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About Klamath tribune. (Chiloquin, Or.) 1956-1961 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1959)
NOVEMBER 1959 KLAMATH TRIBUNE Page 3 Personal Property Sales Held, Slated; Sizeable Amount Remains To Be Sold Exec-Committee Meets; Non-Withdrawing Sub - Committee Resolution Passed 0 pa 0 C: ' D7 : ? j' rn w All one-hundred and ten items put up for sale at the personal property sale on Nov. 5 were successfully sold. Although non-members hid on twenty-six of the items, tribal members met or exceeded their bids, and all one-hundred ten items went to tribal members. The total amount bid was $6,235 .25, with $6,144.25 of this being pledged by withdrawing mem bers from their pro-rata shares. SALVAGE, RESEEDING (Continued from Page 1) buting one pound of ponderosa seed per acre. They then reflew the 1.800 acres of ponderosa area in a north-south direction, dis tributing one pound of ponderosa seed per acre. Finally, the 320 acre mixed area was reflown, dis tributing one pound of fir seed per acre. The reforestation program is to be completed over a five year period, according to the trust of ficers. They report that by far the largest cost of reforestation is the seed itself, while actual ap plication involves only about 20 of the cost. A new addition to the manage ment staff, Dell Overton, is also reported. Overton is employed on the Agency Farm. He has exten sive experience in cattle ranching, both in Lake County and during the past five years with Mill Owens on a year around opera tion in the Klamath Marsh and Red Mluff areas. Overton will be directly in charge of operations on the Agency Farm, overseeing haying, cattle feeding, irrigation, etc. Residence has been obtained for him at Klamath Agency. Cash in the amount of $91. (X) was paid in addition to the pledged amounts. It was reported by Karle Wil cox, tribal sales manager that bid invitations were mailed to ap proximately 835 persons and firms. About one-hundred per sons turned out for the sale. Another personal property sale, listing 130 items, was held on Xov. 23. It was reported that all items were sold to tribal mem bers, with only one bid being re ceived from a non-member. 125 of the items were purchased through application of the pro rata share, and cash was received on 5 of the items. The total sales price was $13,131.25. The next personal property sale is slated for Dec. 17, at the Klamath Agency Council House, starting at 10 a. m., with 130 items being listed. Viewing the personal property sales to date Karle Wilcox tribal sales officer, advises that some what less than half the total per sonal property has been sold. Nevertheless, "after the Dec. 17 sale, "the sales will slack off for several months". This is because much of the remaining personal property is fire-fighting equip ment the sale of which will be held up until it is certain how much will be needed during the next fire season, Wilcox explains. Other personal property remain ing to be sold includes hospital equipment and furniture in houses still occupied at the Agency. x Without a doubt, the loudest noise in the world is the first rattle in vour new car. A resolution that would create a non-withdrawing sub-committee of the executive committee was passed by the executive com mittee by a vote of 5-0 on Xov. 5, 1959. Executive committee members questioned whether the Mureau of Indian Affairs would approve the payment of expenses from tribal funds for the operation of such a sub-committee. The final adoption of the resolution was therefore made "subject to re consideration" by the executive committee. The resolution, introduced for discussion by Ray Lung, trust of ficer for the U. S. Xational Mank, would establish a sub-committee "to have the same power and authority as the tribal executive committee to act on all matters that pertain only to the property conveyed to the United States Xational Mank of Portland in Sustained Yield Plans Submitted By Firms With the deadline occurring during October for submission of plans on the first group of su stained yield units advertised, plans were received during that month by the Forest Service from three companies. The group contains 4 of the total of 11 sustained yield units to be sold on behalf of the withdrawing members. The names of the companies submitting plans were not disclosed by the Forest Ser vice. Mids on this first group of units are scheduled to be opened Jan. 20. Mids on the 2nd group, involving 3 units, are scheduled to be opened April 1, and bids on the final 4 units are to be opened Aug. 1, 1960. MIA officials point out that in formation relating to submission of plans on the units must be on a very general basis. Specific ad vance information obtained by a prospective bidder about the character and amount of coin petition on a given unit might cause such a bidder to submit a different bid than he would other wise have submitted, they ob serve. As a result, the names of the companies submitting plans for the different units were not divulged. The girls were sitting about after luncheon, discussing their husbands. "My husband would never chase after another woman," said one matron. "He's too fine too decent- too old." trust for the non-withdrawing members lor whom that property is being managed". Other provisions of the resolu tion specified that "the non withdrawing subcommittee shall be comprised of the five execu tive committer members who are non-withdrawing tribal mem bers" and that action by this sub committee to be valid "must be recorded at a meeting of the said sub - committee at winch a quorum of at least three of the designated nou - withdrawing members are in attendance". The resolution further provided that all members of this sub-committee are entitled to receive the same compensation as is received by the executive committee. At this committee meeting a resolution was also passed by a vote of 4-0 with one abstention approving and authorizing the payment of the voucher of Henry T. Murray in the amount of i?5,(XX). Murray, an appraiser, was hired by the Wilkinson firm for appraisal services in connection with Klamath tribal c I a i m s against the United States. Karle Wilcox, who is presentlv manager of the Klamath Sales Office and who has been desig nated officer in charge of the Klamath Agency, was asked to clarify certain questions. Wilcox explained that as officer in charge "he has the same power and authority as a superintend ent". As for the funds appro priated in the budget for tribal government expenses, Wilcox stated that "any funds left over after payment of the tribal gov ernment expenses will be ap portioned to the credit of the withdrawing and remaining members in the same percentage as the number of members in each group". The staff of the Klamath Kd ucatiou Program also presented a report of the educational pro gram progress and problems. Notice Concerning Loans The next loan payment has been advanced from its previ ously scheduled date of payment of January, VHA) to the early part of December, 1050. This advance in the date for making the loans has been made in order to pro vide withdra wiirg members with money prior to )( hristmas at ap proximately th' same time that they have received per capita payments in tin past. Requests for loans are presently being ac cepted at Klamath I u l i a u Agency.