The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-02-20
FINS, FURS AND FEATHERS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Some important changes have been
recommended by the Game and Fish
committee to the House of Representa-
tives. One recommendation will be to
open the deer season Is days earlier,
and lop as many days off the end. The
season now opens August ! and closes
October 81. The committee recon-
mends that it begin July Is and end
October Is.
"Many hunters are in the mountains
in July and they kill deer anyway"
said Representative Homan, of Harvey
county, chairman of the committee.
"As nothing is gained by postponing
the season to August /, we have de-
cided to recommend that it open July
! Is. Deer are as good then as l5 days
later. BY cutting Is day off the end,
the open season is not exterded.
The committee is practically unani-
nous in urging extension of the pres
ent protection for Chinese pheasants
and bob white quail two years more
east of the mountains. The present
protection will expire October |. For
west Of the Cascades, where these
game birds are more numerous, the
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be permitted after another year.
Many freak game bills have come
before the committee, One certain to
be killed would provide penalty OF
, 81 600 or two years in the penitentiary,
for the hunter who shoots a man while
j trying to shoot game. This is aimed
I especially at the man who thought che
. was a. deer.
: . Another bill would permit man t
:, kill any wild game or game birds OF
:, his own land at any time of the year
y 1t. too, is sure to meet death
i" The committee will probably adop
: the districting plan. As proposed b.
~ Game Warden Finley, the state wou
/ !" be divided into two districts, one east
. the other west of the mountains
3 Probably, however. more districts wi
y be provided.
in Mrs. Hay, who keeps house at Ship
ne herds Springs ranch, created sensa
n tion in town last week by shooting an
te killing a large black bear with Colt
3S military
I, Wednesday morning, when alone s
To the ranch, which is on top of the blu
lu in a direct line between the depot an
Its town, she heard the two dogs barkin
lid down by the edge of the bluff, Takin
ed the revovler with her, Mrs. Hay wei
r. down to investigate and found that Il
be dogs had treed a large black bear in
ms tree which overhnug the bluff. Wit
ms considerable nerve and good aim 81
IS opened iire on hruin, the first shot Pc
Grating his abdomen, and the secor
he shot going so close to his heart that
'ss dropped him. Then she beat it, bat
an to the house, and when Jake Denk r
le' turned soon from his morning trip
ms the Springs, she was almost hysterica
a about all she could say was, 81 kill,
Ills him, Denk then went down and pr
he ceded to relieve the carcass Of It's hid
IS Some remarkable ieats in killing b
hls game have happened near Carson
re. the last month. Fist, j. W. Wethere
art alone without dogs, kills three larl
he cougars; then Miss Noemah Stambj
'er kills coyote with a shovel; and nc
Ter Mrs. Hay comes in last, hut not eas
is by killing a big four-year old bla
bear with two shots from a 3S-calib
revolver, almost in her front yard.
We are getting accustomed to sens
tions in that line that we would not
Il surprised to hear that lady h
iL stabbed cougar with a hatpin. 49, Ca
son Journal.