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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1946)
2 Men Run Afoul Of Law In Livestock Dealings ALTURAS, March 28 Edgar Joe Wise and Ross M. Small, operating under the name of J Lakeview Livestock Commls- gion company of Lakeview, Ore., I last week ran afoul of California laws against giving bad checks ! to farmers and also against t operating without the licenses (required by the powerful Cali fornia Produce Dealers Act, ac , cording to a joint report of t Charles Lederer, district attor- ney of Modoc county, and the bureau of market enforcement of the California department of i agriculture. J According to the report, Wise J and Small entered Modoc county I Upped Costs j Hike Parity i On Output t Continued advances In the J United States index of prices J paid Dy iarmers lor commodi ! ties, interest and taxes (the so. called parity index) brought this figure to 178 at mid-February, the highest in 25 years, accord- Jne to a review o tarm price trends prepared by the OSC ex I tension service from USDA re- i ports and other data. An index that represented all farm costs J would be materially higher, as at 5 mid-January farm wage rates stood at 361 per cent of the 1910-1914 level. In Oregon in 1939 USDA data J indicate that hired farm labor accounted for 23 per cent of the total production expenses of J farm operators. Weighted on that l basis, an overall farm costs jndex J would stand at around 220, and f the average exchange value of farm products would thus figure i out at about 94 per cent of 1910- ; 1914 instead of lie as under the ; present "parity" formula. 5 Production expenses of farm operators have reached a level about double the prewar level, i These costs, at near 160 million dollars last year in Oregon, were : even greater than the average ( gross farm income from 1935 to 1 1939. Should farm income in the future fall toward the pre war level and farm costs remain near current levels, net farm in come would shrink sharply be- J Jow that of recent war years. I . ! Farm Machinery ) Production Lags I Farm machinery production increased to $61,199,366 in Jan- uary from $56,177,786 in Jan- uary, 1945, according to the Ci- t vilian Production administra- j tion, but February production J . figures will show a sharp de- cline because two of the largest I producers are suffering complete j work stoppages and another J large producer is particularly closed down on account of lack j of parts. ! Secretary of Agriculture An- derson has appealed to other gov- i ernment agencies, manufactur- j ers, labor, and dealers to co- j operate in every possible way to I make more farm machinery, l equipment, and supplies avail- able for the current crop year. I Seriously lagging for some i months, farm machinery produc- ! tion has been further crippled j recently by steel shortages and l work stoppages in machinery I plants. Meanwhile, the nation's ! crop goals have been increased by 14 million acres more than I last year. Unless more farm j equipment and food processing , machinery becomes available l soon, full-scale food production I for a hungry world will be sharply curtailed, the secretary I warned. during February and March of this year and issued drafts to E. O. Thomas in the amount of $25.00, Alex McMillan in the amount of $630.00, and to the J. D. Ranch, owned by P. C Weber, in the amount of $376.00. All drafts were given for the purchase of horses from the Al turas farmers named. The drafts were not honored by the Lakeview Livestock Commission company upon presentation to me panK, Following this development joint investigation was conduct ed by District Attorney Charles Lederer and by W. G. Slawson and George Pickett, investigators of the bureau of market enforce ment. As a result of the in vestigation, criminal complaints were issued on March 15 cover ing both the issuance of bad drafts and operation as dealers m farm products without license reauired by the California agri' cultural code. Both defendants were apprehended at Lakeview, on Marcn 1 1. Hearing The preliminary hearing was set for March 19 at Alturas, and both Wise and Small appeared in the Justice Court of Justice Doolittle, where they waived preliminary examination and re quested immediate trial. There upon they were taken to the superior court, where they en tered a plea of guilty on potn counts before Judge A. K. Wiley. The same day a hearing on their application for probation was held. Judge Wiley ordered that full restitution be made im mediately, and before either de fendant could be released from custody. Accordingly, the de fendants promptly paid the amounts represented by the sev eral drafts. Jfurtnermore, it was called to the attention of the court that as far back as 1940 the defendant Wise had been ar rested for giving a bad draft to Steve Cantrell. also of Alturas. At the direction of Judge Wiley, the defendant likewise paid, the old draft previously given to Cantrell. Fined All transactions involved the sale of horses, except that of Cantrell where cattle were in volved. The court fined each defendant $50 plus $25 court costs for violation of the pro duce dealers act. On the felony charge, that of giving bad drafts, Judge Wiley denied probation, and withheld imposing sentence for a period of two years, mean time directing both defendants to report to the probation of ficer of Modoc county or to the judge himself at regular monthly intervals. Both defendants were ordered, during the period of suspension of sentence, to re frain from gambling or the use of alcoholic beverages, ana botn were ordered not to-attemot to buy, sell, or otherwise handle livestock or any other agricul tural commodities within the state of California without secur ing a license from the state de partment of agriculture. Of-. ficials of the bureau of market enforcement declared that neith er defendants would be eligible to receive such licenses, either before, during, or after the period of suspension. Jjistnct Attorney Charles Lederer declared at the close of the proceedings, "This case will serve notice on all persons who believe they can come into Mo doc county and give bad checks or bad drafts to Modoc county farmers. It will also indicate to prospective law violators that all the agricultural laws as well as other statutes of the state will be vigorously enforced." tim&m h Mm. TICK, TACK, TO E Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Sexmlth of Ridfewny. Out- hold triplet Iambi born on their farm to the ewe shown with them. They're named Tick, Tack and Toe., Famine Plan Gets Started Oregon's part in the national effort to conserve food to save lives in famine-stricken coun tries got into high gear this week with a state meeting to organize a Food for Famine Re lief committee. Joseph K. Carson, former mayor of Portland who recently returned after several years over seas in military government work in occupied countries, will head the program in the state. Carson's appointment as chair man of the state food for famine relief committee was made by E. Harvey Miller, state emer gency food program manager, and Carl Donaugh, Oregon repre sentative on the national famine emergency committee. Reports from county emer gency food program manager, Burrell Short and USDA coun cils indicate rapid action to get county food conservation, pro grams underway as soon as pos sible. Organization in the coun ties is following the state pat tern an overall county com mittee to develop and coordi nate the program, with sub-com mittees devising and putting in to effect specific wheat and fat conservation measures for bak eries, public eating places, food processors, distributors and con sumers. A district council of county USDA council members will be held Friday, March 29 at Redmond which will be at tended by members of the Klam ath USDA council. It is plan ned, that the county food for famine relief committee with sub-committees will be formed and start action on the program during the first week of April. Four-H News iThe West Malin Champions, Baby Beef club, met on March 17 at Kathleen Wilson's home. As guests we had the Merrill Baby Beef club, of which Llla Winebarger, Donald Patton Danny Berry, Keith Winebarger, Hllery Winebarger and H. B Winebarger, the leader, were present. Jerry Maeketi, Marven Macken, Barbara Ann Cornet and Gerald West were there. Also attending were Norman Jacobs, Carlo Comet, George bmailey and tan Wilson. Each member told what he was feeding his calf and how much it weighed. Gerald Dixon gave a report on the weight of different kinds of grain which was very Inter esting. Stuart Henzel reported on material received from the Poled Herefords association. Norman Jacobs gave a short re port on how to feed and show cattle and answered any ques tions asked. Each of the three leaders made a short report on nis club. Our president, Illys Smalley, asked the fathers who were present at the meetingi for remarks. The meeting was adjourned and we choose up sides for base ball and then Mrs. Wilson served a bountiful lunch in keeping wnn St. atricK s day. Growers Advised To Purchase Seed Growers wishing to purchase local certified potnto seed for this year's planting should do so at once. At present there is quite a bit of seed that has met all certified requirements available In Klamath basin. This seed Is FSA Borrowers Plan Clean-Up Spring arm cloniMipit uro be ing planned by tutuii' Klamath county FSA families to cut 1040 (Ire, accident and disease luuurds to minimum, report Hurry E. Clark, county farm security supervisor, courthouso, Kliim nth Falls. Clonn-un programs are sponsored by the national USDA safety council to reduce an nnnunl accident toll of 17,000 farm residents killed, a million and halt Injured, and ninety million dollars In farm property destroyed by flro. "Every year farms In this county pay a heavy toll In ac cidents, fires and disease, and FSA borrowers uro taking the leadership In reducing the human suffering and monetary losses Involved," Clark said. "Plans for this year are centered' on cleaning up rubbish, broken machinery and trash In cluttered barnyards: fixing up broken stops, fnulty flues and chuck holed farm driveways, mid eliminating health hazards of rat-infested buildings, mosquito breeding pools and Improperly covered wolls." of good to excellent quality nnd wns approved by growing tests nt the Oceansldo, Calif,, nursery. A list of all seed available Is at the county ugont's office. 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