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about 1200 Rainbow trout in this lake. Prior to this time there were 

 no fish in the lake. The elevation of the lake is 3660 feet and covers 

 about twenty acres. The depth is unknown. Parties wishing to visit 

 this lake will find a trusty guide in Thurston H. Thomas, of Scio, Ore. 



The prospects for a good hunting season for Chinese Pheasants 

 in both Marion and Polk counties was never better than at present. 

 The young birds are more plentiful than for many years, but are 

 rather small for this time of the year. The reason for this is said to 

 have been the wet weather in June, which destroyed most of the first 

 hatchings. The second hatchings, however, have more than made up 

 for the loss. In the vicinity of Salem the birds are more plentiful than 

 in some other localities, the reason for this being the fact that the 

 Capitol Game Reservation has been in existence for the past few years. 

 The last Legislature repealed the Capitol Game Reservation Act and 

 hunters will have no trouble in bagging the limit around Salem when 

 the season opens. 



POLK COUNTY 



One of the most successful deer hunting parties of the season, 

 composed of M. D. Ellis, H. G. Black, Roy Black, D. J. Grant and F. 

 Whitney, all of Dallas, returned from the headwaters of the North 

 Fork of the Umpqua River, in Douglas county, on August 28th. The 

 party was out ten days and killed fifteen deer. Besides the deer killed, 

 the party saw 51 deer and two bear while on the trip. 



THE GAME SITUATION IN SHERMAN COUNTY 



By Warden James Stewart. 



The game birds of Sherman county consist of Grouse, Prairie Chick- 

 ens, Quails, Doves, Sage Hens, Wild Ducks, Geese, and Chinese Pheas- 

 ants, the latter just being introduced into the country. As there has 

 been little or no protection for game in the past, there having been 

 no game warden here until recently, the numbers have been very much 

 reduced. But some of the game birds, the quail especially, are now 

 increasing very fast, large numbers of young quail being seen along the 

 streams this season. In addition to this, in co-operation with Wm. L. 

 Finley, State Biologist, I have been trying to introduce the Chinese 

 Pheasant here this year. There was a small number of these cele- 

 brated birds liberated here a year ago, all of which have done well, 

 and this year we are liberating about twenty-four dozen birds at about 

 twenty-four dozen different places in the county. I have tried to pick 

 out the best locations for these birds, where there is plenty of brush 

 and running water. Have interviewed the owners of the land and 

 found them in every instance not only willing but anxious to get the 

 birds. They have also agreed to feed them in the event of a hard 

 winter and protect them in every way until they get a start. In doing 

 this work I find that there is a great deal of interest in this county in 

 fish and game protection and I hope to be able to organize a Fish 

 and Game Protective Association that will cover the entire county as 

 soon as the fall work is over and the people have more time. 



