Show Extinction Threatens Threatens Threatens' Fishing Through Power Works Waltons Report CHICAGO April 11 il UP UP Proposals Proposals als for or a 1935 closed season on ducks and geese and means of preventing power development projects from rom killing fish were major subjects of discussion Thursday at the opening opening open open- ing Lag of the Izaak Walton leagues league's na national convention tion More than conservationists representing representing rep rep- resenting leagues in all parts of at the country and the biological departments departments depart depart- ments of the government were registered reg reg- for the three day conference Chester McCarty of Portland Ore president of the leagues league's Oregon council council coun coun- cil opened what promised to be a continued fire lire on the part power developments developments de de- de have played and may play in destroying valuable fisheri fisheries President McCarty warned delegates dele gates that Americas America's fish resources are threatened with extinction McCarty said soil erosion power project dams and stream pollution may wipe out northwestern industries indus indus- tries worth many millions of at dollars annually and questioned the value of developments which he said were responsible for tor the harm He cited the Bonneville dam darn on the Wash Oregon Washington Oregon boundary asa as asa asa a most dangerous development which prevents salmon from reaching their spawning grounds The salmon industry and sport aport fishing on the Columbia river net an annual revenue of almost as great a sum as the estimated cost of the dam he said sad Does a a. a presently nonexistent power pow pow- er market justify destruction of ol a fishery resource annually calculated of such great monetary value Other officials of the league pointed point point- ed d out that of or P W A funds has been allotted for construction of fish ways at Bonneville dam and more may be obtained |