THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



Health enjoined the City of Silverton and on December 24th the 

 case was decided in favor of the State by Judge Galloway, of 

 Salem. 



This, decision is important from the standpoint of all who 

 are interested in outdoor life, and it is far reaching in its effects. 

 It will mean that all the towns and cities using creeks and rivers 

 as dumping grounds for sewage will have to make some other 

 arrangement. This will mean that the towns along the Willam- 

 ette, such as Eugene, Albany, Salem, Portland, and every other 

 city or town in the State must eventually dispose of their sewage 

 in a scientific way, such as by means of septic tank and filter 

 process. 



No city government has a legal or moral right to dump its 

 filth into public waters because a river runs past its doors. In 

 the city of Portland, for instance, the people are used to living 

 under such conditions. A change in the disposal of sewage will 

 have to be made sooner or later, and the sooner such arrange- 

 ments are planned for, the easier it will be for tax payers. The 

 sewage of a city of 25,000 inhabitants can be disposed of on an 

 acre of land. 



In order to save her shellfish industry, the city of Baltimore 

 was compelled to dispose of her sewage by modern septic devices. 

 It is collected at a disposal plant from a hundred and sixty miles 

 of pipe. It passes through settling tanks and the liquid part is 

 sprayed over a filter bed of stones. Comparatively pure water 

 passes through the settling basins and on into a power house. 

 A fall of eighteen feet is used for driving water wheels for gen- 

 erating power. The residue is used for filling low land. The 

 system is so planned that additions can easily be made so that 

 the sewage can be disposed of when the city contains a population 

 of 10,000,000 people. 



THE DESCHUTES RIVER LAW. 



A very important law governing the Deschutes River was 

 passed at the 1911 session of our Legislature. This law provides 

 that no sewage, filth, or in fact anything, can be dumped in the 



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