230 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 
hand methods that had been used to secure arrests for violations, 
and to the system that had caused the arrest of every violator no 
matter if only for a mere technical violation of the letter of the law. 
I might mention numerous examples illustrative of the above state- 
ments, but one will be sufficient. 
Two deputies visited the home of F. O. Johnson on the Yachats, 
representing that they were Portland sportsmen who wanted to be put 
on a stand and have a deer run by them. Johnson spotted them as 
game wardens, so piloted them to a thick jungle several miles away, 
left them there and returned home and resumed his daily work. Late 
that night the wardens came into camp, sore because of the trick that 
had been played on them, and the next morning arrested a boy neigh- 
bor for cleaning a trout on the creek bank and throwing the entrails 
into the stream. Ten miles below at Waldport, two canneries empty 
all the offal into the river from the daily catch that is turned in 
to them. 
The boy plead guilty and his father paid his fine. The law was 
vindicated but game protection and preservation in the Yachats dis- 
trict took a long step backward. 
Law in any community is only the expression of that community. 
If the sentiment is against the protection of game, statute laws are 
of little value, and a game warden is practically helpless. Even if 
arrests are made, the defendant is promptly acquitted. 
When I was appointed game warden, acting upon the suggestion 
of State Game Warden Carl Shoemaker, I began an educational cam- 
paign among the residents of this county and made it my business 
to attend all public meetings, public schools and other gatherings 
and get acquainted. I talked game preservation and game protection 
as an economic as well as humane proposition. When I found a 
technical violation of the law, I pointed out the violation and ex- 
plained the reason for such a law, and upon a promise not to repeat 
the violation, made no arrest. Of course in this county, as in all 
others, there are certain individuals who need a club, and I do not 
hesitate to make life a misery for such criminals, but I sincerely be- 
lieve that the promiscuous arrests of everyone guilty of unimport- 
ant miner violations do more toward making the game laws a 
dead letter than all other influences combined. 
During my first patrol of the county it was a common occurrence 
for me to be curtly told that no game warden need apply for lodging 
or other favors and I found that in some localities I was looked upon 
as*a sort of pariah unfit to introduce to wives and daughters. 
Owing to the policy outlined by our State Game Warden, as 
above, and which I have been continually following in my work 
here, I am glad to report that these conditions have entirely 
changed. There is a healthy sentiment in favor of game protection in 
all parts of the county. A number of special deputies appointed 
from among the better class of citizens are helping along the good 
work and I feel that we are getting far better results than for years 
ast. 
; Of course we have our violators, and some bad ones. We have 
those among the better class who wink at some violations; these are 
but exceptions that prove the rule. And this rule is that the useless 
violation of our game laws are being frowned upon in all sections, and 
the flagrant violator is finding his neighbors arrayed against him, 
and willing to help the warden secure evidence that will justify an 
arrest. 
In this county, as elsewhere, the worst problem a warden has to 
contend with is how to secure evidence to convict certain dyed-in- 
