December 1959
KLAMATH TRIBUNE
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Personal Property Sale
Held December 17
One-hundred and twenty-five
items of personal property were
successfully sold at the personal
property sales held at the Agency
on December 17. 1959. resulting
in an income of $8,573.75 to the
withdrawing members.
Only one item, a gas range ap
praised at fifteen dollars was un
sold. One non-member succeeded
in purchasing one item for ten
dollars cash, while tribal mem
bers made other cash purchases of
$143.75. The balance of the pur
chases amounting to $$8,420.(X)
was made by withdrawing mem
bers who applied their credit
against their pro-rata shares.
Farle Wilcox, tribal sales of
ficer, and Xoble Sanderville,
.Agency Property Officer, report
that the mid-way point in the
personal property sales program
lias now been reached, with 8
sales having been held and an es
timated 8 yet to be held. Sold in
the 8 sales held thus far were 781
items involving 2,062 pieces or
lots. Total consideration for this
property was $74,332.29. Ap
praised value of the property was
$33,100.21, selling price thus ex
ceeding the appraised price by
$41,232.08.
There are 4,231 pieces or lots
of equipment remaining to be
sold, of which 423 are classified as
major items.
Chamber Hears Copco
Vice-Prexy Speak
A dinner meeting of the Chilo
uin Chamber of Commerce was
held at the Chilouin Masonic
Hall Monday, December 7.
Furnishing early - evening en
tertainment were Connie Wamp
ler and Xadine Wright, who dem
onstrated some skilled panto
mime singing and (lancing, and
Kuphane Mannering, who sang to
the piano accompaniment of Dar
lene Wolff.
Featured speaker of the eve
ning was Harlan Bosworth, vice
president of Copco, whose very
interesting talk dealt largely with
the Chilouin area. He spoke of
Chiloquin's past, present, and fu
ture, of its economics, resources,
and possibilities for growth. He
further explained how the Chilo
tiin Chamber and also Copco
could relate themselves to the
economy of the area, enhancing
its growth.
Some 30 Chiloquin chamberites
and their wives were in attend
ance, with President D. C. Kircher
presiding. Guests present includ
ed Sam Ritchey, Klamath Falls
Copco manager, and Chester
Clark and George Callison, reprc-
Non-Withdrawing Sub-Comm.
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ently stressing the importance of
education to their children, the
idea of training themselves to
make a substantial living and us
ing their trust income as a sup
plement. He advocated develop
ing some means of teaching the
children to become self-reliant
and not dependent on per capitas,
which he cited as the downfall of
the tribe. Other members con
curred in the importance of edu
cation, both to the future of the
trust and to the beneficiaries
themselves. FInathan Davis sug
gested that a committee be ap
pointed to investigate the matter
Dibbon Cook predicted that not
only education but how the with
drawees fared would be highly
determinative of the duration of
the trust. A result of this discus
sion was the appointment of
an educational committee with
Joe Hall, FInathan Davis, and J.
L. Kirk as members.
Lung analyzed losses resulting
from a Xov. 27 windstorm. Total
blowdown was some 1,100.(XX)
board feet, mostly in economic
unit 30. That in economic unit 30
will be taken out by Simplot Lbr.
Co., already operating under a 5
year contract in the unit. Hlow
lown in the uncut area covered
by their contract,- Fung stated,
will be taken at contract price,
while blowdown in the area
they've already cut and in areas
in unit .30 not covered by their
contract will be taken at $40 per
thousand. Separate salvage con
tracts are to be negotiated for
blowdown in other areas.
It was also reported that the
salvage timber remaining to be
sold in Calimus siding sub-unit
Xo. 1. had been sold at the min
imum price by negotiation with
Simplot Lumber Co. on Dec. 21.
The unit contained 3,513,000
board feet.
Grazing permits were discussed
at length. It was pointed out that
relatively long-term (5 year)
grazing permits were being pro
moted as of mutual benefit to
ranchers and to the trust. Handl
ers would have assurance of use
of property for a sufficient time
to make various improvements
on it. For grazing units are now
being advertised Applegate.
Calimus, Houndary I'utte (sheep
units) and Huckhom Springs
(cow unit). Hids on these units
will be opened Jan. 13.
senting the Klamath County
Chamber of Commerce.
Hcsponsible for planning and
executing the highly successful
meeting were publicity commit
tee co-chairmen I 'earl Adamo and
Opal Doak (Klamath tribal member).
STAFF IN MOST DEPARTMENTS AT KLAMATH
AGENCY NOW GREATLY REDUCED
A drastic change has taken
place at Klamath Agency where
the number of full time em
ployees has been cut almost in
half within the past four and one
half years.
Karle Wilcox, present manager
of the Tribal Property Sales Of
fice, was interviewed concerning
the present status of the Agency.
Wilcox is in a position to know
all about such changes at the
Agency since he has been recent
ly designated Officer in Charge
of th Agency while still heading
the sales program. Martin Zol
lar, the last man to hold the sup
erintendent')' of Klamath Agency,
was transferred to the Cintah
Ouray Agency on October 5, 1959
and was replaced by Wilcox on
the same date as Officer in
Charge.
According to Wilcox, there are
now twenty-three regular em
ployees on the Agency staff. This
does not include the sales office
which has a staff of three persons
including Wilcox. The twenty
three now employed at the
Agency contrasts with the fifty
full time employees at the start
of termination, and the approx
imately sixty-five full time em
ployees at the end of 1956. Wilcox
explained that the volume of
work required as a result of term
ination proceedings made it nec
essary for the staff to be tem
porarily increased.
The branch of realty, which at
one time had a staff of six, has
been totally eliminated. The land
operations branch, which had as
many as eight regtdar employees,
no longer has any employees. He
cause the Hureau still has respon
sibility over large sections of
tribal property, the forest man
agement branch retains a staff of
eight regtdar employees though
this too has been reduced from
a high of twenty-two. In the
roads department, there are now
six employees, about the same
number as there was before term
ination. The responsibility for the
maintenance of the roads has not
been turned over to the County
as yet, though it is planned that
this will take place sometime dur
ing July of I960. Wilcox reports
that all road construction has
been completed. The welfare de
partment maintains one employee
compared to the staff of four
which were in the department
during the peak of 1956. Thr
present welfare worker assists
the trust departments, welfare
agencies and the courts whenever
problems arise over which the
Hureau feels it has responsibility.
As for straight administration,
Wilcox stated that at the start of
July of this year, there were
eight employees including ad
ministrative and custodial person
nel, and within less than six'
months time, this has been cut
to only three, in addition to Wil
cox himself.
Wilcox anticipates that "by the
middle of next year, the work of
the roads branch will be com
pleted, and the County will have
taken over. The forestry branch
will have been reduced to noth
ing more than fire control and
pre-suppression and in cooperat
ing in turning over their respon
sibilities to the new property
owners. Hart of this may involve
cooperation with the forest serv
ice. State and other organizations.
The Forest Service won't take
over the portion of the property
which thev acquire according to
law until April of 196F
There has been a steady dis
posal of personal property at the
Agency resulting from the eight
personal property sales held thus
far. The sale of the Agency it
self is expected t take place
sometime in 1960. Wilcox states,
however, that provision will prob
ably be made for the continued
use of the property by the Hureau
until the Hureau's responsibility
for fire protection is turned over
to some other organization,
which is expected to be accom
plished in WXA).
Sid Openings Set
On Tribal Units
It was reported by the l. S.
Forest Service on October JO,
1059, that three companies have
submitted sustained yield man
agement plans. Four sustained
yield units are scheduled to be
sold on January 20. 1960, on
which date sealed bids will be
opened at the Tribal Sales Office
at 2 p. ni.
The plans submitted by the
three companies are being exam
ined in Washington, I). C. by the
C S. Forest Service in accord
ance with Public Law 5K7 as
amended, and will be officially
approved ur disapproved fifteen
days before the date of the open
ing of the bids or on January 5.
It was not disclosed how many
plans were submitted by the three
companies nor whether plans
were submitted mi all four units.
The submitting of a plan by any
operator does not obligate the
operator to submit a bid, accord
ing to the Tribal Sales Office.
The first four sustained yield
units to be put up for sale are the
Antelope -Desert unit, the North
Marsh unit, the Modoc Point
unit, and the Sykan unit.