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."
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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.
CJuite a quantity of certified seed
has already been sold as table
stock and present favorable
prices might cause little seed
left for growers.
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Pawn Shop Detail
Asks Drastic Step
J PORTLAND, March 28 ()
i The police pawn shop detail is
i planning to ask L. R. Miner, rail-
j road mail clerk, to padlock his
! watch to himself,
i Police recovered Miner's watch
a year ago after it had been miss-
, lng 20 years. He was very happy,
t Last week he lost it again. The
I pawn shop squad found it within
J a week this time; but they don't
l want to have to repeat.
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See S. P, today a good outfit lo
be with,-plenty of work.
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Southern Pacific
See or write Trainmaster, S.P.
Station, Klamath Falls, or near
est S.P. Agent.
Arrange now for a
for summer driving
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