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DUCK SEASON
OPENED TODAY
There Is joy today in the sportsman's
breast, the occasion being the opening
of the duck season, so eagerly awaited
by the gunners of this section of Ore
gon. There are few states In this coun
try that can boast of so many excellent
Shots and lovers of the sport than In the
land where 'rolls the Oregon." (Today was
as eagerly awaited by the duck-hunters
as vacation Is looked forward to by the
flayful schoolboy. -Old and young alike
wait the hour when the canon law
oi me commonweaun grants permis
sion to hunt. The law for water-fowl
hunting In the state of Oregon is as
follows:
Ducks. Geese, Swan. Limit, 100 in
one week and not more than 50 In one
day for one man.
" The law prohibits the use of sink
boxes, slnkboats, nneakboatn. skiffs, bat
teries, swivel guns. Are. flashlights and
blinds, but the provisions of the law
differ for particular sections of the
state.
Ducks, Geese. Swan (except In the
counties of Jackson, Klamath. Lake and
Coos), Season closed from March 1 to
September 1 of each year. Hunting of
wild geese is prohibited at all timt-s m,
ny island or sandbar on which wild
geese habitually rest or roost in or
long the Columbia river east of the
Cascade mountains.
In the counties of Jackson, Klamath
and Lake, season closed from January 1
vo oepiemoer li ur each year.
In Coos county, season closed from
February 1 to August l of each year.
The mallard is th most popular duck
ill most eagerly soufiht after. They
e plentiful in the local preserves, and
e given a hard struggle during their
son. Wood, widgeon. sprlK and teal
r also plentiful, widgeon liredomlnat-
g. The canvasback is nlm"M a lost
uantlty In Oregon, but lew lakes
throughout the stat havjrg any. This
j scarcity is due to the !acK of natural
s,eed, wapatoo. I
I, Local Shooting.
Two or three hundred sportsmen, nc
COmpanlnd by as many dogs of varvlmt
rate and caste, leave Portland every Sat
urday to shoot ducks along the sloughs
and Islands of the Willamette and Co
lumbia rivers. The sport Is Justly
popu,lar here, for It rewards Its devotees
wun wnat is , perhaps the finest duck
ujrtlng In the world. The ducks arrive
.ere on their flight southward a month
earlier than in California, and start
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i north a month later In the spring.
Moreover, while no single lake yields
the limit each week, and while the
enormous occasional slaughter of the
California sportsmen Is unknown here,
yet the shooting la regular, week In and
week out, and, no clever shot ever re
turna without a good bag of game. Still
more Important la the fact t&a,t here
the ducks feed entirely on wlSt, anrt
therefore they lack the fishy flavor that
tn the sound country renders them unfit
for the table.
' With duck-shooting, however, as with
other forma of sport, ha who would
dsnca must pay the fiddler, from Au
gust 1 to March 1 the ducks must be
fed dally. Ton after ,ton of wheat must
go Into the lakes lh order to hold the
ducka an4 to luaura theic retura the
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following year. Some years ago ' can
vasbacks were plentiful here. With the
disappearance of the wapatoos, their fa
vorite food. they, also disappeared, and
It is the belief (ft sportsmen Uiat even
u the growth oi wapatoos Is -e-estab-llshed
along the! sloughs of the Colum
bia It will take years to bring about the
regular return of the canVasbacks.
Raelising. then, that the preservation of
the sport depends upon It. the local
hunter feed constantly and liberally.
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It is a matter for congratulation that in
consequence the flight of ducks each
year seems to be growing larger rather
than smalfer, and the continuance of one
of the most fascinating of sports seems
assured to this region.
Favorite Preserves.
Some of the favorite preserves along
the Columbia and Willamette sloughs
and sportsmen who shoot there are:
Bowies' raachg-J. feowles. McCalman
Bowles' ranch J. Bowleg and He
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for theVucks.
Caiman. Lower Korce Harry Beal,
Fred ,Beal, Robinson, Edward Brown,
Frank Gillam. Certs' place J. P.
Schade, Gus Schade. Herman 8chade,
John Koskey. Gus McKercher, Fred Pet
terson, Oscar Schloth. Moore's cross
ing A. M. Reekard, Harry Rowe. Otto
Kramer, Judge Cleland, Fred Johnson.
Lumsden ranoh-J. D. Rutherford, Dr.
Cbnnell, J. it. Brink. Will Llpman, Her
man Schneider, B. H. Went Dead Wil
lows Captain Rellly. R. D. Inman,
George Rae. Jack Williams. Charles
Franks. "Pike'1 Davis, J. J. Fitzgerald.
Thomas Brlgham. Deerv'island George
Llethop. Maurice Abrahams, Watt Mon
teith, Sheriff Storey, Jackson and W. E.
Carlow. Upper Force, Columbia slough
J. Kubanks, John Harrington, E. 8.
Ferguson, E. W. Rowe, Charles Shaw,
Peter Zimmerman. Bybee place. Colum
bia slough O. K. Knott. Charles Stel-
nel, John Klipple, Henry Drennen, Ar
chie Parrott. Kamm's place. Columbia
slough Rummel and son. Henriesy's
place Dr. Rockey. Went and McCaugh
ler. Morgan's farm Frank Thorn. Dr.
McKenaie, George Meyers, A. L. Mohler.
Sunderland, Columbia slough Walter
Beebee, J. Leonard. Seagull point
Charles Burkhart, George Hoyt. M. Ish-
elwood. Smith place Jack McFall, C.
K. Tlelley, Mark Gill, Jack Keating and
Frank Hart. Tony BartTeKs place-
Charles Potter. Captain Baker, Wagner"
and L. F. Thiebaw.
This is only a partial list of the many
sportsmen who enjoy the shooting every
season. Captain BaKer, u. 8. A, at
present In this cityV la one of the most
enthusiastic sportsmen in the country.
and already has made arrangements to
visit the local proeerves to try his luck.
From Indications the season bids fair to
bean excellent one, and for the sake of
sportsmen may It be. . v
Journal friends and . readers whan
traveling on jt rains to and from Port
land should ask . news agents for The
Journal aad Insist upon being supplied
with this paper, reporting all failures la
obtainlnr It to tha offlca of Dubllcatlon.
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WHERE FISHERMEN
MAY FIND BASS
At this season anglers will find that
bass hve deserted the shelter of the Illy
pads in large measure. They have gone
Instead, to old logs, lying either exposed
or burled under a foot or two of water,
to the neighborhood of old tree tOps
half submerged and .to the roots of
stumps which still cling to the bottom
near shore.' '
The reason for, this Is not known pos
itively, but it always happens in early
September If the stage of water be nor
mal It la supposed that at this time
certain larvae or water insects which
cling to the old wood are ripe for food.
It is a fact worth knowing, because a
man may now cast all day among the
pads or along thelrMUges and get few
strikes or none at all, whereas two or
three weeks ago he would have found all
of the fish hidden among the lilies.
In every year there are one or two
weeks when bass are not to be taken
inshore at all, and a man who casts for
them as they are usually cast for gets
nothing for his pains. At these times
the Ash are in the deepest parts of the
lakes or rivers, buried away down near
the bottom' of the holes, eating little,
taking such live and tempting food as
la sent down to them very gingerly,
altogether undergoing a period of sloth
and faatlng.
This is supposed to be due wholly to
heat, the water inshore becoming too
warm for their comfort and the heat
taking tha appetite .out of them. This
retirement to deep water happens al
ways during a hot dry spell,v when there
is much ' sultriness and the atr feels
as If it were a thin woolen blanket
drawn about the nostrils.
Fish are not. avid at such times, but
Xhe angler, who knowg where thy, save ,
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string by working for them and trying
them wholly in the still Ashing method
with things that are alive frogs, craw
fish, grasshoppers and such.
Still later in the year, during the mid
dle of September, the bass will again
desert the logs and tree tops for the
sandy shallows that have rocks and
pebbles sloping away gradually Into
deep water. The angler will gat his
Strikes then and make his. catches by
keeping his boat well out and casting
so that his lure shall fall Just where
the shallow water begins to shade off
Into the darkness of the deep. Proba
bly the bass will be from Ave to ten feet
further in, but they will see the flash
of the lure and come out after It more
readily than If it fell nearer to them
with Its splash.
In September bass like the sun, for
the nights are cold and the water Is
at a low temperature during the day
and they will contUiue to haunt the
shadows until the Arm of ice forms
over them and they are forced into
winter nuarters.
bam rxssnra.
Bass Ashing in Columbia slough is
Improving as the season advances.
Fishermen are getting better acquainted
with the habits of this gamey variety
of the finny tribe, and numbers of local
nimrods visit tha haunts of the wlley
baas every day. E. Bateman, a well
known sportsman, caught nine bass
weighing 12 pounds yesterday. Mr.
Bateman was Ashing with a spoon and
had a successful day, excepting that he
hooked a large one that broke both
rod and Una, getting away.
Full description of all sporting events.
New York, Chicago and Seattle races re
ceived by direct wire from the tracka.
New fork telegraph tips posted. Com
missions received for all aportlng events
In any part of the -world. PORTLAND
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FINE MUSIC FOR
THE FALL CARNIVAL
Multnomah Club's Committee Has Ar
ranged for Splenaid Muelo During
the ralr Biff Athletic Event
. Will Be ea September 81. '
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If there is any one feature that will
stand out above the others at Portland'
big fall carnival, September 14 to 26,
Inclusive, it will be the music. Instead
of a band of 26 pieces, as originally
planned, it has ben decided to have a
musical aggregation of 35 pieces to dis
course muslo afternoons and evenings
from a beautiful pavilion, i Special pro
grams will be arrangedfor each day
of the carnival, and those in charge-ef
this feature of the September show
promise splendid entertainment for
jnusio lovers. . , e
. Mr. Bert Kerrigan, who , has been
asked to take ohtrge of the athletic
day, . September 21, stated today that
teams would be present from all the
athletic clubs of the Pacifio Northwest
to compete ior tne ions; jisi oi prises
offered. ,
.Already almost enough names have;
been secured for the presentation of Mr.
Mutchin's beautiful spectacular produc
tion, "When Knighthood Was In
Flower," and rehearsals will soon begin.
Two hundred persons will take part in
this, and those who have gone into the
details of the production pronounce It
intensely!. Interesting.
Today thousands of sheets of beau
tiful posters, heralding tha carnival,
were sent to surrounding towns. The -paper
Is unusually attractive and will'
de much toward giving the carnival
publicity (
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