6— Port Orford New», Thtasday, August 26, 1965
Firearms Legislation Favors
Criminals Who Won 1 Register
By I ANS 1ENEVE
J. Edgar Hoover, director
the F B I, recently stated:
"T h e F B I can provide ad
ditional facts which Indicate
that far too many selections
for parole and probation are
being made blindly. Of the 14
special agents killed In gun
battles, 12 were slain by c rim
inals who had been previously
selected for parole, probation
o r other types of leniency. F u r
therm ore, of the 202 fugitives
who have appeared on the F B I’ s
lis t of "The Ten Most Wanted
Fugitives,” since the beginning
of this program In M arch, 1950,
167 have been the recipient of
some type of leniency. As of
Nov. 1, 1964, the F B I Inden-
tlflcatlon Division has wanted
notices on 79,75« individuals.
Of these, 21,548 were wanted
for parole violation, and 6,022
w ere being sought for probation
violations.”
In view of the above report
furnished by M r. Hoover, It
appears that such a n tl-flrearm s
fanatics as Senator Dodd of
Connecticut should turn their
attention— and this Includes all
other senators as w ell— to the
task of removing the discre
tionary power of the court«. In
meting out punishment to gun
men. The respective legislative
bodies of all our states should
fa ll In line In support of such
a measure.
of
the armed crim inals who failed
to r e g i s t e r their firearm s.
However, we are writing con
cerning the ultimate climax that
could occur If the present pro
posed a n t l - f lr e a r m s b ill Is
passed.
The antl-flrearm s bills pend
ing In the Senate today would
not only affect small business,
but would Include millions of
sportsmen throughout the en
tire country; persons that the
b ill Is Indirectly aimed at, and
who are In no manner respon
sible for the prevailing problem
which Involves the big business
Interests and the m ail-order
business. It would affect the
bird shooters, the big game
hunters, the target shooter, the
f i r e a r m s safety programs,
owners and collectors of antique
guns. The far-reaching affect
of such b ills Is obvious.
Incidentally, th e foregoing
was written In response to the
request of a Western World sub-
scrlb er for this scribe to once
again "G ive the an tl-flrearm s
b ill both b a r r e l s . ” And It
wasn’t at all necessary for him
to twist my arm , In order to
comply with his request.
AT SO CIETY’S EXPENSE
j i an effort to reform c rim
inals, far too much leniency Is
shown offenders by the courts
of the land. Such persons are
being coddled at the expense
of society; parole and proba
tion violations that are being
committed by the thousands,
together with the rapid rise In
crim e, furnish ample proof of
this. When compassion replaces
Justice to the extent that courts
begin to deal lightly with the
scum of the land, society Is
bound to suffer from the effects
of such discretionary action
on the part of all courts, from
the Justice of the Peace bench
right on up the line to, and In
cluding, the Supreme Court.
Such action on the part of some
courts does not succeed In sup-
resslng crim e. It m erely ser
ves to Increase It by lending
encouragement to others of the
same type as the parolees and
the probationers. To such per
sons, it looks as though crim e
really pays, at least to the
extent of gambling on It; for
to be caught In act would simply
mean an early parole granted
the offender, or perhaps pro
bation.
2 birds.
In the Columhla Basin areas
of Eastern O r e g o n , hunters
w©r< given • soeson of 100
days from October 9 through
January 16. Da« Umlt In these
counties was set tor 6 birds
dally, 12 In possession. Of thl«
bag lim it, 3 dally and 6 In pos
session must I * mallards.
Goose season w ill run con
currently with the g e n e r a l
waterfowl season, October 9
through January 6, w it h the
same bag lim it as last year.
The bag lim it Is 3 geese dally,
In possession. The dally bag
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hunters may continue to hunt
ducks until one-half hour after
sunset.
Diamond Lake
Fishing !s Hot
Anglers f i s h in g Diamond
1 ake this summer have again
found this laxly of water yield
ing trout at the fantastic rate
they experienced last year when
a record was set In the number
of trout taken as well as the
number of anglers who flshed.
Up to the present time an
estimated 70,000 angler trips
to the lake have resulted In a
Warm Springs Indian Reserva
tion.
catch of around MO,000 trout.
Use of Dlamowl la k e la re -
poited to l-e 30*11 almve that Of
th.- preceding season. Angler«
still have more than two month«
to go at this popular fishing
renter.
If (I m > rate of catch continues,
biologists are of the opinion
that the numtier of trout taken
t.y season’s end may equal Ol
even exceed the record take
of aiound 4<>0,000 fish l a s t
year. Angler use of the lake
w i l l uiMhxibtedly exceed the
more than 100,000 customers
the previous season.
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MORE ON FIREARMS
And, now that we have ex
pressed our contempt of the
m atter In which offenders are
dealt with— all of which leads
up to the subject we have In
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mind— we w ill proceed to dis
cuss a "new” subject. As crim e
is so closely associated with
The O r e g o n Game Com
fire a rm s , we feel that the fore
mission today set a 90-day
going relative to the courts was
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waterfowl season for Oregon
itim i«
not amiss, but In a manner a
hunters following receipt of
sort of harbinger of what was to
the federal regulatory fram e
f o l l o w — the s u b j e c t —yep,
work for the taking of ducks,
you’ve guessed i t - - a n ti-fire
geese, coot, and snipe.
arms legislation.
Phil Schneider, state game
The p e n d in g proposals on
director, announced that the
firea rm s control legislation, If
season dates for most of the
enacted, would remove from the
state were set from October 9
field a great number of small
through January 6, 1966, with
businessmen engaged In re tail
a bag lim it of 4 ducks dally,
ing firearm s and ammunition.
8 In possession. The dally bag
It would serve to affect sports
lim it on ducks other then m er
men In every state; yet, this
gansers may not Include more
legislation Is said to be directed
than 2 wood ducks, 2 canvas-
at the crim inal. If enacted Into
backs, and In the alternative, 3
law, It would be the crim inal,
mallards or 3 pintails In the
him self, who would benefit by
aggregate. In other words,Sch
Its passage. And while honest neider said, gunners may have
law-abiding citizens were for
only 3 pintails or m allards In
ced to register their firearm s,
the dally bag. The possession
these In the possession of the
lim it for mallards and pintails
crim inals would go un-regis
Is 6, while that for wood ducks
tered. Should war occur that
and canvasbacks remains at
Involved this county, It is a l
2 birds.
most a foregone conclusion that
only 3 pintails or m allards In
such registered fire a rm s would
the daily bag. The possession
be confiscated by the govern
lim it for mallards and pintails
ment; this would leave respect
Is 6, while that for wood ducks
able citizens at the merev of
and canvasbacks remains at
Waterfowl
Season Set
Oregon upland bird gunners
who wish to try their luck tor
turkeys have until Sept. 13 to
file applications for this hunt.
Applications for the 300 tags
to tie Issued must be made on
the controlled hunt form avail
able at license agencies.
Tags w ill be Issued through
a drawing and w ill allow the
hunter to take one turkey during
the period from Nov. to -2 8 ,
o r one male turkey during the
period from A pril 30-May 8
next spring.
Applicants are reminded that
no fee Is required with the ap
plication. Hunters successful
In the drawing w ill be assessed
a fee of 32 per tag. Hunters
may file only one application
and receive but one tag.
The turkey season w ill lie held
In the Wasco game management
unit located to the east of Mt.
Hood extending from the vicinity
of The Dalles southward to tin-
P A C IFIC
Witnesses Date
Three Day Assembly
The local congregation of Je
hovah’s W it n e s s e s received
word this week from the Watch
tower Bible and T ract Society
that arrangements have been
made for a three-day circuit
assembly In Medford Sept. 3-5.
Upwards of 1,100 d e l e g a t e s
from 15 Southern Oregon con
gregations are e x p e c t e d to
attend the sessions to be held
at the Medford Arm ory.
According to E . C. Carlson,
spokesman for the group, as
semblies of this type are held
semi-annually and are a reg
u la r part of the m inistry pro
gram of Jehovan’ s Witnesses.
The assembly program w ill In
clude morning, afternoon and
e v e n i n g sessions devoted to
Bible talks, discussions and
demonstrations on ways to im
prove their m inistry. Baptism
and ordination of new ministers
w ill be held on Saturday.
Arden B. Stutler, m inister
f r o m world headquarters in
Brooklyn, N. Y ., w ill be the
featured speaker on the pro
gram . M r. Stutler has been
in the m inistry for 23 years and
now serves as the district sup
erviso r for Jehovah’ s Witness
es In Southern Oregon and N o r
thern California. His p u b l ic
Bible discourse "What Does the
Resurrection of the Dead Mean
to You and Yours?” w ill climax
the assembly at 3 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 5.
Application! For
Turkeys Are Due
lim it may be increased to 6
geese providing 3 or more are
snow geese. Possession lim it
remains at 6 geese.
Brant hunters were given a
75-day season from December
1 through February 13, with a
bag lim it of 3 brant dally,
3 In possession. Fifty days were
allowed to hunt snipe, October
23 through December 11. Bag
lim it for snipe was set at 8
d ally, 16 In possession.
Shooting hours for waterfowl
gunning were set for one-half
hour before sunrise to sunset.
An exception was made tor the
Columbia Basin area w h e r e
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