THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



to year and in every county with any considerable number of 

 these animals the decrease has been particularly marked. The 

 records for two counties will be sufficient to show the decrease : 

 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 Total 

 Humboldt 10 113 67 71 42 50 41 24 418 

 Trinity 9 86 34 32 22 15 14 10 222 



The, bounty paid in California is $20.00 per animal. 



EASTERN BROOK TROUT IN LINN COUNTY. 



Dr. A. G. Prill of Scio has given a very interesting report in 

 regard to the eastern brook trout which were planted in Prill 

 lake in 1912. This lake is not far from Marion lake and is some 

 twenty or thirty acres in extent. In 1913 Dr. Prill visited the lake 

 and found the fish were from six to eight inches in length. During 

 last summer Dr. Prill again visited the lake in company with 

 Dr. W. H. Dale of Harrisburg, C. W. Warner, J. F. Wesley and 

 John Frost of Scio. The party found that trout were very abund- 

 ant in the lake. During the afternoon and evening, when flies 

 were quite plentiful, the fish were continually jumping. They 

 rose very eagerly for an artificial fly and the party caught twelve 

 eastern brook trout in a very short time, none of which was under 

 twelve inches or over fifteen inches in length. They thought best 

 not to catch any more than this number, but to leave a good 

 supply for spawning purposes until the lake was well stocked. 



GAME NOTES FROM WESTERN LANE COUNTY. 



Deputy Game Warden Dowell of Mercer sends us the fol- 

 lowing notes from western Lane county: 



Canvasback ducks are very numerous on Tsiltcoos lake, 

 south of Florence. Mallards began to arrive on November 1. 



During the month of October nine bears were killed in the 

 vicinity of Mercer. The record of the lucky huntsmen is as 

 follows : Jack Bunch, 3 ; Alex Dowell, 2 ; Ancil Stonefield, 1 ; 

 Clyde Bay, 1; Otis Cheney, 1; Lawrence Johnson. 1. 



Seth Martin of Mapleton recently caught a large beaver in 

 his salmon net in the Siuslaw river. It was drowned when found. 

 Beaver are numerous along this section of the river. 



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