The “battle of the century” is
being waged in the Pacific north
west between the fish conserva
tion interests and the hyrdo-
electric producers. This engage
ment is taking place in the legis
latures of Oregon and Washing
ton a n d its ramifications are
many and varied.
The struggle is attracting na
tion-wide attention. The New
York Times of Sunday, March 6,
carried a quarter page write up
concerning the activities of both
sides of the question. Oft-times,
we who live right on the scene,
so to speak, do not take cogni-
zance of the importance of these
movements ; » nd what the ensu
ing legislation means to us a¡
individuals and to our state and
local community.
’The fishery champions are do
ing their utmost to keep dams
from being built on tr b i.ar s
of the lower Columbia river and
other streams that offer so much
to »n nr»ny people. Gov. Langlie
of Washington signed a bill to
set aside as fish sanctuaries all
streams on the Washington sid»
emptying into the Columbia be-
low the McNary dam which is
under construction 200 miles up
from Portland.
In Oregon the fish conserva-
tionists lost round 1 of the skir-
mish in tiu» house when the rep-
resent a I ives voted
to 19 to
adopt the PUC report which, in
eifect, supports the dam con-
st ruction move. This part ¡rular
bill would authorize construction
of a dam, 150 feet high to be lo
cated on the Deschutes river bc^
low the mouth of one of its 1 ih -
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1949
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS. OREGON
The World’s Best Climate
PAGE EIGHT
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"BAZAAR
. ally found in at least 100 fath gether fitting that Christian in
stitutions of mercy should rise
oms of water.
American Legion Auxiliary an
The fish has been frozen and from the ruins and destruction
nounces-
its forthcoming bazaar,
of
Guam.
”
may be served, along with cou
Brookings
church
will
also
be
March
19,
2 to 5 p. m. at Grey-j
gar steaks, to the Grants Pass
utaries, the Metolius. Fishery7 ex Cavemen, when these hardy souls gin on March 26, its annual In hound bus depot. There will b£
perts have concluded that the ay a visit to Brookings soon.
gathering drive for world-wide offered for your pleasure, home*
runs of salmon and steelhead
missionary work in an attempt to made pies, cakes and candy, as
spawning in the Deschutes wa
build ever more medical centers well as hand-made items that’ll
tershed has a potential value,
in Japan and to sustain and re delight you, either for yourself
yearly, of $2,200,000.
Further,
build all their other missionary or for shower or birthday gifts.
this river system might be ex
projects here in the United States Prices reasonable. Come in and
pected to produce one-fifth of the
make a selection.
adv7
A medical center for Hiro and throughout the world.
entire Columbia river catch. The shima and a mission headquarters
Deschutes d a m would produce lor Guam will be financed by an •F
only 75,000 kilowatts which would offering in which members of the
amount to less than one per cent Brookings Seventh-Day Advent-
of the total produced in the Co ist church will participate, on :
lumbia basin.
Saturday, March 26.
The commercial fishery in Ore
About $250,000 is sought in the |
gon is valued at $17,000.000 an one-day
no., offering to be received *
nually and the sports fishing is in Adventists churches all over
well night immeasurable. These! the world.
would be sacrificed if the power i
F. R. Millard, superintendent
interests are allowed to carry out
of
the Japan Union Mission, in a
their complete program of dam
message
to the church, said that
construction.
“
the
officials
of the city are lay
We who are fortunate indee 1
ing
plans
to
make
the new Hiro
to be living in one of the few
shima
a
model
for
Japan. They
r* maining ‘garden spots” of the
have
encouraged
us
in plans for
wests should not be complacent
*
a
center
made
up
of
a church,
about these vital questions but
school
and
medical
unit.
”
we should do what we can to
"Japan’s great need is for a
save the last vestige of our wild
number of good hospitals.” Mill-!
life.
(Especially Good For Cement Work)
John Molino, fishing from the ard continued, “Authorities are
rocks in the ocean Sunday, land asking us to establish as many
ed a peculiar specimen of deep iis possible, and we must definite
sea fish. It was fully four feet ly plan to build five more soon.”
The headquarters on Guam will
long and resembled, somewhat, a
miniature dragon,
organize work started by a Sev-
mouth h e 1 d long, razor-sharp (»nth-Day Adventist sailor who
teeth and its dorsal fin was not acted as an “impromptu” mis- ;
unlike that of a sailfish. Its elon- sionary for the church while sta
gated body reminded one of a tioned on the island in 1914.
giant eel. Its identity was any-
“Japan is like a person trying
to
regain consciousness after a!
one’s guess until someone pro-
severe
accident,” declared Pastor!
duced a hook of marine fishes
and by examination the fish was I Leo VanDolson, “Her needs are *
determined to be a hand-saw! spiritual, mental and physical, '
fish. Its range is from southern and the Christian church must,
CENTRAI BUILDING
California to Alaska and is usu-' minisb <1 to them all. It is alto-IX
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M
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