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Rh "A BIRD IN THE HAND"

Before this time game protection had been largely a matter of making laws and trying to enforce them, it had been considered a police problem. It was now to be treated as an economic and educational problem. Hence for the purpose of interesting children systematic study of the birds, animals and fish of the State was begun for the first time in Oregon. In many parts of the State where it had been impossible to convict people for the violation of game laws, the sentiment