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tiam and its tributaries are at their best for fishing in July, August 
and September. 
The famous Breitenbush Hot Springs, which are located twelve 
miles from Detroit, can be reached by pack horse. Parties wishing 
to go in that vicinity can hire pack horses at Detroit, and from the 
Hot Springs all of the country in the vicinity of Mt. Jefferson and 
Olallie Butte can be covered. In a radius of twenty miles from the 
Hot Springs there are thirty lakes that have been stocked with 
Eastern brook trout by the State Fish and Game Commission, and 
fish weighing from three to five pounds is a common catch. 
Other places in Marion County that will be attractive to the 
summer camper are the well-known Silver Creek Falls, Abiqua River 
and Butte Creek. All of these places are within twenty to thirty 
miles of Salem. 
For an angler who likes to fish for the gamey black bass, Marion 
County can give him his heart’s desire as there are twenty lakes 
located along or near the Willamette that abound in this kind of 
fish, and the lakes are from five to twenty miles from Salem. 
The western part of Polk County is divided by the Coast Moun- 
tains, and for the summer camper that portion lying west of the 
Coast divide would appeal to parties spending their vacations, more 
than the eastern slope. Fishing on the western slope is at its best 
during the months of July, August and September. The Siletz River 
and its tributaries can be reached by the way of Dallas and Falls 
City. From Dallas to the mouth of Rock Creek is forty-two miles, but 
parties not wanting to go that far can find good fishing within 
thirty miles of Dallas. Parties going to Newport would find this 
route a very fine trip. The road is rather narrow and there are a 
number of!short turns, but with careful driving they would find, no 
difficulty in going this route and would enjoy spending a few days in 
the vicinity of the mouth of Rock Creek fishing for cut-throat trout. 
The road is in good condition from July to October for autos. 
Salmon River is reached by the way of Willamina and Grande 
Ronde, and good fishing can be had on that stream within fifty miles 
of Dallas. 
On the east slope of the Coast Mountains, the Little and Big 
Luckiamute, Mill Creek, Rickreall and Yamhill Rivers supply the 
angler with fine early fishing. After the middle of August these 
streams are not very attractive to the sportsman wishing to make a 
good catch. 
A HUNTING STORY 
By WARDEN JOHN LARSON, Astoria, Oregon 
Creek by auto. From there we walked a mile and a half to 
Eecola Rocks, arriving at 7 A. M. The tide was low and we 
walked out to the middle reef. On the outside reef were about a 
thousand large sealions lying and sunning themselves on the rocks. 
Each one selected a large sealion and at the signal to shoot we all 
hit the mark, causing the ugly monsters to fall off the rocks dead. 
We had good shooting for about three hours, or until the tide came 
in and drove us to the shore. We killed about sixty sealions. 
QO N the first of June, four of ‘‘us fellows’’ went down to Elk 
