The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-08-01

eonsgnments Immediately, in order to
make room for the eggs:which are soon
to be received fromsthe east. Until re-
Gently the railroads have assisted the
game warden's department TO large
extent, in transporting small trout TO
various parts of the state, bat heavy
traffic has reduced this benefit conisder
ably. 1t has been found necessary TO
call upon the members Of the Multno-
nah Anglers club to assist in the dis
tribution of the fish. There are. at
present, between 5000, 600 and 4,OOO.OOO
small trout, which must be sent out IN
the near future.
Game Warden Finley has Just re-
turned from two weeks visit to
southern Oregon, where he inspected
the Ewhite heron colony on Malheur
lake. This is the only colony of these |
birds left in the state. They have !
been practically extermnated by plume |
hunters. The object of the trip was to |
arrange for game reservation. for |
birds, and animals, mountain sheep, |
which are now very rare, antelope and |
mule deer, which must be saved from
extinction.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burnette e. Duncan
and little daughter, Dorothy, are down
at Tillamook visiting friends and
spending their vacation on the beaches
there. Mr.. Duncan it is said, is doing
some deep sea fishing. In letter
written to j. II. Heilbronner he intl.
mates that the weather has been excel
lent for frog hunting. The rain over
that region has been very great, he
A .Fl lf.nI ID Dttfur raonla |
will visit the Tillamook country this
summer.
Ivan Dakin and Carl Kent, who were
camping recently on the West Fork of
Hood river, had the scare of their lives
one afternoon, when huge wild cat
chased rabbit through their camp.
The big cat was hot in pursuit Of the
bunny, which ran into the opening
madelby the boys for protection. The
young men had just returned from a
hard fishing trip and were seated on
thier stools resting, when the startling
procession hove in sight. Although
they had number of firearms the APP
pearance of the brute was so sudden
that by the time they had recovered,
after having tumbled over camp stools
to allow the cat to pass, 1t was too far
away for shot.
Clarence Fosberg, who was oiking
on the road near, saw the animal. He
declares that IL was one Of the biggest
wildcats he has ever seen.
MIR. and Mrs. Jake LEM and son,
Glen, MIR. and Mrs. r. X. Arens and !
sons, Waldo and Winifred, and Mrs.
Robert Walstrom left their Middle
Valley homes Sunday for an outing on
the West Fork near Lost Lake. MIR.
Arens, who has Just arrived from New
York. declares that he will land "a big
steelhead before he leaves the region.
The party will also do some hunting
while in the forests of the district.
Mr.. Lenz is one of the best known |
hunters of the valley.
Harry T. Dewitt and w. J. Baker
have been landing some large steel
heads near their camp at the confluence
of the Lake Branch and the West Fork.
Mr.. Baker, who spent last week in
camp with his family, returned to the
city Monday.
DIR. II. l.. Dumble spent short time
fishing on the West Fork last week.
Rattle snakes are scarcely ever seen
in most of the portions of the Hood
River valley. However, once in long
time some one Is given a good fright
by visiting reptile. Fred McCrea
gave warm reception to rattler
tuAak Without tpk tk,
snake had invaded the cellar of the
was delving into the shelves for dain-
ties with which to regale guests Sun
day, he heard the buzz of the squatter
His hand was within six inches of the
reptile. He made hasty exit, gave
war whoop and returning to the base.
ment proceeded to shoot the snake s
head off with rifle.
Clyde Rand, while in the Lost Lake
district last week with his father.
William Rand, and grandfather, Rob-
ert Rand. shot and wounded big bear
not far from Camp Overall. He
chased the wounded beast through the
bushes to big hollow tree, where he
could hear it moaning. Thinking per-
haps il was so badly wounded that 1t
would not leave the tree, he secured a
saw at Camp Minnehaha, the Baker
Dewitt camp, and made serch for
it. Although the greater part of one
morning was spent in looking for the
tree, it was impossible to find it.
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Hetze Praises West Side Club
Ralph ID. Hetzel. director of the ex-
tension division of the Oregon Agricul
tural College, has much praise for the
work being done by the members OF
the West Side Improvement club.
In a recent letter to c. N. Ravlin. g
member of the program committee of
the club, he says: Permit me tC
commend the splendid program you are
giving now. 1t will certainly result
in the continuing advance of the great
Hood River country. We are grateful
for the opportunity to cooperate will
you in this splendid work.
WeOnaS Win Sundays Game
The baseball game Sunday between
the Heights team and the Weonas. Of
Portland, whom the local lads licked
in game on former occasion