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in Tillamook County recently. It was no trouble for Mr. McFarland 
to hook twenty in a short time, ranging from one and one-half to four 
and one-half pounds, 
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Charles D. Alexander, proprietor of the Linn Ringneck Ranch near 
Albany, has sold more than 4,000 Chinese pheasant eggs this season. 
The game department of the State of Ohio bought 2,000, Michigan 
1,000 and Tennessee 400. Smaller orders have been received from other 
states and individuals. 
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C. H. Corson, Larry Brumfield and George Matthews, of Cottage 
Grove, claim the honors for the best basket of trout caught in the 
McKenzie River in Lane County this season. One hooked by Mr. Cor- 
son measured thirty and three-fourths inches. Another, hooked by Mr, 
Matthews, was twenty-four inches long. 
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Loeal disciples of Isaac Walton, who were out on Hood River Sun- 
day, declare that fishing was never better, says the Hood River Glacier. 
Dozens of huge steelheads, which require an hour of playing to bring 
them into quiet water, were successfully landed. Many fishermen 
caught nice strings of mountain trout also. 
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The Oregon Field Trial Club has elected the following officers for 
the ensuing year: Dr. Calvin 8. White, president; C. G. Liebe, vice- 
president; L. A. Wheeler, secretary-treasurer; E. A. Parsons, M. Abra- 
ham, William Hilgers, M. H. Butler and Carl B. Stratton, trustees. 
The date of the fall trials will be decided at a meeting to be held soon. 
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There is a considerable increase in deer in the vicinity of Buell, 
Polk County, according to reports received by the state game warden, 
Ruffed grouse appear to be increasing in that district, also, while 
Chinese pheasants and Bob White quail are apparently decreasing. The 
cold weather of the last two winters is given as the cause of the 
decrease in pheasants and quail. 
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The fourth annual fish fry, given under the auspices of the Madras 
Rod and Gun Club, was held on the banks of the Deschutes River, near 
Vanora, on May 27, and was a great success. Sportsmen and their 
friends, including between 400 and 500 persons, were present from all 
parts of the country. Three hundred pounds of fish were fried, and 
everyone declared it the most enjoyable picnie ever held in Central 
Oregon. 
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The Port Umpqua Courier says that deer, which are numerous 
around Winchester Bay, are becoming quite tame and bold enough to 
come inside the townsite and take observations. One day last week 
four large bucks came down from the hills and walked around town 
_ fearlessly, apparently sizing up the garden patches. After spending 
considerable time they walked off into the woods without being 
molested, 
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Earl Davis was recently sentenced to thirty days in jail and later 
paroled in Douglas County on the charge of resisting an officer of the 
