THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 287 
The Ilinois Sportsman remarks: ‘Fish are so plentiful in an 
Oregon lake that they may be caught with the hands; especially by 
those who have become expert chasing a cake of soap in the bathtub.’’ 
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A Chinese pheasant, in order to escape some hunters in Linn County, 
flew into a schoolhouse near Tallman. The teacher, Ruth A. Smith, put 
the bird in a cloakroom and fed it bread crumbs. She liberated it the 
next morning. 
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The enforcement of the game laws are entrusted to game com- 
missions in 47 states and territories; in Florida to local officers; in 
Nevada to county wardens, and in the District of Columbia to the police 
department. 
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Congress is beginning to awake to the fact that the game of Alaska 
is entitled to some protection. At the last session $20,000 was appro- 
priated to assist in enforcing the game laws in that wonderful country 
of big game. : 
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Recently I. C. Hays, one of a party of hunters of which a justice 
of the Supreme Court of the State of Washington was a member, was 
fined for violating the law in shooting ducks before the lawful time 
in the morning. 
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It will be lawful to trap fur-bearing animals in Oregon from Novem- 
ber 1 to February 2, inclusive, provided the trapper procures a trapper’s 
license at the office of the state game warden, the cost of which license 
is $1. 
The law requiring hunters and anglers to carry their licenses upon 
their person when hunting and fishing has not been repealed. Oregon 
game wardens are especially charged with the duty of ascertaining if 
hunters and anglers are complying with the law in this respect. 
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Have you ever noticed that when flocks of wild ducks and geese 
are on the wing for long distances they form a triangle to cleave the 
aid more easily, and the most courageous bird takes the lead at the 
forward angle? 
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Through the co-operation of the Portland Railway, Light & Power 
Company with the State Fish and Game Commission, the fish ladder 
at the big Sandy dam was recently repaired and put in excellent condi- 
tion for the passage of fish. 
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The Wisconsin game and fish laws have a clause that should be 
heeded by those who go hunting in automobiles, for it provides that 
any automobiles, boats, guns, etc., used in violating the game laws may 
be confiscated by the state. 
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The sportsmen of Lane County are after the fish dynamiters. <A 
reward of $200 is offered for their arrest and conviction. Dynamiting 
fish in certain streams of Lane County has been going on for a number 
of years without the guilty persons being caught. 
