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Executive Committee Will
ir Problems of Stockmen
Broad - brimmed Stetsons brought up during the gener
and cowboy boots will be Dart al sessions, too, to find some
of the dress of the day as cat
tlemen from all over the state
register at the Medford hotel
today for the four-day Oregon
Cattlemen's association con
vention here.
Registration starts at 1:30
p.m.
The executive committee
will meet at 7:30 p.m. tomor
row in the Medford hotel.
Chairmen of the 12 standing
committees will present their
resolutions. Probably due for
considerable discussion will
be Jackson county stockmen's
concern over lack of action
on resolutions passed at the
last convention and presented
to the state department of
agriculture, a local cattleman
said.
Not Enough Time
During a meeting in Prine
ville in August, representa
tives of the state department
of agriculture indicated there
will not be time to properly
draft proposed bills based on
the resolutions for the next
legislative session. This would
mean the resolutions will be
tabled until the state legisla
ture convenes two years from
now, the cattleman explained.
Members of the committee
on revision of the brand law
were particularly discouraged.
This matter will probably be
way by which these bills can
be presented and resolutions
passed by the convention can
be followed through to com
pletion, it was explained.
Another matter which will
be presented will be revision
of the state association's finan
cial structure.
Natural History
Club To Be Formed
Ashland - Those interested
in any phase of natural his
tory are urged to attend an
organizational meeting for a
Natural History club of the
Rogue River valley at the
Red Cross chapter house in
Medford, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m.
According to Dr. Franklin
Sturges of the Southern Ore
gon college science-mathematics
division, the program will
include a talk on the Rogue
River valley as an area rich
in natural history potential.
Possible activities for such
an organization were listed as:
the study of animal life; bird
study; botanical observations;
and other association projects
Anyone wanting further in'
formation should contact Dr
Sturges at SOC, MUrdock
2-4611. '
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SECTION B MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1960 PAGES I to 10
Stiffening Brand, Theft Laws
May Be Important Discussion
Possibly one of the most
important committee sessions
of the Oregon Cattlemen's as
sociation convention here this
week will be discussions on
stiffening brand and theft
laws.
A report from the state de
partment of agriculture cov
ering 1959 operations shows
that of 23 reported livestock
thefts during 1959, eight ani
mals were recovered without
going to court. Reports cover
ing I960 will probably be sum
marized in March.
Of seven larceny com
plaints filed, five resulted in
convictions and suspended
sentences, two were convicted
and sentenced.
Josephine county stockmen
suffered five livestock thefts.
No recoveries nor convictions
were reported.
Klamath county stockmen
had five livestock losses. One
case was cleared, which was
not larceny. No convictions
were reported, according to
state records.
However, the cases of Paul
Robert Wilson and Eldon Lyle
Shafer in Klamath county re
quired extended trial time in
'The ever increasing costs
of operation of any business
today along with all organiza
tions presents grave prob
lems, a local spokesman said.
'The county association 1 1959. According to the news
does not snend its money di-IPi'Per stories puunsnea, me
rectly on cattle problems to
any degree," the spokesman
said. "The bulk of the prob
lems confronting the cattle
industry are on the state or
national level. Because of this
the existence of the state or
ganization is highly necessary.
Financing of the legal work,
leg work, mailing charges,
clerical work, becomes great
er on the state level than in
the county organization. Sev
eral counties are concerned
over the rising costs of the
state operation."
Probably an increase in
dues, curtailment of expenses
or readjusting methods of ad
ministration will all be dis
cussed, it was pointed out.
Such proposals would put the
state organization on a sound
basis financially and in po
sition to administer and fol
low through on items that are
discussed and passed at the
convention.
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Portland -MPN- Mrs. Bessie
Chadwick, 58, Portland,
bed-ridden housewife, was
found near death at her home
Tuesday.
The woman's husband,
David H. Chadwick, 55, was
found dead in the home of an
apparent heart attack.
The sheriff's office said
Mrs. Chadwick, who is para
lyzed, had attempted to leave
her bed and summon help.
She was found on the floor.
Authorities were alerted by
worried friends.
Mrs. Chadwick was taken
to the Multnomah County
Hospital where her condition
was reported as satisfatcory.
Wilson and Shafer cases are
probably the most interest
ing the state livestock officers
have encountered for some
time. Both men have appealed
the seven-year convictions to
the state supreme court.
Both Wilson, 28-year-old
Fort Klamath rancher, and
Shafer, his 35-year-old assist
ant, were indicted for the
theft of a black, white-faced
cow from Chiloquin rancher
Lorenz G. VanderKamp last
spring.
The two defendants were in
dicted also for the theft of
three white-faced Herefords
from rancher Adlai Johnson
Shafer was charged with a
third theft, a Johnson calf
Complicates Case
To make this even more
complicated the defendants
were tried the summer of
1951 on a cattle theft charge.
This resulted in a 3-day trial.
The judge declared a mistrial
because of prejudicial testi
mony from a state witness.
"The state subsequently dis
missed the charges against
Wilson and Shafer because
the court would not accept the
state's mothering - up process
of identification," according
to news accounts. Cattlemen
have felt that if a calf goes to
a certain cow this should at
least indicate it belongs to
that cow and the owner of the
cow. Generally, courts do not
consider tljis evidence.
A charge made in district
court in Klamath Falls at the
time of the pending charge
was dismissed because a
rancher who had signed a
complaint refused to acknowl
edge ownership of the cow in
volved. File Civil Damages
While this was, going on,
Wilson and Shafer, through
Ramirez, filed civil damage
suits against Adlai Johnson
and two state livestock inspec
tors on grounds of harass
ment and persecution. These
suits totalling more than
$200,000 are still unsettled,
according to earlier accounts.
During the lengthy trial in
February, Wilson and Shaf
fer's attorney tried to have
the trial shifted to another
county. He claimed that ad
verse publicity had been
widely spread by news
papers, radio and television
and that state brand inspectors
had personally contacted the
majority of stockmen, farm
crs and ranchers and told them
Wilson was guilty.
The motion was denied. The
judge said he saw nothing in
the motion to prove such
statements. He added that he
had failed to find any such
inflammatory newspaper ac
counts.
Jackson County Cases
What happened in Jackson
county in 1959?
Ralph Eugene M u r p h y,
Medford, was charged Dec.
30, 1958, with larceny of live
stock. Bound over to the
grand jury on Jan. 2, 1959.
he was jailed in lieu of $2,000
bail. A court order of April
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When the Oregon Cattle- Jackson county delegate work
27, 1959, suspended his three
year sentence and placed him
under direction of state board
of parole.
Ralph Bruce Keys, Central
Point, was charged Dec. 3U,
1958, with larceny of live-
stock. Bound over to the
grand jury on April 27, he
was sentenced to three years
in the slate penitentiary.
DeWayne Earl Keys, Med
ford, was arrested May 5,
tasa, and charged with lar
ceny of livestock. He was jail
ed in lieu of $1,500 bail. A
court order June 11, 1959
suspended a two-year sentence
and he was placed under di
rection of the state board of
parole.
John Wesley Perkins, Rex
hotel, Medford, was charged
with larceny of livestock Nov.
17, 1959. He pleaded guilty
in district court Nov, 19, and
received a six-month suspend
ed sentence Dec. 4, 1959, after
the charge was reduced from
grand larceny to petty lar
ceny. Cecil Jefferson Worthing
ton, Central Point, was arrest
ed Nov. 17, 1959, and charged
with larceny of livestock. On
Nov. 18, probation was re
voked and he was sentenced
to one year in the county jail.
Charles William Marshall,
Medford, was arrested Nov.
18 of charges of larceny of
livestock. He pleaded guilty
Nov. 19 in district court, and
received one-year suspended
sentence after charge was re
duced to petty larceny.
A complaint charging lar
ceny of livestock was filed
against Lc Roy Hancock
Sept. 28, 1959. He pleaded
guilty Oct. 5, 1959, and on
Nov. 4, 1959, he received a
suspended three year sentence.
men s association meeis nere
for its four-day convention
stinting today it will be greet
ed by the Jackson County
Livestock association, the
host.
This comparatively small
group led by Jack Reid, Lake
Creek, continues to set a stiff
pace, and has proposed many
of the resolutions considered
each year by the stute organi
zation. Besides Reid, the president,
others include LeRoy Offen
bacher, Applegate, vice presi
dent; Ed Meeker, Phoenix,
treasurer; and Earle Jossy,
Eagle Point, secretary.
During last year's annual
stockmen's meeting in Cen
tral Point, ex-president Ar
min Richter, reported on the
root - plow brush eradication
and pasture seeding experi
ment which he said has not
died. The problem is to get
a man who has a D-8 tractor
and $4,100 to buy the plow,
Richter explained.
Pays Own Way
During last year's state con
vention in Portland every
ed hard while at the conven
tion and each paid his own
way
During last year's 4-H and
FFA fair here, the livestock
association presented a $25
U.S. savings bond to the 4-11
member who raised the most
economical beef animal based
on the lowest cost per pound
of grain.
Ben Day, Medford attorney
and stockman, chairman of
the local association's legis
lative committee, said last
year he hoped to establish the
principle of an assumption of
calf ownership. A slick-eared
calf (one without identifying
ear notches) would show own-
Democrat's Vote
Missing in Niihau
Honolulu-IUPD-The tiny Ha
waiian island of Niihau, about
100 miles northwest of Hon
olulu, cast 99 votes in Tues
day's election, and they all
went to Repubican candidates.
Tile only unusual feature
about the Niihau vote was the
fact the usual one Democratic
vote was missing. In previous
elections there had always
been at least one vote cast
for the Democrats.
It was believed that the
lone Democrat may have been
among the few recent deaths
on the island.
ershlp if It suckles the co'v
and the cow accepts It, Day
explained.
To Inipeci Brandt '.
Day urged cattlemen to in
spect brands whenever own
ership of an animal Is chang
ed. More branding law chang
es are needed, he said. Repre
sentatives and senators must
be educated as to why stock
men want better brand in--pection
and livestock theft
laws passed, he pointed out.
This will probably be re
peated at the state associa
tion meeting starting today.. ;
Jim Miller, Jackson aiid
Klamath counties cattleman,
reported his brand and theft
committee had observed somo
brand inspection laws aro
not too effective. Both Jack
son and Klamath counties
have had some good disposi
tions of livestock theft cases,
he noted.
The local association mem
bership has more than dou
bled since a drive was started
in 1959. Membership fees col
lected were applied to mem
berships in both organizations.
The Jackson County Cow
belles have been constantly
active in beef promotion.
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Rosellini Wins
Washington Vote
' Seattle -IUPD- Gov. Albert
D. Rosellini, who counted on
Sen. John F. Kennedy's mo
mentum to aid his reelection,
today found himself returned
to office and running far
ahead of the president-elect.
With more than 90 per cent
of the state's 5,200 precincts
reported, Rosellini was well
ahead of Republican Lloyd J.
Andrews, but Kennedy had
lost the state to Vice President
Richard M. Nixon.
Education Clubs
Hold Salem Session
The Medford Chapter of
the Distributive Education
clubs of Oregon was repre
sented in the state election ac
tivities in Salem last week by
four Medford High school
students.
They were Dave Redmond,
president of Medford's Tor
nado Retailers, employed at
Big Pines Lumber company,
Bob Rojas, employed at Van
Lee's store; Verlenc Sartin,
employed at the Tornado
Bowl restaurant; and Linda
Stickney, employed at
White's Accounting.
Stale officers for the orga
nization were elected at the
meeting by the board of gov
ernors consisting of one elect
ed delegate from each school
represented. Bob Rojas was
Medford's board member.
Elected president was Don
Alloway, Forest Grove. Dave
Redmond was elected parlia
mentarian. The organization will hold
its annual convention in For
est Grove March 25.
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All of us, here at Jorgensen's, join with the
people of this community in warmly welcom
ing you to Medford and the Rogue River Val
ley. We hope that the 1960 Oregon Cattle
men's Convention, starting here today and
lasting through Saturday, will be a complete
success that you'll enjoy our own brand of
southern Oregon hospitality, and will want
to come back again soon. We congratulate
you, too, upon your highly important con
tribution to the prosperity and economy of
Oregon!
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