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FISH SCREEN STUDIED
By CHARLES V. STANTON
The Oregon Game commission reports a study to he
undertaken this year into the loss of downstream migrant
fish nt the Winchester dam. Similar surveys are to be made
elsewhere throughout the state. The study is expected to
lead to construction of a new type of screen designed to
divert fish away from turbines, pumps, grinders and other
industrial installations.
Dr. John Rayner, chief of fishery operations for t h e
Game commission, decares the newly-invented screen to
be the biggest advance in protection of salmonoid fish at
large diversions since the advent of the fish ladder.
The first of the new screens now is being built by the
Portland General Electric company at Marmot dam in the
Sandy river.
Among contemplated installations are diversions at
Oregon City, Hood River, labiirg-, Waterville, Winchester,
and Cazadero and River Mills, the latter two locations be
ing on the Clackamas river.
The new screen, the commission reports, is adapted to
deep channels. It follows the principle of a device used for
many years by industry to remove debris from water. It
works on an endless belt principle and is divided into pan
els which may be readily replaced. Jets of water clean the
panels as they rise on the endless belt. Fish striking the
traveling screen panel are channeled off into diversion
tubes which carry them around pumps and turbines to tha
downstream side of the dam.
Saving Fish Important
The State of Oregon is spending many thousands o f
dollars annually to hatch and rear game fish. There is much
question in the minds of scientists whether artificial propa
gation is economically sound. Yet, while we spend large
sums to hatch fish, we are permitting more fish than we
, hatch to be destroyed or lost.
Thousands upon thousands of fingerlings are killed
each year in turbines and pumps. More thousands are lost
in irrigation ditches. Wholesale losses occur when fish are
trapped in drying ponds.
A good friend and conservationist wrote us a few days
go of a spot in Douglas county where hundreds of salmon
fingerlings have been trapped in a slough as water receded
rapidly after a freshet. The fish possibly equal the popula
tion of a hatchery holding pond. Thus, their salvage when
effected will represent several hundreds of dollars when
compared with the cost of rearing the same number artifi
cially. Game commission officers have been advised of the
situation and will attempt salvage operations.
Watersheds Show Damage
The game department in recent years has steadily en
larged salvage efforts. All over the state we have numer
ous good spawning streams which once ran fresh, clear wa
ter throughout the entire year. But because of our care
less destruction of watersheds, many of these streams now
start drying up with the first warm breath of summer.
Countless thousands of tiny fish are left to die in stagnant
pools. Game department employes and sports groups have
discovered many of these spots and attempt salvage of some
of the trapped fish each year. Obviously lack of manpower,
equipment and time prevents more than superficial recov
ery. '
Mother Nature is prodigal with life. She gives life in
abundance and destroys with abandon. But while resources
are in their natural state, Mother Nature maintains a bal
ance between all forms of life. When man enters the pic
ture, however, adding to natural predation, destroying wa
tersheds, polluting water, wrecking spawning beds, divert
ing water for power, irrigation and industrial uses, d e
struction of wildlife in all its forms exceeds Nature's pow
ers for reproduction. If, on the other hand, we can succeed
in reducing some of the losses occurring from both na
tural and man-caused destruction, we may more nearly
ppronch a balance.
That is why successful diversion of downstream
migrant fish around diversions is so important; why it is
so essential for sports groups to work with department em
ployes in salvage efforts; why more care and effort are
needed to preserve watersheds, or to restore them if they
have been damaged. Kvery naturally spawned fish saved
from destruction reduces by one the number of fish it be
comes necessary to rear sitifically, at a cost generally rec
ognized to be uneconomical.
For two days now1 Mr. and Mrs.
Algernon Bitwuns have bene en
during a state of seige. First on one
window sill, then another, there
will be a hopeful white cat holding
firmly a tiny, tiny white kitten.
To look in upon the Miluuns nt
breakfast time, the mother cat
climbs up on the woodpile, across
the rafter of the woodshed, over
on to the kitchen roof, a mere
matter of a few feet jump or
drop, over the sleep roof, down on
to the porch roof, to the meter
box, and at last, to the window
(ill by the table. The only way
she can now reach her real objec
tive, an opened door, is to jump a
good five feet to the ground, bound
up on to the potch, ignoring the
iteps, and streak in the door held
open by Mr. Bitwuns.
She followa her usual' procedure,
undeterred by the fact that now
he carries a white kitten. She
follows it, that is to the window
sill. For now, alas, the Bitwuns,
hardhearted as they are, do not
make that bewitching sound with
the front door latch. Instead Mr.
B carries the kitten bark to the
workshop (A mcaowing white cat
close). . .where she atays n 0 1
very long.
To be sure she did win out by
luccecding in welcoming her kit
Py Vuihnett S. Martin
tens into a nice warm place the
basket under lh desk. Whin Mrs.
Bitwuns thought of all she had go
through for two or three davs,
keeping 'that hussy OUT, she
wondered shy she had bothered.
From there on It was up to Alger
non. He started a fire in Ihe work
shop stove, carried basket and kit
lens and rat up there, and that
was that. Simple. Or was it? Alter
a tuoday intermission the seine
bei.an all over again. So far the
kitten iMra. U has not Inquired
as to why there was suddenly
only one kitten. After all. she had
said, she simply cuuld not
would not go through with this
home foi kittens ordeal another
time!) the kitten has not won
tlumnh into the house.
Hut poor Mrs. Bitwuns washes
dishes with a white cat on the
windowsill which that hussy
reaches easily by easy s'gcs. She
makes a lied wilh a rat clinging
lo Ihe window screen. She types. .
on, ami a me use, sne thinks!
Miht as well give in one time as
another. Algie can put cat and
kitlen in the workshop this eve
ning. If Mrs. B. deosn't give in,
Algie will!
In about six weeks Mrs. Bit
wuns will start finding a home for
a cute while kitten.
We Need Glasses
TiAEK BLUE GLAfe
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MALE QUARTET, pictured", will appear with tha Lewii and Clark college choir for a public con
cart in tha Roseburg Junior high ichool auditorium under auspices of First Presbyterian church at
8 p.m. Tuesday. From left, Jack Jennings, Portland; John Mlnter, Milwaukee; Allan Lehl, Cool
Bay; William Bailey, Portland; and (seated! James Paul, Oswego.
In The Day's News
By FRANK
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of them started high-tailing it for;
the hills that lay to the north of
them. 1
It was at this moment that we j
struck by air. First we sent in the 1
paratroopers. At the chosen spot J
they jumped from their transport i
pLanes, carrying only their rifles '
and side arms. Following them
came the big cargo planes, which
dropped artillery, ammunition am-d
jeeps. Later Ihey will drop other
supplies, such as rations.
The point is that they landed
spang in Ihe middle of Ihe Reds.
As they hit the ground, there were.
Red troops all around them. They j
landed shooting. !
It appears as this is written that .
some 40,(HH) Commies had got out
to the north, toward the moun
tains where the Reds do their most
effective fighting. Some 20,0(10 arc
caught REMIND our paratroopers.
11 is these that we liupe to trap
and kill or capture.
Whether we get away with it will
be disclosed by the news that will
come later. If we do, it will be
quite imtwtaht for it will be no-:
tire to old Mao that limitless sup
plies of MERE CANNON FODDER
are not enough in these days of 1
modern war against a highly in-1
dustrialired nation such as the
United States,
It we ran prove to him that we
can destroy his cannon fodder fas-!
Former Operator
By MRS. H. M. ANDERSON
Probably the most "missed" per
son in i'anyonville is Mrs. Vinvent
(Gladys) Williams, former day
operalor of the Canyonville tele
phone exchange, who left with her
husband tor California when the
system was changed over to dial
operation.
They are making their home in
Salinas where Mr. Williams is
working in a new electrical gener
ation plant at Moss Landing.
During four years of faithful
service, Mrs. Williams drove 2t
miles daily in all kinds of weather
to be "on Ihe job." She was known
for her courtesy in handling the
busy day shift.
She started wjjen the company
was under the management of Mr.
and Mrs. H. M. Anderson, (hen
i known as the Canyonville Tele
We Can See Through More Clearly
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JENKINS
ter than he can afford to send it
against us, it may put a new face
on the situation.
Time alone can tell and we shall
be very foolish indeed if we jump
to conclusions. We have to re
member I fiat the war in Korea
means nothing in itself. We aren't
fighting for Korean soil. We're
just fighting communists.
Maybe we can convince them
that we're too tough to be handled
NOW.
OR
And we can't overlook this
Mavbe old Mao might get scared
and YELL TO STALIN FOR
HELP. Communist China and Com
munist Russia, you know, have a
MUTUAL AID treaty. A mutual
aid trealy means that if either
party gels into bad trouble and
calls for help from the other party,
the parly called on has to go to
the distressed party's aid.
Such are the terms of the Pei-ping-Moscuw
treaty.
Personally, I wouldn't trust a
Communist of any kind any fur
ther than I can throw a full-grown
Hereford hull by the tail. If it
served Stalin's purpose, he'd cut
old Mao's throat as readily as he'd
step on a hug. Mao would do the
same by Stalin. Y ou just can't pre
dict what a Communist will do.
Communisa will do.
Meanwhile we'll wait eagerly for
news of Ihe final accomplishments
of this latest move in the fighting.
'Missed' From Job
phone company. She continued
when J. U. McGurie added Ihe ex
change to his holdings in Myrtle
Creek and Riddle, until the change
over. Sutherlin P.O. Job
Open To Examination
' The United States Civil Service
' commission announces an open
. competitive examination to fill
the positien of postmaster at
I Sutherlin. Salary for the position
' is y't at S4.070. Persons inter
ested should apply at the Roseburg
' post office.
The first Greek letter society to
be formed in America was Phi
; Beta Kappa. It was started in the
i I'nited States at Williamsburg, Va.,
Dec. S, 177S.
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Judge Refuses To Peek,
Imposes Penalty Instead
PORTLAND I.Vf Because
Municipal Judge J. J. Quillin re
fused to take a peek through a
mail slot, fines and a jail sen
tence will be appealed.
j Gordon Dunn, 25. Sauvies island.
I testified in a disorderly conduct
trial of his estransed wife and Joe
I MeGrew, 20. that he peeked
through a mail slot at his wife's
apartment and saw her, in dis-
' array and MeGrew dressing.
! The defendants denied it and
Mrs. Dunn said the view from
i the mail slot wasn't good enounh
; to show what Dunn claimed. The
attorney for the defendants in
vited Judge Quillin to take a peek
to prove his clients were telling
the truth.
The judge declined "I have
never been a peeper" and levied
fines of $-0 on each plus a 3U-day
sentence on MeGrew. The attorney
said he was starting an appeal.
Panama Canal Safety
Order Issued By Truman
WASHINGTON l.l'V- President
Truman has issued strict regula
tions to safeguard vessels and wa
terfront facilities in the Panama
canal zone from sabotage or other
subversive acts.
Acting under the search and
law passed last Au-ui-President
based his executive or
der on a finding that tiie secu. .,
of the United Slates "is endan
gered by reason of subversive ac
tivity." He authorized the governor of
the canal zone to enforce the safety
order, which includes authority to
visit and search vessels and har
bor facilities.
I Persons having access to vessels
or other facilities in the zone may
be required to carry identification
credentials;.
' Vessels found violating the order
could be seized, and indivduals
I imprisoned for up to 10 years and
fined as much as $10,000.
Boy Shoots Older One
When Invited To Do So
OMAHA (.11 "He told me
to shoot him," sobbed 10-year-old
Harold Cnppen of Omaha after
the fatal wounding of a compan
ion. Pat McQuinn. 17, of Omaha, died
of a bullet in the head.
The hoys had been target shoot
ing with a rifle on a Missouri river
levee.
"Pat put a bullet in the gun and
gave it to me." young Crippen told
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Fulton Lewis Jr.
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WASHINGTON -Northern Democrats are taking a
bad licking in the political war with the Southern or Dixie
crat wing of the party.
Republicans, acting on sideline cheerers-on, keep on
supplying ammunition to the southern Democrats so the
political civil war will rage unabated. So far all the cas
ualties have been northern Democrats, largely from the
ranks of big city political machines whose bosses have
been close to the President's ear and the federal purse
strings. I
The Reconstruction Finance cor- there ii more at stake than wret
poralion investigation and the ex- mg party control from the north,
plosive Kofauver crime probe are Byrnei and many others are con
the two major flanking assaults on : vinced that current administration
the north. Both are run by south-: policies will wreck the country.
em Democrats with aggressive po- I
Iitical skill. The White House and,;
big city bosses are already shout
ing" "uncle," but nobody from the
south seems to be listening.
At stake in live political civil
war is control of the Democratic
party for the presidential skirmish
in 1952. Since 1948 southern Demo
crats have been poor country cous
ins to the northern bosses, who
have split up the political gravy
by plundering patronage lists and
slicing off chunks of federal money
in the form of fees from loan
funds. Southern politicians don't
like it. At first they played it po
liie. by complaining to the While
House or trying to work out an
equitable division of the spoils by
conference. They found they were
wasting their time. Then they got
tough.
Senator Kefauver's crime probe
is the opening shot in the war. Sen
ator J. William Fulbright'i RFC
investigation started out as a di
visional drive hut stumbled intu
so much poltical dirt it grew rap
idly into a full-scale expose. There
are more to come.
Senator Clyde R. lloey. of North
Carolina, has the powerful senate
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a number ot puDiic nearings inai
will rattle more skeletons in the
closets of northern Democrats. Sen
ator Lyndon B. Johnson, or iexas,
is working up a sweat over the
awarding of defense contracts to
favored Democrats, mostly in the
north.
Over on the house side of the
Capitol, southern members keep
up the war of nerves with promise
of a probe of the Veterans admin-
istration, Communists in govern-
ment and the mishandling of fed-
eral funds in various government
agencies.
Privately, southern politicians,
Including Governor James E.
Byrnes, of South Carolina, insist
LETTERS
to the Editor
Local School Policies
Defended From Criticism
Roseburg It is a bit nauseating
that one of our citizens, in report
ing on our school situation, has
stopped to a new low in good taste,
repaid for the truth, and senile
understanding. She (lid not care
to investigate and learn that it
did not cost as much as $25 to
secure the experienced, expert ad
vise of Dr. Huffaker. or that he
already is in the employ of the
state.
She could never understand that
consolidation is a 50-50 proposition.
While Roseburg shares some o(
it's facilities, the incoming dis
tricts will be sharing their wealth.
Roseburg is indeed fortunate to
have an educa'or of the quality of
Siiperintedent Paul Elliott. Mr.
Elliott understands educational
policies in all fields and those of
us who have seen the growth in
the quality of education in our
system since he has been here,
will testily to his capacity as an
educaior. The statement on salary
was completely false. The figure
she suggests would in reality not
be 011 tof lie at all but the truth
is our clerk, at retirement i
receives tar more in wages and
concessions, on a proportionate
basis, than our superintendent;
this to aur shame.
That she is not sued for slander,
attests to the statute, character
and outstanding qualities of these
men. Neither could Uiis person
understand that the majority of
our citizens formulate all school
policies at the polls and that this
majority is solidly behind our;
school policies because tney are
just that "Our School rolicie."
EDITH HILL
Roseburg, Oregon
Deputy County Attorney John H.
Hantey.
"He told me to shoot him.
"I thought he meant it but I
wasn't going to hit him.
"I just wanted to scare him. I
was going to shoot past his hat."
No explanatin was given for
Mctjuinn's asking that he be shot.
No explanation was given for
Medina's asking that he be shot.
Samuel Osgood was the first
Postmaster General under the Con
stitution. He was appointed Sept.
26, ITS.
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They want those policies changed.
one of the best ways to do it js to
discredit the machine politicians
and their White House mouth
pieces. By exposing graft and fa
voritism scandals, Congress can
legitimately grab a tighter grip on
leiieral spending.
The south won't have to take
any more lip from a bunch of dis
credited political leaders both in
side and outside the White House.
White House political experts
ar ebaffled about where to counter
attack the soulhern-(j()i' coalition.
A few administration columnists
have timidly tried lo hand a presidential-bug
label on Fulbright, Ke
fauver, and even Senator Harry
Flood Byrd, of Virginia, who keeps
up a constant harassing fire on
Fair Deal fiscal policies. But the
mealy-mouthed suggestions from
the administration's handout art
isis aren't sticking. So the con
fusion has turned to political terror
and large numbers of administra
tion Democrats are trying to find
a safe haven until the scandals
blow over.
In Washington it is conceded that
the hour is past when President
Truman can buy off southern Dem
ocrats with patronage or other po-
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ernor Byrnes s distaste for the
Fair Deal goes much deeper than
federal job possibilities. What the
President can do, however, i s
minmize the furor over the scand
als. That is one of the reasons he
cut his vacation in Florida short.
I I'tiA rwilitinal aiiaf ta anttinff mil
( hand and whj((, 0U5p ajM
wanted him back in wsni , be.
f political blunders
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' . One wav to lessen the criticism
' intimidate anti administra-
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the government for this political
hatchet work is the department of
Justice. The Washington air is full
of rumors of impending Justice
department action against those
opposed to White House policies.
Conferences between Northern
Democrats in Congress and Justice
department aides are almnst
nightly occurrences. These are
badly kept secrets. In fact, a
powerful senate committee headed
by a southern Democrat, is about
readv to call top Justice depart-'
ment aides up to the hill for a
public airing on their political man
ipulations. It will be a good show.
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Viaiting Hare Mr. and Mrs.
John Horn and baby daughter, Lor
raine Kay. of Eugene, and Mr.
ana Mrs. Robert Horn of Corvallis
are spending Easter vacation in
Roseburg visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Horn on S. Jackson street
and with other relatives and
friends.
Returns to Roseburg Mrs. H.
L. Bailey, who was injured in an
automobile accident in San Fran
cisco Feb, 10 and who has been
a patient at Alta Bates hospital
in Berkeley since that time, has
been brought back to Roseburg to
recuperate at her home. She ar
rived in Eugene by train Friday
and was brought to Roseburg by
i ambulance. Mr. Bailey accompan
! ied her from Eugene. She will bt
I able to receive visitors.
There are more than 72 million
acres of grazing land in New Mex
ico. Tele-fun
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to answer. She's probably
taking a gander around."
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