Poge 6 KLAMATH TRIBUNE FEBRUARY 1958 ALL-INDIAN TOURNEY TALENT PROMISES TO 1 1 ighlight ing the local sports calendar Ini March and compris ing one of the top arthletic events in tin -M parts during the year will lie the tliiid annual Klamath Rcer ;iti(n Jayeeex' All-Indian Basketball Tournament, coming up mii March l'-22 at the Chilo- 1 1 1 i 1 1 High School gym. 'I his cai -v get together of Indian ball . laving talent from all over the West pm iiiist-s to he the hest ever, as pointed out by Nelson Shaip. publicity director for the w In tie show . Nelson and a nuinher of other Reservation Jawees are working oitime in netting the ;ruini(l ' unil. laid lor the tourney. Serv ing ;is overall tournament chair man is Noble Sandei ville. with ( hester Jack -assisting as co chairman. Bob I )oak is handling program advertising ami collabor ating w i 1 1 1 I.etoy Gicnger on trophies, while Rcmo Minato takes charge of the referees. (Hen Kiichcr concedes that he is in charge of the concessions ami ohn I Icilhrouner is responsihle lor the gni rental. Boh Oates for the housing, and Dick Souers for tin queen contest. Joe Jackson is procuring the Indian dancer. ;nd promoting ticket sales was Joe ( ahooti who, however is moving awa. having this office tempor al il vacant. In pointing up the fact that this veal's tournament should dwarf all previous ones, Nelson gave Us a short run-down mi what p.isi tournaments have heeu like. As he stated, the show got mi the io.nl in 151. when four outside and si local teams competed, the ("hilouiu Tnwnies winning. In 155. 1- teams took part, four of which were local. In l,5c. the fit st va the Jaycees sponsored tin- tuurncx. si outside and two local teams appeared, with I.ap wai. Idaho, winning. In l'57, 12 team again got in the picture, in cluding 3 local, with l.apwai re peating as champ. I his ear there w ill again he 12 teams competing hut the local repi esentation w ill be narrow ed to unc team, chosen through the elimination tournament to he held at the li"hilouin Gym March 3. 1. ami 5 Included in the other 11 hall-clubs will he the five winners ftoin last vear: l.apwai (1st), Biowuiug. Mont. (2nd). Lodge (iiass. Mont, (3rd) Fort Wash akie, Y, (1th). and Warm Splines (5th). AUo represented w ill he Ft. Bidwcll. C'ali f the San hiancivco lelocation center, Top penish. Wadi.t Neah Hay. Wash., K'eno, New. and last hut coming not the least distance. I:rt Vates. Noith Dakota. Neah Ba and Fort SLATED; COMPETING BE BEST YET Yates, representing the McKaw and Standing Rock Sioux Tribes, will he appearing in the tourna ment for the first time. Other tribes represented by the field named above include the Nez Perce, Blackfect, Crows, Arapa ho and Shoshone, Warm Springs, Digger, I'aiute and Wasco, Sioux, Yakima, and. of course, Klamath. Again adding variety to the en tertainment w i 11 be Indian dancers, who have proved very colorful in past tourneys. Accord ing to Joe Jackson, arrangements for procuring the dancers are marine completion and the par ticipants promise to be the must proficient yet. Tentatively lined up at this time are Donald Deer nose, with his group of buffalo dancers from Lodge Grass, Fred Saux, featuring totem pole dancers f mm Tulalip, Wash., and F.nimanuel Hudson, who is sched uled to return with his youthful group of dancers from Chcniawa. who were well received last year. Also contributing spice and an atmosphere of regal splendor to the conclave will be the tieen contest (see article elsewhere in this issue of the Tribune.) There w ill again be no shortage of trophies as hardware furnished by local businessmen will be con ferred on the first five place winners as well as the outstand ing plaxer. the all-star team, and the team displaying the most sport smanship. Acting as master of ceremonies for the show will be "Lcftv" Wilder. Benefit Talent Show Scheduled By Discussion Group To Raise Funds For Ambulance Election o (Continued from Puge 1) oltice is making preparations to mail the ballots to each elector within the very near future. Accompam ing each ballot, the elector will receive by registered mail the following: 1. letter of transmittal stating the most important items the elector will need to remember. 2. summary of the revised management plan. 3. summary information on the appraisal with information i egarding the financial effects to tribal members of remaining or withdrawing. According to Watters, tribal members will he -given a period of fhirty days in which to make their decision. This thirty day period will begin on midnight. Starch 22. 'I he deadline for completing, and returning t he notarized bal lots has been set for midnight. April 21. 1"5S, with the ballots having to be postmarked nt later than that date. Ladies of the Klamath Reser vation Discussion Group are spon soring a Benefit Talent Show to be held at the Old Chiloquin Gym on Saturday, March 8, be ginning at 7:30 I M. Officers of the Group, including Ima Jimenez (president). Flava Yates (vice president). Marie Xorris (secre tary), and Victoria Xelson (trea surer) explained that the show is being held for the purpose of raising funds towards the pur- Eight Princesses Named For Queen Contest IMans for the second annual all Indian tournament (jtieen contest are well under way. acccording to Xelson Sharp, publicity direc tor for the tournament. A field of eight princesses has been chosen to compete for selection as (pieen of the tournament, in cluding: Lucille Barrcra, Jessie Case, Beverly David. .Sharon Jackson, Barbara Kirk, Michclc McXoise. Ramona Shadley, and Cathy Smith. According to avail able reports all of the girls are members of the Klamath Tribe with the exception of Cathy Smith, who is of Sioux descent. In conformance with the rules of the. contest, all the candidates are residing, in Klamath County. - The first public appearance for the queen candidates will be on March 15. at the Queen's Ball. The naming of the Queen, how ever, will not take place until the first night of the tournament, March 19. The lucky young lady named to preside over the festi-. vities will be awarded with a jeweled wrist watch. Selection of a tieen from the field of princesses was originally planned to be made on the basfs of ticket sales, each candidate striving to outdo the others in selling the most tickets. This method was considered to be too haphazard, however, so a panel of outside judges has now been selected to choose the queen- on the basis of her Indian ancestry, poise, personality, character etc. It is emphasized that these judges will he outside judges and un biased. The ticket sales contest among the candidates is still scheduled to go on, but with the winner receiving a prize from the I'epsi-Cola Bottling Co. rather than being named as queen. From what Xelson says, it is apparent that enthusiasm among the girls is running high as all have been busy making their Indian costumes, with which they hope to garner needed points in w inning the crow n. chase of a modern, well-equipped ambulance frr the reservation area. Behind the. drive to replace the antique, overworked vehicle now in use with an up-to-date model, as they explained, are the Chiloquin Firemen, who have pro vided the man-power for ambu lance service in the past and will continue to do so in the future. The ladies of the group are put ting on the Talent Show in sup port of the Firemen's drive and declare that whatever profits are realized will be placed in a com mon coffer with funds raised by other civic groups in an effort to boost the drive over its goal of $3,000.00. According to the Group, a glit tering array of talent has been signed for the show. Providing the entertainment will be piano players, singers, clarinet and sax ophone artists, guitar players, etc. Contestants will be divided in to two age groups: 1. Those 13 years of age and over, including adults, and 2. Children 12 years of age and younger. Frizes for the first group will $2Q.OO 2nd 10.00 3rd 5.00 For the second group: 1st $10.00 2nd 5.00 3rd 3.00 Flveryone who, can 'attend is urged to turn out and help make the show and the ambulance fund drive a big success. -0- Pctition Against Bond Payment Circulated Two hundred and forty peti tioners recently registered their opposition to Rep. A. Ullman's bond proposal or any other such plan which would defer payment to Tribal members for tribal lands sold under Sec. 5 of IL. 587. The petitioners also expressed the conviction that the sale of tribal property and disbursement of funds must be accomplished not later than August 13, I960. The petition was drafted by members of the Klamath Reser vation Discussion Group and cir culated among tribal-members in the Reservation area on Febru ary 1 and 2. Copies of the petition were sent to Glen Wilkinson, tribal attorney in Washington, and to several members of Con gress. It is reported that Wade Crawford, executive committee member attending the Washing ton hearings, introduced the peti tion for the official record.