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I Soviet Point Four Program 033 g&u 4 Th Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Ftldoy, Aug. 17. 1951 3be 3fcws-fteuiew fiibliihea' Dally bcipt Unit ar the News-Review Company, Inc. aUraS elm aiallai Mar , ISIS i ftoicbnrg. Orafaa. BaSar aol a March S. 1IU CHARLES V. STANTON ' IOWIN C KNAPP Editor Manaser Member or the Anoclatao' Pratt, Oresan Nawipeper Publithan Aelerion, thu Audit Buraag ef Circulation! Stasraaaalai ar WIST-HOIXIDAI CO., INC afflcaa la Naw lark, Cklcafa, Saa rraoclica. Lai Amalaa. Btallla. Parllana. , .. altraa aa a.c.r,a CI... Hall.r Mar . "If. al tba Part Oflla. al Satabarg, Oragaa. Undar Aol af Maroa t. Itll. IDBSnKIPTION eATKS-la Urafan-Br Mll-Par ,aar. !. al. aaniaa. SI.a; Ikraa aaataa. It.H. Br Nawa-Baalrw Carrlar-r.r f.ar ! "a ad aaacal laa. Iha. aaa raar, par ma.lk. tl.oo. O.I.Ida Orafaa-B; Mall far faar, lil.Wi " aiaalka. IMSi 'kraa aaaalka. at. TALE OF THE POOR FISH By CHARLES V. STANTON The Oregon Fish commission is hopping; mad because escapement of a fluid used in refrigeration at Detroit dam on the North Santiam has destroyed brood salmon held at the hatchery. The entire year's cycle or salmon, it is learea, has been destroyed. ' , Ppr'iHim the. commission can realize now how we feel here on the Umpqja about the removal from the river of salmon eggs representing not one year's cycle but a full five- year life span of spring chinooks. Mor than 34,000,000 spring chinook salmon eggs were taken by the fish commission from the Umpqua river sys tem, with 24,000,000 eggs being transferred to other streams from 1914 through 1919, a five-year period. Transfer of salmon from the Umpqua to other watersheds continued until 1944. Today the Umpqua river's spring salmon run faces ex tinrtinn. Rpsnnnsibilitv for the river's plight must be placed in large part at the door of the fish commission, which not only robbed the river of its fish population, through transfer Of eggs, DUt permitted excessive cuiiiinercim iiaiwi! n, nlnra tVio four rpmninino' fish. Compared to the officially sanctioned destruction on the Umpqua river, the tragedy on tne iNorin sanuam pien inaiomifiponnw. In fairness to the commission, it should be stated that the present administration is working along more scientific lines than the earlier commissions responsible for the Ump- qua's ruin and has eliminated many oi uie aesirucuve practices of past years. Through scientific studies the com mission has learned a great deal about management of the fishery resource and now Is endeavoring to do a good job of conservation. FISH POPULATION ENDANGERED The incident on the North Santiam resulted from in excusable negligence. Workmen responsible for releasing ammonia into the stream could have obtained from any scientist information concerning the lethal effects of the fluid. Now the river apparently has suffered not only the loss of a full year's salmon population, but many other game fish also haveleen destroyed, while it may take several years for aquatic food life to rebuild. : Oregon has long been known as a fisherman's paradise, but the days of that reputation may be numbered. Many in fluences are at work to destroy the sports fishery. Our own Umpqua, river is being damaged by siltation resulting from the Copco hydroelectric projects; How seri ously this siltation will affect future fish runs cannot be de termined for several years, It is a certainty, however, that it is far. from beneficial, as it smothers eggs and destroys bottom foed. This condition should be largely eliminated with the completion late this year of the regulating dam at Soda springs. Next year, however, we probably will be getting siltation from road construction in the Steamboat area. But siltation is not confined to the Umpqua alone. It is to be found in many of our rivers of western Oregon where flood control projects, multi-purpose dams and other con struction activities are in progress. Many streams have had much worse conditions than the Umpqua. DAMS KILLING OFF FISH RUNS Siltation. however, is not 'the only factor detrimental to fish life. Much publicity has attended failure of temporary fishways at McNary dam, stranding thousands of salmon on their upstream migration in the Columbia. Prospect for other high dams in the Columbia and tributaries predicts tne doom of migratory fish runs in the upper waters of that great stream. Promises were made of a fish sanctuary on the lower Columbia below McNary dam. Plans were to transfer, by means of hatcheries, the upper river migra tions to the lower tributary streams. Efforts now are in progress to install hydroelectric plants on the Cowlitz and Deschutes rivers, two of the best spawning streams of the promised sanctuary. We find more and more water being appropriated for irrigation and domestic uses. In fact, James Vaughn, dis trict game supervisor, reports that water rights on the South Umpqua river, if exercised simultaneously, would take more water than flows in the stream. Limited in water area available to them, and with vol- time of flow greatly reduced, fish also must contend with industrial waste from canneries, pulp and paper mills, un treated human sewage, mill waste and other types of pollu tion, If fish survive all the abuse they have received and are receiving through official ignorance, commercialism, negli: gence, carelessness, monumental engineering, industrialir zation and competition for water usage, it will be a miracle. We at least have good reason for the saving, "poor fish." y, IFF & iiUrt,W ailwjyl niaaam uain n Fulton Lewis Jr. By E"RIC JOHNSTON Economic Stablization Administrator WASHINGTON During the past year, we have made great strides toward our goal of adequate strength to meet the threat of aggression. Despite this magnificent progress, the hard pull in our national defense mobilization program stilt lies ahead of us. Probably two years will be required to get us over the hump. One part of our job Is to build ii d our armed strength. To do this job we need more men under arms, more and belter weapons, and more capacity to produce the hard ware of war. The decision to build up our armed strength was th edecision (Editor'. Nora: While Fulton Lewis Jr. it on a four-wetkt re porter's tour of Europe, guest columnists will write for him.) IHDIHG 'BASKET "This la one way to hold the paint brush." Mrs. Edna Ilolge son, (Myrtle Creek) who special ized in Art, suggested a w hile a no to the other teachers of Douglas i hood finm Mra IlnliTA.nn'a lallr Ithm vac reporting on her trip to Seattle ' where she went as delegate to the of all the American people. It was not made by a few officials in Washington. In facing the threat of Communist aggression, we all realized that aggressors respect only force and we knew we must be strong u wa wisnea to remain free. Aggressors talk in terms of fireuower and we must be pre pared to translate our determina tion to survive as an independent nation into language they will un derstand and respect. Another part of our strenglh de pends on our capacity for produc tion and the efficiency of our in dustrial machine. Our people have demonstrated genius for mass production. Management, labor and the farmer nave tne Know how to produce in large volume. An it's that knack which counter balances communism's superior ity in manpower. In order to keep our industrial machine operating at a high de gree of efficiency, we must have economic stability. That means we must preserve the value of the dollar. We need a stable dollar so that when the Congress appropri ates money for the armed forces, it can do so with the assurance that Ihe dollars it provides will buy the required number of guns. We need a stable dollar so that when the worker contracts for a cer tain wage, he will be assured a measurable standard of living. We need a stable dollar so that when the housewife sets out for the mar ket she will be able to buy the things she needs. Normally, we have been able to rely on our high volume of pro duction to preserve the buying power of our money. The fact that we have been able to mass-produce quality merchandise of all kinds has made goods available to the consumer at prices he can afford to pay. Production la the antidote to inflation. If these were normal times no body would be concerned about at which I was a guest: Said she: A patron had been auowea io go controls, allocations, priorities, and the olher measures we are dealing with today. But these aren't nor mal times. We're in one of the most serious emergencies we have laced in our History. To prepare for the dangers we face we are divertnig a large share of our basic materials and our plant ca pacity to the production of muni tions. That means there will be less of many things to satisfy the demands of the civilian market. But at the same time the war plants are hiring people. More men and women are at work than ever before. Wages are hgih and more overtime is being paid. The na tional income is rising while the supply of many consumer goods is being restricted. That is forcing prices, up. That is the root of inflation. When the Korean war broke out in June last year we did a lot of panic buying in anticipation of shortages. And we've paid the price for that fear and speculative buying. In the past 18 months, price increases have cost Ameri can consumers some $22 billion. Every one percent increase in the cost of living adds $2 billion to Ihe consumer's bills. We've had an 11 percent Increase and that adds up to $22 billion. On top of that, higher prices have taken one dollar out of every five we have paid in taxes be cause of added costs of inflated prices in the rearmament pro gram. That's a terrible price we have already paid to inflation. It's come out of the pockets of us all. Last summer and fall may seem a long time away, but I think we can all remember how prices were tum bling one over the other, going ever hgher. To slow that rise the federal government put direct firice and wage contorts in force ast January 26. Since these con trols the cost of living has risen less than one percent. But because we have slowed down the rise in the cost of living is no reason to believe that the battle against inflation has been won. The hardest part of the fight is still to come. By next spring we'll be spending for national de fense at the rate of $65 billion annually. Finished goods will be rolling off Ihe assembly lines. At that time we'll Jiave real Infla tionary pressures stemming from shortages and not just psycho logical ones resulting from antici patory er fear buying. When the flood waters are rag ing in full force we need strong dikes. Wr need to add sand bags In the Day's News (Continued from Page 1) to order men into certain death. The responsibility of life and death should be given ONLY to men of the highest moral and in tellectual quality. The West Point code of honor is designed to pro duce men of that caliber. The Wftt Point honor code Is based upon certain principles. When he enters, a cadet accepts these principles. Briefly, they mean that he does not lie, cheat or steal. His word and his signature must be above question. The honor system is above personal friendship. Each cadet knows that he is honor bound to report any violation of it that comes to his attention. That's what it takes te be an officer and a gentleman. Is that bad?"" 1 don't think so. , -This would be better A SAFER nation if more of us were bound by that same code of honor. One more point: At the moment, I don't know how many cadets there are in West Point. But their total number is many times 90. The code is ad ministered by the cadets them selves, through what is known as the cadet honor committee. That means that the remainder of the corps put HONOR above personal friendship and personal association and enforced the. prin ciples of the code against those who broke them. One more thought: As affairs are drifting now, we'll all have to make up our minds sooner or later as to whether we want General Eisenhower for pres ident. Many are opposed to the idea of a military man in the White House. Personally, in this crisis in our national career. I'd rather take a chance on a man schooled in the code of the military cadet than on a politician trained in the cynical code that ANYTHING GOES so long as it gets you elected. Damage From Kraft Mill Told From Experience ROSEBURG (To the editor) After reading your editorial, "Let's Face Facts." I wonder if yeu have considered the real dam age from a pulp mill in this area. At one time I lived about 35 miles from a Kraft mill. That far away the fish in the river died. They assured us that there would be no damage. After that the value of our property was cut al most in half that far down the river. Within a few miles of the plant the paint on the houses was ruined. These fumes "odors" you call them are also harmful to the lungs. ' Please Drint this letter and see if you can find anyone in this area or county who is willing to sacri fice millions for one of the na tion's lowest paid Industries. If you are interested in our fish and property as you say, it would be wise to investigate Kraft mills and conditions around them before ! you lane tneir word for it. FRANK M. KEES ' Rt. 2, Roseburg, Ore. A Tule cvnrus In Mpyinn la raAl in diameter, is believed to be older than any of the California red woods, often referred to as the world's oldest living things. OCOtrS Your borne is as old its paint. Paint op now with Fuller Paints made by the West's largest paint manufacturers Demand Fuller Faints they Uuu 2)ennGerci .107fctaMAltC7W " tvt H y-a Clowning Around . . . J8lfei WITH smoki ng materials can be very UNFUNNY. Millions of dollars' worth of property is destroyed each year through carelessness with cigarettes, cigars, matches . , . Use caution! 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This Education) was this pithy definition of a workshop meeting "A place where mature minds pool their problems, contribute ideat, then take home and share what they have received." Another jotting from my note book Is J. C. fenney's rules for success, as summarized In Life magazine not long ago when Items about Mr. Penney were much In in letting him express himself; the newi- "Pranarntnes. hard ireeiy as ne learns oy doing. Ann there Is a good hint in this thought for parents, too, Isn't therel I just came across the Item in my little looseleaf notebook al ways in my purse. Another jotting worn. Honesty, confidence in men, appeal to the Spirit, the Golden Rule." ' aiso reminds me a aerret oanel. ... I weni in see why she was so long in there, and found her washing her hair! She remarked she hadn't washed her hair in a long while and ! thought she might as well do it!" Well, It s a Tunny worm! A tew minutes ago a visitor astonished me by her reaction when our w hile cat spat at her dog. The dog went closer than little I'retly approved. She arched her back and hissed at him, whereupon the dog's owner f ICE CREAM "Right Downtown" 218 R. Jicks.i Bill 3-4071 time to tear holes in the dams or to weaken their foundations. I'nfortunately, when the Congress extended the defense production act it weakened some of the bul warks against inflation. Crippling amendments written Into the price and wage caaMrol taw are going to make someTjrices rises inevitable ' and the whole job of preserving 1 the value of the dollar more dif-, ficult. We can only hope that Con gress will see the wisdom of bent down and slapped the cat! I strig'itj)iin our wearxins so that l"Dnnt you spit at my dog,' she;e can win the battle against in-' : said, "and he so tinfriemllv " Then fl.tw.n Knrn.- i,i.,.AH .1 ........ of a librarian's contribution to a ! she added she didn't want a "cat our economic stability, as it must work shop meeting for librarians I and dog fight." ' surely do if it runs unchecked, i My notebook 'il,(ssiiiiilaiai T Nawa-Ravlaw fcei af aa I J.SraraJky I 1 A: I S pA, phene M6J I bahraaa fclleaatajfc '2495 1 ,i 1 1 msmmmm I -12.145 -rfSSe! X. a. I fTrfe o O 1 : 7 WIlST etfelers N 1 J eivrs PHONE 3-3002 V ROSEBUD OREGON Q