THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 904 
ing to be had, especially in the north fork, which joins the main 
creek above Duncan. Grouse shooting is good on the breaks of this 
stream and at the heads of the canyons quite a few deer may be 
found. | 
Bingham Springs is on the Umatilla River, eight miles above 
Gibbon. An auto stage makes at least two trips daily between these 
places. The springs are warm and the swimming pool and bath add 
materially to the pleasure of an outing at Bingham. Tents, cabins, 
and hotel accommodations may be had here and there is a _ well 
patronized dance hall., With all these attractions you can hike up the 
stream or across the hills and feel no worriment for the comfort and 
pleasure of those members of the party who may prefer to stay at 
camp. No better fishing can be had in any part of the county. 
Below the springs the river is open for eight miles to Gibbon and if 
your ambition fails you you can return from your fishing trip by the 
auto stage. Above the springs there is Bear Creek and both forks 
of the river. The stories of fishing and hunting trips on these 
streams have been repeated, (and enlarged), at many a campfire. 
Grouse and native pheasants are quite plentiful here and deer can 
be found within a few miles of camp. Many herds of deer winter on 
the breaks near the springs and toward the last of the open season 
they begin to move toward their winter feeding ground. 
Many fine catches of trout have been made this year in all 
parts of the county, some of them by parties who made the return 
trip in one day from the county seat. 
In favorable seasons great quantities of huckleberries can be 
found in the mountains. Camping parties gather them and often 
cook and put them in cans, before leaving camp. The berries usually 
begin to ripen about the first of August. 
WHAT SOUTHEASTERN OREGON HAS TO 
OFFER SPORTSMEN 
By WARDEN H. L. GRAy, Vale, Oregon 
OME of the most ideal camping places that can be found in 
S Oregon are to be secured around Ironside Mountain, on the 
North and Middle Forks of the Malheur, and at Steins Moun- 
tain, which is the home of the mule deer and other species of game. 
In all of these locations is found plenty of the best, pure mountain 
water, shady nooks and fish-bearing streams. 
Tronside Mountain is located on the line between Baker and 
Malheur Counties, and is the last of the Blue Mountain Range as 
you travel southeast. One of the most ideal camping places in the 
Tronside Mountain district is near the Lockhart ranch. This location 
can be reached by good roads by automobile about fifteen miles 
west of Ironside store, which is located on the John Day highway, 
about fifty miles from Vale and forty miles from Baker, and is at or 
near the head of the following streams: Willow Creek, Lost Creek, 
Clover Creek, Camp Creek and Burnt River. All of these are excel- 
lent streams, where sportsmen from various parts of Malheur County 
have been making the limit catches, with some of the mountain trout 
twenty inches and better in length. In hunting season this is an 
ideal location for game, there being quantities of sage hens and 
