The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, April 21, 1975, Image 32

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Newspaper Page Text... t t r .... '.!. S2-(5ec.III)SUtesman. Salem, Ore., Sun., April 21. W. lOysfers' Causing 'War' Behveen .1 Eastern"; States 7.' ' 5 ) I Br CHARLES L. ITATTORD ANNAPOLIS. Md.. Anril HW- The humble eyater, iBdlffertnt prixe in e century -old undeclared, warhaa finally cud a formal braaeli between the lUtaa tJ MaryUnd and Virginia. HaryiaiHI lawmakan haa IwipMl out, an hiatavte afreement iDNdating tba Conatitutlon. Ia es tnar have told Vircini t keep tta eyster-pickia' kanda eft I the Potomac River. 11111 Tbey have att the tinn far 4 MA mm 1: $ioi-1 nylon tricot gowns , .VKl- - .... i ..... . , , lovely group In both long end waltz lengths. Stun-.. ting lace and nt trim and Ins-artions-flsttering style, irrry entl Spring pastels of pink, blue or white in jim 32-42. reft. $S.i-$.9B if perfect nylon tricot slips with kr .cfpretty lac. 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Ij I INGERll STREET FLOOR OOR " " " Plu thipping coxi to iteat outside our regular truck delivery rouiei. iv ft, aaw War Between the States aa ariumenuuva, ttrief-for-brief 1. in! battle folnt ricM to the So. lpreme Court. ; . ,;,,.'. -- . And a new chaDtcr l rnvnin I In that aeriea of bloody ikh-mi.h. Istretehinf through mora thin lot' years that are collectively know , as the "Oyster War--- , The .broad bottom of the Pota I mac, la this heartland of ami I production, ia kishly covered with 1 bivalves. Modem traniDortatioa has placed them ea dinner tablea Itfae length of the aatioa.. But In -17JS. User were aalv e leoattal delicacy. uystars were the leaat eantl. eratiea of delegate from Virginia ' and Maryland who met with George Washington at Mount Ver non one chill March niiht la 1781 Together, they drew uo the ' I compact of 1785. guaranteed 1 Mary La n4 free ihhotnr grMiMH past Virginia's Cape Henry: Vin : ginla received navigation rights ea n the Maryland-owned Potomac Riw ' or, ; ... p "! t CeauMa FlaUag PrrfUegM A minor clause ia the eomnaet.. I granted eemmoa fishing arivfe ,' leges la the Potomac to citlsens of both atatca. It said. "All liwa mmA , IregulaUona which may ha aeceg Isary for the prseervatioa of fish' . be made with tha . I mutual consent, and approbatioa of both states . . ." , This minor agreement remained I In effect after the adoption of the ICoastituUoo -, bad relegated the. shipping guaraoteea te the aab. caa. - '. ,i Voder the cemeacL -both statea (licensed watermen te take oystert i mm io rowinac. j Both statw outlawed . dreditna I scraping the bottom of the river with big scoop to catch oysters. pair Only tongs, extremely long-hae " died rakes functioning Uks scis sors, were permitted. , watermen on both shores eheat ' ed. creeping out to the oyatef ' -banks at night wtth dredges.. tH- ' scrspe up a harvest. ? Gun fights matching eyttermea against state natrol boat a .. atermea against . rival eystermea . . 1 were commonplace. i , , . Battle Wtth Casaea, Bin ' pair la UM. the Virtinia steamer Chesapeake fought-a battle with ' cannoa and rifles with tw Mary " land schooners. No aae wss hurt. ' but 11 prisoners were taken.' ? cooperative enforcement ended " ' when Virginia legalised dredging. ' Now X-was Maryland's Tidewa ' Iters Fisheries Commiasloa sralnst ' " the poachert. s Early Uta year. Vlrglma Tish t : i pair erie Commissloa official sett- J0 mated that SJ to 71 boats. - equipped te dredge oysters Uleg i ally and te outrun police boat, i were harberod at Colonial Beach, - va. - .- - V- -I .: : Last Oct. a TTCInwector . Thomas Noble wu wounded when I he pulled along side a suspected . . areager. . Last Dec. I. a Maryland aatrol ' boat gunshots ringing out across the river chased a suspected dredger Into Colonial Beach. Re- ; bert Lee Snores, chief enforce ment officer, said 100 to 400 peo ple stood on the Virginia shore -shouting "Maryland dogs" . and . . cheering the fleeing oystermen. Virginia authorities arrested the - oyster boat captain and fined him $25 oa a charge of concealing his boat's license... . ....... . Eaaaagertag Uvea - ' Gov. Thomas B. Stanley of Vir ginia accused the Maryland off!- ' of "promiscuous shooting" and "endangering the' lives" of -M Virginia citizens. -Gov. Theodore -R. McKeldln of Maryland count ered that Virginia oystermen were taken Me "'protective ctutody" by Virginia police, trie8 oa lesser - charges aad given token fines. la 1949. the Maryland Legisla ture extended what it considered a generous offer of peace, nit of fered to act up a MaryUnd-Vlr ginla Chesapeake-Potomac author ity to regulate the fishing indus try oa the bay and the river. .Vir ginia djd not accept.. ; :, Instead. Vlreiniana nrnosed a Joint authority for the river only, . Maryland doebnsd., .. . At the legiaiattvo seaaioa earuar, this year, a Marr lander summed ,. I up Maryland feelings this Wayt we have tnoa tor almost we I years -to handle the matter witi f concurrence of Virginia- That nas t failed. Perhaps It at now time for ua to 4ct alone." . ilastlc resc And so the. com pact Of 17M was abrogated. Maryland legiilators . believe, they have removed the right of Virginia to hwue licenses to eystermea te ply the Potomac. Vlrslnlana artuoithe aireemrm , caa be ended only with their con- sent. "' Official taf both states have been quoted that the matter proa- ably jfin fie dormant until Sep- temnec: when the oyster' seasoa Then a Vlrvniiaa. wilt- be sr- 1 rested and charged by Maryland ' officers with taking oysters from the Potomac without a Maryland : -Ucne. , . i- - f t And the formal stninle - thus ttma ia ttie-caurts-will eegin. PNEA80NABUI NOW .. , i riimrmiT tr ua Fa- ia years-Vernon Rooks has heat , strbiflni Christmas Hihta ea the ' the tree b his front yard, but It's I never snowed oa Christina Day.'. . Last year, he decided to leave . the tight up until snow feO. aa I matter bow Jong it took. " n anowod nacuy ta monur snsr . I warunmaa.