestionably, will result in an increase in the 
game in our forests and fields. 
In the first place, the deer season has been 
changed and reduced in length. In western Oregon, 
or Game District No. 1, and in Klamath County, the 
season will open on August 15, as heretofore, but 
will close October 15, two weeks earlier than in the 
past. In eastern Oregon, the season opens on Sep- 
tember 1, two weeks later, and closes on October 31, 
as before. Ultimately a four weeks’ season on deer, 
with horns, will be made, but this will not come until 
- sportsmen generally realize the necessity of it. Fish 
and game laws are the reflection, to a great extent, 
of the minds of the sportsmen of the state, and when 
