THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 293 
COLUMBIA COUNTY GAME NOTES 
By WARDEN WILLIAM BROWN, St. Helens, Oregon. 
County, more especially deer. Sportsmen who have gone into the 
woods report to me that never before have deer been so plentiful 
as this year in this county. There are good reasons for this. One is that 
the cougar are fast disappearing. The cougar is a very destructive anima] 
when it comes to deer. Another cause is the control of dogs that in the 
past have been allowed to run the deer. Owners of dogs are learning 
that they must not allow them to run deer, otherwise the animals will 
be taken care of by the game department under the new law passed by 
the last legislature. 
During the fore part of the deer season, before the governor’s proc- 
lamation closing the season on account of the danger from forest fires, 
some of the largest deer bagged in this state were killed. Edward Law, 
a member of the St. Helens Rod and ‘Gun Club, shot a four-point buck 
that weighed over 200 pounds. Mr. Law did his hunting on the Nehalem 
River. A Portland man, Mr. Estes, also shot a four-pointer at Oak 
ranch. Messrs. William Pringle, R. V. Duncan and A. Parker, residents 
of Columbia County all killed three and four-pointers. 
Columbia County also has better fishing this year than for some 
time. Black bass are very plentiful in the sloughs along the dyke lands; 
mountain and salmon trout abound in large numbers and there is no 
trouble in taking the full quota in a short time, 
Game birds are also more numerous than ever before, according to 
reports received from those who are in a position to know. 
As a matter of fact, the hunter and the fisherman will find Colum- 
bia County game conditions greatly improved and no difficulty will be 
experienced in entering the mountains and finding the streams. 
T will undoubtedly be the banner year for game in Columbia 
SHIPMENT OF GAME — FEDERAL LAWS 
EDERAL laws affecting the shipment of game comprises statutes 
regulating interstate commerce in game and the importation of 
birds and mammals from foreign countries, as follows: 
Act of March 4, 1909, Ch. 321 (35 Stat., 1088). 
The importation of certain injurious animals and birds; permits for 
foreign wild animals and birds; cage birds, specimens for museums, etc. 
Sec. 241. The importation into the United States, or any territory 
or district thereof, of the mongoose, the so-called ‘‘flying foxes’’ or 
fruit bats, the English sparrow, the starling, and such other birds and 
animals as the Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time declare 
to be injurious to the interests of agriculture or horticulture, is hereby 
prohibited; and all such birds and animals shall, upon arrival at any 
port of the United States, be destroyed or returned at the expense of 
the owner. No person shall import into the United States or into any 
territory or district thereof any foreign wild animal or bird, except 
under special permit from the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided, 
that nothing in this section shall restrict the importation of natural- 
history specimens for museums or scientific collections, or of certain 
cage birds, such as domesticated canaries, parrots, or such other birds 
