THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 229 
ownership of a dog, and claims he had his dog after a varmint and it 
switched after a deer? Under the old law one could do nothing. 
The biggest improvement I could suggest would be to take all 
eases of violations out of the Justice Court and before the Circuit 
Court. Too many justices are game violators themselves. 
As far as my personal dealings with the public in general, every- 
thing has gone along O. K. I always speak respectfully to anyone 
hunting or fishing, in regard to licenses or about the law, and explain 
anything they want to know to the best of my ability. I have never 
met anyone hunting or fishing that did not treat me with respect, 
even the men I have arrested for violations. 
By WARDEN J. M. THOMAS, North Bend, Oregon 
In answer to your letter to all Game Wardens to submit memoranda 
as to obstacles and difficulties, will say the worst difficulty in this 
county is, and always has been, the cussed dogging of deer, We have 
a certain class, or excuse of humanity in this county that will run 
deer in spite of everything any one can do. 
In dealing with the public generally, my first steps when I went 
into office was to try and get the co-operation of all the desirable 
class of people. I even went all over the country the first two 
months and got the different ideas and opinions of the more law- 
abiding class, and asked them to help me where convenient, and on 
the promise to not mention their names, many of the best citizens 
in the State promised me their support. But of course their promise 
at that did not satisfy me as I thought this may only be to pacify 
me at the time, but I must say I began to be surprised as time 
went on. Not only did these people give me information, but others 
that ET had not heard of fell in line, saying such a person had told 
them, and when I came to investigate this information I found it true 
in every case, and the wilful violator wonders how I find these things 
out as I am after him as soon as the complaint comes in. 
The thing I made up my mind to do in the first place was never 
to deceive any one that I found was trying to assist me, and to 
attend to a complaint just as soon as I could possibly do so. Of 
course there are hundreds of complaints while there are very few 
convictions, but I find in my experience that a thorough investigation 
of a complaint sometimes is just as good as a conviction, and ~ prob- 
ably a great deal better in lots of cases. 
I am well satisfied with the co-operation I have in my territory 
from the desirable class, and can say it is more than I ever dreamed 
of, taking into consideration who the people are, and I couldn’t ask 
them to do any more as I am here to do the rest. As to the undesir- 
ables, I know all of them and don’t want any of their assistance or 
information which they oftentimes appear anxious to give. 
By WARDEN W. G. EMERY, Newport, Oregon 
The worst condition I had to contend with in this county when 1 
was first appointed, was the hostility almost everywhere against a 
game warden. This ill-feeling extended to the laws themselves, and 
it was almost impossible to secure any efficient co-operation from the 
farmers and ranchers living adjacent to the hunting grounds and 
game ranges. 
I soon learned that this unfortunate condition was due to under- 
