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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
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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.
(Continued Pag 4, Col. 3)
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