210 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



During the spring and summer months, many complaints come to 

 me of sportsmen who train their dogs on the birds within the citv 

 limits, not knowing it is a violation of the game laws to do so. The 

 dogs not only scatter and make the birds very wild, but unless closely 

 watched may kill the young birds. 



The greatest violator of the game laws within the city, however, 

 is the house cat, which, as a general rule, is a very successful hunter 

 and does far more damage to the birds than does the boy with his 

 small rifle or bean-shooter. Recently I received reports of two angora 

 cats in the Mount Tabor district, that had been seen bringing home 

 eight young China pheasants, beside numerous smaller birds, during 

 a period of two weeks. The owner of these animals has spent nearly 

 $50.00 in fencing the rear yard with an eight-foot wire fence, and still 

 these cats find a way of climbing over and continuing their depre- 

 dations. 



HUNGARIAN PARTRIDGES IN UMATILLA COUNTY. 



Mr. C. K. Cranston, of Pendleton, reports that Hungarian part- 

 ridges are becoming abundant on the Upper Walla Walla River above 

 Milton. These birds are probably the result of liberation by the Walla 

 Walla sportsmen, in Walla Walla County, Wash. The birds have spread 

 over the line and up the canyon. 



Mr. Cranston also reports that Chinese pheasants that have been 

 liberated around Pendleton have snread out in various directions. They 

 are ranging out into the wheat fields away from the stream courses. 

 Farmers report seeing many of these birds in different sections of the 

 county. During 1914, 252 Chinese pheasants raised at the State Game 

 Farm were shipped to farmers in various parts of Umatilla County and 

 released. A greater number of birds have been released during the 

 present season, so that with one or two more breeding seasons pheas- 

 ants will be numerous in this part of the country. 



WE LEAVE IT TO YOU. 



Over in a neighboring state not many hundred miles away there is 

 a game warden who likes to go Webster one better when it comes to 

 using the King's English. The story leaked out a short time ago and 

 we copy it from a recent issue of one of our leading sportsmen's maga- 

 zines: 



"State Fish and Game Warden knows how to play up to the 



ladies. He received the other day a letter from a lady asking if she 

 could troll for whitefish in the upper river. After taking a 

 long glance at the inquiry and making up his mind that there was 

 noching in the laws of the state to prevent the lady from fishing as 



