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About Klamath tribune. (Chiloquin, Or.) 1956-1961 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1958)
Page 2 KLAMATH TRIBUNE APRIL 1958 tMOIWC ''A I i. ... I BOB DOAK USES TRAINING ON RANCH ".. ..v ', 'in.;- .1 JACKIE BARNEY TAKING AUTO MECH. AT O.T.I. , TO GRADUATE IN JUNE Jetting his diploma in auto mechanics at TI this June, after tun years of study, will Ik Jackie Harney. Jackie, a VJ graduate f ("hihujuin High School, resides in ( lii!o(iiin with his wife, Lila, and one small child and comnuites to school daily. He rates the course as a good one and feels that he and the other graduates will he w cll-mialificd to go right on the joh as auto mechanics. He adds that there will rohahly he plenty of johs waiting as various firms are already beginning to dicker for this year's graduates. However. Jackie is interested in netting in another year of ad vanced work, particularly in auto matic transmissions, before look ing around for employment. This addtioual w ork w ill euahle him to get an associate decree in applied science. Once finished, he plans to either line up an auto mech anics joh or possibly set up a shop of his own after liquidation "if we ever get anything". As a third alternative he figures he can al w .' s go hack to the family ranch, where there is plenty of use for an auto mechanic, what with equipment breakdowns, etc. As far as termination is con cerned, Jackie regards federal purchase as the best solution. He doesn't think private sale would he advantageous and is of the opinion that the State doesn't have enough funds to enterinto the picture. In regard to the recently-com- tli.it Mutiny out the virtues of withdrawing vs. remaining he comments that an efficient management plan for remaining members will have to be set up or: "they'll use all the timber up. There's not much virgin timber left on the reserva tionit'll be all second cut." Jackie is a great outdoor en thusiast and agrees that retention of hunting and fishing rights was Unite an inducement to stay in the Tribe. He feels that these rights should also have been pre served for withdrawing lumbers. However, be finds consolation in his observation that hunting is good only during certain times of the year anyway and that a lack of streams in the manage ment area may make the fishing right somewhat meaningless. Itcsidcs hunting or fishing most every weekend when the weather is right. Jackie finds time to play considerable basketball during the winter for, recreation. pleted election Jackie states he chose to withdraw. I'oii A woman walked up with great concern to a little boy who was smoking. "Does your mother know you smoke?" she demanded. "Lady." he retorted, "does your husband know you stop strange men on the street and talk to them?" A youngster's definition of "nervous": "I feel in a hurry all over but I can't get started." (Continued from Page 1) courses as fertilizers, machinery, .seeds, and grasses. While enrolled in welding last term he got shop and class work in arc and acety lene welding as well as allied work in math, physics, and alge bra, which he rates as being plenty tough. Discussing his ranching opera tion, where all this training comes in handy. Hob states that he has about 440 acres of diversified farming, all of which lies with in the .Modoc Irrigation District. JSO acres are actually irrigated and the rest will soon be under irrigation. As the holder of such property he has a natural interest in the transition which the dis trict will undergo in the near future from Hureau of Indian Af fairs to local administration. Hob recounted, with something less than complete satisfaction, the history of HIA management of the district, bringing matters up to date with a discussion of the effect which the termination law will have on the district. As he pointed out, there is considerable trust allotted 'land in the district, all of which will be lifted from trust status by August 13 of this year in accordance with the law. With all the land the district thus being on the county tax rolls by that date, the way will be paved for a local water users' association to take over admini stration of the irrigation district from the Hureau of Indian Af . fairs. However, under state law such an association cannot receive official recognition until the land has been on the tax rolls at least six months so cannot take over until that time has expired. Nevertheless, in anticipation of the change, area farmers are al ready meeting regularly on the last Friday of each month at the Williamson Uiver Church, the meetings getting under way at 8:00 PM (Hob announces that the .May meeting, to be held on the 30th. will be a potluck affair and all who are interested are invited to attend) and have gained con siderable recognition in official circles. To Hob. the sad part of the whole story comes in where the land is placed under county tax jurisdiction. As he states, "there is a total charge of over 00.000 against all the land in the district, both Indian and non-Indian, for back irrigation project construc tion by the HIA. This, he calcu lates, amounts to an assessment of about $110 per acre of land in the district, and this regardless of whether the land is being irri gated. With the land coming un der county tax jurisdiction it is expected that the assessment will start being collected, albeit over a 40 year period. This $600.0(X) total assessment against the land, Hob considers, will make the land less salable but the most lament able part of the story, as he sees it. is that they don't have a 000 project. "We" should have all concrete lined ditches for $600,000." Commenting on termination as it applies to farming, Hob expects that it will result in a lot of, new landowners in his area. lie points out that at present some of the land is just sitting idle. T7 On termination as a whole: "I think we're going to take a beating on it myself. There's too much politics involved in it. There's .not near enough infor mation, direct or otherwise." On the election : "I didn't like the way the elec tion was handled. It's tough enough making a decision for yourself let alone a minor when there are no figures given." On trusts : "Trust funds are almost all similar. The federal government sets p standards. There won't be much difference between banks. "There are still people who think these trusts or guardian ships just pertain to Indians. In most states it doesn't make any difference what nationality a kid is. If he has an estate somebody is going to watch it." . 0 Seniors Invited To Contact1 Ed. Program All enrolled members of .the Klamath Tribe who are now in their senior year of high school and who are interested in con tinuing their education after graduation are invited to contact the Klamath Education Program. This program has been set up under terms of Public Law 587 to provide training opportunities to tribal members and this year'VN High school graduates, among others, are eligible to participate in it. Training under the program can be taken in any accredited vo cational school or college in the State of Oregon. Those who are interested in beginning college next fall term should make the necessary arrangements at as early a date as possible. High school seniors who are interested in the program should contact the Klamath Education Office, Phone 661, Chiloquin, Oregon. One advantage of being a man is that you don't run the risk of catching a cold in evening clothes.
