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Oernonia Eagle 4 THURSDAY, DEC. 17, 1964 Farm Bureau Furrow By Scott Lamb Information Director RANCHER SHOOTS GEESE; ACQUITTED ON GAME VIOLATION The frustration of ranchers in game preserve areas who find their crops and feedlots a smorgasbord for geese and ducks was given a solid airing in Klamath county last week. Merrill rancher Walter Fothering- ham was accused of game violation after shooting a bunch of geese in his feedlot last March 7. There was no doubt Fotheringham was guilty of game violation, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife agent William Fuchs wit nessed the violation. To Fotheringham, the whole case was a matter of principle. He decid ed to test whether or not a man can defend his property against the dep redations of migratory birds by any means he felt reasonably necessary. Background on the case shows Fotheringham dumped 15 loads of cull potatoes in his feedlot last Feb ruary. Geese moved in by the thous ands and drove the cattle away from the potatoes. The rancher and his hired man tried many methods ra dispersing the geese and finally in desperation fired into the marauding intruders. A game officer who wit nessed the incident issued a citation. When asked where the officer was when the rancher was trying to dis pel the geese, the officer allegedly answered, “That’s not my job.” Dick Kilham, publicity chairman for the Klamath County Farm Bu reau, in reporting the story, said, "The trial, in exonerating the ac cused, changed the burden of proof, which rested fully upon the Fish and Wildlife Service, into a burden of guilt. In the end, the accusor had become the accused.” The jury found Fotheringham not guilty and in so doing gave new meaning to the right to protect one’s own property. The verdict places the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the defense after years of apparent immunity to the problems facing farmers and ranchers in refuge areas. Now, with precedent behind them, ranchers will have the right to protect their crops, and perhaps the U. S. Fish and Wild life Service will come forth with aids to help. The pattern of ignoring the prob lem on the excuse, “That’s not my job,” has suddenly been reversed and depredations of migrating birds are a part of the responsibility of the protectorates. It is neither right nor sound to ex pect farmers and ranchers to feed thousands of hungry geese to pro tect them for hunters who supposedly pay the government for maintaining the goose supply. E&BLAUNDRY’ and DRY CLEANERS 756 Bridge St. — Also, Shoe Repairing — Two-day Service — CASH & CARRY New Packaged Farm Protection Avoid dangerous gaps or ex pensive overlapping coverage in your farm insurance with the new Farm Pak Policy just introduced by The Hartford It covers your basic farm in surance needs—and a lot more besides—in one convenient policy. Call us now to dis cover how you can simplify your insurance program—ant SAVE. Bill J. Horn VERNONIA INSURANCE EXCHANGE Phone HA 9-6203 905 Bridge Street Vernonia, Oregon •presenting irtford Accident and demnity Company ember Hartford surance G roup irtford 15, Conn. Natal Grange Party Dec. 19 NATAL - PITTSBURG — Natal Grange has its Christmas party planned for Saturday evening, De cember 19. Visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Ekhoff Saturday were Michael Cook and Caroline McCawl- ey of Beaverton, Helen Joan Ekhoff and Duane Justice of Portland. Sun day visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ekhoff of Portland. Mrs. Marion Grant and Mrs. Ike Dass were in St. Helens Friday. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Lindsay cal led on Mr. and Mrs. Noble Dunlap Saturday. Monday evening Richard Peterson visited at the Dunlap home. Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Stiff of Port land visited her folks, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Howard, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Cook of Ska- mokawa visited with Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Dass Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Buchanan and family of Long view also visited at the Dass home this week end. Letter to the E d itor- - - To the Editor: The outstanding success of “Hearts and Husbands” Day, featuring Dr. Paul Dudley White, was due in large part to the complete saturation by the newspapers of Oregon and South ern Washington with the message urging women to attend. The Board of Directors and the Committee on “Hearts and Hus bands” Day of the Oregon Heart As sociation wish to express their sin cere appreciation to you for the gen erous contribution of time and per sonnel which made this unique event such a success. Without your valu able assistance this program would not have been a success. We thank you. Sincerely Yours, John W. Kendall, President Lauretta Taylor Keller, Chairman "Hearts and Husbands” Day Growers Told Deadline Need Growers need to complete all de tails of marketing wool and lambs not later than December 31, 1964, in order to receive payments for the current marketing y e a r , reminds County Agent Don .Coin Walrod. Since the wool marketing year now is on the calendar-year basis, the sale will not be considered as taking place in the 1964 marketing year if any part of a sale of lambs or wool is not settled by December 31. Only a small number of farmers have filed wool marketing information so far this year, according to ASCS office manager Bill Armstrong. Payments for the 1964 marketing year will begin about April of next year, after the program payment rates are determined, based on the average prices received by pro ducers for shorn wool sold throughout the nation in 1964. Payments for the 1965 marketing year on marketings taking place or completed after Dec ember 31, 1964, will be made in the spring of 1966. Wool producers may file applica tions for payment for the 1964 m ar keting year with the ASCS county of fice any time between now and the end of January 1965. 3eeox<cooc*>owe<KWoeoMK THE PUBLIC WELFARE ? Questions about public welfare which are of general interest are answered in this column as a public service. Help with individual prob lems is available at your county wel fare office.) Can I get help from welfare if I am already getting social security? not be used for commercial or polit ical purposes of any nature. are not members of minority racial or religious groups. Is it true welfare is spending tax money on large numbers of negro, I read that twenty percent of case workers are Catholic. How is this de indian and other minority groups? termined? When people ask for credit in my store I would like to find out whether they”re on welfare. How can I get this information? Members of minority groups often tend to have a higher than average proportion of assistance recipients because of problems of employment and because in some instances they have not received adequate educa tion. However, Oregon has a rela tively small non-white population ana the majority of assistance recipients This is an estimate based on per centages in the state population as a whole. Since applicants for employ ment are not asked to specify their religious preference, it is assumea that various groups will be represent ed in about the same proportion on the public welfare staff as in the gen eral population. According to Oregon law, informa tion from public welfare records is confidential. Although lists of names of recipients are available in every county office, this information can Eligibility for public welfare help is based on need. If your social se curity is not enough to meet your needs at welfare standards, public welfare may be able to supplement. Som ething N e w , Why don’t you require welfare re cipients to take better care of their property they live on? The public welfare agency does not have the authority to control the be havior of welfare recipients. If the property is rented, the landlord is free to deal with welfare families in the same way he would deal with any other tenants. Why does public welfare need an adoption program when there are private agencies offering the sam e services? The public welfare adoption pro gram was established primarily to enable the public welfare agency to plan adoption for children already in its care for whom adoption was an appropriate plan. These were mainly children over three who otherwise would grow up in tempo rary foster care. Most private agen cies gear their adoption service to infants and pre-school children. The addition of adoption to the State Public Welfare Commision’s ser vices provided more complete child welfare services to children in Ore gon. I earn barely enough to support my wife and children. Do I have to con tribute to my parents if they apply for old age assistance? The relative contribution scale es tablished under Oregon law (ORS 416.060) will tell you whether you have a legal obligation or not. In addition, the caseworker will want to talk with you about your plans for your parents to find out whether you are able to make some contri bution on a voluntary basis. Do I need political “pull” to get a job in public welfare? No. Public welfare employees are Mrs. Reynolds Is In Hospital Som ething D ifferen t Every W eek During The Coming Y ear MERRY CHRISTMAS HERE'S THE IDEAL SOLUTION FOR C H R ISTM A S G IFT G IV IN G . . a • T h a t Student in College • T h a t Extra Good Neighbor • T h a t M a n in the Service • T h a t Form er Resident Be informed of events in the area, take advantage of bargains offered by Ver nonia merchants. Something of interest every week for the entire family. Give a . . . GIFT SUBSCRIPTION TO THE MIST—Mrs. H. M. Reynolds was rushed by ambulance Sunday morn ing to the Emanuel hospital in Port land after becoming quite ill again. She is being given tests and at last reports, she was resting as good as could be expected. The missionary society met Wed nesday at the Birkenfeld Center with pot luck at noon. Sulo Sanders was the special speaker. The group pre sented Anna Hanberg a birthday cake and sang happy birthday. The Shalmon Libels received word Friday evening of the death of his sister’s husband, Ed Lindberg of As toria. The funeral is being held Wed nesday in Astoria. Steve Hemeon had the misfortune to run a pitchfork into his foot last week end. He has had to make trips into the doctor and will be out of school until it is better. O c rn o n i a E a g le (Gift subscription cards sent if desired) READ ADVERTISING — IT PAYS! Family Here For Holidays RIVERVIEW — Staff Sgt. and Mrs. Grover Botkin and three children came Saturday from Winnemucca, Nevada to visit hsr mother, Mrs. Maude Welts. He will spend his leave here and leave in January far tech nical school in Mississippi Mrs. Bot kin and the children will remain here until his re-assignment. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Parcel and two sons of Kelso visited at the home of Mr and Mrs. Virgil Snook Sunday. The Friendship club met Wednes day at the home of Mrs. Grace Peachey with Mrs. Annie Wilson as co-hostess. 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