THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 253 
Oregon hunting and fishing tales add much to 
the value of The Sportsman. How many readers 
will give us their experiences in the field, woods 
and mountains for publication in the next issue? 
* * * : 
Patronize the advertisers in The Sportsman and 
let them know why you are doing it. While the 
advertiser expects a financial benefit as a result of 
placing his advertisement in The Sportsman, at 
the same time he is adding his bit to help pay the 
cost of publication, and thereby assisting in the pro- 
tection and propagation of game and fish. 
K *K *K 
Owing to lack of time to prepare copy for the 
printer, this issue of The Sportsman has_ been 
greatly delayed. Doubtless the reader knows that 
the editorial work on The Sportsman is done as time 
may be found from other work, and it seems that 
there has never before been so much to do in both 
the game and the commercial fishing departments 
as now. This condition is partly due to the fact 
that department officers have had additional work 
added to their regular routine, because it became 
necessary some time ago to reduce the force in the 
Game Department on account of the falling off in 
the usual sale of hunting and angling licenses at 
this season of the year. Readers interested in re- 
ceiving future numbers on time can assist greatly 
by sending in information concerning game and fish 
conditions in all parts of Oregon. Without a doubt, 
there are sportsmen, farmers, gamekeepers, game 
protective organizations, boy scouts, guides, resort 
keepers, and many others, in position to observe, 
who could write interesting tales about their ex- 
periences with the wild life of the state in the field, 
woods and mountains, and furnish much informa- 
tion of great value for publication in The Sports- 
man. 
