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showed a decrease for the state of over $14,000 from the amount 
collected in 1915, I am glad to report that these counties kept even 
and even showed a small increase. This is certainly a remarkable 
showing and proves that the people are becoming aroused to the neces- 
sity of fish and game protection and enforcement of the laws to that 
end. I only hope that the good work now started in these, as well 
as other counties of the state, may continue and that the streams and 
mountains may again teem with fish and game, as they did in the 
days of yore, making a national asset for the benefit of all the 
people and reducing the cost of living by millions of dollars annually. 

3 
Mrs. Florence Parsons of Rainier, Ore- 
gon and baby cougar captured May 
2, 12 miles south of St. Helens, Ore- 
gon. This little ‘‘deer killer’’ was 
about eight days old when found in 
its mountain home. 
