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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
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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
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owner about 45 minutes before
the accident.
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