268 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 
ing the angler that there is the action of a trout with the combined 
str rength and action of a salmon on the business end of his tackle, And 
I will say that they are a mighty fine fish, regardless of the suffix we 
prefer to adopt the name Steelhead. 
The Steelhead run being over we have angled on one stream from 
early spring until late winter, trying our skill on several varieties of 
trout and salmon, ranging from the little speckled brook trout up to 
and including the Chinook salmon. In so doing we found use for many 
different kinds, sizes and combinations of tackle. 
In conclusion, I’ll yield for the reader’s decision. Is it misleading 
when I mention this home of the finny occupants as utility fishing 
waters? 
THE LITTLE PINE SQUIRREL 
Recollections by WARDEN I. B. HAZELTINE, Canyon City, Oregon. 
F all my friends of the woods the Pine squirrel comes first in my 
() affections. It is on account of sentimental reasons of course, but 
possibly many of you hold him in the same esteem and for similar 
reasons as myself, 
My people have gone to the mountains for two or three weeks dur- 
ing the summer as long as I can remember. This event was looked for- 
ward to by myself from one year to another during my childhood days 
and I would just as soon that Santa had forgotten me at Xmas time, or 
that I had been deprived of my firecracker allowance on the Fourth of 
July, as to have missed one of these camping trips. The thing that I 
remember most of all was the waking in the morning of the first day. 
It was too good to be true that I -was really resting on a bed of fir 
boughs under the shelter of the old tent that had done so many years’ 
service, and that I had so many joyous days ahead, going with father 
after grouse, sitting around the big bonfire at night listening to the 
songs and the tales recounting the experiences of the day by the older 
members of the party, huckleberry bushes loaded to the ground, how 
numerous the deer tracks were, someone who had actually seen a giant 
bruin. These tales with the background of the dark mysterious forest 
against the firelight certainly remain in the memory of the man. Asso- 
ciated with these memories is the little -Pine squirrel, who with his 
cheerful little chatter, announces that another day has begun, and I 
never hear one but the recollection of the first day in camp, or morning 
rather, is brought to mind. 
BIRD LOVERS BUY LIBERTY BOND 
The Audubon Society of Oregon, at a recent meeting, voted to invest 
$100 of its savings account in a Liberty bond, as an expression of the 
patriotic spirit of the society. 
William L. Finley, state biologist for the Fish and Game Commission, 
was re-elected president. Other officers were elected as follows: W. 
A, Eliot, vice-president; Dr. E, J. Weity, corresponding secretary; Miss 
Arlie Seaman, recording secretary; H. T. Bohlman, treasurer; H. H. 
Parker, W. S, Raker, Miss Mary Frances, Mrs. R. Bruce Horsfall and 
Dr, H, B. Torrey, directors. 
Much good work was reported as having been done during the past 
year. 
