64 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



Governor James Withycombe sent a special message to the legis- 

 lature and a bill was passed increasing the bounty from $1.50 to 

 $3.00 per head on coyotes. This bounty bill is in effect until 

 January 1, 1916. 



COW AFFECTED WITH RABIES. 



Mr. F. H. Fawcett of Narrows, Oregon, reports that on 

 March 6 he went to see a cow that was reported to have been bit- 

 ten by a coyote with rabies. The cow was owned by Mr. Haas of 

 Narrows. He gives the facts as follows : 



"A few weeks ago a coyote found its way into the corral 

 while the hired man was milking. He happened to turn around 

 and saw the coyote within a few feet of him. He went over the 

 fence without much ceremony, secured a gun and killed the 

 animal. It showed no signs of rabies.) 



"On March 5 the cow seemed uneasy and kept walking 

 about the corral much as a cow does just after being taken from 

 the herd, but her mouth was covered with froth continually. 



"Some time during the night of the 6th, she broke out of the 

 corral and on the morning of the 7th was charging around at 

 everything she could see or hear. She appeared to be partially 

 blind and occasionally she would run into a wagon or fence. 

 Sometimes she would stumble and fall. She was killed by the 



owner." 



BASS IN COLD SPRINGS RESERVOIR. 



Reports of splendid catches of bass in the Cold Springs reser- 

 voir near Hermiston have been made during the last few weeks 

 by anglers from Pendleton, Echo, Stanfield and Hermiston. Sev- 

 eral of the fish taken are said to have weighed five pounds each 

 while large numbers of smaller ones have been caught. 



The first bass were liberated in the reservoir four years ago 

 this fall when 20,000 were planted. The following year 20,000 

 more were planted. There is an abundance of food in the reser- 

 voir and the entire environment is apparently ideal for the shal- 

 low water around the edges of the reservoir is said to be literally 

 alive with the smaller fish of this species. 



The reservoir also contains rainbow, steelheads and chinooks. 



