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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1959)
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medfed, Oregen, TfcurtJay, March 12, 13 MDFORWrRIUKE Woods, Water, Wildlife By Hank DeVoss . There are those fishermen who have built up such a habit of fishing through the win ter they find it hard to quit anytime. It could be that they would rather fish than do anything else. Anyway, there were a few such hard-heads out this last week end and the busiest time was had by those fishing the Klamath river above Hornbrook. LUCKY GUYS The ones who were there with the right answers lim ited out with nice bright fish running 20 lo 28 inches. Limits were reported by Wes Henderson and Jack Thomas of Medford, with lhe Okie drifter as the right weapon and an assist from night crawlers. The word is that they are from a fresh run and are very active if the water gets low. WHAT DID IT? There are many people wondering where and how the poisons got into Bear creek to the extent that many fish are being killed. Some people already know of sev eral possibilities which have existed for many years and the present low water in the creek makes these polluting poisons very apparent now. CAN BE OBSERVED Every year the poison spray tanks of some local orchardists are observed be ing cleaned out with Bear creek water. There are homes which run their sew age directly into the creek. Businesses along Bear creek contribute to the pol lution and can be observed by anyone interested enough to walk along the creek within the city lim its. There are meat process ing plants along the creek which run their untreated wastes directly into lhe stream. PUBLIC OPINION ALLOWS Until the people of the valley realize that these things continue to exist only be cause public opinion allows them to, nothing will be done even though we have laws to protect us from this type of pollution. When public opin ion raises a bigger stink than the present one on Bear creek, something more will be done than just a filing of com plaints. ARE THERE SAFEGUARDS? A petition is being con sidered by the local Cham ber of Commerce which will attempt lo change Sen ale bill 183 back lo its original wording and allow , industrial use of water from he main stem of the Rogue river. The petition states ihtt safeguards exist which would make it impossible for industry to pollute the air or water of the Rogue river valley. If this is so. perhaps the chamber might consider why pollution still exists on Bear creek and wonder how easily laws against pollution are ig nored. The pollution laws which apply lo Bear creek are the same laws which would apply to lhe Rogue river. Senate bill 183 passed the Senate with one dissent ing vote and is in commit tee before the House of Representalives. This is the revised bill which gives lhe fish a right to water in the Rogue river. The battle is only half won. HB 472 NEED SHOWN House bill 472 is in the legislative works. This bill requests approval from the fish and game commissions for removal of sand or gravel from Oregon streams. To show the need for this bill, the day after steelhead season was over a power shovel was working in the middle of the Applegate river. Anyone ac quainted with the damage siltation does to eggs while they are in the gravel can see that it is this type of op eration which must be con trolled. CATFISHMEN WANTED Ponds on lhe Game Com mission property are loaded with catfish and need some hard work with a worm covered hook. Some of the ponds have bass and there are bluegill available also. These are species of warm water game fish and re quire a lot of fishing to keep their numbers down. If they are allowed lo over produce beyond lhe avail able food supply lhey be come stunted and provide poor fishing. This fishing are is found by driving out Crater Lake highway to the Desert gas station and turning left onto Agate road. Gregory road is the first road to the left off Agate road and it has seven ponds located off to the right. They are easily found by driving down Gregory road to lhe Game Commission buildings where some of the ponds can be seen. BIG FISHING HOLE A big catfish hole is the big gravel pit just off to the left of Agate road where it crosses the MedCo railroad tracks. The pit is about one hundred yards from the road. It has steep sides and is not recommended for small chil dren or anyone who cannot swim. The water is eight to ten feet deep and has a few bass in with the catfish. About two 1 miles further down Agate road are six ponds on military slough. These are to the left of where the slough crosses the road. There are catfish in all the ponds with bluegill in the low est two. ON NORTH SIDE On the north side of the river where the old river channel cuts across the old military road there are bluegill and some of the biggest bass in the county. They run up lo four pounds in weight and I would like lo see someone caich the granddaddy of lhe lot by still fishing with a black eel. This old river channel crosses the road by the -county gravel piles and con tinues for a mile or so down toward Touvelle park where it cut back into the present channel. THE OPTIMIST'S CORNER Even though we can't do everything we want to about existing pollution there are still a few fish left in the country. Those who haven't given up might try the Klam ath river above Hornbrook. Try to hit when the water is low. Maybe COPCO will give you a schedule. GOOD LUCK! Wafsons Purchase Bear Creek Mofel Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wat son, Medford, have purchased the Bear Creek motel from Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stewart, Watson announced today. Watson, who has been man ager of the Medford hotel since 1951, will terminate his hotel position March 15, he said. He has been in the hotel business since 1928. Watson said he plans only to complete two unfinished units at the motel at present. The motel, which has been operated by Mr. and Mrs. Stewart for about 14 years, is located south of Medford on Highway 99. Precaution Urged In Bolivia Turmoil La Paz, Bolivia -UPD- The government and the U. S. Em bassy have ordered special precautions here today to pro tect American lives and pro perty against a possible new outbreak of rioting. President Hernan Siles said the precautions were ordered because the government con sidered it possible that Time Magazine's report this week on the rioting touched off by a previous Time article might stir new disorders. Time's current U. S. edi tion refers to the Latin Ameri can country as "landlocked, geographically fractured, 68 per cent illiterate Bolivia." 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