THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



' ' Game Laws Should Be Enforced. 



"The sportsmen of Missouri have a right to expect and de- 

 mand that the officers entrusted with this work render the ser- 

 vice for which they are being paid, and to that end appeal to the 

 citizens of the state of Missouri, to all commercial organizations 

 and societies of this state, in order that they may be brought face 

 to face with the deplorable conditions that today exist. 



"The money raised from hunters' licenses should be used only 

 for the work of the Fish and Game Department, and if incompe- 

 tents fill these offices they should be removed and their places 

 given to men who can render service to the state in keeping with 

 the cost to the state for their services. 



"Juggling the Game Fund. 



"It is a notorious fact that $45,000 Avas paid into Missouri 

 state funds to protect fish and game, but this money was used 

 for other purposes. 



"On two occasions, as above mentioned, the legislature has 

 diverted the game fund to the general revenue and refused to 

 make the necessary appropriation to the Game Department, doing 

 serious damage throughout the state on account of the work of 

 the department coming to a standstill, as no funds were available 

 to carry on the work and keep deputies in the field. The market- 

 hunters could shoot after sundown without hindrance, either in 

 open or closed season; the fish-trappers could run their nets, set 

 traps or dynamite the stream at will." 



SOUTHEASTERN OREGON NOTES. 



Mr. F. H. Fawcett, Deputy Game Warden of Harney and 

 Malheur counties, sends the following notes from his locality : 



On October 22 Frank Triska and C. P. Kuhl while hunting 

 on the head of Riddle creek about twelve miles southeast of the 

 little town of Diamond killed a very large buck mule deer. To 

 quote Mr. Fawcett : ' ' The horns, which are freaks, are about 

 twenty-four inches in length, with a spread of about twenty-six 

 inches at the back tips, and thirty-four inches at the middle tips. 

 There are eighteen points on each horn." 



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