Oernonia Eagle
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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.
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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.
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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 . .
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T h a t Student in College
• T h a t Extra Good Neighbor
• T h a t M a n in the Service
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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
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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.
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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. After visiting awhile, a
game was played and there was an
exchange of gifts. Then names were
drawn for new secret pals. Attend
ing were Mrs. Tina Steinhauer. Mrs.
Thelma Iman, Mrs. Gertrude Hacks-
ma, Mrs. Zada Snook, Mrs. Sally
Briones, Mrs Alice Brown and chil
dren. Mrs. Amy Hunteman, Mrs. Ru
by Fowler, Mrs Jessie Miller, Mrs.
Margaret Berndt. Mrs. Helen Mark
ham. Mrs. Maxine Well«-, Mrs Lor
raine Strong. Refreshments of cup
cakes, ice cream, coffee and tea were
served.
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