36 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 
every Saturday for the next few months at the office 
of the State Game Warden for the purpose of de- 
termining the Scout’s knowledge of the game laws, 
outdoor conditions and methods of cooperation with 
the Department. A number of these examinations 
have already been held and several Scouts have 
been awarded the coveted badge of authority and 
commission, which is signed by Governor Withy- 
combe and the State Game Warden. 
The boys who have already been examined show 
a remarkable knowledge of the game laws and have 
answered almost perfectly more than one hundred 
and fifty questions propounded to them. While it 
is not believed that the Boy Scouts will be of any 
material assistance in rigidly enforcing the provi- 
sions of the law and in making arrests, nevertheless, 
the Game Department feels that the moral influ- 
ence of the Scouts on other boys will be great. 
To illustrate, a few days ago a number of boys 
were shooting robins with sling-shots in a certain 
locality. Robins are protected, and a Boy Scout 
happening upon the scene, immediately called the 
attention of the boys to the fact that robins were 
protected and asked them in a gentlemanly and boy- 
scoutly manner to stop this practice. The boys re- 
spected the Scout and told him they would not do 
it any more. 
The real value of such an influence cannot be 
overestimated. The boys of today are the sportsmen 
of tomorrow, and if they grow up with a thorough 
belief in the protection of our song birds and our 
animal life, they will be good sportsmen and good 
citizens. 
