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HOUSE PASSES
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RIVER
FISH
COMPROMISE BILL
Substitute H. 1. 167 Goes Through
Without Change Measure Is a
Compromise One, Giving Each Sec
tion Something.
Reames Pleads Cause of Jackson
County Citizens Who Want Their
Rights to Fish Protected.
WANTS FISHING KEPT FOR THE PEOPLE
INSTEAD OF COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN
SALKM, Fell. H. Tho Hoptie ritcr
fiMi bill, (substitute II. II. 107) pass
oil I ho house yesterday afternoon
without mncmlment, nftcr n hot de
lintc upon nincmtincntH offered by
Itcllutul to cut nut nil hfininjr, nml
Ulniichtml to make the season nt
Oranh Puss from Mny 1 to August
1, both of which were defeated.
0 rants Pass has had a laro lobby
hero for ci month uskinjr for nn open
river, end tho mouth of thn river in
terests have nUo been represented.
Kennies of Jackson led the fight for
tho sportsmen and closed river inter
ests.' The bill is n compromise. It class
ifies stcclhcad as trout nml forbids
catching them except by hook and
line, or their sale or purchase. It
closes (he river above the mouth of
tho Illinois to fishing except with
hook and lino except from Jamp-Of f
Joe creek to Grants Pass where from
April 15 to May 15, gill nets mny be
used. It opens the lower river to
nets from April 15 to August 10 and
to nets and seines from September 1
to November 20. A 3C-hour Sunday
closed season throughout tho open
hcnsou is provided and nets limited to
8V4-'cli mesh.
In his argument on the bill Mr.
Itcames said:
ItcAmes Talk For Anglers
Representative Reamea spoke for
tho up-river interests as follews:
"Tho subject of tho proper regula
tion ot fishing In Rogdo river is not
by any means a new subject, and this
is not tho tint legislature that has
been called upon to settle tho differ
ences between conflicting interests
on this river. For over twenty years
tho fight has been waged. It has
been a fight between tho interests at
tho lower end, or the mouth of the
river, on tho ono sldo and thousands
of residents In Jackson county on the
other. Tlicso citizens of Jackson
county havo year after year prior to
tho year 1910, petitioned succeeding
legislatures for relict and every tlino
tho legislature has decided the ques
tion adversely to tho Interests of
Jackson county. I do not say this
In criticism of tho legislatures of tho
past, but it Is a fact that until Jack
son county made- her appeal to tho
pcoplo ot Oregon in tho year 1910 It
was Impossible for our interests In
Jackson county to bo protected at all.
This la probably duo to tho fact that
tho pcoplo In Jackson county have
never cared to aralt themselves of
tho privilege ot using tho Roguo river
fio as to commerclallto tho fish in
dustry. Wo havo always taken the
position, that every man in tho coun
ty should bo given tho right to tho
flah In Roguo river and an equal
right to catch them for tho purposo
of food.
A. .Mountain Stream
"Tho Roguo river Is one of tho
mountain streams of Southern Ore
gon. It rises in tho eastern portion
of Jackson county near tho Douglas.
Jackson county lino and flows west
erly through Jackson county, through
the beatirul and fertllo Roguo river
valley, a dlstunco ot approximately
seventy miles bofore it reaches tho
Jotepblno, county lino.
"Jurkson county has a population
of 25,750 and of this number over
15,000 .pcoplo llvo within ten miles
of tho banks ot this beautiful moun
tain stream. Tho largest city in tho
county Is my home city, tho city of
Mcilford, with a population of 8,840,
us shown by tho last Federal census,
and this city U located but ton miles
from the bunks ot Rogue river.
Tons of Flt.li Killed
"Prior to tho year 1910 tho fish
ing laws on Rogue river woro changed
ut every succeeding session ot tho
legislature audi whllo commercial
fishing was permitted by law at tho
mouth of tho Roguo and for somo
years in Josephine county, the laws
wore most flagrantly violated and
held In tho most supremo contempt.
In Curry county located at tho mouth
of tho river, ucts woro used having
tuich a small mush, that tons ot our
finest steelhead trout wero tukon and
either thrown upon tho banks and
left to die and rot or shipped to the
cities of Portland and San Frauclsco
whero they wore sold.
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a placo about four miles up the river
from tho city ot Grants Pass Is lo
cated what Is known as Anient dam,
a great wooden structure serving no
good purpose and doing no body any
good; a structure that never nas been
and probably never will be put to
any beneficial use and that serves no
other purpose than that ot keeping
fish from going up the river. For
tho past five jears at tho toot of this
dam fish havo battled in nn hercu
lean effort to perform the almost Im
possible feat ot getting over the
dam. Not content with robbing nnd
stripping tho riffles of all tho fish
as they como up the stream, the gill
net fishermen fished right at tho fish
way in this dam and took tons of
fish from tho tlshway, defying nil of
tho efforts ot the fish and gamo war
dens to make them desist.
Appeal to tin People
In the year 1910 tho citizens of
Jackson county, Oregon, npc.iletl
their causo to the people of the
whole stato and asked the people of
tho entlro stato to decide tho ques
tion for them. If you will examine
the official voters pamphlet for the
year 1910, you will see how fairly
this question was submitted to the
voters of the state. I am going Into
this question at this time becauso cer
tain pcoplo havo charged that tho
act of tho people passed In tho year
1910 was not understood by them
at the time they voted upon it. The
act was simply drawn and was placed
upon the ballot in such a way that
no voter could possibly be misled. It
provided simply that it should be un
lawful for any person to take any
fish from Roguo river in any man
ner except by tho means of hook and
line, commonly called angling. Tho
pcoplo ot Jackson county had a pago
In tho official pamphlet and in that
pago they told tho pcoplo of Hie
stato ot Oregon thaMflo Roguo river
was a mouutalu stream, as It Is.
They told them that tho coplo at
tho lower end of tho river were tak
ing all ot tho fish and that commer
cial fishing should not bo permitted
In so small a stream. There was
not a fact or circumstance set out In
that argument but what was abso
lutely true. Tho people of Josophlno
county had a pago In tho pamphlet
and there they set forth reasons why
the river should not bo closed to
commercial fishing. Tho interests
at tho mouth of tho river also had a
page In the pamphlet and tho mat
ter was given the widest publicity.
.Majority Was 10,000
"There wero 49,712 votes cast
for the. Roguo river fishing bill and
but 33,397 against it and the measure
had a clear majority of over 16,000
votes.
"At tho session In 1911 held but
a few mouths after this act had taken
effect, It was claimed by tho people
of Josephluo county and tho pcoplo
of Curry county that a great wrong
hud been done and that It would be
unfair to permit this wrong to re
main upon tho statutes for u period
ot two years. They claimed that
thoy should bo given an opportunity
to submit tho law to tho people of
tho country for their approval or re
jection and that, Inasmuch us an
election could not bo hold for two
yeurs, that it would bo wrong to re
quire them to wait for so long a time.
Accordingly, at tho session in 1911,
thero was introduced by Mr. Plerco
Houso bill No. 218, which act was
practically a repeal of the law which
tho people hud pussed but a few
mouths before 'This bill passed tho
houso by a veto of 32 to IS, and It
passed the senate by a vote of 18 to
12. It was vetoed by tho governor
on the ground that It was an attempt
on the part of the legislature to set
aside the plain law of the people, and
thut Ml has never bevu tnkeu up for
consideration by this house, at this
session.
No Kffort to Remedy
"I am going Into tho hlstury ot
the fishing laws on Roguo river so
that all may understand at the out
set of the argument that this act now
before us If enacted Into law will re
peal he law passed by tho people In
the year 1910. It must also be
borne In mind that nt tho general
election iu 1912 no attempt was undo
by cither tho people of Curry or by
tho people of Josephine county to
have this law repealed, although both
counties claimed that tho law was
confiscatory and harsh and that It
should be repealed. ,
"I believe that I represent tho
wishes of tho pcoplo of Jackson coun
ty when I say thnt It tho matter .were
to be left to their wishes alono that
they would rather havo tho law re
main Just as It Is now. The way the
law Is now, the greatest number of
people derlvo the greatest amount of
good from the fish product in Roguo
river. During tho spring, summer
and fall months of tho year thero are
hundreds ot men, women and children
who line this stream on practically
every day and take from It for food
hundreds nnd hundreds of fish with
hook aud line. During tho year Just
closed there wero Issued In Jackson
county to pcoplo who fished In the
Roguo river fish thousand anglers'
licenses at one dollar each, and every
dollar of this money went Into tho
game and fish fund of the stato for
tho better protection of fish and
game.
Curry County's Claim
"Hut our neighbors In Curry coun
ty are claiming that tho citizens of
Jackson county havo destroyed ono
of tho principal Industries ot that
county. They claim that they hnvo
an Industry at tho mouth of tho river
In which they hnvu Invested ucirly a
quarter of a million dollars and thut
It Is selfish of us to Insist that they
should be required to take these fish
by means of hook and lino, tho samo
way that we do. You must bear In
mind thut the pcoplo of Jackson coun
ty do not want to permit commercial
fishing In Roguo river In Jackson
county becauso by so doing it would
give to a few gill net fishermen all
tho fish that aro now enjoyed by
thousands of citizens ot Jackson
county.
' Tho committee on fishing has
wrostled with this problem for over
two weeks and I do not bollcvo that
thero Is a man on that commlttco ot
seven who will say thut, as u mat
ter of right and wrong botween the
citizenship of Jackson county aud tho
citizenship of Josephine, that tho citi
zens of Josephine should be permitted
to tako these fish with nets in com
petition with tho men and women
fishing further up tho stream In Jack
son county with hook and lino.
Only n .Mountain Htmitn
"I havo lived all of my llfo In the
Roguo river valley nnd I know thor
oughly Juckson aud Josephine coun
ty. I say to you that It is simply a
mountain stream whero commercial
fishing should not bo permitted. If
It is permitted, it simply moans (hat
a few gill net fishermen wllV tako
from tho Roguo fiver tho fish that
should rightfully bolong to all of the
citizens.
"As the river passes through Joso
phlno county, every rlfflo is a spawn
ing bed, and theso spawning beds
aro located not over ono hundred
yards upart. Across practlcully evory
ono of theso riffles u man can easily
wade and ho w(ll not bo In wator
over his waist; on many of them a
man can wade out to tho conter ot
tho river and walk for a quarter or
half of a mile dowu tho river, cross
lug from bank to bunk at pleasure,
On practically every riffle a mau can
wade out waist drep aud enst n fly
on the opposlto bank.
Two expert gill net fishermen on
taken In any other manner except
with hook nnd Hue, commonly called
tingling. Tho Rogue river steel head
n stream like this can take all of the M" "dmltted by nil fish rultiirlstn to
flli Hint nrn lii Urn river. These H' a sea going rulllliow - li trim trout.
fish ns they travel up the river will
travel nppnu I mutely 12 or 15 miles
n day, In n stream like this the gill
net fisherman goes to the lowest rif
fle, makes i enteh, and tho next day
travels fifteen miles up Ihtf lver and
that night lakes what Is left ot the
school that worn fortunate enough to
gel by him tho night before. Willi
twenty or thirty of such experts nt
work, the fish that got past the gill
net fishermen and oer the Anient
dam Into Jurkson county would not
We have tried In make Him restric
tions In this bill such that none of
thn steel head or other trout etui he
taken In any part of the liver except
by hook and Hue hut that the clil
nooks and tho sllversldes may be
fished tor with nets In Curry county.
tVtmvssloii to Josephine
"In the hill It Is provided ns a con
cession to Josephine county that tliey
may he permitted for thfrty das, be
ing thnt period ot time front April
tSth to May Kith, to eateli fish with
be, nnd experience has shown UiutK lu.H. Tliii reason Hut tho sea-
they havo not been very numerous. L wns um from ,prll Idtli to Mny
' In the present bill now up for 15th Is that during this season of
consideration. It will he noted that
the steel hcAd Is classified as a trout
and that tho steol head cannot he
the year there Is tho largest run of
chluook salmon Iu the river In Jose
plilno county; nt the same time the
river during this period of tlhiti Is
higher than It Is during thn slimmer
nnd full mouths, mid them will lin
somo ehtuiee for n few of the flslt to
elude thu gill netters aud get to
.lauksou county. If Ihn season
should ho longer, you would permit
net fishing Iu this little stream tit a
lime when the water was shallow mid
when the gill net fisher yotiltl take
all of tho fish In tl'to river In Johu
phlue county.
"Representing the people of Jack
son county, I desire to say that If
the river Is to he opened It should tin
opened under thn strictest of restric
tions. I ii m not saying nor conced
ing that It should ho opened at nil
hut, If It Is, then tho strictest of
regulation should bo eutnired. It
must be liomo In tutiid that a general
election has taken place since this
law wits passed and thut the people
were not asked at this last general
, .'. i .i ; ' ii t ' in1 . ' ""1
election In express llielr vluwii on
this Important mutter nimhi,
Mltiinlloii Niiiiiiniirleil
"llumumrliliig tho entire situation,
It Is us follews: I'lrst, fishing with
netH should nut be permitted In Jose
phine county at till for the reason thnt
the stream Is too small and shallow to
penult fishing with nets therein.
There Is not another stream on tho
coast of this size where fishing with
nets U permitted! second, If flshlim
with nets Is permitted In (lurry
county, It should he permitted under
tho strictest of restrictions mid lit
such ti way that somo of the fish
mny he permitted to come on up tho
rlwir, where they mny bo taken with
hook and Hue. If thin Is itcctim
pllshed then wo will have u live and
let live policy; If It Is done In any
other way, Jackson county will bo
completely robbed of all her flshltig
rlithts on ItoKue river."
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200 Woint'ii's tailored Waists
u few slightly soiled; up to
$1.00 values. JO
Sale price, each 0
MANN'S
CENTRAL AVE., NEAR P. 0.
200 AVomen'M fine l-ingorio
Waists, nicely trimmed; valued
up to .fU.GO. Sale price, fQi
each viC
We have just finished taking inventory and find that we are over
stocked on some lines of merchandise. For the balance of the
month we will offer SPECIAL PRICE reductions in order to move
these goods quickly. We must have room for new spring gooods
arriving daily. Don't fail to attend this sale.
WOMEN'S $15 COATS 99.98
The balance of our $15 Winter
Coats, all this winter's styles, to
lie closed out in this sale Q QO
at, each ..vvVO
WOMEN'S $25.00 SUITS ijjlS
The balance of our $'J." Winter
Suits, all good styles, well made,
good colors, on sale
Saturday, each
$15.00
Womon's $15.00 Suits $0.08
The balance of our $15.00 Winter
Suits, all good styles aud colors.
On sale Saturday, flQ QO
eat'h ...Vv.trO
JUST RECEIVED A Shipraont of Now Spring Suits, on Salo Saturday, oach $10.08
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PETTICOATS CORSETS WAISTS GLOVES GOWNS
Black sateen Warner's Children's Knit Women's Capo The balance of
Petticoats to be "Kust-proof", up Waists. Why pay Gloves, real $1.00 our $1.25 Outing
Sold Saturday, to $IJ.00 values, 25c 7 Sale price, values, Sale price, Klaimcl Clowns
each Saturdav, a pair each a pair Saturdav, each
48c 1 98c 15c 39c 98c
ALL FUR MUFFS AND SCARFS AT SENSATIONAL REDUCTIONS.
BLANKETS
CI rev cotton
Hlaiiktits; 85c
values, a pair
59c
OUTING
FLANNEL
Keg'lar 15e grade
this sale, a vard
10c
Flannolotto
Tim balance of
our 12V-
Flannelette, this
sale, a yard
9c
WHITE GOODS
Kor waists, un to
:i5e values, this
sale, a yard
19c
ROBELAND
FLEECE
Regular price luV,
this sale, a vard
lie
Opening Sale of the Latest Styles in Wash Goods
30 inch Percale.
Why pay loc.
Sale price, a vard
10c
Best Washing
Gingham made.
Salo price, a vard,
10c
Klaxon
Best grade. Sale
price, a yard
15c
Nero linen
for dresses.
This sale, a yard,
15c
liatine
In all colors, til)
inch, salo price,
a yard
65c
FREE SAVE YOUR SALES SLIPS AND GET WM. ROGERS SILVER FREE.
$2000 Worth of New Spring Hosiery on Sale Saturday
Women's and children's fast
black Hose. Whypayl5c7 Qa
On sale at, a pair v
"Dan Patch" Ifose for Hoys; as
good as most 25c grades. 4
Saturday, a pair ltll
rnfauts' lisle thread Hose iu pink,
white, blue, red and tan; Ca
good 25(j values, Sale prico 3C
Just received our celebrated Lavender Top
Hose, tho best made, a pair
50c
5000 pairs of Silk Lisle Hose, iu tan and
black, this sale, a pair
25c
Opening Sale of the Biggest Line of White Goods in the City
Fancy whit o
Klaxons. Why
pay 25c. This
sale, a yard
15c
TOWELS
Good size,
worth 8c, this
sale, each
5c
India Linon,
splendid 15c "
grade, this sale,
a yard
10c
Long Oloth
Good 121ju
grade, safe
prico, a yard
9c
White CYopo
for Underwear,
this sale,
a yard
18c
Special Notion Bargains Saturday
Colgate's
Talcum powder
a can
12c
Good Hair
Nets,
each
4c
Good
ITair Pins,
a paper
2c
Special Notion Bargains Salurday
Darning
Cotton,
a ball
2c
Good Shields,
a pair
15c
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lihub. Cotton,
a skein
2c
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