Form 3547
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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-
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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
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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
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