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KLAMATH INFORMATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAM
JANUARY 1958
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CARPENTRY COURSE, BUCKAROOING KEEP
PHIL TUPPER BUSY NOWADAYS
Keeping busy nowadays attend
ing OTI during the school year
and rodeoing in the summertime
(as well as at school) is Phil
Tupper (Hill Duffy) of Sprague
River. Phil is studying carpentry
under the Klamath Education
Program, a course which he be
gan in Sept., 1956. At the same
time, he serves as president of
the OTI rodeo club and is also
one of the most active members
thereof.
Phil's specialty on the rodeo
circuit is saddle bronc riding,
which he says he got started at
in 1947, when he got on his first
horse. He admits that he got
bucked off'n that one but appar
ently hasn't lost many bouts since
then as he has collected 4 saddles
and 17 belt buckles as prizes so
far luring his rodeo career.
Phil listed for us some of the
more important saddle bronc
events in which he has placed:
2nd in Northwest bronc riding
competition at Pendleton in 1954;
a 2nd in the Midwest bronc rid
ing event in Cheyenne, Wyoming;
1st in saddle bronc riding at the
National Intercollegiate Rodeo
Association meet in Colorado
Springs, Colo., last year (he con
siders this his most important
win).
Phil is optimistic about the
future of buckarooing at OTI,
where he says a good club is
being built up, pointing out that
last year the O TI team won more
than its share of events in the
six coast rodeos it participated in.
This kind of performance, he
thinks, is a "shot in the arm for
Oregon Tech". The team has an
active schedule slated for this
spring, being set to meet Cal Pohi
and several other schools at the
Poly Royal competition to be
held in San Luis Obispo, Calif.,
Fresno State and Pierce Jr. Col
lege in Los Angeles, Chico State
at Chico, Calif., and others. There
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Seciy. Submits Bill To Amend P. L. 587;
Alternatives of Private Purchase,
Federal Acquisition Proposed
The Secretary of the Interior recently submitted to Congress a
proposed bill to amend Public Law '587. Because of its importance,
the Klamath Tribune is publishing below, generous portions of the
Secretary's report to Congress and the complete bill itself.
Again, the Klamath Education Program would like to make clear
its policy of complete neutrality in these matters. The Klamath Tri
bune is expressing no opinions cither for or against the new bill pro
posed by the Secretary, but simply providing information about the
bill for study by tribal members.
The purpose of the proposed bill, according to the Secretary's
.'port of January 13, 1958, "is to assure the continued sustained yield
lanagement of the part of the Klamath Indian Forest that must be
sold in order to pay the members who withdraw from the tribe, ai
the same time make certain that the Indians receive the fair up
value of the part of the forest
that is sold."
The Secretary, in his report,
pointed out that the "need for fur
ther legislation arises from the
fact that a large percentage of
the members of the tribe is ex
pected to withdraw from the
tribe, which will require a large
part of the forest to be sold in
order to pay the withdrawing
members their proportionate
share of the tribal assets. If such
sales are made under the present
law, a large part of the forest
will not be continued under
sustained yield management."
"The manner in which the
Klamath Indian Forest is man
aged in the future will have a
vital impact on the life and
economy of the entire Klamath
River Hasin. If it is kept intact
and managed according to
sustained yield principles (he
forest will remain a perpetually
productive source of ponderosa
pine and other commercial
species. Such management will
also assure continuation of its
important function as a water
shed. The large numbers of mi
gratory waterfowl for which it
now provides nesting and feeding
grounds will be protected, as well
the deer and other species of wild
animals that now find sanctuary
within its boundaries. Further
development of the forest's re-
(ContinueJ Page 3)
Federal Purchase Bills
Now Before Congress
Iti addition to the bill recently
introduced by the Secretary of
the Interior (printed in fidl else
where in this issue of the Tri
bune), two other bills are now
before Congress which also pro
vide for federal purchase of Klam
ath Tribal property.
One of these was introduced
in the Senate by Senator Xeu
bergcr last year and is known
as S.20J7. The other, II. R. 9737,
was sponsored by Congressman
LJIIman of Oregon and introduced
in the House of Representatives
on January 7, 1958.
Senator Xeuberger's bill pro
vides for the establishment of an
appraisal hoard composed of three
qualified appraisers one of whom
shall be appointed by the Secre
tary of Agriculture, another ap
pointed by the Secretary of the
Interior, and the third elected by
the Klamath Tribe by popular
vote of the enrolled adult mem
bers of the Klamath Tribe bv
secret ballot. The job of the ap
praisal board would be to deter
mine the fair market value of
all tribal lands of the Klamath
Tribe.
Xeuberger's bill provides that
the Secretary shall purchase from
the Klamath Tribe, all tribal lands
at the fair market value detcr-
(ContinuecJ Page 5)