BUTCHERY IN OREGON. 



Following are letters I received report- 

 ing the work of some game butchers in 

 Portland : 



Enclosed find clipping from the Orego- 

 nian of November 14th. These are some of 

 our "sportsmen" in Portland. Mind, not 

 market hunters. This has been going on 

 for years, and there are plenty more of the 

 same calibre. These people will sneak in 

 the back door of the market, sell ducks, 

 and then howl about market hunters. 



tention to it. I do not believe in killing 

 just for the sake of killing. 



Olnas, Portland, Oregon. 



The clipping to which Olnas refers is 

 as follows : 



The Deer Island Sporting Club has, at Deer Island, 

 36 miles below Portland, on the Columbia river, a 

 game preserve comprising 3,500 acres. The greater 

 portion is covered by lakes, ponds and sloughs, the 

 favorite resort of water fowl of all kinds. 



The club shoots every Sunday. At their last shoot 

 they bagged 395 ducks, mostly mallards, but includ- 



I have seen passenger pigeons in countless 

 thousands. Where are they now? Also 

 have I seen the buffalo disappear from the 

 face of the earth; the antelope nearly fol- 

 lowing suit ; and if these people are not re- 

 stricted, where will our ducks be in a few 

 years? I gave up hunting 20 years 

 ago because I have not the heart to kill 

 things that enjoy life as well as you and I 

 do. I have never meddled with anybody's 

 affairs, but when it comes to such wanton 

 slaughter, I feel it my duty to call your at- 



ing specimens of every species of duck which visits 

 this region, from a teal to a canvasback. 



Under separate cover I mail you copy of 

 photograph of some bristlebacks. These 

 swine are business men and clerks occu- 

 pying good positions, but they can not 

 afford to hunt ducks on a preserve without 

 killing the limit and selling them on the 

 market to pay the expense of their de- 

 structive work. 



Each year that the State Legislature 

 meets brings better laws and more Recre- 



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