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THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



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Mayer was also indicted by the Grand Jury and is now in the 

 Curry County jail awaiting trial. 



Both Eggers and Mayer are held under $2,000 bonds, which 

 they have not been able to furnish. 



Upon hearing of these cases, a telegram was sent to County 

 Attorney Meredith, of Wedderbum, by the Fish and Game Com- 

 mission asking that every effort be made to prosecute the mur- 

 derers of these men. We have received a note to the following 

 effect from Mr. Meredith: 



"I am very glad to have the backing of your Department in 

 the prosecution of these cases. I ordered the arrest of both Mayer 

 and Eggers. I intend to make an example of these fellows, if 

 possible, so that every one who goes hunting in Curry County will 

 know that if he shoots a man for a deer the penitentiary awaits 

 him. ,, 



FUNDS FOR FEDERAL WORK IN OREGON. 



Five thousand dollars has been added to the Agricultural 

 Appropriation Bill which is now before the Senate for consid- 

 eration. This amount is to defray the expenses of a biological 

 survey of the state of Oregon. This work was planned several 

 months ago by. the Bureau of Biological Survey of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture in co-operation with the Ore- 

 gon Fish and Game Commission. 



There is also an item of fifty thousand dollars in the same 

 bill to provide funds for enforcing the Federal migratory bird 

 law, which went into effect during the fall of 1913. At the pres- 

 ent time it is uncertain whether this latter amount will be appro- 

 priated, since certain members of the Senate are very much op- 

 posed to it. Since the Federal Government has taken over the 

 protection of migratory birds, it will be necessary to provide of- 

 ficers to enforce the law, or there will be little respect for it. 



WINTER FISHING UNPOPULAR IN THE DESCHUTES. 



In certain sections of the state there has been considerable complaint 

 against the law which permits winter fishing. The Bend Bulletin for April 

 1st is not at all satisfied with the law permitting fishing all the year in the 

 Deschutes, providing the fish are over ten inches. It comments as follows: 



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