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THE : BEND BULLETIN
State Forecast
Oregon Generally fair to
night and Thursday. High
teinperaturei both days 52
to 62. Considerably cooler
tonight with low 25 to 35.
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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
33rd Yoar
TWO SECTIONS
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1949
No. 262
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Bend Water
Committee
Probes Need
What In liend' destiny? Will It
continue to Kiow, until It Imkciiiii-k
II city n f 20 or 2f ilimiMiiiii? Will
It Ntlllllll'4 lit IlllllUt llM present
population li'vel, or will it de
cline? Memlx-is of Muynr T. D.
Sexton's rlty water advisory Com
mittee sought Nllllll of till on
SWIMS tO tlll'W questions, nt Ihelr
second meeting since organla
Hum, hclil Tuesday evening ill the
city hull.
K Rend continues to grow it t Iih
present pace It may lie necessary
to Hueml morn (linn n mllllnn dol
In i h or augmented water nop'
plll-N. If till- M'l'IOll Of MllblllZa-
Hun Ih ni'Hr nt luinil, It may lie
possible to mi'i't I ho city's needs
nt lower cost. If retrogression In
In prospect, Ihe present system,
with pullting dining tlu dry
summer months, might be n !
quale.
Such has Ix'rn I hi' consensus
of commit tee member In discus
Ions to ilntf on the water prob
lem. Ijiki night mi expert on our
of Bend's growth factors- tin- tim
ber Industry wan osked to state
hla vli-wn. I wiih Ralph W.
Crawford, supervisor of the Des
chutes natlomil fon'Ht.
Crawford Miiil:
Factor Knumeralrd
I Ttie two large mllU now oier
ntlnu here are cultliiK from 200 to
MO million hoard feel of lumber!
annually. 'Hi Ik Ix well uniler pro
iluellon of some 325 million board
fi-et annually, reached 20 yearn
alio, yet Bend has grown from a
rlty of nix or seven thousand er
Hons to one of 1.1 or 14 thouiuind
despite the decline In mill pay
rolls. Timber now, owned by these
mills, or timber under contract or
land exchange agreements, at the
present rote of consumption will
keep one of the mills occupied for
four and one-half yearn; the oiher
occupied for six more years. This
Is considering only the timber In
the Deschutes plateau area, which
Includes all of the Deschutes na
tional forest and the northern
part of the Fremont national for
est. It does not Include timber
that mny be brought tn Mend
mills from the western slope of
the Cascades.
Sustained Yield Coming
Marring additional sources of
tlmlx-r outside the Deschutes pla
teau area, the situation from five
to seven years henre Mil be one
of sustained yield cutting. This
would afford sufficient timber
for the oeratlon here of one mill,
rutting about one-third of what
the two mills now produce. Tills
one mill would be getting Its tim
ber solely from the national for
est. The annual allowable cut In the
Deschutes plateau region, under
a sustained yield program, will
be about 72 million board feet of
ponderosa pine and 15 million feet
of Douglas fir and other species.
I-odgo pole pine may become
more Important In future opera
tions. Other mills in the area,
such as Gilchrist, also would be
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INTF.ItlOK MM. SIGNKD
Washington, Oct. 12 mi Presi
dent Truman today signed Into
law legislation aproprlatlng $584,
0!W.7!7 for operation of Hie in
terior department during the pres
ent year. The appropriation was
about $-10,000,000 less than Mr.
Truman had recommended.
Anthony Eden Gives Party
Platform of Conservatives
By
(llnltnT Prm Suit Corrcixinilonl)
London, Oct. 12 till Deputy
conservative party ' leader An
thony Eden outlined to the open
ing session of the party's 70th
annual conference today a 12
point program promising lower
taxes and no more nationalization.
Eden, heir to the party mantle
worn by Winston Churchill and
first Important speaker at the
meeting, hud to quell an Incipient
floor revolt by rebel delegates who
demanded to know specifically
what the torles would do If they
won the election.
Ho also attempted to weld the
split between party leaders and
publisher Lord Beaverbrook over
Beaverbrook's.recently-announccd
empire first, last and always plan.
Eden charged the labor govern
ment had cut wages, the standard
of living and the social services
while Increasing the dangers of
Inflation.
Eden said the labor government
devalued British currency In a
Program for Celebration
Of Warm Springs Highway
Slated for Consideration
Kcpre.si'iitutivcs of valley nnd -central Oregon towns will
Wither lit Tiiiiberline lodge by Mt. Hood next Sunday for
luncheon and discussion of plana on the proposed celebration
of lliu Warm Springs highwuy 'opening.
Heading the mid-state delegation will lie members of-the.
Central Oregon chamber of commerce, the organization slated
to promote the road opening celebration and the dedication
of the Mill creek bridge.
Burglars
Enter Bend
Elks Club
llurglary of Hie Elks rlub In
liend In which a prowler who used
a llininy In a professional manner
eniered the building, ransacked
he office and obtained at least
$43S was under Investigation to
day by officers. The burglary oc
curred Monday night. .
Kntry was gained through the
fire escatie on the second floor
I and facing the alley. Door hinges
were pried off. unci; inside the
building, the burglar entered thi
ol (Ire of Ralph Ferguson, lodge
secretary. Also entered was the
rlub room and bur. All quarters
entered were ransacked, and offi
cers believe the prowler was slack
ing cash which he presumed was
hidden.
No .Varhlnra N-en
Kcxirts were current toduy
that a number of slot machines
had been Jlmmli-d and their con
tents removed, but officers who
Investigated said there were no
machines in evidence wnen tney
were called on lo Investigate yes
terday. City and state officers in
vestigated the burglary.
The Investigation completed by
officers yesterday afternoon indi
cated that two Jimmies, of differ
ent sizes, were used In breaking
into the building. This has led to
the belief 'that nt least two per
sons took port In the burglary.
Tills wus the second entry of a
club In the liend area In recent
months. 'litis past summer the
liend Golf club was entered.
rlanford Plant
Work Speeded
Richland, Wash., Oct. 12 (111
A speed-up In construction at the
Hiinford atomic plant may be the
result of Russia's recently report
ed atomic explosion.
Carrol Wilson, general manager
of the atomic energy commission,
announced here yesterday that
additional men may be employed
shortly after the first of the year.
Original plans called for an $80,
000,000 addition to the Han ford
atomic works here, but not until
April.
Wilson did not elaborate on any
proposed expansion at the Pluto
nium plant. But he did say that
the atomic energy commission
was "making a general revalua
tion" of Its work because of the
report that Russia has the atom
bomb.
lie said that Russia's progress
In development of atomic energy
would undoubtedly call for a
change In emphasis of the United
States' atomic research program.
Wilson visited the atomic plant
as part of what he termed a "re
assessment survey."
desperation move.
He said the conservative party
should;
1. Reduce government expend
itures. 2. Increase the efficiency of
government departments and so
cial services,
3. Spend money only as parlia
ment intends and approves.
4. Establish longer horn's for
some Industries.
5. Reduce taxation to Increase
Incentive.
0. Eliminate nationalization of
Industries.
7. Get higher production of
home-grown foods and feeds.
8. Reduce government controls.
9. Establish closer economic
cooperation within the empire
and commonwealth.
10. Get greater cooperation
with western Europe.
11. Tell the people the whole
truth.
12. Eliminate restrictive prac
tices against industry.
According to tentative
plans, the celebration is to be
held at the site of the bridge
November 13. Invitations to
the affair are to go to Gov.
Douglas McKay and to offi
cials of towns which will benefit
by the new short route across the
mountains.
Among communities likely to
be represented ut the Tlmlierllnc
meeting urc Portland, Creshum,
Sandy, Khododonilron, Govern
men! Cuirip, Madras, Culver. Red
mond, I'rlnevllle, Sisters and
Bend.
I'KINKVII.I.K MAKKS 1'I.ANS
Prlnevllle. Oct. 12 Otto N.
lloppes of this city, presldenl of
the Central Oregon chamber of
commerce, reported yesterday
that delegations of the Sisters.
Hend. Redmond, Prlnevllle, Cul
ver and Madras chambers of com
merce affiliates of the regional
organization, will Join representa
tives of the Portland, l.resbam
ond Sandy chambers and the
Mount Hood Pow-Wowers at Tim
berllne lodge next Sunday at a 1
p.m. luncheon, to make program
plans for a celebration of the
opening of the Warm Springs
highway on Sunday, November
13. It was expected that repre
sentatives might be present from
Lokevlcw and Klamath Falls,
where a keen Interest Is declared
prevalent In gaining the benefits
of the shorter route to Portland
when the new highway Is oeneil.
Representatives of the stale high
way department have been naked
to attend the meeting.
Ceremonies to commemorate
opening the new road, which will
shorten the distance between cen
tral Oregon and Portland by 32.7
miles, will be held at the new steel
bridge across spectacular Mill
creek gorge at the north edge of
the Warm Springs Indian reser
vation. Youth Confesses
Brutal Killing
Tampa, Fla., Oct. 12 Uli A 17-year-old
boy held for a" brutal
hatchet slaying here told sheriff's
officers today that he killed movie
bit player Harry Schawb In Hol
lywood In l'J48.
Chief deputy Sheriff Curtis Gul
breath said Kay Robinson Dcrr
confessed after an ull-night ques
tioning that he killed Schawb In
his Hollywood apartment on Sept.
22, 1!M8, while on a three-day pass
from an army camp at Pittsburg.
Cul.
. Derr previously had admitted
that early yesterday he and a
companion robbed a Tampa truck
driver and that after dragging
their victim into a woods, Derr
cut his head to pieces with a small
hatchet.
While police were questioning
Derr to determine if he had com
mitted any other "thrill crimes."
the youth said he had killed
Schawb.
Derr told Culbreath' he had
gone into Los Angeles from the
army camp and had met Schawb
In a bar. Schawb seemed "friend
ly," Derr told Culbreath, and In
vited him to spend the night In
his apartment.
They later had an argument.
Story Checked
"I picked up a brick and heat
his head with It," Derr told Cul
breath. A check with Los Angeles po
lice showed Derr's description of
the killing was accurate except
for the weapon used, Culbreath
said. Schawb was killed with a
wooden lid to a toilet seat.
Culbreath said Derr admitted
taking $40 from Schawb's cloth
ing after the slaying.
Asked why he did It, Derr re
plied: "I'm liable to do anything when
I get mad."
Early Tuesday morning, Derr
and a companion, 19-yeor-old Al
vln Mubry, picked up truck driver
William demons of Bowling
Green, Fla., on a Tampa street
corner. Clemons told him he was
unable to find his truck and the
two youths offered to help him.
Instead, according to both Derr
and Mnbry, they drove demons
to a wooded section eight miles
from Tampa. Derr then beat
demons unconscious with a
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tor the fourth time this vcor.
manship when he took the top riblxin awarded at the Pacific International Livestock exposition. In
Portland. He is pictured here with the Hampshire hog he showed at the P.I after winning at The
Dalles, at the Deschutes county fair in Redmond and at the state 4-H club fair.
Fire Prevention !
Week Observed;
Schools Checked
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Schools of Bend played a part
In the city's fire prevention pro
gram today, with several of the
buildings Inspected by Fire chief
Lcroy Fox and a fire drill held by
pupils of the new J. Alton Thomp
son school. The program will con
tinue through the remainder of
the week, Willi drills to be held in
all schools.
This morning Chief Fox and
Frank E. Cook, head custodian
for the Bend public schools, join
ed in a fire Inspection of the high
school, gymnasium and Kenwood
schools. "Everything was in ship
shape", Fox declared, fn com
mending school officials in their
efforts to reduce the fire hazards
to a minimum.
Scorer, of children filed from
the J. Alton Thompson school In
orderly fashion this afternoon
when a fire drill was held, with
Chief Fox as one of the specta
tors.
Principals and Instructors of
the various schools are joining in
the local observance of fire pre
vention week. Fire prevention lit
erature Is being distributed and
programs are being devoted to the
effort to . "stop fire before they
occur."
Cooperation the Bend fire de
partment is receiving In the local
observance of the week was laud
ed today by Chief Fox.
Fall of Canton
Believed Near
Canton. China, Oct. 12 Hf
Chinese communist forces swept
within S5 miles of this disintegrat
ing temporary nationalist capital
today.
Nationalist officials were flee
ing aboard every available plane
either to Chungking or Tnipeh on
Formosa. They are expected to
be designated co-cnpitals of na
tionalist China when Canton falls.
However, acting president LI
Tsung jen ond his cabinet still
were In Canton at 5 p.m. (4 a.m.
EST). They were awaiting the re
turn of Premier Yen Hsi shan,
who flew to Formosa yesterday.
Communist Gen. Chen Ketig
sent his snear'ieails late today In
to Tsunpfn, famed hill resort 35
miles northeast of Canton. From
Tsungfa a broad paved highway
leads directly Into the city.
Not far behind the vanguards.
30,000 troops of the 15th and Kith
red armies were advancing rapid
ly southward from Fokimg.' An
other 10,000 men were said to be
driving down the railroad from
Yingtak, 75 miles north of Can
ton. Still another column has by
passed Tslngyun, 45 miles north
west of Canton, crossed the Pel
liver and Is preparing to attack
Canton from the west.
The nationalists were reported
planning a huge withdrawal to
ward southwest China for a final
stand on the Asiatic continent.
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John Klesow. 18. Bend, was named
Central Oregon Educators
Complete Institute Here
Instructors in Deschutes, Harney, Jefferson and Crook
counties were back in their classrooms today, after attending
the 12th annual central Oregon teachers' institute Monday
ana 1 uesaay in liend. .More
the sessions, which included
meetings on various subjects
instructors.
Speaker at the final assembly Tuesday was Miss Alice
Pendlebury from Stands
Newollah Parade
Planned in Bend
For October 31
Children of Bend are to be In
vited to observe Halloween by
participating in a "Neewallah"
parade Monday evening, Oct. 31.
The parade, to be sponsored by
the American ' Legion auxiliary
and the American Legion, will be
followed by treats for all who
take part, and the awarding of
prizes for the funniest and best
costumes in several classifica
tions. Preliminary plans for the pa
rade were made at a meeting of
the Legion auxiliary last night, in
the library auditorium.
The "Neewallah" parade this
year will be the first local Hallow
een observance of its kind held
in several years.
ilitary Pay
Bill Signed
Washingotn, Oct. 12 Uli Presl
dent Truman today signed legis
lation providing the first general
pay raise in 40 years for all mem
bers of the armed forces.
Recruits, whose pay was raised
from $21 a mon'.h before the war
to $75 a month during and after
tne war, will not share in the new
increases as much as top-ranking
officers, who got their last pay
raise In l'JOS.
A recruit with five months serv
ice will get a $5 a month hike.
In some cases brigadier gener
als will get an almost 50 per cent
boost, counting basic pay and al
lowances. Increases under the new law for
married officers will Include:
Major generals and above, and
their counterparts in the navy
who have 32 years' service from
$895.33 a month in pay and allow
ances to $l,14b.75 a month
Brigadier generals and the
navy counterparts with 30 years'
service from $712 to $1,018.50 a
month.
Second lieutenants will get an
Increase from $282 to $345 a
month.
These figures do not Include
extra flight and hazardous duty
pay In any rank or the annual
personal expense allowances of
$2,200 for geenral and $500 for
lieutenant generals.
Officers In the past have recelv.
ed a five per cent pay raise for
pvprv Hippo venra nf aorvlcp. This
Increase will' be taken away from
officers who fall to win promo-
tlons.
in '49
pmnil rhamnlnn in swino chnw.
than 300, educators took part in
general assemblies and section
for elementary and high school
Grammar School for Girls.
Manchester, England. She is
in America as an exchange art
professor at Oregon College of
Education. Her topic was, A
Limey Looks at America."
Comparisons Mode
Miss Pendlebury compared
some of the habits and personali
ty traits of the Americans and the
English, admitting that persons in
her homeland deserve their repu
tation for reserve and seeming in
difference. On the other hand, she
enjoys the friendliness and free
dom from convention which she
has found in this country, she
said.
In comparing the education sys
tems of the two countries, she
said that in her opinion, too much
stress is placed on intellectual de
velopment in England, and not
enough on emotional adjustment.
In England, she said, education is
co-educational only until the pupil
reaches the age of 11. She said
that after seeing the ease with
which American pupils mix in
their classrooms and In recrea
tion, she feels that segregation,
as practiced In England, prevents
the student from achieving a well
rounded outlook, "at such an im
pressionable age."
Traditions Treasured
England treasures her tradi
tions, she said, mentioning that
many of the buildings are two or
three centuries old. She was intro
duced by Dr. Henr? Gunn, presi
dent of Oregon College of Educa
tion. The afternoon general assembly
started with a group of songs by
53 picked singers from the sev
enth, eighth and ninth grades of
the Bend and Prineville schools,
and seventh and eighth graders
from Powell Butte school. The
group was directed by Miss Flor
ence Vanderwiken, of the Univer
sity of Oregon staff, who was
music consultant for the Institute.
She worked with the youngsters
Monday and Tuesday morning,
and their short concert was well-
received by the audience. Their
numbers included, "Thanksgiving
Hvmn." "Swing Low, Sweet Char-
lot," "Old Black Joe" and "Bohe
mian Christmas Carol." Christine
Ryman, of Bend, was at the piano.
Consultants Listed
Besides Miss Vanderwiken, con
sultants included: H. H. Gibson,
Oregon State college; Theodore
Yerlan, Oregon State college;
Vernon Sprague, University of
Oregon; Katherine M. Rahl, state
department of education; Helen
Hollandsworth, Oregon State col
lege: Ernest G. Moll. University
of Oregon; K. E. Montgomery
University of Oregon; Agnes
Shields, Oregon state library:
Qulrinus Breen, University of
Oregon; Stanley Williamson. Ore-
j Ron State college, and Dr. Henry
i-unn, uregon ouege oi umica
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.
King, Halsey Charge B-36
Aerial Bombing Strategy
Based on Wrong Concepts
By Charles Cordry
(United Press Aviation Writer) '
Washington, Oct. 12 (UJ?) Two fleet admirals Ernest J.
King and William F. Halsey today denounced the atomic
bombing theory of warfare and asked congress to strip De
fense secretary Louis Johnson of power to weaken the na
tion's naval power.
Both five-star veterans of world war II attacked what
they called the air force's "mistaken, over-played" theories of
intercontinental bombin g.
Both said that in any war this
country must hurl its striking
power not at cities but at en
emy military forces.
King, wartime chief of na
val operations, told the house
armed services committee that
we have been overemphasizing
the atomic bomb and the bomber
that was planned to deliver it."
The next war, If we really ex
pect to win it, will be fought
much like the last with vast arm
ies and navies and the "impor
tant services" of long-range bomb
ers, he said In statement.
Would Finish Carrier
To build up the mobile striking
power which he said this country
must have, Halsey urged the com
mittee to demand completion of
the 60,000-ton super aircraft car
rier scrapped by Johnson.
He also said congress snouia
strip Johnson of authority to cut
naval spending below figures ap
proved by congress. The commit
tee has heard Johnson plans to
do just that
As for the super-carrier, Halsey
asserted that it is "not super"
but merely "a normal ...develop
ment" from the carriers of world
war II.
And another navy witness r
Capt. Arleigh A. Burke, assistant
chief of naval operations in
charge of research declared:
"If we build this carrier and
find that we don't need it. the cost
to the nation will be $189,000,000.
If we don't build this carrier, and
find that we do need it, the cost to
the nation may be the nation
Itself."
Russia Not Frightened
Kine said the notion that the
air force's B-36-atom bomb com
bination frightens Russia is
"wishful thinking."
King did not appear in person.
But Halsey, who as third fleet
commander in the Pacific war
guided history's greatest concen
tration of naval forces, did.
The hard-jawed tough little
man known as "Bull" rapped at
"city bombing" as capable of ac
complishing nothing but unifica
tion of enemy peoples In "fiery
patriotism" as the assault on
Pearl Harbor did Americans.
Halsey said the air force's high
flying, long-range B-36 could stop
nothing but enemy bullets. Like
other navy witnesses, he declared
it Is too vulnerable to enemy
fighter planes to .be a useful
weapon.
Halsey said the mobility of
naval forces in war is the prime
requisite for victory against an
enemy. The lessons of world war
II, he said, gave "proof of the pud
ding" rather than supporting the
air force theory of pure aerial
warfare.
Halsey's testimony was not lim
ited to criticism of the air force.
He also outlined what should be
done in war, especially by navies.
Halsey said the strategic theory
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Columbia Basin Committee
Hears Fish-Dam Arguments
Astoria. Oct. 12 tlP Interior
department, fish and wildlife
spokesmen lined up at the Colum
bia basin inter-agency committee
meeting today to protest the in
adequacy of fish preservation on
the lower Columbia river in the
face of dam construction.
Roy A. Bessey, interior depart
ment representative, said the fish
eries problem was out of balance
with other problems of Columbia
basin development. "Only half of
the federal funds available for the
fish program have been made
available In the first two years,"
he said.
"If piled up financial needs are
not met Immediately, the pro
gram will be In serious Jeopardy,"
he declared.
Arnie Suomela, master fish
warden of the Oregon fish com
mission, said that the $20,000,000
program planned for fish conser
vation on the lower Columbia was
not enough to insure perpetuation
of the salmon runs. He said the
salmon catch has fallen from 43,.
000,000 pounds annually in 1883
to 18,000,000 pounds at present.
Coo Strike
Compromise
Considered
Pittsburgh, Oct. 12 IP John L.
Lewis and the major coal produc
ers were expected to discuss a
possible compromise today to end
the 32-day-old soft coal strike.
Both sides were under heavy
pressure from federal mediation
director Cyrus S. Chlng to make
"substantial progress" in the
long-deadlocked negotiations or
face government intervention.
Industry sources speculated
that Lewis may drop his wage
and shorter work wek demands
if he can get an increase from 20
to 30-cents-a-ton in royalty pay
ments into the United Mine Work
er welfare fund.
Handouts Charged
But Joseph E. Moody, spokes
man for the southern operators.
indicated he will first insist on a
new set of standards which would
make the fund self-operative. He
charged that the depleted fund,
now administered by trustees,
was a "Tammany hall proposition
of handouts."
Tne meetings resumed at White
Sulphur Springs and Charleston,
W. Va., as Iron Age, national
metal-working weekly, warned
that only a speedy settlement of
the 12-day-old steel strike can pre
vent its crippling effects from en
gulfing the entire economy.
Unemployment resulting from
the twin coal and steel strikes al
ready has shot past the 1,250,000
mark with announcements of new
cutbacks in allied industries.
The government will move to- .
morrow to bring both sides to
gether for the first time since the
steel strike started. Federal medi
ators will hold an exploratory
conference in New York with offi
cials of Bethlehem Steel Co., the
second largest basic 'steel
pro-
ducer.
Arson Suspect
Cleared by Jury
Joe Hornsby, 37-year-old Bend
resident who has been held in the
Deschutes county jail for the past
four and one-half months on a .
charge of arson, was released at
noon today after the grand jury
returned a "not true" bill on the
case.
Hornsby was accused of setting
fire to his house, which was lo
cated at 706 Ogden. The house
was destroyed by fire.
WILL AID KOREA
Washington, Oct. 12 IP The
senate today passed, 48 to 13, and
sent to the house legislation to
provide $150,000,000 In aid to
Korea.
Alvin Anderson of Olympla.
Washington state fisheries direc
tor, said the proposed $20,000,000
plan was "no substitute for up
river salmon runs." He suggest
ed a five-point program:
Program Outlined
1. Complete all dam projects
now under way before starting
new ones.
2. Complete Foster creek dams
and all above It, before lower riv
er dams.
3. Finish Hells canyon dam on ,
the upper Snake river at an early
date,
4. Postpone the four lower riv
er dams on the Snake and Priest
rapids, John Day and The Dalles
dams on the Columbia.
5. Keep the lower river fisher
ies program on Its schedule, call
ing for $20,000,000 In 10 years.
Tom Murray of the Idaho fish
and game commission said his
state had "kept the fish" by leav
ing the spawning streams unim
paired. Today's Columbus day meeting
of the committee was the first to
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