4 The News-IUvlew, Koteburg, Ore? Wed., May 21, 1952
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REASON
Charles
Bill Pitney is keeping his
Ing black cats and is walking
no chanoeg.
Bill is resident biologist
He is in charge of fishery studies on the Umpqua River syg.
. tem.
He now is invoking all the good luck charms he can
; find because there is a prospect a faint prospect at least
that the Umpqua River's spring chinook runs may be on
the upgrade.
Spring chinook are five-year fish. That is, it requires
a full five-year cycle from the time they are spawned until
they return as mature fish,
In 1951 we had the return
sration. The total run through the Winchester counting eta
tion in 1946 was 1,974 fish. In
an encouraging increase.
The migration of 1947
has had since the count started. The total was 2,994 fish.
' On May 15. 1947, the Winchester station had tallied 1,593
chinooks over the counting board. By May 15 this year, the
count stood at 1,528. But since May 15, Pitney reports, the
run has gained in tempo and
. on daily count.
": This doesn't mean, of course, that it will remain that
way. It may slacken off tomorrow. Maybe most of the fish
are already upstream. Perhaps we will lag from here on
out. That's why Bill is keeping his fingers crossed. If we
can show a gain two years
hope of repopulating the river
chinook salmon.
Cooperation Is Required
It is a task requiring much patience. If we gain only
10 or 20 per cent each five years it will take a long time to
get the chinook salmon back
But so long as each succeeding migration shows improve
ment, we can continue to hope.
In 1947, we passed a law
the lower river. But the law
dental catch" clause. It wasn't until the legislative session
of 1949 that the joker was removed, and, in the interim, the
' netters continued to prey on the spring salmon. So, it will
be two more years before we know the effect of net removal.
We also will begin to know soon the benefits from hatchery
releases, particularly the plantings of fish held in the hatch
ery for ,18 months and sent to the ocean with apparently a
; better chanca of survival than would be expected of finger-
lings.
V The Umpqua River's salmon run is dangerously near
depletion.' The indication that
toration is encouraging. But
given aggressive promotion
the utmost cooperation by sportsmen and conservationists,
Protection Is Issua
We demand of our Game
thing nossible to Drotect the
are aware that the spring chinook salmon runs are danger
ously low. We know that through reduced bag limits, in
creased hatchery operations
Game Commission is striving
the Umpqua River.
Many restrictions have
Bag limits have been reduced
ted. These rules are held to
of the various species of fish
If sportsmen want the river's salmon and steelhead
runs rebuilt, they must be willing to make sacrifices until
migrations are restored to the
stand more fishing intensity.
while refusing cooperation.
It may help to lessen our resentment against limitations
on our recreation if it can be shown that the sacrifices we
are called upon to make are
All indications to date give reason for hope, but we may
have some disappointments too. We won't know until 1955
what effect the 1950 flood had on that fall's spawners. Nor
will we be able to learn for
' if any, by siltation from Copco's hydroelectric construction
work on the upper river.
But, with the evidence now at hand, we have reason to
- hope for eventual gains.
Wl fTI'" jj"
Did you ever leave the baking
; powaer out or. a cane unce
nulled (he Din out ot the oven
t scraped the batter back into the
bowl, and somehow inserted the
' miesing ingredient And wouldn't
you. know that cake was a dan
; dyl While the one a person hovers
over and does want to be a little
fiDecial well, it isn't alwavs.
The other day I dropped the last
two cups of our dinner set. Can't
match them. Who hasn't dropped
a dish like that with a bewildered
feeling wondering just how it ever
happenedl
' So in this column when you
read that the State Archivist is
Mrs. David Duniway, and a piece
of a poem is missing, or an extra
syllable put in so the scansion is
out of whack, just laugh and re
member that they have their
troubles in a newspaper office,
same as in the kitchen!
I don't expect ever to think of
the putting together of a daily
newspaper each day as anything
short of a modern miracle. To
EDWIN L KNAPP
Mafr
FOR HOPE
V. Stanton
fingers crossed.
around ladders,
He is avoid
He is taking
for the State Game Commission
ripe for spawning
of progeny from the 1946 mi
1951 the count was 2,940 fish
was the largest run the Umpqua
now is ahead of the parent run
in a row, there may be some
with the once abundant spring
to even relative abundance
taking commercial nets out of
had a joker in it an "inci
there is a possibility or res
the effort can succeed only if
by the Game Department and
Commission that it do every
fishlife of our streams. We all
and by protective measures the
to bring the salmon DacK to
been Imposed upon anglers.
and various restrictions adop
be essential to the protection
suffering from depletion.
point where they will with
They can't demand results
paying off.
several years the damage done,
'
ENDING
BASKET
"
start out with a roll of newsprint,
a pot of ink, some hot lead and
to on, and in due time, a mailer
of hours, have that newsprint
paper covered with print, and
folded, and on its way to tha
readers well. It's a wonderful bit
of skillful doingl Don't you think
so. too?
Suppose you were fitting a patch
work omit together with a aeaa
line on it, and someone upset
vour sorted d eces. Or maybe you
have it all put together and for
some reason you just nave to yank
a block out and substitute a new
block. Or well, fifty different
things like that can happen in a
newspaper office.
That s the way l wink aner ine
first moment of exasperation
when something is not just right
in this column. Then too. you
know, audience participation ii the
thing now, so I count on little read
er participation to punle out what
seems "queer."
(Maybe it was tht sight of lovely
St. Shasta last weekend, gleaming
Fulton Lewis Jr.
CHICAGO The idea
always been an unpleasant characteristic of any intra-party
political struggle for power.
Seldom have such tactlct Wn
reduced to the level of thns
by the White House hatchet man,
reuerai security Administrator
uscar twins.
The intended victims are Sena
tor Estes Kefauver, Democrat of
lennessee, and Senator Richard
Russell, Democrat of Georgia.
Both are seeking the cartv Dresi-
aenuai nomination.
The Kwing technique is to play
the racial issue for all tha bias
and bigotry that the tune will
ytcid. it Is a nasty business and
Ewing has been giving it a maior
tryout in California.
It indicates the desDeratlon nf
northern Democratic machine bos
ses, who preach racial tolerance
three and one-half years out of
very four. There probably never
nas been a more open appeal to a
race for political siiDoort. and I
await the reaction of Mrs. Eleanor
Hoosevelt with interest.
Actually, Ewing could well be
making a test run for political
support of his own. desnita hit
denials that hit time spent in Cal-
irorma was for any such purpose
He is, however, a While House ad
visor on political matters and has
indicated privately that Mr. Tru
man would probably have a creat
deal to say about what the Demo
crats do in Chicago in July.
wnai twing means, of course,
is that Mr. Truman exnects the
machine Democrats in the bie cit
ies to run the convention. He won't
oe doing anything but following
the orders of Frank McKinney,
chairman of the Democratic Na
tional Committee, who in turn gels
his from Edward Flynn, of New
York, and Frank McHale, of St,
Louis, Missouri.
One other ancle In ih ri..
visit adds substance to the theory
that he might be testing out voter
reaction with his platform appear
ances in California. Kefauver has
Irritated a number of Califnrni.
residents with his stand on th.
tidelands oil dispute, and he has
not taken a popular stand in the
Ariiona-California water fight, ije
is, however, a match for Ewing
iu urn matter ot public water
projects both for power and irri
gation, which has been a bio nnlil.
leal selling point for the adminis
tration since the first term of the
late President Franklin D. Roose
velt. Despite this. It is obvious
that at least the California Dem
ocrats are skittish about the Ten
nessee senator, even if tha White
Htui.se isn't.
In allowing Ewlnu in the ntnt
the Democrats are riskinir the
wrath of the powerful groups of
mcaicai men and women In the
state who object to his socialized
medical plan, in California that
is a considerable bundle of wrath,
at least sufficient to hold Gov.
Earl Warren at bay. Warren
would like to adopt the Adminis
tration's plan of a bureaucratic
program of medical services, but
ha has been frightened out of it
more than once. Ewing has also
been quiet of late about socializing
the doctors, nurses and dentists.
but that doesn't mean ha hasn't
been busy pouring out propaganda
from the FSA.
From a practical standpoint,
Ewing actually fails to improve
the Democratic search here for a
man on horseback. There just isn't
so beautifully In the sunset. At any
rale, here we go for a closer 1
look, down into California this
time.)
oh't Change d WordPrint It All!"
iff
of cloak and dagger tactics has
anyone in tha state, or anyone
coming into it, outside of Kefauver
and Kussell, who is well enough
known to attract the kind of at
tention needed to start a ground
swell. The White House, however,
is smart to pay attention lo Cali
fornia's 70 convention votes. They
now rest in the hands of Attorney
ueuerai r-.umu.na u. Brown, little
known outside of his Own state.
He too is attacking Kefauver
constantly in public speeches, but
there is some concern in Demo
cratic circles at to whether voters
are paying any attention to him.
At best, California Democrats
can keep on scrounging among the
voters for a popular presidential
possibility at least, one su
fficiently popular to help keep the
70 delegates In line for Brown,
McKinney, McHale and Flynn once
they get to Chicago.
Hear Fulton Lezvis Daily
Un KHNK, 9:15 P.M.
All Of Oregon's
18 Delegates Won
By Eisenhower
PORTLAND W Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower snagged all of Ore
gon's 18 delegates to the Republi
can national convention, and piled
up a record vote in doing It.
Slowly-mounting returns Monday
from the state primary election
gave Eisenhower the largest total
ever commanded by a Republican
presidential candidate in an Oregon
primary 152,272 votes. The count
was about 90 per cent complete.
He far outstripped the combined
vote of his six opponents for the
Republican nomination. Eisen
hower won nearly 70 per cent of
the total GOP vote. The few Taft
delegates who were in the running
were defeated.
Gov. Earl Warren of California
had 37,187; Gen. Douglas MacAr
thur 16,324; Sen. Wayne L. Morse
of Oregon 6,611: Harold Stassen
5.1)04; Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio
3,.'. write-in votes; and William
K. Schneider nf St. Louis 346.
Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennes
see won the state's 12 dclesates to
the Democratic national conven
tion, getting about 73 per cent of
the total Democratic votes.
He had 128,970 votes while his
two unwilling opponents ran far
behind. William O. Douglas, asso
ciate justice of the U. S. Supreme
Court, had 26,671, and Gov. Adlai
Stevenson ot Illinois 18,615.
McKay's Victory Upsets
Pre-Election Forecast
SALEM W Gov. Douglas Mc
Kay said Monday he didn't spend
a penny on his campaign for dele
gate to the Republican National
Convention.
The governor, who got more
votes than any other candidate for
delegate, was extremely happy be
cause of the huge vote he received.
Gov. McKay received many
threats that he wouldn't even be
elected as a delegate because he
refused to put the state on day
light saving time.
tie not only led the enure del-
gate ticket, but also led it in Mult-
nomah County, where the daylight
saving urn clamor was loudest
r
In the Day's News
(Continued from Page One)
political party to which I have
given such allegiance as a soldier
can."
Personally, I like that. I like It
because I think Ike means it. If
he didn't mean it, it would be
ten times worse than useless. If
he does mean it, it will be wonder
ful The big trouble with government
In our country, as I see it, is that
the struggle for public office has
degenerated into a struggle tor
personal or GROUP power. That
has been going on all over the
world all down through history,
and the net result of it has been
BAD.
Only in the occasional golden in
tervals when GOOD and ABLE
men have accepted public office
out of a sense of duty and have
given their best to the job have
tha people made progress toward
peace with liberty and the ines
timable blessings that go along
with peace and liberty.
How can we know that Ike is
the man we need?
We can't know it. We'll just have
to take him on faith, if we do
take hin, and hope for the best.
AND
Give him the best WE have if
he becomes our leader and gives
us the best HE has. A loyal lead
er who gives his best to his fol
lowers needs loyal followers who
will give their best to the leader.
From London:
"ivy Wickent is a free woman
after getting a divorce on grounds
of desertion. She told the court her
husband had himself committed to
a mental hospital shortly, after
their marriage, and for 20 years
has refused to come out."
Maybe the guy is smarter than
he sounds. .
There was Solomon, for exam
ple generally described as the
wisest of the kings of Israel, son of
David and Bathsheba. He says
(Proverbt XXI, 9):
'It is better to dwell In a corner
of the housetop than with a brawl
ing woman in a wide house."
Maybe this Wickens woman was
a brawler and her husband sought
the refuge described by Solomon,
choosing a mental hospital as the
nearest modern approach to the
wide and sunny housetops of an
cient Israel. .
On second (and soberer)
thought, I don't like that sugges
tion. It savors of the cynical male
philosophy expressed in 'the
French phrase, "Cherchei la fem
me," meaning that if you get into
trouble and want to find out why
search for the woman who got you
into the hot water.
That school of thought holds that
women are responsible for ALL
the trouble that men get into. It
is very old. There was Adam. He
got Into trouble, and when called
upon to explain he up and said:
"The woman she tempted me."
Adam ought to have been
ashamed of himself. The millions
upon millions of generations
of men. who have followed him
and have used his same old ex
cuse ought to be ashamed of
themselves. I rather imagine that
if some research outfit would turn
in and make a careful study of
all the trouble men have got into
In these thousands of centures it
would be found that for every mess
of trouble women got men into
there was another mess of trouble
that women GOT MEN OUT OF.
Anyway, the men haven't got too
much to be proud of in this world
they have been running so long.
I'm coming to think that probably
we'd better take the women into
the job of running the world in
an increasingly big way. They cer
tainly couldn't do much worse than
the men have done. ,
Contempt Seen In Fast
Time Action By 'Few'
ROSEBURG Let's not, as Mr.
Jenkins suggests, refer this time
confusion to federal authorities.
They are very poor managers, as
the condition of the nation proves
them to be. Please don't suceest
that they take any more of our
rignts away from us. ,
There was no confusion about
this matter of time until a very
few people decided to run things
to suit themselves. And most of
those few are new to what was
our peaceful little town.
I got a very nice letter from
Governor McKay. As long as he
proclaimed standard time, it
sounds like conte.mpt to me when
some little group proclaims some
other time, which there positively
is not. Twelve o'clock noon is rec
ognized as midday all over the
world. Screwing the clock to some
other hour is just as unreasonable
a thing as anyone could do, es
pecially when they proclaim it to
be the time people must live by.
True, we all are entitled to our
opinions, so please do not expect
the majority to give up their opin
ions in favor of a fetf when no
good can possibly come of it.
Sure it is nice to put in an hour
in the garden. I do. I love to work
among the flowers and I do it in
the morning and enjoy my break
fast much better for it. And I do
some more in the evening when
it is cool again. I do not enjoy
working out there in the hot sun.
No, let's not have any more de
cisions made by the state or fed
eral bureau.
We had a first class dairy start
un here a few vears aeo and I
did a lot of work for them. I asked
if they would let me be one of
their first customers. I liked the
setup and I liked the peonle. Their
product was clean and rich; right
around 6 per cent butter fat. So
the sate bureau, or commission,
or something, stopped them from
delivering whole, honest milk, just
as 11 came irom that nice herd if
Jerseys. They had lo skim it down
to conform to the poorest milk on
the market.
No, let's not have any more
things decided for us. Let's decide
things for ourselves.
The newspapers are the best
weapons we have. Editors have
died, lots of them, fighting for an
issue they believed in. Now when
we have lived quite a spell under
law and order, made in most case.s
by the will of the majority, let's
not turn in contempt from it. Or
shall we all turn back to the old
six-gun until people will cry for
law and order again.
editor Charley Slanton has In
vited you to write in your opin
ions, so come up out of the brush.
Tell the world how you feel. Don't
lay down now and say it is no use.
Come up and bellow until some
Body opens the gate for you. Don't
let these little things pass by any
more. &very one you give up on
is another string in your hands.
There are a lot of things we can't
do today because we let them slip
another string on our hands. If
you don t think this true lust eet
some worms and go fishing above
Rock Creek. Who and how manv
decided that for us? I can tell you,
ior i naa a membership card in
that organization ever since I
came to Roseburg back in the '30s,
but no more; never another dollar
do they get from me.
It has been gratifvine to me to
read so many opinions in the pa
per. Write 'em folks! If there ain't j
room on the regular oaee. mavbe
Charley will print 'em on the so- !
ciety page. I think it would be as i
interesting to most folks anyway. 1
Well, being a sort of an under-1
sized, weakling, I have suffered J
quitee bit lately from big fellows I
shaking my little hand and slap-1
ping me on the back. And the
street I mentioned before is clut
tered up worse than ever and only
a couple of blocks from the city
hall, where law and order are
supposed to come from.
Well, don t quit on this like vou
did on MacArthur. We really got
some smoke on him for about a
week. Then it was dropped. Let's
keep at this until something Is
done.
DAVID H. SCOTT
The Village Blacksmith
Roseburg, Ore.
Useless Voting Seen
In Fast Time Switch
GREEN In reading Mr. Stan
ton's editorial Thursday night it
gave me courage to write. He
doesn't seem to understand that
the reason people have lost in
terest in voting is because when
they do vote it seems to do no
good. Also, if he will inquire, he
will find that we, the people, who
have been fighting daylight saving
time through the paper, are also
out fighting for our government.
The reason we are fighting so
hard is not for the setting ahead
of the clocks but that when we
voted daylight saving out 5 to 1
we are still forced to stay on it
because of a few.
My husband Is a logger. He has
to go to bed while the sun is shin
ing. 1 wonder If you business men
NOTICE CEMETERY MONUMENTS
Our truck will be in Roseburg and other Douglas County points Wed.
May 28th, with Memorials for Decoration Day. Give your order to
Frank Church, 1630 N. Stephens, by Friday, May 23rd to get it on
this load.
THE OREGON GRANITE CO.
Fine MONUMENTS Since 1898
1630 North Stephens Roseburg, Oregon
have tried It. You should. Also
try to get children to go to sleep
before dark. They'll go to bed
when the clock says it is time, but
not to sleep until Mother Nature
says so. They still have to get
up by the clock.
The people here at Green are
pretty upset about the whole mess.
So please let us have standard
time for the sake of the working
people.
MRS. .BETTY FORTUNE
C.V. Route
Roseburg, Ore.
Aid Fund To Spur Home
Construction Approved
WASHINGTON WI The Senate
Banking Committee Wednesday
scaled down and then approved a
bill authorizing federal aid to en
courage construction of homes.
As introduced by Chairman May
bank (D.-S.C), the measure called
for about 2 Va billion dollars worth
of incentive such as government
insurance on home loans.
The committee trimmed the total
authorization to an estimated 1 ft
bil'ion dollars.
As approved, the bill provides
for an additional 400 million dol
lars worth of government insurance
of home loan mortgages under the
Federal Housing Administration
IFHA) program.
The original bill called for an
additional authorization of one bil
lion dollars.
Another section called for provid
ing an additional 100 million dollars
for community facilities in defense
housing areas. The committee ap
proved 40 million.
Guglielmo Marconi was granted
the basic British patent on wireless
telegraph in 1897.
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Over 51 billion board feet of Douglas County
Timber is threatened by the
TIMBER BEETLE
THE ROSEBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
URGES ALL INTERESTED IN SAVING OUR TIMBER
to attend meeting to discuss
plans for war on timber beetle, and salvage
of infected timber
At 10 a.m. PDT in Douglas County Court House
Thursday,
73 ,Tin
! in V;r same families
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Timber Beetle
Meet Thursday
Roseburg area timber owners
will map plans to fight the Doug
las fir beetle at a meeting at
.10 a.m. PDT, Thursday at Doug,
las County courthouse.
Methods of salvaging billions of
feet of beetle-killed timber and
plans to stop the ravaging insect
from continuing their feast on the
trees will be discussed.
W. D. Hagenstein, chief forester
of the Industrial Forestry Associ
ation, and a five-man sub-committee
of the Northwest Pest Action
Committee will attend the meeting.
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