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In the Open— The National Forests of Washington ^f^ 



Bingham Hot Springs, 32 miles east of Pendleton, Oreg., on the Umatilla 

 River, is easily reached by automobile from Walla Walla or Pendleton. The 

 resort has hotel, dance hall, swimming tank, summer cottages, and camping 

 grounds. Good fishing can be had near by on the Umatilla River and its tributa- 

 ries. Bingham Hot Springs is 7 miles west of Gibbon, on the main line of the 

 Oregon-Washington Railway & Navigation Co. An automobile stage meets the 

 trains during the summer season. 



The Wenaha River and its tributaries offer some of the best hunting and 

 fishing on the Forest. Rainbow and Dolly Varden trout are plentiful at certain 

 seasons. The best fishing is found at the most inaccessible places. Fishing and 

 hunting parties can pack out of Troy, a small village with a hotel and store at the 

 mouth of the Wenaha River. There is a good trail up the river and fair trails lead 

 up its tributaries. Troy may be reached from Asotin, Wash., by a 50-mile drive, 

 or from Wallowa, Oreg., by an automobile stage that leaves Wallowa Mondays^ 

 Wednesdays, and Fridays for Troy, returning the following day. The distance 

 between Wallowa and Troy is 37 miles. 



Asotin Creek, accessible by automobile from Asotin and Clarkston, is the 

 favorite fishing stream. A road passable for motor cars extends about 12 miles 

 up Asotin Creek to a pack trail about 8 miles beyond the road. 



Tucannon River may be reached from Pomeroy or Starbuck by automobile 

 and offers excellent fishing. There are numerous camp grounds along its banks. 



The upper Touchet River can best be reached by automobile from Dayton, 

 through which it flows. Passable roads extend some distance up its tributaries. 



Mill Creek and Walla Walla River are the streams nearest Walla Walla. Roads 

 along these streams extend nearly to the Forest boundary. The best fishing, 

 however, is beyond the end of the roads and is reached only by horse or afoot. 



Meacham Creek, along the main line of the Oregon-Washington Railway & 

 Navigation Co., between Pendleton and La Grande, offers excellent fishing early 

 in the summer. All the streams are stocked annually with fry furnished by State 

 hatcheries. 



The Forest Supervisor's headquarters is in the Federal Building, Pendleton, 

 Oreg. Rangers' headquarters are at Dayton, Pomeroy, and Walla Walla, Wash., 

 and La Grande, Oreg. 



