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About Klamath tribune. (Chiloquin, Or.) 1956-1961 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1959)
Form 3547 Riquiittd BULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID firmlt No. 2 CHILOQUIN, OREGON VOL. 4 NO. 10 KLAMATH INFORMATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAM OCTOBER 1959 County Health Dept. Renders Vital Service; Six Phases of Program Listed In this issue the Tribune is fur nishing the first portion of a two part article concerning the Klam ath County Health Department and its functions. The second part of the article will appear in the November issue. These articles are being provid ed to tribal members and other interested persons in the expecta tion that they may come to know better this highly important agency, thereby being enabled to more fully utilize its services. The Klamath County Health Department is a tax supported county regardless of their finan cial status and regardless of their race, creed or religion. Every health department has six main functions. They are : 1. Contagious disease control 2. Vital Statistics 3. Maternal and Child Health 4. Sanitation 5. Laboratory Service 6. Health Education Contagious disease control in cludes immunizations for preven tion and recommendations for controlling the spread of the dis ease. The health department has immunization clinics every Mon- v:- I,';" v; v . i . .. S , Contacting individual hemes is an important part of the public health nurse's work in helping to carry out the different phases of the County Health Department Program. Above Mrs. Helen Murray, right, who regularly visits the Sprague River, Bcatty and Bly areas, provides infant feeding information to Mrs. Annabelle Bates at the Bates home in Sprague River. is to carry win preserve agency whose duty out programs that the lives and health of the people. It aims at the protection of health as well as the prevention of dis ease. The services of the health department arc free and are available to all people of the day afternoon between 3:30 and 4:30 p. m. These clinics are most ly for the prevention of smallpox, diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus (lockjaw), but also in clude Kocky Mt. Spotted Fever (Continued on Page 4, Col. 1) Loan Program Ncars End of First Year; Future Availability of Funds in Doubt (EDITORS NOTK: The fol lowing information was provided by H. Moore, Assistant Area Di rector of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to clarify the present status of the revolving fund loan program.) The lending program initiated early this year for withdrawing members of the Klamath Tribe is Hearing the end of the second six months period. Program Based on Financial Need The program was established to give financial aid to withdraw ing members since funds from the sale of Tribal assets would not be available to individual mem bers until sometime in the future. Thus funds are not available for the usual per capita payments to withdrawing members as has Simplot-Dcvoc Submits Sole Bid at Salvage Sale Although many persons attend ed the sale of Salvage units con ducted by the Trust department of the U. S. National Hank, Simplot Devoe was the only company submitting a bid. The company's bid was on Sol omon Butte Unit which contains some thirteen million board feet of timber, offering $27.95 per thousand for 9,216,000 board feet of ponderosa pine. The bid price on the ponderosa pine was twenty-five cents more than the appraised value. The company's bid on 994,000 board feet of sugar pine, 2,130,000 loard feet of white fir and incense cedar, and an un determined amount of lodgepole, was at the appraised value. Calamus Siding, the largest unit estimated to contain fifteen mil lion board feet of timber, and The Williamson River Unit, the smallest unit containing only six million Board feet received no bids. The local office of the U. S. National Bank is awaiting of ficial acceptance of the Simplot Devoe bid from its head office in Portland. Local officials feel this acceptance will be forthcoming within a short time. been the custom in the past. Many families were dependent upon these per capita payments to meet current expenses so the Bureau arranged the present pro gram making it possible for in dividuals to borrow up to $600.00 per person every six months if financial assistance was needed. Legislation was passed allowing these loans to be made without interest. The accumulated maxi mum amount that may be ob tained without specific approval of the Secretary of the Interior is $10,(XX).00. The individual bor rowing these funds pledges re payment to the Government from his share of Tribal assets when sales have been completed and funds are available for distribu tion.' Some Individuals Ineligible Since the program started some individuals have acquired parcels of laud and timber, using their share of Tribal assets as security for payment, ami then in turn have sold the land or timber and have obtained in some instances large sums of money. These in dividuals are ineligible to receive further loans from the Clovcru meut. Funds Limited Funds used in this program come from the Revolving Credit Fund of the Bureau of Indian Af fairs. Such funds are limited due to the demands made upon the source by the Klamath program and others throughout contin ental United States and Alaska; consequently, there is consider able concern about the future availability of funds from the Revolving Credit Fund. Assur ance has been given by the Bureau that funds are available for the next six-mouth period; however, it may be necessary to explore other possibilities bv July 1, 1960. It is hoped that bv July L 1960, there will be suf ficient funds available from the sale of personal property, fringe units, the marsh, ami timber salv age sales on the burned area to (Continued on Page 3, Col. 2) iff j m w 7'- .oT?Mf Tnny