Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 16, 1956, Image 5

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Newspaper Page Text0)i Witnesses Say Lewis Creek Dam Would Stop Rogue Salmon Runs Grants Pass iltnrv DeVoss Talent, president of the Jackson county lzaak Walton League chapter, suS8c:ted at yesterdays hearing on Rogue river flood control thict annually flooded lands be condemned and reserv ed tor recreation. DeVoss wa one of 54 wit nesses at the session helci by the Army Corps uf Engineers in Ihe Josephine county library audi torium. He siiiil, "The federal, state, rutin ty and .city governments, could well afford to condemn and purchase flood lands and thus prevent damages to private property from flooding." Lwia Craek Dam .. DeVoss added that a dam as far lilwn as Lewis creek would . virtually do away with spring Chinook salmon and summer steeliiead runs in the Ros;ue since most of the spawning takes place fibove tiiis itti. '"We are not opposed to irrigation," he said, "but we feel projects sim ilar to the Talent Irrigation proj ect can take care of all our irri gation needs., He urged proper land use and development of small tributary watersheds as lloofi control measures. DeVoss plan or condemnation of stream bank land appeared to meet with some favor, but oth ers protected it, including Wal ter C. Kasworm. renresentins the Jackson County Farm bu reau. " "Condemning river lands and making public parku wouldn't increase fish runs or stop prop erty damage," "Kasworm said. "But it would start a mass evac uation. People would move clear out of the iiogue alley." Challenges Value Kasworm .also challenged the value of sporf fishing. a a tour ist attraction here. "This is about half-way between Seattle and San Francisco. Tourists make overnight stops here- be cause of the location and would continue to stop here whether there are fish in 'the river or not." he said. . He further claimed, "It takes 21-man, days to catch a fish in the upper river." Kasworm testi fied at the Medford hearing that, figuring time at a dollar an hour, it costs S100 to catch one fish and anyone who spends a lot of time fishing is "either shiftless or plain lazy." Mentioned frequently during PORTLAND I r3 J485 Plus Tax mmmmmmnm-t man wi I'CI Lt..-. - .... - nm m iv a itunes J , the hearing yesterday were bene I fits brought to fishing in the j Sacramento river by the Shasta j Dam and Reservoir. Claims were ; made that water levels were im proved and temperatures lower d since construction of the dam j and reservoir. I Disagrees With Testimony Kenneth Denman. Medford at torney, member of the Oregon Game commission, Izaak Walton League and the Preserve the Rogue association, disagreed with much of this testimony. "Any comparison between the Rogue river problem and the things which have been done on I the Sacramento river is purely : moot now, he said. "Before the , Shasta dam was built, condi- tions there were in a sorry shape , due to low water flows and high I temperatures. The same com I parable conditions do not exist t in the Rogue river. In other words, before the dam was built, the fishery was of very little value." Denman added, "It should be pointed out that the Talent Irri gation project was finally real ized because all of us joined together and requested it. When j it was approved by the recrea-j-lional interests, an unwritten gentleman s agreement was made with the proponents of the. project, that no high dam would be built in the main stem of the Rogue used by migratory fish. Many people are aware of such .agreement." Written Agreement D. H. Barber, president of the Preserve the Rogue association, testified, "It wasn't a gentle man's agreement, it was a writ ten agreement." He also charged the bureau of reclamation with being "in a rut" and said that was the reason the corps of en gineers were called upon to make the current flood control study. Barber was among several who attacked the bureau of rec lamation's Plan A, which called for a series of dams on the main stem of the Rogue and its tribu taries with a major dam at Lewis creek. "Plan A, for about S33. 271.000 was going to give- about 96.250 kilowatts. At the same time Copco started its North Umpqua project. For about S26.300.000 thev are getting 145.000 kilo watts. If it's cheaper to produce power on the north Umpqua. put a power project there," he said. Not Against Control Barber stressed that his asso ciation is not against flood con trol, but believes a program to protect and benefit everyone can be developed. John B. Harr. Grants Pass, superintendent of Rogue River schools, was among those strong ly advocating a program to pre vent floods similar to the one last winter.' He pointed out that education, which taxpayers finance, is seri ously disrupted by flood. He said children are preoccupied and transportation of students in hazardous, impossible or slow. "There's another thing of major concern to any large congrega tion such as .a school and that is the threat of epidemic. This results from . polluted wells, damaged sewers and other facili ties undermined during floods." Harr said, "We have the funds, skills and equipment to see that this tvpe of flood never happens again." He urged the Corps of Engineers to place human safety above recreation or any other interest in planning a flood con trol program. Mrs. Agnes Berry, Trail, who wih her .husband operates a mo tel and trailer court seven miles north of Trail, said she worked until May to clean silt and debris from cabins after the December flood. She also claimed that 12' 2 of their 15 acres of land were flooded, and urged study of a program to control the water. Landowner Testifies Another landowner testifying was Mrs. Norvil Moore, Grants Pass, said she and her husband had spent S4.500 clearing out the channel and building a dike. Most of their work was destroy ed in just a few hours, she said. She added that total damage to their stream front property was about S10.000.' Thomas B. Ayers, mayor-elect of Gold Beach, was also present. He testified, "We are interested in flood control if we can have it without damaging the fish." Harold W. Sexton, secretary of the Rogue Valley Water Users association, said there are 114. 000 acres in the basin in need of irrigation. "Of this total, 74,000 acres need full irrigation and 40.000 require supplemen tary water supplies," he said. "Increased population in the val ley is going to create an in creased need for water supplies and increased crop production." Lee McAllister appeared on behalf of the bureau of reclama tion and testified that floods oc cur one year in every five. He listed the average annual flood damage as $400,000 and explain ed bureau of reclamation pro grams which have been proposed for flood control. Nationally Famous Dr. H. J. Rayner, representing the state game commission, said the Rogue river is nationally famous for its fish population. He said, "Sports fishermen have taken as many as 13.845 Chinook and 9.426 steelhead in a year, representing 34,700 days of fishing effort. The commer cial fishermen can take 166,000 Rogue salmon in the ocean in a year, valued at nearly S900,- 000." He added that in 1949 a total of 53,500,000 was spent in pursuit of sport fishery. "We realize the value of flood con trol and maintenance of flows the summer and fall." he said. "We believe that thorough study can devise means of ac complishing these ends without damage to the fish and wildlife resource, but that high mam stem dams will not do so." Daniel J. Frey, Grants Pass, explained there were "thousands of fish" on his property last winter after the water went down. "About 3.000 fish were salvaged," he said. "But about 30,000 ere left. There were fish in the Rogue, but they'll soon all be on the ground unless we get flood control." Briefs were also presented on behalf of the cities of Medford and Grants Pass, Josephine and Jackson counties and numerous other governmental bodies and private organizations. Portland Teen-Agers Killed in Car Wreck Portland IU.Ri A car went out of control and plunged into a power pole in southeast Port land last night carrying its two occupants, a 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl, to their deaths. The victims were Vernon Churchill and Leona Mae Rohde, both of Portland. Deputy sheriffs Earl Johnson and AI Benz said the car appar ently failed to make a turn at the bottom of a grade, struck a power pole and overturned. Churchill was thrown from the car and the girl was pinned .be neath it. Deputies said the car had been reported missing by its Former Marine Corporal Given Hard Labor Term Parris Island, S.C. (U.R) A general court martial today sentenced former Marine drill instructor Frederick A. Renton to a year at hard labor and a bad conduct discharge for using a naked bayonet to force re cruits to perform physical feats. The court announced the sen tence after deliberating a ver dict of guilty handed down Thursday on four of 16 counts against 19-year-old Renton of New York City. The verdict and punishment are subject to review by high er military authority. Reduced In Rank The 10-member court, which deliberated the sentence nearly an hour, also ordered Renton reduced from private forst class to private, and to forfeit all pay and allowances during the peri od of confinement. The dark-haired young Ma rine stood stiffly at attention with his attorney as the sen tence was read. After the sen tence, he was hustled into a nearby room with his mother, who attended the trial. He re fused to talk to a reporter. Mrs. Renton. throughout the trial, which began Wednesday, refused to be questioned by newsmen. Sentence To Be Reviewed Renton was scheduled to be returned to the brig to await re view of his sentence by the con vening authority. Such review is automatic in general court martial cases. Renton waj the fourth non com at this huge Marine "boot camp" to be found guilty of maltreatment since the cele brated McKeon case last sum mer. Renton pleaded guilty to forcing two recruits to balance on their toes and elbows over a bayonet held under their stom achs. He was also found guilty of knocking a recruit to his knees and of violating a base rule which forbids instructors from touching recruits except to correct their clothing or postures. Barffsy Named Vet 0f Week by YA Joseph Bartley, an assistant cook at the Camp White veter ans administration domiciliary center, has been named "Vet eran of the Week" by the VA, it was learned today. He will be saluted as such in a radio program to be heard locally on KYJC at 5:15 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17. Bartley, a legless double amputee, was picked for the honor by the VA office in Washington, and is saluted in a radio script which is mailed to every radio station in the country. He was recently featured in a series of Mail Tribune stories concerning handicapped persons No Body Found in Submerged Auto The Dalles XI.P.) The wreck age of a car registered to a Hood River woman was recovered from the Columbia river near Hood River yesterday and taken to The Dalles. No body was found inside. Authorities had been trying to recover the car for several days but without success until a Portland skin diver, Tom Amerman, reached it yesterday. Police said the car was regis tered to Mrs. Naomi Ellis of Hood River, who reported it missing Oct. 30. Feeder Livestock Sale Brings $15.70 Average Pendleton W.R) The first annual feeder livestock sale sponsored by Umatilla and Mor row county Cattlemen's Associa tions was held eight miles west of Pendleton' yesterday with more than 300 cattlemen and buyers from the two counties in attendance. The reported average price was $15.70 a hundredweight. The top steer calf went at $18.60 a hundred. The sale is designed to create a market for Eastern Oregon cattle raisers. Friday, November IS. 1558 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIt. TRIBtTiTE FIYK Oregon Committee Assists Hungarians Portland UR) The Oregon committee for Hungarian refu gees said today it has sponsored some 20 persons who fled from Budapest after the recent up rising in Hungary. The volunteer group is col lecting money to aid Hungarians seeking work, housing and tem porary financing. It has set its goal as 100 persons to be helped. Klamath Holdup Suspect Makes Court Appearance Portland IU.R) Paul Lam- bertson, charged with the recent robbery of the First National Bank in Klamath Falls, ap peared in Federal Court here yesterday and George Tomlin- son was appointed by the court to represent him as counsel Tomlinson is a former deputy district attorney of Multnomah county. o Use Mail lYibune Wast Ari who are now e.nployed despite their handicaps, prepared for Employ the Physically Handi capped Week. Camp White offi cials believe it is on the basis of these stories that Bartly was picked for the honor. Parking Problem Solved LARGE LOT AND APARTMENT IN COMMERCIAL ZONE c Turn into office or small business. One block from post office. ie used tor driveup window for collections. Easy i nd customer parking. "A Could be access a parking. Phone 2-6010 - - owner about 45 minutes before the accident. 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