Woods, Water, Wildlife
By Hank DeVoss
The comments regarding
otter in last week's column
had an error insofar as it was
said that beaver and otter
would take the same bait.
Since beaver are vegetarians
they will not take a bait, but
the otter Isn't at all particular
and will eat a variety of
foods. Most otter are trapped
by setting traps at the ends
of slides or runs which they
frequent and an occasional
beaver is caught in this
fashion.
WRITE A LETTER
There seem to be a con
census among the guides,
fisherman, and biologists to
the effect that otter are
killing some fish and the
number of otter is definite
ly on the increase. The next
move would be to write to
Phil Schneider of the Ore
gon State game commission
and request an immediate
study of the otter in the
lower canyons of the Illi
nois and the Rogue. If
there is enough concerted
interest shown by groups
and individuals it would be
a safe bet to figure on some
action from the commission.
NEW FACTS?
Next week's issue of Sports
Illustrated has some interest
ing things to say to the na
- tion's trout fishermen. In an
article written by Robert
deRoos there are some ideas
broached which should keep
the Iocs! sidewalk biologists
talking until trout season
opns. The article reports on
icpriments conducted by the
University of California's Dr.
Jaul Robert Needham and,
qycording to the article:
1. Basic theories of fish
Management are wrong.
4. Hatchery trout aren't
tforth the money.
There is no such thing
as a fished-out stream.
G 4. Bag limits don't make
sfcnse.
ej. Size limits should be
abolished.
9. Most fishermen can't fish.
3 THE MAV WHO KNOWS
Dr. Veedham believes
that since most hatchery
fit h die before they can ad
o just te cenditions in the
wild, three-quarters of the
money sjieat on improving
fishing is wasted. The
money would be better
spent on improving the con
ditions of the streams.
(Amen!) Wild fish are better
able to propagate and could
replace those caught by the
fishewnen. Dr. Needham
feels that since the wild
fish make up the bulk of
the angler catch it would
seem much more reasonable
to spend money on them.
Stream Improvements are
simple and inexpensive:
loads of gravel of the pro
per size will make excel
lent spawning beds, beaver
will create natural holding
pools im the right places,
rock er log dams can deep
en shallow riffles, and in
sect life and other bottom
feraeje can be introduced
easily.
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
The good Doctor feels that
bag limits only serve to pena
lize the good fishermen and
size limits are for the birds.
A six-inch limit wastes hatch
ery fish in that it does little
more than provide food for
the wild fish. An expensive
menu paid for by the sports
man.
The h I g h-blood-pressure
argument of Dr. Needham's is
the one which has to do with
his observation that most fish
ermen are duds. He claims
that 10 per cent of the fisher
men catch over half the fish.
These expert fishermen are
rarely those who scream for
more hatchery plants because
they can catch fish in water
the dud claims is fished out.
RIGHT IS RIGHT
Although Dr. Needham is
speaking of small streams
in the California Sierras,
some of what he is saying
could be quite appropos of
many Oregon streams.
Much of it could be applied
to the Rogue river and its
. problems. Some of it is be
ing applied by the game
commission in the guise of
stream-side rearing ponds
which will provide wild
fish In abundance. The
Rogue is one of the first to
benefit from this develop
ment and a full report re
garding this will be avail
able soon,
i COULD BENEFIT
The game commission could
benefit by soma of Dr. Need
ham's ideas in their present
push to simplify the fishing
regulations. The problems of
the Rogue are complex due to
its harboring several species
of fish and each species re
quiring a different habitat as
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well as a different angling
season. Wild fish in their natu
ral habitat will keep the
Rogue a famous fishing
stream, but these two ele
ments must be conserved in
order to do so.
THE ANGLER'S LOG
Those who had the oppor
tunity were busily harvest
ing the first crop of night
crawlers out this spring.
That warm rain early this
week was just the ticket.
Chetco River The rains
ought to have brought in
some of the stragglers of the
winter season. There might
be some left this week end.
The man who knows claims
the late fish go for cluster
eggs. Try a touch of yarn, too.
Klamath Rive r Reports
tell of some bright fish being
available. The females have
small skeins with pinhead
sized eggs and night crawlers
seem to be their dish. This
seems to be a Klamath river
bait the year-around.
Winchuck River Ditto as
per the Chetco. Might take
lighter tackle.
THE OPTIMIST'S CORNER
This year should be one
of positive values in conser
vation. Those interested in
finding out more about
these values should try the
Izaak Walton league meet
ing this Monday night at
the Red Cross building on
Hawthorne ave. It starts at
8 p.m. and will feature
ideas, pictures, and refresh
ments. Let's get together
and help each other.
GOOD LUCK!
RVL Title
Club Serves
1960 Notice
Ashland-Lou Maurer, man
ager of the Ashland baseball
club in the Rogue Valley
league, served notice on the
rest of the loop last night
when he said his team would
be stronger in the coming sea
son than in 1959 when it won
the league championship.
Maurer spoke at a dinner
at the Elks club here, honor
ing last year's team and kick
ing off the coming season. He
touched on highlights of the
National Baseball congress
district tournament at Drain
last August in which the Ash
land team participated and
said he expects his team to
win the tournament this year.
The Rogue Valley league is
an affiliate of the National
Baseball congress.
Merchants Praised
Ted Schopf, baseball coach
at Southern Oregon college,
praised the city's sponsoring
merchants and said that with
out them Ashland would not
have its summer baseball pro
gram and the players would
have to leave the area to have
a chance to play. Schopf said
he hoped the players would
remember their sponsors and
that they in turn would be
come sponsors when they are
businessmen.
Harry Chipman, league
president, presented the cham
pionship trophy to Maurer
and league all-star awards to
LeRoy King, Larry Maurer,
Phil Sword and Dave D'Olivo.
He outlined plans for the com
ing season and said the league
IffidDWILnMCK
ROGUE RAMBLERS
Standings: W. L.
The Bankerettes ...... 14 6
Lucky Strikes ...... 12 8
Rolling Three 12 8
The Pinheads , ;.. H 9
S.N.C , . . 11 9
The Gang ....
Bobby Pins
Three Squares
Merry Misses
Three Cheers
3i 10 la
9 11
8 13
7'i 12 1;
6 14
Results:
3 Squares 1 (M. Doty 3681 1432:
S.N.C. 3 (C. Rector 386) 1452.
The Gang 'a (K. Byrne 442)'
1513; Merry Misses ZVX (B. Cow
den 432) 1574.
Bobby Pins 1 (T. Wehren 337)
1479; Rolling Three 3 (G. Johnson
345) 1525.
Pinheads 4 (K. Smith 527) 1574;
Three Cheers 0 (L. Fisher 378)
1483.
Lucky Strikes 1 (M. Langtey 413)
1503; Bankerettes 3 (H. Dow 415)
1564.
W. L.
29 11
26 14
24 16
... 84 16
24 16
20 20
. . 18 22
16 24
.... u 16 24
. 16 24
14 26
13 27
ELKS LEAGUE
Standings:
Sea Dogs
Miss Fitts
Sports
Gvdos .......
Lively Five
Reddyi .
Adairs
Cubs ....
Go Boys
Channel Cats
Cementers ...
Alley Gators ...
Results:
Channel Cats 2 (D. Edwards S79)
2612; Sports 2 (Dixon & Knox 338)
2579.
Miss Fitts 4 (S. Kessler 575) 2448;
Alley Gators 0 (K. Phipps 538) 2282.
Lively Five 0 (C. Prctor 526)
2333; Sea Dogs 4 (C. Ouellette 519)
2456.
Reddy's 2 (C. Norris 577) 2297;
Cubs 2 (H. Butler 491) 2299.
Gypos 3 (W. Chase 590) 2541;
Adairs 1 (L. Coats 479) 2374.
Go Boys 1 (K. Brown 551) 2251;
Cementers 3 (P. Petrehn 492) 2273.
is constantly attempting to
improve itself at a minimum
cost to sponsors.
Al Akins, SOC football
coach who acted as master of
ceremonies, lauded Maurer
for his job as manager and
told some amusing stories in
volving baseball umpires.
EMPIRE LEAGUE
Standings:
Big Y Cleaners
Safeway ...........
Western Thrift ......
Centurv Sporting
EKerson s
W.
22
21
L.
10
11
19',i 12'',
IB 14
Nu-Way Cleaners
Miu Cafe .
The Clock ....
Broaster House
Winnie's .
Food Basket
Viking
17
16
15
14
15
16
17
18
13 i 18
13 19
lli 20 4
lilt 20 li
Results:
Big Y Cleaners 3 (Lee Neeley
473) 1362; Winnie's 1 (Jackie Wil
son 433) 1254.
Safeway 3 (Thelma SheltOn 446)
1272; Nu-Way 1 (Melba Jerden 411)
1183.
Western Thrift 3 (Evelyn Read
515) 1347; Food Basket 1 (Peggy
Melsted 454) 1186.
Century 3 (Vi Corby 459) 1309;
Mill Cafe 1 (Vivian Bateman 432)
1224.
Ekerson's 4 (Virginia Lusk 559)
1412, The Clock 0 (Eva Sessions
446) 1312.
Broaster House 4 (Twyla Mag
genti 445) 1322; Viking 0 (Shirley
Krouse 393) 1172.
High games Virginia Lusk 211,
Evelyn Read 200.
MORNING GLORY LEAGUE
Standings:
Alley Cats
Snap Dragons
Doobies
Short Pins .....
Cream Puffs .
Missing Links
kooi Kats
Pea Pods ..
Eight Balls
2 Hits and A Miss ....
W,
19
- 15 14
14
14
121,4
..- 12
10
9i
L.
5
814
10
10
lV
13
14
14'4
4 20
Results:
Eight Balls (Rosie Short 450)
1271; Pea Pods (Edna Blew 457)
1435.
Short Pins (Flo Sowers 403) 1519;
Snap Dragons (Rosie Pruitt 426)
1458.
Cream Puffs (Mary Aeschliman
441) 1566; Kool Kats (Tamassa Irien
436) 1464.
High games Merlin Lawless 174,
Mary Aeschliman 170.
EVERGREEN LEAGUE
Standings: W.
Kogap Lmbr. Industries 16
Medford Steel Co 13 14
R. O. Stephenson Lbr. 12
Medford Blownine Co. 12
Medford Corporation 11
M Jt M Motors 10
Barco Supply Co. 9
ream JNine
Patterson's Plumbing ..
First Christian Church
L.
4
6,4
8
8
10
11
11
814 nit
S 12
Villanova, Providence Win in NIT
New York - (UPD - Villanova
and Providence, a couple of
spendthrifts, were safely
berthed in the quarter-finals
of the National Invitation
Basketball Tournament and
their coaches were of the same
opinion - "it shouldn't have
Seven Up BotUing Co. 7
Big Y Market . 4
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Results:
Kogap 3 (Don Pigg 517) 2753;
Medco 1 (George Smith 494) 2726.
Blowpipe 3 (Art Ekerson 546)
2841; M & M 1 (Willie Barnum
481) 2675.
Big Y Mkt. 2 (Floyd Hayner 504)
2718; 1st Church 2 (Herb Osborn
448) 2744.
Med. Steel 3 14 (Harvey Sortnson
475) 2768: Patterson '4 (Harley
Harper 484) 2698.
Team Nine 3 (Ray Adams 536)
2892; Stephenson 1 (Earl Jones
566) 2762.
Barco 1 (Dick Coates 510) 2765;
7 Up 3 Bill Smith 564) 2960.
COMMERCIAL LEAGUE
Standings:
Quality Market .........
Cubby's Drive In .
E. H. Mann Co.
Mail Tribune .
FAM Bearings
W.
34
3314
31
281,4
28
Kim's Restaurant 27
Alexander & Brow Ins. 26
Bates Candy Co. ............ 25
Andy's Jewelers 24
Patterson's Bakery ........ 22
Ham & Egg'r Cafe 20
Davis Transfer & Strage 20
Medfdrd Paint Stdre 18
Morning Fresh Bread .... 17
Rogue Vallev Drilling Co 16
Richfield Oil Co. .......... 13 V4
L.
14
14 4
17
19 '4
20
21
22
2214
24
26
28
28
30
31
32
341,4
Results:
Richfield 4 (Jim Dnnphy 531)
2454; M F Bread 0 (Bud Wilson
477) 2300,
Rogue Drilling 1 (Dale Cook 557)
2587; Davis 3 (Carl Ellis 602) 2715.
FAM 1 (Marsh Ramsby 600) 2618;
A & B Ins 3 (Jerry Burroughs 645)
2799.
Quality 1 (Bill Blunt 560) 2623;
Mann Co. 3 (Chas. McWhorter 595)
2679.
Patterson 1 (Dick Westerfield
582) 2713; Bates 3 (Dick Weber 591)
2729.
Andy's 0 (Nels Nelson 534) 2496;
Cubby's 4 (Jim Morgan 542) 2562.
H & E Cafe 2 (Jim Hennebeck
586) 2681; Paint 2 (Erhardt Blind
567) 2652.
Kim's 0 (Oliver McNeel 563)
2604; Tribune 4 (Fred Anderson
589) 2764.
been so close."
Villanova almost blew an
18-point lead before nipping
Detroit, 88-86, and Providence
tossed away a 14-point margin
before downing Memphis
State, 71-70, in the twin bill
that opened the carnival at
Madison Square Garden
Thursday night.
That sets up Villanova for
a clash with second-seeded
Utah in a quarter-final game
Saturday afternoon, and Pro
vidence for a rematch with
third-seeded St. Louis.
Also Saturday, St. Bona
venture will face Holy Cross
in the afternoon and Dayton
meets Temple at night in first
rounders. Top-seeded Bradley and St.
John's, fourth-seeded defend
ing champion, don't begin ac
tion until next Tuesday night.
St. Petersburg, Fla. - (UPD -Slugger
Mickey Mantle and
the New York Yankees are
expected today to end base
ball's most celebrated salary
war of the spring by splitting
the difference down the mid
dle. What it boils down to is
that Mantle will have his
$70,000 and General Manager
George Weiss will have his
pride.
MAIL TRIBUNE, Mc-tW, Gft
Friday, March 11, 196 g
First Baptist
Senior Charag)
First Baptist won the rgen's
church league basketball
championship last night by
defeating First Christian 35
to 27 in playoff finals at Mo
Loughlin Junior high gym.
The Baptists led 19 to 10
at the half and were paced
by Cordon Gilmore"s 19
points. George Lindemann
totaled eight for Christian.
First Christian took second
place in the circuit. Presby
terian No. 1 was third and
Presbyterian No. 2 was fourth.
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