4 The News-Review, Rottburo, Of Tuos., Aug. 13, 1M Published 0 illy Except Sunday I y thi News-ftevie Company, Inc. aura wnl ilm m.ii.i Mar I. Ite al laa fail elflea al Baaaaar. Orataa. aaaar sal si March t. 1S.S CHARLES V. STANTON -pi. EDWIN L. KNAPP Editor SJls"' Managar Member of tht Associated Press, Oregon Newspaper Publisher Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulation! aaraaaalae ar nrHT HOLLIBAT CO. I airiraa la Naw Tart, Caltara. aaa rraaclaea Laa Aaialaa. Saallla. rarllaa Sk Leela. L'Bal'IIITION SATCS la Oraian-Ha Mall raf Trar t a, ala aiaalka SI J tkraa maallii t M Cllr Carrlrr-rar aar SIS. Ha aaranral. Ij.i loan aaa aaar, Bar maala SIM Oaulda Or.faa Br Mall Par faar Sana li mantha II. la Ihraa aiaalha II 11 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 Salve w w' If a. - X i. J&$ -6, auk, rVrA. 1 I JV H aaw- y ?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. aaa 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, aaa 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? aaa 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. aaa 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, aaa BUT GETTING TO PARIS WHEN NO COMPETITOR i COULD GET THERE COULD j HAVE BEEN IMMENSELY i PROFITABLE. aaa 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. Bank With A Douglas County Institution Home Owned Home Operated Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Douglas County State Bank I ffri Z j.L i L. 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