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IKE- JXPQX TTIHJ BULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID Form 3547 Rcquttttd Chiloquin, Ortoon Pfrwiit No. 2 County Library Klamath Falls, Oregon VOL. 2 NO. 5 KLAMATH INFORMATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAM MAY 1957 MARLON WILSON SOON TO COMPLETE FIRST YEAR OF FARM TECHNOLOGY -,; V' v - About to complete his first year of farm technology at OTI is Marlon Wilson. Marlon, who is taking his training under the Klamath Education Program, got his pre-OTI education at Spraguc River Grade School and Bonanza High School (graduated 1952). lie began his farm tech. course last September after a hitch in the service plus considerable on-the-job farm training with the Yamsay Land and Cattle Co. Marlon thinks that he is learn ing a lot at OTI and that the in structors "give you the know how right off," without wasting any time. During the present term he and his class are study ing such subjects as crop pro duction (which includes legumes and fcrass forage crops), farm law and leases, and farm elec tricity. Last fall and winter terms Klamath Education Staff Reduced Mrs. Aileen Smith, Home Economist, and Wayne Hlair, Legal Coordinator, arc ending their service with the Klamath Information and Education Pro gram, effective June 1, 1957. Mrs. Smith will devote her full time to maintaining a home for her children, Patty, 13, Susan, 6, and Zane, 3, and for her husband, II. C Smith, Chiloquin Chief of Police. Mr. Hlair is opening a law office in Chiloquin, Oregon. the class learned about farm equipment, soils (in which phos phorus, organic, and fertilizer tests arc conducted), income tax, livestock production, and plant growth, where different parts of plants, pruning, and carbon nitro gen balance are taken up. Next year hc class will do more ad vanced work in these and other fields. The farm tech. classes at OTI also take a number of field trips each year, mostly during spring term. During April they visited West's Ranch in Poe Valley and O'Connor's Ranch near Merrill to assist in the vaccination and castration of sheep. Early this month they took off for Vestcrn Oregon where they toured a meat packing plant in Portland, some of the Tillamook cheese factories, and numerous dairy farms. Mar- (Continued Page 2, Col. 3) APPRAISAL NEARS COMPLETION Appraisers hired by the Man agement Specialists to place a value on the property of the Klamath Tribe have completed all but a few details of the job. Their report is being reviewed by the Portland office of the RIA and will soon be sent to the Secre tary of the Interior for final approval. When the appraisal, which covers many hundreds of pages, has been finally approved t lie re sults will be made known through the office of the Secretary of the Interior. The Management Specialists cannot discuss the ap praisal until the Secretary has approved it. Along with the appraisal the Specialists will send to the Sec retary their plan for those Klam ath members who may decide to leave their share of tribal pro perty in a tribal group organiza tion. This management plan will not be released until after it has been approved by the Secretary of the Interior, which will be about the same time the appraisal is OK'cd. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, B.I.A. OFFICIALS MEET; TRIBAL RIGHTS, CLOSING OF ESTATES, TIMBER SALES DISCUSSED Members of the Klamath Ex ecutive Committee met in Port land April 17 with officials of the Hureau of Indian Affairs to dis cuss various matters of concern to the Tribe. Among the topics were enforcement of tribal hunt ing rights, subsurface rights on tribal property, and the possi bility of closing estates of de ceased Klamath tribal members before the interest in tribal pro perty comes into the hands of the administrator of the estate. This last item was unsolved by the meeting. liLA attorneys are of the opinion that some of the estates can; be closed now and re opened if necessary when the in terest in tribal property becomes known. The tribal attorney and certain other Klamath County lawyers handling Indian estates do not believe it is possible to de termine inheritance taxes and fees of the administrator and attorney untif the interest in the tribal property has come under the control of the administrator. H1A attorneys will review their opinion in an effort to find'a solu tion to the problem. HIA personnel also discussed plans to sell about 35,000,000 board feet of tribal timber in the event Congress extends PL 587. These sales would be made to raise money to pay termination expenses and per capitas during the extension of time. Wade Crawford, member of the Execu tive Committee, stated that he would oppose any aales of tribal timber except by the Manage ment Specialists under Section 5 of PL 587, and that he would take the matter to court if necessary to prevent the planned timber sales. STATUS OF P.L. 587 INDEFINITE; FEDERAL PURCHASE PROPOSED No one seems to be able to say for sure at this time what is hap pening or will happen to the Klamath Termination Act of 1954 (Public Law 587). Congress has been considering amendments to the law since the first day of this current session, which began in January, but will not make any final determination until after the 20th of May. Neither the appraisal of tribal property nor the management plan for the members who wish to remain in a tribal group ig ready for re lease by the Management Special ists and the Secretary of the In terior, and the Secretary has yet to complete the final roll of tribal members. Latest development on the Con gressional front was the bill in troduced May 9th by Senators Morse and Ncubcrgcr of Oregon which would provide for federal purchase of the Klamath Re servation. This plan has been strongly urged by the Manage ment Specialists and by many other groups and individuals. Copies of this federal purchase bill will soon be available at the Klamath Education office in Chiloquin or from any member of the education staff. Amendments Still Pending In Congress Amendments which would de lay sale of tribal property until the end of the 85th Congress, (Continued on Pag 4, Col. 2) TRIBAL MEMBERS ORGANIZE GROUP Several tribal members, want ing to gain a better understanding of Public Law 587 and related termination problems, met on May 1 at the Williamson River Church and organized a study group. Mrs. I ma Jimenez was elected temporary chairman. Other tem porary officers elected to serve arc Mrs. Elava Yates, vice-chairman, and Mrs. Marie Norris, secretary. 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