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Woods, Water, Wildlife
By Hank DeVess
-'I haven't heard any stories
about how he game commis
sion fed the fish in Diamond
lake opening day this year
so I. imagine there were a
fair "number ca-Qht. When
there aren't any snibis given
as reason for not catching fish
you can exct there was a
fair percentage of satisfaction
gained from last 5 Saturday's
efforts. Some day. I ought to
try it on opening day, but as
yet I find other places more
interesting.- -My particular
brand 1 of peoplephobia still
keeps me away from crowds
like that. .Seven thousand
people: Wow!
TIME FOR SALMON '
; The. latest report on the
spring chinook salmon run
Is that the peak of the run
Is now above- Galice. It
Seems -a lot of people got
discouraged and pulled in
xneir salmon boards and
Bow those -who still have
their boards out are doing
landslide business. The
word is that the run is go
ing to peak out early and
probably won't go much
over 10.000 fish. Let's hope
it doesn't happen. If you
want to catch a salmon or
just watch them at Savage
Rapids or Gold Ray, the
time is now.
WHAT AND HOW MANY?
Some interesting' catch re
ports are coming from the
Grants Pass area. The delay
ed opening of trout season in
the middle Rogue was for the
purpose of allowing the down
stream migrating steelhead
a chance to escape from the
the angler horde until they
are more mature.- (Big, that
is.) Now we find that about
81 per cent of the catch
around Grants Pass consisted
of wild steelhead.-
The Game commission
planted about 8,000 legal size
rainbows there just a short
time ago and 3Vi per cent of
the catch this last week end
were planted fish. There was
a showing of 2 per cent made
up of marked summer steel
head. These were some , of
those fish planted as an at
tempt to build up the summer
steelhead run. -
DOES IT PAY?
When' one reads of
figures like these, you can't
help but wonder whether
or not '-ffaxchery programs
are the best way to provide '
more fishing. In the face of
these facts,, it wouldn't be
. too risky to say that natural
reproduction of. fish pro
vides more fishing than the
hatchery ; programs. . Th9
may be true of the Rogue,
in that there Is little return
of hatchery fish to the
angler's creel, but if an
other page is turned there
is a report of a catch in the
Applegaie ,of which 87 to
90 per cent were hatchery
plants. If this seems con
fusing, remember that one
solution isn't meant to an
swer all problems. We need
many solutions, to our many
problems.
OREGON'S PROGRAM
The Oregon Game commis
sion program plants legal
size fish in streams and
fingerling sized fish in the
lakes. The best reason for this
is that there is a 60 to 75 per
cent survival of fingerlings
in lakes but only a 3 to 5 per
cent survival of these fish in
streams. It is estimated that
the legal sized fish have a
survival rate of only 35 per
cent in the streams. This is
pretty good because in some
states the figure is closer to
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15 per cent.
It should be easy to see
that hatchery fish are costly
and are used primarily be
cause the public demands
easy-to-catch fishing. It would
seem that they still aren't
getting it by the simple ex
pedient o more hatcheries
for more ftshermen. There
must be a better answer..
THE ANGLER'S LOG
1 In years past on Diamond
lake there existed what
was called "the chumming
line." I hope the resorts of
opening day weren't the re
sults of such an unsports
manlike method of still
fishing.
Diamond Lake
The best catches have been
on eggs or worms, still fish
ing. On opening day Bill Coin
of Camp Whit& and Mrs.
Edna Kilburn of Central Point
limited out in . three hours
trolling flatfish. Fish catches
are averaging 19 inches and
the biggest so far weighed
6V2 pounds and stretched 24
inches long.
Fish Lake
Trolling a fly gava the
best success with still fish
ing coming in at second
place. The 6 to 8 inch fish
comprised about 67 per cent
of the catches and the 8 to
10 inchers about 32 per
cent. There was a rook
trout caught and fnis
means the lake still may
have roach in it. So far
none have been found.
Willow Creek
Lots of limits on woolly
worm trolling when the water
is roughed up or at certain
times of the day.
Squaw Lake '
Has. been gSbd all week.
Lots of limit catches on
FFfcW and FF& flatfish.
Catfishing is . improving. .
Lake of fSe Woods
Fishing has been steadily
improving. Limits have been
brought in on FF&W and
FF& triple teaser.
RJamalh Lake
Harriman's resort has had
some boats comir j in with
8 og9 fish and others with
-none. TFfcW, FF&flatfish
and Andy Reekers are do
ing the business. H. R.
Stevenson of Phoenix made
the hoard this week with a
5 pounder caught - on a
freak. Biggest fish so far
has been a 9 Vi pounder?
THE OPTIMIST'S CORNER
Unless the fish at Diamond
a?e scared to death, the
weather ; should Help keep
things going . up there, I
figure they'll still oe there
after I've caught my salmon.
The way things sound, ny
place that's wet ought to pro
duce fish.
GOOD LUCK!
Musial Shares v
Doubles Mark
Pittsburgh - (UPD - tan
Musial of the St. Louis Card
inals today stared a record
with the immortal Honus
Wagner, the all-time great
ffchonStop of the Pittsburgh
r iraies.
Musial tied Wagner's Na
tional league record of 651
doubles in Thursday's 9-3 loss
to the Pirates. Tonight in
Philadelphia, Stan . will be
aiming to break that record.
Wagner compiled his 651
daubles in 21 years of major
league plcy while Musial now
is in his 18th year. . '
About 70 per cent of Mexi
co's workers are farmers but
they live on only about 10 per
cent of the land.
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Condition of
Jackie Leonard
Still Serious
Los Angeles - (CPD -Pro
moter Jackie Leonard re
mained in serious condition
today suffering from a
brain concussion and partial
paralysis - while law officers
doubled their efforts to catch
his attackers.
Leonard, 39, was attacked
from behind ' Wednesday
night, slugged, beaten and
kicked. A promoter for Holly
wood Legion Stadium, he told
the California' -Athletic com
mission two weeks before the
attack "the underworld was
trying to gain control, of
welterweight champion Don
Jordan.
He testified he was threat
ened several times when he
and Jordan's manager .Don
Nesseth refused to go. through
a deal with the mobsters.
Oakland, Calif. - (UPD -Box
ing promoter Lon Chargin
said today he received a tele
phone threat "to stay out of
Los Angeles - you. saw what
happened to your buddy."
Chargin is a close friend of
Hollywood matchmaker
Jackie Leonard who was
beaten Wednesday night, pre
sumably by mobsters. Chargin
was to fly south to supervise
the Saturday night Holly
wood Legion fights.
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By DON THACKERY
United Press International
Gen. Nathan Bedford For
rest was really with it:
At least his "fustest with
the mostest" quote, has in
trigued the skippers of the
Pacific Coast league teams.
Sacramento and Salt Lake
City won their games last
night in the first inning with
big outbursts. San Diego got
five runs in the third, the
fustest - and the mostest -against
Portland. And Spo
kane had eight before Phoe
nix scored.
The final results - all based
on the big and early scoring
"were: Sacramento, with five
in the first, 6, Seattle 1; Salt
Lake City, with four in the
first, 10, Vancouver, 4; San
Diego 5, Portland 0; and Spo
kane 8 against a poor two run
effort by Phoenix.
The best pitching of the
night came from Bobby Locke
Chargin said he received
the call Thursday over a pay
telephone outside his office
at the Oakland Auditorium.
He said .he could not tell
whether the, call was placed
locally or from long distance.
Come on down to Crater Lake Motors
and look over the fine array of '59
Fords. You can't miss! You'll get the,
car that offers the biggest dividends'
in STYLING COMFORT and SAV
INGS. It's the car built for people.
And it's the car built for savings.
DOG-GONE GOOD
USED CARS, TOO!
"Your Friendly FORD Dealer" "
Main and Fir Medford Highway 99 -Central Point
Phone: SP 3-4547 Phone: NO 4-1 824 !
of San Diego. He blanked
Portland on three hits. But
again it was a big frame in
the early going that made it
easy. The Pads treated Vic
Lombardi badly in the third
and got five runs to sew up
the contest.
SPORTS
Pruess Top Gun
In Shoot Out
Dave Pruess of the new
Grants Pass club was top gun
last Sunday in the shoot out
of the Bounty Hunters Fast
Draw club of this area. t
Pruess put away his five
opponents with no trouble at
Coyote pass west of Phoenix.
The Bounty Hunters hold
shoot outs each month. Date
of thenext one is yet to be
announced. Persons interested
in the club and its activities
may contact, Marty Martolin,
George Flanagan, Nick (Dude)
Nixon, Jack Wells, Don Gray
or Detle Kirkendall.
You're DOG-GONE Right!
We BOTH Agree......
EVERYONE
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Walton Division
President To Be
Speaker Here
Jackson County chapter of
the Izaak Walton league will
combine for its meeting this
month, with Ashland and
Grants Pass chapters.
The meeting will be Mon
day, June 8, at Medford Gun
club and Luhr Jensen Jr.,
Oregon division president of
the IWL, will be speaker.
Jensen is a director of the
national organization and will
bring information from the
recent national convention.
The session here is set for
8 p.m. and the public is in-'
vited.
Tiger Making
American Debut
New York - (UPD - Dick
Tiger of Nigeria, British Em
pire middleweight champion,
makes his American debut to
night at Madison Square Gar
den in a TV 10-rounder with
slugger Rory Calhoun of
White Plains, N.Y.
Calhoun is favored at 8-5
because of his aggressiveness
and punch, also because of
New York's traditional lack
of confidence in newly ar
rived foreign fighters.
There are more than, 2,000
species of snakes known in
the world. "
Should Own A
SPECIAL
AUTOGRAPH PARTY
2 TO 4 P.M.
on Saturday
FREE BALLOONS
FOR THE KIDS!
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Ashland, Butte Falls and ,
the Veterans Administration
domiciliary will bo the
scene of Sunday afternoon
games in the Rogue Valley
Baseball league this week
end. ,
Grants Pass will make its
debut in 1959 league play
on the VA diamond against
Camp While. Ashland will
entertain Glendalo on the
Southern Oregon college
diamond and Riddle will be
at Butte Falls. A bye idles
the Medford Bowling lanes
team.
Rifle Club Sets
Big Bore Shoot
VFW Rifle and Pistol club
will hold a big bore qualifica
tion rifle shoot on Saturday,
June 13, at the National
Guard's Camp White range.
The indoor shooting season
was closed with a potluck din
ner on Wednesday at the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars hall
here. Shooting awards and
certificates were presented
with Pat Doyle,. Crater Lake
VFW post commander, offi
ciating. Reviews of junior and
senior club activities were
given by David Schulz, junior
instructor, and William Bur
nette, rifle club president. .
About 80 persons attended
and a film on big game was
shown.
This Sunday
SWORD POWERS
Camp White,-Riddle and
Ashland all seek their
second week end of count-,
ing play - for the semi-pro
clubs.
Phil Sword, Ashland, and
Jack Turk. Camp While, led
the hitting parade last
Suncfay with perfect records a
at the plate. Sword socked
four for four with a homer,
double and two singles.
With a sacrifice flyout help
ing he had six runs batted
in for the day. Turk swatted
lhre for thre, walloping
one double and bringing in
two runners. '
Ashland hit .323 as a
team in winning from Med
ford in the loop starter.
TRACK TUTOR NAMED
Portland -(UPD- Washington
high school's new track coach
will be Walter Aldridge, who
has been head wrestling coach
and assistant in football. He
succeeds Roger Mockford who
is being transferred to Mgdi
son high next fall.
MOONSHINE OUTLAWED
Tallahassee, Fla. (UPD The
Florida Legislature has ap
proved a bill making posses
sion of more than one gallon
of moonshine whiskey a fel
ony and possession of less
than one gallon a misdemeanor.
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OBJECTS TO 'THING'
High Point, N.C.-4DPD-R. B.
Watson called police after he
looked out a window and saw
a "great big thing"' on his
neighbor's lawn: The thing
turnedut to be 'a six and one
half foot plaster of paris dog
taken from a Winston-Salem
store. ' "---- -
by "Chuck" Batten
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