6—Port Orford New«, Thursday, January 4, 1968
Debate Continues On Firearms
By LANS LENEVE
High school debate teams
across the nation this year are
debating: “ Resolved, that the
federal government should reg
ulate the possession and use
of fire a rm s.’ ’
The proposition is a little
late since the government has
been doing Just that since the
National Firearms Act was
passed In 1934 and the Federal
Firearm s Act In 1938.
The National University Ex
tension Assn., which sponsors
high school debates each year,
asked to the National Shooting
Sports Foundation to prepare
a 10-plece debate kit.
Single copies of the kit are
free to the public on request
from: National Shooting Sports
Foundation, Inc., 1075 Post
Road, Riverside, Conn. 06878.
TOUGHEST FIREARM BILL
On Nov. 14, Mayor John Lind
say of New York City signed
Into law the toughest firearm
b ill in the nation. It requires
a license to own or purchase
any type of flre a rm --a lso am
munition.
The license is $3 but the ink
was not dry on the b ill before
M ajor Lindsay was telling the
press that the fee should be
raised to $25.
The license fee on handguns,
which went In with the Sullivan
Act in 1911, started at 50?. It
is now $20.
The night before Mayor Lind
say signed the b ill, Governor
Nelson Rockefeller made a
speech advocating statewide
registration for all firearm s
In New York state.
What a crying shame that
such an able statesman as the
New York governor has proved
to be during the past should be
taken In by the anti-firearm s
fanatical group . . . one head
ed by such a "screw ball’ ' as
Sen. Thomas Dodd (D-Conn.),
and whom in turn Is backed by
President Johnson. Just what
In the heck is —not the world—
but the good old United States
Itself, really headed for?
It is small wonder that this
once great country of ours has
become a breeding ground for
Communism. Once the citizens
are disarmed, the "Commies”
and the gangsters w ill take over.
They are merely awaiting that
time to happen.
SHOULD BE ARMED
Good
American citizens
should be compelled to arm
themselves against aggres
sion of and from the hidden
forces of Communism. Not to
be forced to register and even
tually deprived of their flre -
abms.
Every state and government
official from the President on
down the line, that advocated
the registration of firearm s,
is playing right Into the hands
of the crim inal element of this
country. For, to disarm th e clt-
lzens would leave all the fire
arms In the hands of crim inals
and said citizens at the mercy
of the gangsters.
An armed gangster Is a men
The Broker's
Commission
When It comes time to sell,
most property owners use a
real estate broker to locate a
buyer. If the broker finds a
person who buys the property,
the seller Is not apt to question
payment of the commission.
Sometimes, however, th e
broker finds a customer who Is
ready, willing and apparently
able to buy, but fo r some rea
son or another the sale Is not
completed. Is the broker ever
entitled to receive a commis
sion In such Instances?
The answer is “ yes.”
Let's take an example. Tom
listed his property with Fred,
a broker for a real estate com
pany. Fred found a buyer for
Tom’ s property and had the
earnest money receipt signed
by all parties concerned. The
receipt called for the trans
action to be completed within
30 days after the signing.
Later, however, the pur
chasers asked fo r an exten
sion of time.
" I ’ m so rry,” Tom replied.
" I can’t wait any longer. I
know another person Interested
in the property. Let’ s forget the
whole tiling.”
The purchaser agreed and he
and Tom voluntarily terminated
the contract. Tom then per
sonally sold the property to the
other buyer.
“ Wheie’ s my commission"” ’
Fred asked Tom.
"What commission"’ Y o u r
prospect didn’t buy the prop
erty. He backed out voluntarily.
I don’t owe you any com
mission,” Tom replied.
The court ruled otherwise,
however. It said that a real
estate broker Is entitled to a
commission If he procures a
purchaser even though the con
tract between the purchaser and
the seller Is voluntarily term
inated.
Many real estate contract
forms specifically spell out the
penalities if either buyer or
seller decides to terminate the
contract before completion.
If you plan on buying or se ll-
tnr property ,be sureyouunder-
«1 all documents BEFORE
>u sign them, lest you find
yourself liable for a fee you’d
rather not have to pay.
ace to society. An unarmed so
ciety is an easy prey fo r gang
land. But at the same time,
an armed citlzenary is at least
on equal terms with crim inals;
whereas, if unarmed, they be
come the victims of gangsters.
For, deprived of their weapons,
they have no defensive methods
to employ against them.
Crim inals w ill never re
linquish their guns. Nor w ill
they register them. Many law-
abiding citizens would do so;
thus eventually leaving them at
the mercy of the lawless ele
ment. It falls to make sense
when such persons as President
Johnson and Gov. Rockefeller
appear too stupid to glimpse
the ultimate results that are
involved In the curbing of fir e
arms and the dispensing of
such weapons to the decent
citizens of America.
The proposed registration of
firearm s In possession of all
American citizens is an insult
to them. Not only that, but It
would deprive them absolutely
of the freedom accorded them by
the B ill of Rights. And please
keep in mind that the B ill of
Rights was framed by those very
men who engaged In a revolu
tionary war that freed this great
country of ours from those of a
country that would have en
slaved our citizens to the ex
tent of doing exactly as both
Johnson and Rockefeller advo
cate today.
AS TO REGISTRATION
Your Social Security num
ber is registered, and so is your
auto license plus Jus*, about
everything you possess, includ
ing your b irth certificate and
hunting and fishing licenses;
your property tax and income
tax receipt numbers, etc. Is the
registration offirearm scom ing
next? Could be. That Is, unless
such persons advocating this
type of legislation can be dis
posed of via the ballot.
SON VISITS
Doug Petok, son of the Tom
Petoks, to o k a vacation from
studies at Tacoma Tech to visit
his parents over the Christmas
holidays.He returned to Tacom a
early Monday morning.
COMING EVENTS
Friday
Basketball, Gold Beach, there
Wrestling, Coquille, here
7 p. m.
Saturday
A. F. G A .M ,, 8 p. m.
Monday
Cham, of C o m ., noon
I.uth. Ch. Women, 7 p. m.
Tuesday
Rotary, 12i 10 p. m.
City Council, 8 p. m.
StJohn'sA l. S oc., 8 p. m.
Wednesday
E.S.A, ,8 p, m.
P. O. Bridge Club, 8 p. m.
Rainbow Troui
Spawning On
By MILT GUYMON
Oregon State GameCommlsslon
There are some mighty big
trout at three Game Commis
sion fish hatcheries right now
that would make even the most
discrim inating angler d r o o l
with envy, and probably make
Ms casting arm ache a bit Just
a( the thought of tangling with
one of these spectacular beau
ties.
The big trout are the 8-to-
15-pound brood r a in b o w s at
the Leaburg hatchery on the
McKenzie, Oak Springs on the
Deschutes, and Roaitng River
near Scio, which w ill produce
an estimated 20.5 m illion eggs
this season. An additional 6
m illion rainbow eggs w ill also
be taken at the Commission’s
Willamette hatchery near Oak
ridge, but these are spring
spawning rainbows Just now be
ginning to ripen.
You are Invited to stop tn at
one of these hatcheries to see
the big brood fish, and the egg
taking operations If you so de
sire. The doors here are always
open to visito rs.
The dream fish are the breed
ers fo r this year's egg take, and
the resulting m illions of rain
bow trout which w ill start life
in these hatcheries toeventually
find their way into fishing lakes
and streams throughout Oregon.
Some of these eggs w ill be ship
ped to other states, and fre
quently to other nations around
the world.
Through selective breeding,
fisheries scientists of the Game
Commission have developed a
strain of rainbow as large at
three years of age as most
trout attain tn five or six years
under the best growing con
ditions. The large brood fe
males are capable of producing
twice as many eggs as brood
females of the same age used
to produce. It takes just one big,
healthy female to f ill a quart
pan with eggs--around six to
seven thousand of them ..
At each hatchery, the brood
rainbows w ill produce far more
eggs than can be handled. F rom
one to three m illion w ill be
hatched and the young reared,
depending on the size of each
s t a t io n . Remaining eggs or
young fry and fingerlings w ill
be shipped to other hatcheries
fo r rearing.
Developing eggs go through
s e v e r a l stages before th e
youngsters become free-sw im
ming Individuals. During the
tender stage, o r “ freeze” per
iod, the eggs are quite sensi
tive, and cannot be moved o r
disturbed without danger of
mortality . A fter the freeze, the
hardened eggs can then be
moved and shipped to almost
any destination.
Water temperatures determ
ine how long it w ill take fo r
the eggs to hatch. Fishery b i
ologists have a rule of thumb
In this regard—30 days at 50
degrees. Warmer temperatures
w ill hasten the hatching time,
while cold temperatures slow
down the process. Ideal tem
peratures range around 54 de
grees.
In the spring the young rain
bows w ill be moved to outside
ponds. Some w ill be hauled to
other hatcheries for rearing.
A ll of the young fish w ill be fed
a good, balanced diet during
their stay at the hatcheries.
Many w ill be released as fing
erlings. Som? w ill be held until
they reach 8 to 12 inches o r
Look At Deer
Tagging Program
Phil Schneider, state gam e
director, today issued an order
stopping all use of the rope
collars used in the eight-year
trapping and tagging study of
Oregon deer herds. Schneider
made this announcement follow
ing a report by a California
deor hunter that a large four-
point buck he killed during a
special season held on the Inter
state winter range tn Novem
ber was in distress because of
the rope band around its neck.
The animal had been trapped
and marked in Oregon by the
more in length, then released
fo r the angler during the fishing
season.
A few selected youngsters,
those that show outstanding
growth and vigor, w ill be held
at each hatchery as brood stocks
fo r future generations of rain
bows.
Game Commission the pre
vious winter.
The director advised citizens
that an intensive search w ill be
made this winter on the Inter
state deer winter range to see
If other animals might be tn
discomfort b e c a u s e of the
collar. The search w ill be made
jointly by Oregon and California
biologists using both ground and
a ir search methods. If any ani
mal is found in distress, it w ill
t>e immobilized by drug inocula
tion and the collar removed. A
search w ill be made this w inter
on other ranges In Oregon where
the trapping and tagging opera
tions have been In operation,
Schneider said.
John McKean, chief of game
operations whoheads this state
wide program, reported that of
the thousands of deer trapped
and tagged in the past eight
years, only a few instances
have been reported of any dis
tress among the marked ani
mals. He thought that in the
case of the buck deer killed by
the California hunter, the slip
knot tn the collar failed to
function when the animal’ s neck
swelled during the rut. A sec
ond reported instance was that
of a small deer which had some
how caught Its front leg in the
collar.
McKean was confident that
such accidents are rare, hut
where injury o r suffering might
be Involved, the techniques used
would be modified o r elim
inated. He said that tn any game
management operation where
animals are handled, marked,
tagged, o r scrutinizedforpara-
sites and diseases, an occasion
al accident is bound to occur,
in spite of all precautionary
measures taken.
The prim ary purpose of the
program is to determine ac
curately the boundaries of win
ter and summer ranges used by-
individual deer herds, th e irm i-
gration routes, habits, food
preferences, and other life his
tory information. The informa
tion found thus far has proved
invaluable to the management of
Oregon’ s deer herds and has
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