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.