The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-09-29


taken back to Washington.
The answer seems to rest in re-
ALLEGATION of water use to take care
of the low flow periods.
SPORTsMEN MAKE
DRAMATIC APPEAL
Sportsmen and wildlife conserva-
ton groups put up the most dramatic
appeal for preservation of the clean,
clear, sparkling water in Montana.
Presenting this state as a mecca
for an increasingly outdoor-hungry,
notwithstanding nation, their de-
mands for the quality of water were
the most specific. Their statements
on present domestic and industrial
waste disposal were the most critical.
Their standards for Montana tended
toward preserving the pristine pur-
ity" of the native wilderness where
ever possible.
Industrialization merely for the in
come or payroll without consideration
of the effects on our resources. they
regarded as dangerous One Univer-
sity professor suggested "sooner or
later we will all die at banquet
of consequences
The social cost of uncontrolled poll
luton could make the national debt
look small in comparison, they
claimed.
These people were unanimous in
their concern over what major
highway construction is doing to
Montana streams. Highway,
they said, "are being built at the
expense of the streams.
Another fish and wildlife associa-
ton spokesman, DIR. John Stewart,
'who even likes venison', said it
was mighty fine to be proud of
Montana's progress in stream pollu-
tion', but "raw sewage is only one
type of pollution, and called atten-
ton to the City of Missoula where,
while the money is available to take
care of the city sewage there is still
a vast stream pollution problem to
be licked.
From whence comes mans weird
idea that dumping into the river will |
take care of our waste the solu- |
bility of an automobile body is highly
improbable, DIR. Stewart said.
The charge was made that the
State Board of Health has the prime
responsibility in these matters and
they "have not done a good job in
taking care of this responsibility"
The question was raised as to whether
"the law or guts' was to blame. Re-
gardless of which it is, 'tthere will
be new law presented at the next
session of the legislature, sports
men said.
ACM COMPLIMENTED
The Anaconda Company was COM
mended on the job it has done,
but it was pointed out that a single
slip can undo all that has been ac-
complished. The Waldorf Paper Com
pany ponds are full so where do we
go from here, was one of the ques-
tons raised.
Of the Clarks Fork River through
Missoula one spokesman said, Frank
ly. it stinls'' and another said "all
Montana waters are not clear and
sparkling as some would lead you
to believe"
The mere presence of people does
not bring prosperity, said DR.. Pen
gally, as he showed slides of the
Gauges in India, and added that
the care nation takes of its re-
sources is the true Indication of
it's culture.
Showing how fish die in polluted
water that is being used downstream
by human beings, he said s'fish are
fussier than people,.
LEVELED AT /
BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS II
Advisory Board member John A. {
Biggs of the Department of Game t
md Fish, of the State of Washing g
ON, expressed the "hope that this /
Board would do something immedi- I
,tely" about can official expression"
20 the Bureau of Public Roads that g
/ greater consideration be given as
% the effect Interstate highway con-
;truction has on impairment of stream