The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994, August 23, 1949, Page 4, Image 4

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DIAMOND LAKE PROBLEM
By CHARLES V. STANTON
Diamond lake, one of Oregon's principal tourist attrac
tions, is being taken over by trash fish and is ceasing to
lure vacationists.
Once the world's largest rainbow trout egg-taking sta
tion, the lake has become so depleted that limit catches are
few and far between and continued decline is certain unless
improvement methods are devised.
The value of good fishing as a tourist attraction is amply
demonstrated at Diamond lake. Heretofore vacationists
thronged to the lake and remained for long periods of time.
This season, however, the percentage of "one-nighters" ha
grown until it includes a majority rather than a small mi
nority. It is a sad commentary on sportsmanship that the damage
to the lake was brought about by anglers and that everyone
must suffer because of vandalism by a few just as the
majority of real sportsmen are barred from fine fishing
and hunting grounds by "No Trespass" signs because a
few people have no respect for property rights.
Diamond lake has been wrecked by roach, a fresh-water
fish of the carp family, closely related to the chubs which
coastal water anglers know so well.
Roach minnows were brought from Klamath lakes to be
used as live bait for Diamond lake rainbows. Some escaped
but others were deliberately dumped into the lake by anglers
who had minnows left after a day's fishing. Being extremely
prolific, the roach have increased to the point where they
are exhausting all bottom feed, destroying insect hatches,
thus ruining fly fishing, and starving out the natural trout
spawn, as well as game fish under legal size planted in the
lake.
Efforts have been made to control the increasing roach
population by poisoning. The small trash fish school by the
thousands in shallow water during the heat of the day.
The poison, a form of rotenone, derived from derris root and
cube root, is spread between the fish and deep water. When
the small fish come in contact with this poison, it causes an
inflammation of the gills and they are quickly suffocated. So
many roach are being killed by this method that even the
gulls and game fish can't dispose of all the carcasses and
at times portions of the beach become untenable because of
the stench. Yet roach population is increasing. Few game
fish have been killed, although the poison must be most
skilfully used if game fish are to be saved.
The game commission is considering a projKisal to lower
the level of the lake about 20 feet, reducing the 1000-acre
water area to about one-third its normal size, and then
poison out all the fish remaining, leaving the water barren
of fish life. Lowering the lake would be necessary to pro
vide capacity for exhaustion of the poison before water
again started flowing through the outlet. Otherwise the pois
on would be carried into the North I'mpqua river and would
cause untold damage. It is believed the effects of the poisoi
would have worn off by the time the lake was refilled, if
the level were first reduced as planned.
The commission probably would not hesitate to adopt
this drastic plan if it could be assured that no roach would
escape, but there still is danger that some might not be
reached and the whole job would have to be done over again
at some future date. As the cost would be enormous, it
would not be good policy if repetition should be required.
It would be the plan, of course, to seine out as many game
fish as possible and remove them to holding ponds, pending
return to a clean lake. Heavy restocking also would be re-
quired in subsequent years. Scientists believe the job could
be done between seasons so that angling would not be
materially affected.
An alternate proposal is that the game commission stock ;
the lake each year with 50,000 or more legal sized fish. The j
annual take by anglers is around 30,000 fish, thus 50,000
rainbows would leave an annual balance. Came fish in the
lake seem be in healthy condition, as they feed on the
carcasses of the poisoned fish. The poison is not injurious !
except through external contact, so trout are not harmed !
by eating fish killed through present control methods. j
The game commission now is puzzled as to whether to '
continue the existing practice, supplementing it with an i
extensive planting program, or experiment with the more
drastic plan advocated by some of its scientists. Kither ,
course will prove enormously expensive, but any expense j
would be justified by the value of the lake as a tourist asset, i
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?jUnmiJU6 SAW'
By Viahnett S. Martin I J, '
Along about now there Is a
very busy person on an anle
ranch In Hood River valley. She
Isn't picking apples, however. She
did that, too, In the war when no
help was available. But after the
flfteen.hundredth box she went
to the hospital. And that gave
her her start on the book she
wrote about the now famous
Uncle Monte. The deadline for
her second book Is very soon.
When she collected the ma
terial for "The Trail Led North"
she had so much that the pub
lisher said "Keep everything be
fore and after 'Astoria' for an
other book." So all during the
breathless whirl which author
ship of a successful hook plunged
her Into, she was busy on the
second of what is to be a trilogy.
Book number two is tentatively
titled 'Them Was the Days," a
title of special interest when you
consider the author Is an ex-
teacher o' English, and ex-dean
of women at Multnomah college.
But she learned a lesson In her
first book. She had the manu.
script nearly completed and
something seemed wrong . . . "It
wasn't Uncle Monle's story." said
Martha Ferguson McKeown, "it
was Just my story, telling about
Uncle Monte. Since he had little
formal education his speech is
not always grammatical. Well,
I re wrote the book, and then it
was Uncle Monte'i own story. . ."
Mrs. McKeown is a delightful
person. We had a most enjoyable
visit with her and with her
husband, Archie, who makes guns
as a hobby, and is likely to be
a professional photographer since
their trip to Alaska quickened his
Interest in that work. He also
spends a lot of time driving his
favorite author around the coun
try when she has speaking dates.
"This tlmebusines is really
confusing," said Mrs. MpKeown
across the tea-table In her lovely
ranch home. "Archie and I found
we had nearly an hour to kill,
not long ago. Then when we
thougVt it about the right time
to put in our appearance we dis
covered we were an hour late,
according to their time and I
was the guest speaker!"
You would never have guessed
our hostess was expecting a
' family party of 14 for the week
lend, the first ones due any mln
i ute!
In the Day's News
(Continued From r'age One)
Editorial Comment
From The Oregon Press
Turkey To Cost
Less This Year,
Nation Assured
WASHINGTON. Aug. 23-I.1V-Housewives
got good news Mon
day for their Thanksgiving and
Christmas menus.
Turkeys should be plentiful and
cost less.
The Agriculture department
said the 194!) crop will be the
second biggest in the nalion'i his
tory and the biggest since the
war. This promises lower prices.
Every alate in the union fig
ures In the increased turkey pro
duction, the department mild.
It Mtlmated the 1!)49 crop at
41.107.000 turkeys. This would be
exceeded only by the 1945 crop
of 44.000.000. The Increases this
year, compared with the shott
aupnly of 194S, range from three j
t7iidiv III i - luin Binir iv
121 percent in Arkansas.
The department said a down '
trend In turkey prices has re- j
suited in setting a supiKiit price'
which will average . bout 31 cents
a pound lor live turkeys.
Peru Breaks Relations
With Cuban Government
LIMA. Peru. Aug. 22 Ui
Peru broke off diplomatic rela
tions with Cuba yesterday.
The government delivered a
note to the Cuban Charge d'Af
faires charging that Cuba had
helped two members of the out
lawed Aprlsla party to flee Peru
for Cuba, and consequently the
Peruvian government "cannot
continue relations wilh the Cu
ban government."
Peru is ruled by a military
Junta which seized power in lr4S.
The huge chunks in which raw
steel emerge In the mill are call
ed Ingots.
WHERE THE BIROS ARE
(The Oregonian)
The other dav we received a
letter from D. M. Murch, of Rose
burg, and it made us feel sad a
si.rl of "days that come no more '
teeling. "Where are a'd the
birds?" asked Mr. Murch. who
has spent all his 78 years in Ore
gon. "The woos used to be fuil
of birds and bird music hut now
everything Is silent." So we call
ed a naturalist, a professional
one. a dweller in Oregon since
early boyhood, and we explain il
Mr. Murch' pensive 'ejection,
.is nearly as we might, and over
the telephone we he.inl the natur
alist sigh gustily. "Mv diagno
sis." he said, "is that Mr. Murch
has the same trouble vim and I
have, lies gelling old. It is
men." continued the naturalis;,
'you find yourself remembering
the times when all the grass was
Kieen, and every goose was a
swan poetically s;H'.iking. cf
course. Where ate all the birds
nf our boyhood? It is mv business
to know, you might sav. 1 think
Ihe birds are plentiful as ever,
and in some cases more so."
There are just about as many
mourning doves in Oregon as
there were when McKinlcy was
president, said the naturali;.
taking up one Item of Ihe com
n'aim. As lor grouse and vallev
quail, did not the Oregon game
commission distribute an unpre
cedented amount of grain last
winter for the relief of such
tame buds? And robins! Man
alive! There never were so many
n.hins in Oregon, in grandpa's
day. as there are now. One .if
our native quail, the mountain
variety, perhaps is losing ground,
but the difference in numbers
may lie a cyclic variation. The
bob white? This bird Is an Intro
duced specie anil any discussi in
of it present and past in our
stale scarcely is pertinent to the
issue. Pucks and geese are more
than holding their own of laic
year, and it seems certain that
expert management will Insiii
their security. If by the pig
eon. Mr. Murch means the band
tail, said the naturalist, this bird
still It abundant In seon whet
there Is natural food. The Pennv
I or China pheasant, is. of course,
hunted to the approximate limit
of its capacity, and we can ex
; pert no more of it than this.
! So there you are. Mr. Murch.
1 It is the naturalist's attempt to
! induce a happier view. Why. vow
ed the naturalist a good part ot
; vi hose business is birds and their
habits there are even more
nummlngbirds these recent yeais
than ever there were when he
I had a big toe in a rag and a stone
j bruise on the other heel. We are
j glad to have served in this mat
I ler.
! And now. one last word. Less
i than a year ago this page lament
j cd the sad scarcity, as it seem
iid, of the meadow-lark in westein
Oregon-just as D. M. Murch la
j ments it in the southern region.
I In no more time than it took for
! the mails to carry the letters we
had reliable testimony of the
I prevalence of meadowlat ks in
: s'mdiy parts of the westein area.
I We sympathize with our Rose
i t urg 'riend. w e do. Indeed, yet
we can but believe that the birds
are holding up rather well. We
think that schoolboys would con
firm this.
RUMORS FLYING
IN CALIFORNIA AGAIN
(Astorian Budget!
Every year, about this time.
I someone dow n in California
seems to start rumors that all
noals ate gone and all housing
accommodation sold out for the
.initial Astoria salmon derbv.
'I his year, as usual, the chamber
Of riimmprm haa t.l nut mil in.
' format ion to deny such rumor.
The salmon d-'iby is extreme
ly lortunate in .having a tremen
ions supply of boats available,
in the gillnet fleet that i free
j at derby time from commercial
I rishing. It is also fortunate in
Maving beach resort communities
-.cat by w here derby guests can
- be housed. There has n it been
end is not likely to be In the Im-
.nediate future such shortage a
the rumor says. FA.
School Bill In
Congress Due For
K. Of C. Attack
PORTLAND, Aug. 20.-(.IP
The Knight of Columbus conven
tion was prepared today to adopt
a firm policy of insisting on fed
eral school aid to parochial pu
oils if such aid is given public
school pupils.
Delegates were planning to
write a (tinging condemnation of
the Barden bill now in Congress.
Supreme Knight John E. Swift.
Boston judge, had made the topic
Ihe theme of his address to the
67th annual gathering. He was re
elected yesterday and was ex
pected to have a hand in writing
the resolution today.
Archbishop J. Francis A. Mc
intyre of Los Angeles said yes
terday that the slogan "separa
tion of church and 'ate" being
used to fight federal aid for paro
chial schools had no meaning. He
said it was a "bugaboo designed
to effect legislation that will
bring about the compulsory edu
cation of our children in public
schools."
Referring to the slogan and anv
possible state church, the arch
bishop air "if we -nay Judge
from the reaction to the recent
controversy over the Barden bill,
the conclusion would be that the
union certainly would not be with
the Catholic church."
"It la a slogan that ha crept
Into even the supreme court," he
said. He referred to the McCol
lum case, which Involved releas
ing children from school for re-
Strateqy Meetings Planned By CVA Supporters
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Aug. 23
tjf) The league for the Colum
bia Valley administration ha
mapped strategy for a aerie of
congressional Held hearing en
the CVA to begin two week aft
er Congress adjourns.
At a meeting of the league ex
ecutive board Saturday, Rep.
ligious education, and said:
The court, or at least a
minority of it. endeavored to In
troduce personal opinion Into
the law using a figure of speech
for a rule of law, and using tha
first amendment as a pring
board." The archbishop said the con
stitution say only that "Congres
shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion or pro
hibiting the free exercise thereof."
r It eh alt ID. Wash! iippMtaul
Sept. 19 a a possible dale. He
said funds for the hearing have
been granted by Congress.
Attending the conference were
E. M. Weston and J. T. Marr of
the Washington and Oregon Fed
erations of Labor, respectively,
Henry P. Cartensen and Morton
Tompkins, master of the Wash
ington and Oregon State granges,
and Rov W. Atkinson, regional
director' of the CIO.
The group said the Senate
House Public Work committee
would be asked to hold hearing
it "as many point a practic
able in the Columbia basin."
A telegram ent to Senate com
ndtee chairman Chavez IDMNI
aid the issue "i the most Impor
tant one ever to face the people
of the Pacific Northwest, and we
believe they deserve a full ay.
j The first people to devote them
! selves chiefly to commerce were
the Phoenicians, who developed
their fishing boat Into a com
I merclal fleet.
company. Shortly thereafter three
representative of thi tame per
fume company got transportation
to Pari on an Army Transport
Command plane. They weren t
even hauled for free. They paid
their fare in cash, before board
ing the plane just as did all
other civilians who rode on ATC
plane back In those days.
On its face, the ' transaction
look as innocent as a baby's
smile.
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BUT wait a minute.
At the time when these three
perfume men got to Paris on a
government plane getting to
Europe on a purely private bus
iness mission wa In the same
class as the Biblical example of
the passing of a camel through
the eye of the needle. Practically
speaking. It just COULDN'T be
done Period.
But in this case It apparently
WAS done. It teems to have been
done as a favor to the perfume
outfit that had tent out the home
freezers as nice little personal
gift to government officials,
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nVT, you say, WHAT OF IT?
O It's peanut stuff. How can the
j honesty and the Integrity of our
I government in Washington pos
sibly be affected by such penny
ante business as the granting of
permission to three civilians to
ride to Paris on an ATC plane on
which they paid their fare In cash
Just as anybody else would have
done?
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ALL right, let's go Into that.
At this time when these three
perfume merchants got to Paris,
it was very', very difficult prac
tically Impossible, in fact for j
ordinary, everyday, run-of-the-mill
perfume merchant to get to
Paris.
And Paris is the center of the
perfume Industry.
At that time, we nigger-rich
Americans were CLAMORING for
fancy French perfumes. We were
eager to pay for them practically
ANY price that was asked.
They were scarce.
The big thing was to GET
THEM.
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LETS put it this way:
Suppose these three perfume
big shots w ho got to Pari by of
ficial favor turned in and tewed
up the perfume business In such a
way at to beat their competitor!
to the gun when it became pos
sible to ship French perfume to
America again.
I That would have been quite a
deal.
The eventual profit from It
1 would have made a few home
! freezers distributed Judiciously
'around Washington a piker tran
, saction. Yet, on its face, the wnole
affair would have seemed strictly
on the up-and-up. All they would
: have got w as a plane ride to Paris,
for which they paid full fare,
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BUT GETTING TO PARIS
WHEN NO COMPETITOR
i COULD GET THERE COULD
j HAVE BEEN IMMENSELY
i PROFITABLE.
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WHEN government hold In Itt
hand SO MUCH POWER
! over butinesa that a imple llttlt
matter like the granting of per
mission to three men to ride to
Pari on a government plane on
which they paid in cash the full
fare could Involve heavy profits
on a deal in which slickers WITH
government help could put it all
over competitor WITHOUT gov
ernment help
Well, when things like that can
happen corruption in government
is always possible. That is why it
is a good thing for congress to
Investigate and bring out into the
open all the details 0-' every tran
saction that might be off color.
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