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About Klamath tribune. (Chiloquin, Or.) 1956-1961 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1958)
TK.R BULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID Pirmit Mo. 2 Form 3347 Rtqimtatf Klamath County Library 126 S. 3rd Klamath Kalis, Oregon CHILOQUIN. OREGON VOL 3 NO. 9 KLAMATH INFORMATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAM September 1958 Withdrawing Members Meet; Termination ales, Continued Income Discussed J The sale of tribal property to pay .the withdrawing members, the reappraisal, and continued in come for the withdrawing group were among the subjects covered during a meeting of the with drawing members at the council hall on September 18. Perry Skarra, Assistant Area Director, and the Management Specialists staff were invited to bring tribal members up to date on developments on the termina tion program. It was reported that there can be no sales of tribal property un til the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture have jointly iiiamed the areas designated to be sustained yield areas. Skarra announced that this is in the process of being done at the present time. On October 27. 1958. the work of the Management Specialists will be' terminated and the De partment of the Interior through the Bureau of Indian Affairs will take over. It was announced that Marl Wilcox, who has been forestry consultant to the Man agement Specialists, will head the sales office. "The fringe units will be put on the market as quickly as possible," Skarra stated. He informed the group that some of the larger units are being split, and this will require -rccruising. It is planned that five )ruisers will be used to get the joh lnne as puckiy as possible. In answer to questions' about the reappraisal, Wilcox explained that there need be no change in the boundaries of the remaining and withdrawing areas unless there are mineral values found. The reappraisal will simply es tablish a new estimation of the value of the tribal property. Skarra stated that the law docs not provide for any drilling for minerals or use of expensive equipment. He read from the amended law, those sections which limit the appraisers to a review of "all reasonably ascer tainable elements, . . . "Without making any new and independent appraisal." According to the law, the Secretary of the Interior is required to report the results of the reappraisal to the chairmen of both the House and Senate Committees on Interior and In sular Affairs by Jan. 15, 1959. The cost of this reappraisal will be paid by the tribe, but Skarra pointed out that the entire amount will be reimbursed to the tribe by the federal government. The matter of making con tinued payments to withdrawing members was a major topic of discussion. Skarra informed the people that the area officials were working on this problem and had called Washington urging that "every effort be made to get cash to the credit 'of the withdrawing members." "The Secretary made a pro mise." assured Skarra, "that the Hureau will make a payment this fall. However, he could not say how much it will be. It was also pointed out that the right of tribal members to meet the high bid on property put up for sale may result in less cash for the withdrawing mem bers. Under the law, a tribal mem ber has the right to apply up to 1(X) per cent of the amount esti mated by the Secretary to be due him from the sale or taking of forest and marsh lands, and up to 75 per cent of his interest in other tribal properly.. Skarra was unable to estimate how many tribal members were planning on exercising this right, but stated that this tnav verv seriouslv af feet continued payments to the withdrawing members. As to whether the United States could buy the Klamath Marsh now. rather than wait un til 1961. Skarra reminded the group that according to the law, the title to the tribal marsh lands is scheduled to be taken in the name of the United States on April, 1961. Certain tribal mem bers felt that delaying the sale (Continued Pag 4, Col. 3) DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR ANNOUNCES OPENING OF LAND SALES OFFICE ' The Department of the Interior announced on Sept. 15 that the Klamath Tribal Laud Sales of fice will open in Klamath Kails on October 27. Karl R. Wilccjx, former K 1 am a t h Reservation forester, was named to be man ager. The Portland Area office of the Hureau of Indian Affairs will supervise the new ttffice, which will administer sales of Chiloquin Booklet Now Available YOUR KEY TO CHILOQUIN a forty-three page booklet, has just, been published by the Klamath Kdueatioii. Program! The booklet deals with the town of Chiloquin, the only in corporated town on the KlaiiNith reservation and the center for many tribal members. Prepared by the Klamath Kd ueatioii Program staff with the assistance of Bert 'Swauseu, Political Science Department of the University of Oregon, the booklet contains information about Chiloquin's Mayor-council, system, and descriptions of the services which the city. offers. It also includes excellent il lustraitons by Kdisou Chiloquin. The town of Chiloquin was named, after this artist's great great grandfather. As a follow tip on Your Key to Chiloquin, the Klamath Kduea tioii Program and the Klamath Reservation Discussion (Irotip are jointly planning another book let designed to give specific in formation about the candidates for the forthcoming November City elections. Copies of Your Key to Chilo quin are available at the Klamath Kducation Office in Chiloquin or from members of the Klamath Reservation Discussion group. A charge of fifty cents per copy is being made to defray the cost of its printing. Klamath Indian tribal property under provisions of the Klamath Termination Act (Public Law 587, 8.1 n I Confress, as-amended). Commissioner of Indian Affairs (ilenn L. Kminons said the sales office will help to carry out pro visions of Public Law 85-7.11. One provides that the Secretary of the Interior perform all functions of the' Management Specialists under Section 5 of the Act of August 1.1. 1954. Mst of these functions have been completed. All that remains is for the Indian Hureau' to sell sufficient .of the Klamath property to satisfy in terests of the withdrawing mem bers of the tribe. The Termi nation Law provides that each member of the tribe electing to withdraw shall have his interest in tribal property converted into money and paid to him. In taking over the new Klam ath Tribal Land Sales office, Wil cox will be returning to the Hureau of Indian Affairs, from which he resigned in January, 1957. to accept a position with the Management Specialists as their forestry advisor. He is a native of Washington State and a graduate in forestry of the University of Washington, lie worked for" the United States Korcst Service ' while in college and for twovcars alter his graduation m P.!8. He left the Korest Service in 910' to join the forestry staff of the Hureau of Indian Affairs at the Crow Agency where he remained until army duty in World War II. He was discharged as a cap tain in January, 1 9 In, and re turned to the Hureau of Indian Affairs where he served in var ious forestry positions at the Taholah and Western Washing ton agencies until 1951, when he returned to active duty in the army for 15 months. He was Chitn of the Korest ry Pianch at the Klamath Agencv