THUHSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1961
MtDrOMD MAIL 'lHlBUWt. Mt-Dr'OHD, ORE.
The Rogue River Fisheries
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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