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Ptrmit No. 2
CHILOQUIN. OREGON
VOL 4 NO. 6
KLAMATH INFORMATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAM
June, 1959
oFOREST STATISTICS, PROGRAMS, POLICIES
DISCUSSED BY MGT. TRUST OFFICIALS
Following is the second article
in a series of three dealing with
the remaining area and its man
agement by the U. S. National
Bank as trustee. This article deals
specifically with the forestry pro
gram now being developed on
the area.
"Grazing, hunting, farming, and
cattle arc an integral and import
ant part of the management area
but by far the largest productive
field is the forestry field," states
William Bradshaw, U. S. National
Hank trust officer in charge of
management' of the remaining
area.
Supporting this assertion are
the statistics showing the forest
resource to comprise 92 of the
total area under the management
plan and 98 of the property
value. Thus, as Bradshaw points
out, "anything affecting the for-
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realized from the forest resource
will mean a corresponding change
in individual members' income.
It might therefore be consid
ered worthwhile to learn more
about this forest area, its char
acteristics. Hob Mezger, chief forester on
Bradshaw's staff, points out that
the main portion of the manage
ment unit forest is situated ap
proximately in the center of the
Klamath Reservation. Another,
smaller, timber area retained for
the remaining members is located
on the western boundary of the
Reservation. Following are some
facts about this forest area: It
consists of about 1 34,000 acres.
Kighty-thrcc per cent of this is
classed as primarily ponderosa
pine area, and the balance is made
up of lodgepole pine stands. Scat
tered among these species are
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Randolph David, Jr. is employed as scaler by the U. S. National
Bank, trustee for the remaining area. Bob is currently kept busy
scaling the logs coming into the Simplot-Devoe Lumber Co. plant
at Chiloquin under that organization's contract with the remain
ing area trust.
est will affect the people directly".
And, it might be added, greatly.
The present estimated annual in
come per remaining member from
the managemnt ara is $1600 (dis
tributed quarterly), derived ; al
most entirely from timber sales.
Any variation in the proceeds
small amounts of sugar pine and
fir. The topography of the area
is considered as good as any for
logging purposes. Comparing it
with other ponderosa pine areas
for productivity, the stand ranks
far above average.
(Continued Page 3, Col. 1)
Over One Hundred Members Attend June 11
Council Meeting, Pass Six Resolutions
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Patrick Shelp left, Dibbon Cook right, and Boyd Jackson, back
ground, observe the vote counting on one of the many resolutions
introduced at the June 11 General Council meeting.
Over one hundred tribal tncin
lers packed the council house mi
June 11, 1959, to discuss and take
action on matters relating to the
termination program.
Requesting the Secretary of the
Interior and the Congress of the
United States to pay the tribe for
water rights was the (irt of
many resolutions passed by the
Council. This resolution which
passed by a vote of 61-0 "mem
orialized" the Secretary of the
Interior and the Congress of the
United States "to take such steps
as are necessary to bring about
the inclusion of an item for re
imbursement to the Klamath tribe
for loss of valuable water right
arising from the implementation
of the Klamath Termination Act."
The resolution contends that the
Klamath tribe has exclusive
rights "to reasonable use of
waters heading within and norm
ally flowing through the Reser
vation," and that "the price being
paid for lands sold to pay with
drawing members fails to provide
a credit for the loss of such val
uable water rights".
The resolution pertaining to the
retaining of legal counsel for the
tribe, introduced by Boyd Jack
son, was defeated. A substitute
resolution introduced by Patrick
Shelp was passed hv a vote of
27-1 . Shelp's resolution gives the
general council "complete author
ity to contract with and for an
attorney or attorneys, "to repre
sent the Klamath Indian Tribe
both locally and otherwise. It
gives to the council "full author
it)' to approve any contract for
the hiring of attorneys for the
tribe with said authority to con
tinue in force until further action
of the (ieiieral Council," ljut
makes no mention of how the
attorneys would ! paid. Jack
sou's unsuccessful resolution was
an appeal to the Secretary to pro
vide the necessary funds for legal
counsel and would have given the
K. Committee the authority "to
take care of all necessary details
regarding contracts for legal
counsel services."
Protesting the manner in which
the appraisal review was con
ducted and objecting to the "non
Appraisal of tribal properties
which involves hunting, fishing,
sub-surface, mineral, gas and oil
and all valuable water rights" was
the purpose of a third resolution
which passed 70 0. The council in
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