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inexperienced angler has little or no trouble in landing rainbows, 

 Dolly Vardens and dwarf bluebacks or redfish, commonly called 

 "yanks," which are so abundant in the lake. One of the most 

 attractive camping spots in the state is at the head of this lake. 



"THE BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA." 



In 1909 Mr. W. Leon Dawson in collaboration with Mr. J. H. 

 Bowles, published a splendid work in two volumes entitled "The 

 Birds of Washington." Since then Mr. Dawson has moved to 

 Santa Barbara and for several years has been engaged on a very 

 elaborate work entitled "The Birds of California." This new 

 publication in which Mr. Dawson has the assistance and help of 

 all the leading ornithologists of the state, promises to be the most 

 complete and artistic production that has ever been published 

 on the bird life of any state. 



DESTRUCTION OF DEER BY WOLVES. 



During February from the 16th to the 25th — 10 days in 

 all — I made a trip up the Clackamas River and its main trib- 

 utaries, the Colliwash and the Oak Grove Fork. The destruction 

 of deer by timber wolves has been serious for a number of years. 

 From personal observation I have seen the deer almost dis- 

 appear from large sections of the country where they were num- 

 erous a few years ago, and where they would have increased 

 in spite of the hunters if it has not been for these predatory 

 animals. In talking over the situation with Hugh Mendenhall, 

 the District Forest Ranger of that locality, he made the statement 

 that in his opinion there was not over one-fourth the deer in that 

 general region that there was four or five years ago. And it is 

 naturally a good deer country and practically unmolested by 

 hunters during the close season. On this trip, especially along 

 the Colliwash river, I saw more tracks of wolves than I did of 

 deer. 



If it was necessary to go into details there are many reasons 

 1 could state why the regular bounties on these animals in a 

 locality that is so far from any settlement, and so extensive in 

 area, will not induce trappers to go in there, equip for the work, 

 and stick to it long enough to accomplish anything. For that 



