Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-07-01
"ClOse Rogue River" Is the Crv

CLOSE Rogue River Is the Cry.
There is conspiracy on hand 70
close the Rogue river to commercial
fishing and certain people in Jack.
son county are the conspirators. lis.
ten to the following from the Cold
Hill News.
1T is nothing short of crimina, to
allow one of the best trout and sal
mon streams in the world to be ey-
plotted to its ruination by commercial
fishermen. The upper waters of
Rogue river are even now almost un.
inhabited by the gamey Chinook sal.
mon and the steelhead trout, and I'M.
less something is done, and quickly
the stream may be permanently de-
prived of it's famous finny popula.
ton.
Not only lovers of angling, and
those who take pride in the Rogue's
reputation, but every business man
of Southern Oregon should be in
tensely interested in seeing the river
closed to commercial fishing. 1t is
not alone matter Of sentiment but
of business also.
'Tho"oforo tho business men of
Gold Hill, and the citizens of the
town generally. should subscribe to
the list now being circulated by jay
Davidson. The money will be used
to defray the expense of getting on
petitions the 10000 names and the
filing fee necessary to provide the
submission to the people of the state
at the coming election the question
of closing Rogue river to any kind
of fishing except with hook and line
Jacksonville, off the river, sub
scribed 800. Gold Hill, on the river,
should do better than that. No town
in Southern Oregon should take a
greater interest in the enactment Of
the proposed legislation than Gold
Hill, for aside from sentiment no
town has more at stake than Gold
Hill.
Rogue river should furnish sport
for all the people instead of revenue
for few.
/ Gold Hill should do its share tow
ard Fastening the better condition. -,
This is playing the dog in the man
ger that indicates that the fierce ami
NAL will bite someone If the oppor-
tnnity offers. The reports in regards
to the fish being unable to get above
the Ament dam are wholesale fabrica-
tions and 1t has been so proven by in
vestigation on the part of a delega-
ton from Medford short time ago.
These people went there for the pur-
pose OF showing that fish could not
get above the dam, but they admitted
while there that the stories published
were without the least foundation as
iish We're going up faster than was
ever known before. These parties
said at the time that the fish ladder
was doing good and that no fault
could be found. This whole story Is
within the interest of a few wealthy
men who want the state to stop COM
mercial fishing in the Rogue In order
that they may at all times be pro-
vided with fishing sport. We admit
that there are many families in and
about Grants Pass who gain support
from commercial fishing. and the
fishermen do not go beyond the con-
lilies of this county They strictly
conform to law and the master fish
warden Of the state has at all times
kept some of his best deputies In this
vicinity to insure the free passage OF
lsh through the Ament dam II is
hardly likely that the people OF the
entile state will vote in the interest
nf few silk stocking gentlemen who
want to own Rogue river with all rs
fish