114 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 
This lake has no inlet and no outlet, but the water is deep and clear 
and as cold as ice. Should the water rise about four feet it would 
overflow and run down the rocky slope into the headwaters of Warren 
Creek, but no such rise is recorded on the banks or the place of 
overflow. 
In planting this lake there were three of us in the crew and three 
horses. We experienced a great many fallen trees which made the 
travel slow through the burn. 
The day was warm, and a warm fog hung low and made the air 
very humid. The horses had a hard trip as it was all up hill, and 
their bodies steamed and lathered. We changed the water in the cans 
at the first creek we came to and liberated all fish that were swimming 
near the top of the cans. 
We changed the water three times and arrived at the lake with 
fully 75 per cent of our fish dead. It was about two o’clock when we 
reached the lake after packing the fish over the last one hundred 
yards on our backs, where we could not take the horses. There are 
other lakes in this county which will be stocked as fast as the sports- 
men can get to them. 
Some fish in the frying pan after a day’s hunt in the hills is a 
great treat, and we hope that there will be no large catches packed 
out of these lakes. 
PLEA FOR A STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION 
By Gro. EARLE HENTON, M. D., President Portland Rifle Club, Portland, Ore. 
The European war and four years of constant irritation from our 
neurotic and turbulent neighbors across the Rio Grande, has stimulated 
and encouraged rifle shooting in this country, which was tending, as 
the years unfolded, to become a decadent art. The rifle and its acces- 
sories have been constantly improved, while the number of inhabitants 
in proportion to the population who are proficient in its use have just 
as steadily diminished. One hundred years ago at least nine out of 
every ten males between the ages of fourteen and seventy were reason- 
ably expert riflemen, while today the reverse is a more accurate 
computation. Rapid disappearance of game, congregating of inhabitants 
to industrial centers, multitudinous and divers occupations have been 
principally to blame; and instead of every man owning a rifle, about 
one in fifty would be a rational estimate; this may be attributed to 
the fact that as a means of protection and sustenance its use has become 
practically unnecessary. 
One peculiar condition still exists, however, which is, that practi- 
cally every man, be he old or young, is generally ready to proclaim 
how well he shoots or has been able to shoot in the past; while this in 
a measure may be attributed to the ever present desire of Genus Homo 
for personal aggrandizement, I am inclined to believe it a trait descend- 
ent from our woodsman forefathers of muzzle loading, long rifle fame. 
Almost as soon as the American boy is able to coordinate his move- 
ments, his first request is for a gun. and it is generally the last request 
sranted by his parents (particularly his mother) if granted at all: 
instead of the lad being properly instructed in the use of firearms and 
cautioned as to prevention of accidents, he is compelled to aequire 
his knowledge by stealth, from other lads, who are probably as ignorant 
as he; the result is frequently a deforming or mortal wound; the cun 
receives all the censure and is condemned, when the parent or guardian 
is at fault. 
The growing tendency of modern parents to discourave rather than 
encourage the use of firearms, is, in mv opinion, a mistake, as the 
shooting game takes their bov out of doors. over the fields. through 
the timber, ete.; developes him physically, mentally and morally, creates 
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