Dead Indian Road
fuels controversy
ASHLAND (AP) — Indians say it's time to chnng* the name of
Dead Indian Rond, hut some local residents oppose the idea, and
county commissioners say someone else will have to pay to replace
the signs.
Controversy over the name isn't new. but last week it resurfaced
with the discovery that someone had chopped down two road signs
tarrying the name.
The history is important, hut the historical perspective is impor
tant too," said George Fence of tho American Indian Cultural Cen
ter in Talent.
"Creation of that name in 1854 was synonymous with the time and
Gen. Philip Sheridan's sentiment that the only good Indian is a dead
Indian." Fence said
The road linking Ashland with Highway 140 near Lake of the
Woods was named for two dead Indians found hy settlers.
"There's one variation that they died in a fight between the Takei
mas and the Klamaths. and another has them dead of disease," said
local historian Jeff LaLande. "It was just a matter-of-fact name."
"It is very stupid to change the name," said Madeline Taylor, who
has lived on the road for 50 vears. "Dead Indian. What's the big
deal?"
"I start feeling ashamed whenever I hear that name." said Toni
Escnrcega as she sewed beads on leather at the American Indian Cul
tural Center.
Fence and other Indians would like the name changed to Indian
Memorial Rood. A community meeting is scheduled for March 6.
"Overwhelmingly we oppose that sign, and we want to know if
that resonates within the larger community, and if it does can't we
change this." Fence said.
The issue arose in 1983. when 260 signatures were collected In
favor of changing the name. Residents of Dead Indian Rood started
their own petition to keep the name. The two sides agreed to raise
money for a memorial, but it was never built.
County commissioners were asked in 1990 to build a historical
marker, but said they couldn't afford it.
Recently, there have been letters to the editor written to local
newspapers arguing the issue.
"Port of our white karma. I believe, is to understand and come to
terms with our history that justified Indian slaughter and genocide,"
wrote Kevin Preister, director of Peace House. "Changing the name
of Deacflndian Road has seemed one small way to take care of our
historical business."
County Commissioner Ric Holt said a memorial plaque explaining
the meaning of the name and the local history of Native Americans
would be a better solution than changing the name.
County Commissioner Hank Henry said the county isn't about to
foot the bill, at $22 a sign plus installation.
Ski accident leaves boy in hospital
BEND(AP) — A 15-year-old Roseburg hov was
listed in critical condition at o Bend hospital
Monday after a skiing accident left him suffo
cating in the snow.
last Atherton was skiing at Mount Bachelor on
a Boy Scout outing Saturday when he went off a
groomed run and ended up face-first in the snow,
according to his parents and his scoutmaster.
Dennis Atherton said his son suffered severe
brain damage from lack of oxygen, and doctors
at St. Charles Medical Center were watching his
condition to decide whether to keep him on life
support.
Atherton was the last in ;t group of four t>oys
and not separated from the rest in heavy snow.
When tie didn't come down the mountain, they
went hook looking for him. said S< outmasler Dick
Hurley.
A passerby spotted a ski and a (Mile on the edge
of the run, and Atherton was found 20 feet away
wedged lietwetHi two trees in deep snow. Ather
ton's heart had stopped, but tie was revived by a
doctor and paramedics. Bagiev said.
Bugley said Atherton was a skilled skier anil
was on the verge of earning the rank of eagle
scout.
School boards wan
SALEM (API — Thu Oregon School Boards
Association served up a sales tax proposal to thu
Legislature on Monday, but it wasn't clear the dish
would make it onto the lawmakers' menu
"It's premature." said House Majority Leader
Greg Walden, R Hood River ' The people's mex
sago to us is to live within the money we have "
The association's message to legislators was that
a 5 percent sales tax is needed to avert a worse
state and school budget crisis
"We will fall off the cliff" if nothing is done.
David Geiger, association president and a mem
ber of the Beaverton School Board, said at a news
conference.
Norma Paulus. state school superintendent,
endorsed the measure but said it shouldn't be on
the ballot before next year.
Scores of school board members fanned out in
the Capitol to urge lawmakers to put the sales tax
plan on the ballot.
The lax would apply only to goods, not services.
The levy would raise an estimated $1.2 billion to
$1.3 billion a year.
If the Legislature can't be persuaded to send the
lax measure to the voters. Geiger said, the usso< i
ation will launch a drive to put thu proposal on the
ballot by initiative petition.
t sales tax revenue
Oregonians havu defeated sales tax measures
eight times
The lax revenue would Ih> earmarked to replace
money lost to l<x a I school districts under the Meu
sure 5 projmrty tax limit passed by voters in 1990.
The state now is required to replace that school
money out of its general budget That's costing the
state about St 5 billion in the 1093 *15 budget The
prii e is to swell to $2.5 billion in the 1995-07 bud
get jiertod
In four years, the sales tax would go back on the
ballot to determine if voters wanted to continue or
repeal it.
There needs to lie a state tax source dedicated to
schools, (ieiger said
Hut Walden said Republicans who control the
Mouse see that step as some time away.
"If we can get the budget balanced and get
things worked through, then we can have a deflate
about revenue," he said.
"Right now. I think clearly the strong message
from taxpayers is to do a (letter job with the mon
ey you've got." Walden said "We’ve got to figure
out a lietter way of prioritizing what government
does and then cutting track."
Paulus said the school txiards' group had crafted
a good measure but voters aren't ready for it yet.
Couple rescued after spending 31 hours in car
LAKEVIEW (AP) — A Lakeview couple was res
cued Sunday night after being snowbound in their
vehicle for 31 hours.
Lake County Search and Rescue found Greg and
Nancy Hauffle unhurt on a county road nine miles
off Highway 140 East.
They left l-akeview Saturday afternoon to visit
friend* and relatives 30 miles away in the little com
munity of Plush, hut didn't see signs saying the mad
had I wen closed by snowdrifts up to five feet high.
said )im Olson of Search ami Rescue.
"If they had tried to walk out of there, they nev
er would liovo made it.” Olsen said.
The going was so tough snowmobiles bogged
down, and rescuers finally got them out in a bor
rowed Sno-cat. he said
Olsen said the llauffles did just the right thing.
They stayed with their vehicle and ran the engine
ten minutes every hour to keep warm
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