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THUHSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1961 MtDrOMD MAIL 'lHlBUWt. Mt-Dr'OHD, ORE. The Rogue River Fisheries 8 C airier Commission Assures Welfare. of '-'Fish Proposed Projects Of Water Use Are Studied by Agents (Editor's note: This it the 12th, and last, in a series of articles on the Rogue river fishery and its management. T o d a y's article discusses dams and fish maintenance on the Rogue. The recog nized need for additional summer flows for fish is described. The role that properly placed and operat ed dams might play to cir cumvent the inimical fac tors caused by the wild . scramble for water is discussed.) ratio without government sub sidy of power, flood control and fishery benefits. High Dams Impossible E x haustlve investigations by federal agencies show that it is impossible to enjoy a high dam on the upper Rogue as big as the Shasta dam on the Sacramento river. There is no one site, or series of sites, that could be construct ed within the limits of eco nomic feasibility that could store "all the water we need" in the Rogue basin. We are regularly asked the question, "Wouldn't a high dam on the upper Rogue be good for the fishery?" A yes (or no) answer would have to be clarified with many "ifs." The answer would depend upon the location of the dam in relation to impor t a n t spawning areas, the methods and times of storage and re lease, the quantities of re lease during critical low-water periods, the points of diver sion, and many other factors that would benefit or adverse ly affect the fishery. With the Corps of Army En gineers' present proposals for a dam in the headwaters of the Rogue andor its tribu taries, attempts are being made to design a plan to benefit all water users. For one of the first times in the United States, fishery agen cies are being afforded the opportunity to study the pro gram through the planning stages of the project. The U.S. fish and wildlife service, Oregon water re- By COLE M. RIVERS Fisheries Agent ' State Game Commission One of the primary respon sibilities of the game commis- ' sion is to assure the perman ent welfare of our fish and game resourc es. The com mission would be negligent in its duties if it did not. In this respect, any existing or prop o s e d 1 cole Riven - 'ana or water Is studied thoroughly to de termine the influences on the welfare of the public's fish and game. Because of this responsibili ty, the commission has been unjustly accused of assuming a "No" attitude toward any , plan for dam construction or .; reclamation project in gen eral. Such razor - edged ac cusations are without founda tion, for on the contrary, ap proval of projects is common but seldom publicized. It is only the proposed projects opposed by the com mission that receive head lines, and people learn of the opposition when facts on ir reparable damage that would occur are given publicity. All Have Features . Every project, whether It be proposed by local, private, or federal agencies, has fea tures that are .good andor bad for wildlife. The task of weighing the effects of a plan of development on fish and game falls upon the shoulders of the basins section of the game commission. This de partment studies all projects and makes specific recommen dations. Uses and storage of water present a critical problem in the Rogue basin. The runoff pattern is heavy in the winter and low in the summer, Be cause of the physical nature of the basin, feasible dam sites are generally too small to store the quantities of water in winter tq satisfy all the needs for summertime use. High costs for storage create projects that arc marginal at the outset. Even the best pro posed development cannot justify a balanced cost-benefit 0 4 e .... tmmmmmmmdttmkn . J SPAWNING BEDS Salmon redds (spawning beds) are shows a number of redds which were counted on one counted from an airplane to determine distribution of spawning bar in the Rogue river near McLeod. spawning in relation to proposed dam sites. The picture. sources board, Oregon state game commission, fish com mission of Oregon, and Corps i : . ; ui cugiueei 5 die cuupei aiiug with investigations to deter mine how much and what kind of water must be re leased at what time of the year to benefit the fishery. These agencies have had 112 special temperature and flow stations in operations through 1960 to help analyze proposed storage projects and to deter mine what kind of releases to the Rogue are necessary to benefit fish. Best benefits would come from an operation that could increase minimum summer flows and control high temperatures in the low er Rogue canyon. The classic example of a dam which has been beneficial to fish life is the Shasta dam on the Sacramento river in California. Often this dam and its benefits to fish is brought forth by proponents of reclamation and flood de velopments on the Rogue. Yet, there is no set pattern on dams and their possible bene fit to a fishery. There are so many variables that under identical plans of develop ment, a dam that is beneficial on one river may be extreme ly damaging on an adjacent river system. The people and organiza tions that are now actively working toward plans for stor age on the upper Rogue are sincerely interesting in find ing a plan that will be bene ficial to the needs of flood control, irrigation, and fish life. They are pursuing the true concept of multipurpose development. Can Not Fight Development No one can fight develop ment. The best any of us can do is to encourage the prog ress in an orderly fashion. A point of view that is being heard more frequently all the time is that unless develop ment is orderly with respect to all resources, we are not realizing true progress. The game commission will continue to exercise its full responsibilities in the protec tion and management of the Rogue's fishery resource. Whether it be power or irri gation developments, protec tion of stream bank and flow, stream clearance and rotary screen, p o 1 lution, artificial propagation, research, or the many other programs, projects and related factors affecting fish life, all will be pursued vigorously for the welfare of the fisheries. Its objective is not one of standing still or to just main tain fishery levels in a static condition. Its objective is one geared to increase and build these runs throughout the Rogue river system to a high recreational and economic level. We have the river and the basic stocks of fish. But success depends entirely on the public's understanding and assistance toward this goal. Scraping Found to Be Worst Noise London (Science Service) A test at Britain's National Physical Laboratory showed that the most annoying noise known to man is that made by scraping a saucepan with a knife, Dr. B. Wheeler Robin son of the applied physics di vision reported to the Royal Society of Health here. To prove his point, Robin son played a tape recording of the noise. For comparative purposes he relayed nine oth er examples of "quieter" noise, including jet aircraft, motorcycles, a road drill, mo tors and the jungle. Space travel, Robinson sug gested, is the best hope of freedom from din, and from noise of all types since, with out air, there can be no noise, only vibration. Space travel will introduce us to a com pletely silent world. Robinson said he could hold out little hope for early inter national agreement t hat would lead to the framing of legislation and regulations against noise. Name Change Won't Cost State Anything Boise, Idaho IUPD - An Idaho legislator thinks he has the next candidate for the name changing trend which makes stale colleges into state uni versities. State Rep. Carl Burt o Ada County says there is wido support for making Idaho State College into Idaho Sta'.e University. The University of Idaho is the other major state-supported school in the Gem State. "It won't cost us anything," Burt argues. OREGON TREE SERVICE COMPARE PRICES TOPPING PRUNING REMOVING Licenesd Insured PHONE SP 3-6993 UPI Photographer Critical of Jail in Havana; Denies Spying Scientist Says Reds Want Disarmament Washington (Science Serv ice) - Dr. Jerome B. Wcis ner, President-elect John F. Kennedy's closest pre-election adviser on nuclear weapons and disarmament problems, told Science Service he is con vinced that the Russians are "sincerely interested" in put ting an end to the threat of nuclear war. His confidence in Soviet good intentions is based on his experiences in Moscow this month at the Pugwash conference, he said. This is an international meeting of scientists interested in dis armament and in devoting the atom's energy to uses that will benefit mankind. "In Moscow, I was heart ened by the fact that the Rus sians got a better understand ing of our position on arms control; and, I believe, we now have a clearer under standing of their position. One can be hopeful that if both countries are willing to make concessions and conduct ex periments In a spirit of mu tual trust, an agreement on arms control can be reached," the director of the research laboratory of electronics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology stated. Sermon Proves to Be One-Half Effective St. Paul, Minn. (UPI) - Ed ward Madigan, who tried to talk a pistol-waving youth out of stealing his watch and Wallet, figures he should have made the lecture a little stronger, The youth returned the watch and wallet, but kept tha Si9 lht wallet contained. Editor's note: Frank Bratty. Unl ted Press International newsplctures manager in Miami, Fla.. tells in tne following dispatch of the six days ne spent in a Cuban jail, accused as an American "spy" for taking pic tures of the Cuban national capltol. By FRANK BEATTY Miami, Fla. - (UPI) - My ex perience with jails is pretty limited, but I like to think that somewhere In the world, there is a better jail than the one I have just left in Havana. Six days in this jail were bad enough, but the five nights were worse. In the first- three nights, I slept on a concrete floor - in shifts, and sideways. There were 30 of us in a room so small there wasn't space for everyone to stretch out at the same time. I had new accommodations on the last two nights, in a small cell with three-decker bunks covered with slim mat tresses. Infested With Bugs The mattresses were so in fested with bed bugs that I threw mine on the floor and slept on the bare springs. Compared with the concrete floor, it was luxury. I will admit here and now that I reached the breaking point yesterday morning. I didn't know that my release had already been ordered. I didn't even know what I was charged with. In three, seemingly never- ending days and nights in the new cell, I had come to regard my 10 Cuban cellmates as al most old friends. When the guards walked in yesterday morning and hauled six of them away, I suddenly re alized what people meant when they said "sheer de spair." Everything suddenly seemed utterly hopeless. Not until I got out did I learn that the Cuban govern ment had charged me wtih being an American spy. They claimed they had found mili tary pictures in my room. Even if I had taken military pictures - which I hadn't -they couldn't have found them because I had mailed all my undeveloped negatives to Miami. Received Permission Another fact is that I asked and got permission before 1 took any picture In Cuba. When I strolled over to the national capitol, I went up to a military policeman who seemed to be In charge and asked if I could take a picture of the building, which was bring guarded. He said yes, and even call ed over three young militia men to pose for me. I took a couple of shots, put the camera in my pocket and turned toward the UPI office. 1 hadn't gone 50 yards before another military police man grabbed mc by the arm and told me to come with him. Then began 10 hours of questioning at five different intervals. Every time 1 was moved, there were about four guards with snub-nosed sub machine guns poked at me. I was questioned first in the police office at the capi tol, then taken to army head- plate of beans and rice. I was i where there were about 29 still hopeful of being turned Cuban political prisoners loose. Taken To Headquarters But later they took me to G-2 headquarters - it looked like a former villa - on the outskirts of Havana. For two to three hours, the military men -asked mc everything - who were my parents, how long had I worked for UPI, who had I worked for before that, what was my military service, was I an American spy, had I been sent to Cuba to photograph the so-called invasion, wasn't I really a secret worker for the FBI, etc. Finally they put me in a room about 15 by 50 feet - it looked like a former dining room with a broken chande lier hanging from the ceiling- FRANK BEATTY Better Jails Somewhore Institute Planned At University Eugene-Fifty high school teachers of mathematics will study at the University of Oregon this summer at a Na tional Science Foundation fi nanced institute. The Institute for Teachers of High School Mathematics, directed by Dr. Andrew Mour sund. head of the university mathematics department, will run for eight weeks, from June 19 to Aug. 12. It will be one of 400 summer insti tutes for science and mathe matics teachers which will be held at universities throughout the country dur ing the summer. Program of the institute is designed to enrich the mathe matical backgrounds of the participants, Moursund ex plained. It will acquaint them with the modern develop ments which influence high school mathematics curricu lums. Stipends of $75 per week for each of the eicht weeks of the Institute will be award ed participants. Funds, which come from the National Set- quarters for another two hours ' encc Foundation, will also of questioning. Later they took me to the downtown of fice of G-2 or military intelli gence for another three hours of questioning. The session was fairly friendly and X was brought a cover travel and dependency allowances. Eligibility is restricted to those currently employed secondary school tcfthcrs whose principal assignment is mathematics. sleeping on the floor. There wasn't one stick of furniture. I fell asleep on the concrete floor myself about midnight. About an hour later, a guard got me up for more question ing. It was the same thing all over again, but it Was the last time I was questioned. I spent three days in that cell. The others prisoners were very friendly and beg ged me to "tell what is hap pening in Cuba" when I got back to the United States. One man, in his late 70s, who spent two days in this cell, said he had been charged with counter - revolutionary activities because he had re moved a picture of Premier Fidel Castro from the show window of his small shop. We were fed plain rice on tin plates twice a day, at around 11:30 in the morning and 4:30 in the afternoon. Our bathroom looked as if it was once a back porch. The toilet was a hole in the floor with a drain. On the wall was a single faucet. If- you crouched low enough, you could use it for a shower. Divided Into Groups Later, the guards took all of us out, divided us in three groups of 10 each and put each group into smaller cells at the rear of the same build ing. This was the cell with the three-bunk beds with the portable mattresses. The guards spoke as much English as I do Spanish, which is none at all. Everytime I asked for permission to tele phone my office or at least send a note, they replied "paredon." Even to a non Spanish speaker, their ges tures made it clear what this one word meant - "to the wall" or to the firing squad. One of my cellmates was a Cuban of 23 who was charged with counter revolutionary activities, too. This is a very useful charge lo the authori ties; it covers just about any thing. One day he was taken away. Before leaving, he slip ped me his remaining supply of soda crackers and his last five pesos. He urged mc to try bribing my way past a guard. Before I left yesterday, I turned the money over to one of the cellmates I left behind. 1 couldn't quite believe I was being released even when a Swiss embassy official came lo escort me to the airport last night. I kept my fingers crossed until I got aboard the plane. The stewardess was a very discerning young lady. 'You look like you could stand something to cat," she said. She was right. I had for gotten Just how good a ham and cheese sandwich and a coke could taste. THE DANMOORE HOTEL 1217 SW Morrison St. PORTLAND, OREGON All funiUnt guests All thoit who com, return. Rates not high, not low. free grg, TV'i and radios. Reputation for cleanliness. Children Under Seven No Charge 9 it :M . - ii rr ii 1 r Trim 1 1 inn n iiM How this 20-year-old partnership helps keep America strong ; V INtliettl Since May 1941, America's banks have sold nearly 2 bil lion separate U.S. Savings Bonds at no cost to the Gov ernment or the taxpayers. 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