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About Klamath tribune. (Chiloquin, Or.) 1956-1961 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1960)
Pogc 4 KLAMATH TRIBUNE JANUARY 1960 Ex-Comm., BIA Discuss Termination Questions The problems relating to t lie; disposition of tin- marsh, the dis tribution of pro rata payments to withdrawing members and the revolving loan program were dis cussed by Indian Bureau officials in Portland with iiicdiIhts of the Klamath Tribal Executive com mittee. To discuss these and other mat ters pertaining to termination were Executive committee mem bers Joe Hall, Dibhoil Cook, Boyd lackson. Jessie Kirk and Del ford Lang at the special meeting in Portland on January 25. Indian Hnrean officials report ed on the status of tin- revolving loan program. Only about twelve members, it was revealed, have used their $10,000.00 limit. These individuals will have to wait until other withdrawing members have received their $f00.00 loans be fore their applications for ad ditional loans would be con sidered. As for the proceeds from the sales of tribal property, it was re ported that such proceeds will first have to be applied to pay off the loans which individuals have received from the revolving loan fund. Deductions will also be made for any amounts obligated in the purchase of fringe units and personal property. There was considerable discus sion regarding the disposition of the marsh, a number of tribal members expressing dissatisfac tion over the value assigned the property bv the appraisers. Sev eral other interested tribal mem bers were in attendance at the meeting and also A. II. Wright and Ivan l.uman representing the State Dept. of Education. Seniors Invited To Contact Ed. Program All enrolled members of the Klamath Tribe who arc now in their senior year of high school and who are interested in con tinuing their education after graduation arc invited to contact the Klamath Kducation Program. This program has been set up under terms of Public Law 587 to provide training opportunities to tribal members and this year's High school graduates, among others, arc eligible to participate in it. Training under the program can he taken in any accredited vo cational school or college in the State of Oregon. Those who are interested in enrolling for the next fall term should make the necessary arrangements at as early a date as possible. RDG Slates Meeting Dissatisfaction with the pro gress of the termination program is the basis of the meeting being called by the Reservation Discus sion Group on Feb. 12, at 7:30 p. m. in (.'hiloquin. next to the Pine Cone Cafe. I ma Jimenez, Marie Xorris, and Flava Yates, officers of the Dis cussion Group, have announced that an official from the Portland Area Office of the Indian Hitrcau will be on hand at the meeting to assist in the discussion. A petition being circulated by the group will also be introduced for discussion purposes. The pe tition states in part that the re payment of any amount borrow ed from the Revolving Loan Fund by deducting "from the first rather than the last sales of sustained yield units, ... is wholly unfair." It goes on to state that the signers "insist that proceeds from the first sales of sustained yield units be distributed regard less of the Amount of money borrowed from the revolving loan fund; that deductions to repay these loans be made from the last rather than the first sales of su stained yield units." In addition to recommending changes in the loan repayment policy, the petitioners "strongly urge that the Federal Govern inent take title to and issue pay ment for all unsold units im mediately upon failure to sell such units to provate operators". The timetable presently estab lished for the sale of sustained ield units is felt by the petition ers to be unnecessarily prolonged. The present schedule, according to the petition, "results in an un necessary delay of as much as a ear and one half in the Federal ( 'loverninent's taking title to tin sold units and the withdrawing members receiving payment therefor." According to officers of the Discussion Group, the purpose of the meeting is not only to discuss the problems but to map out a definite course of action. Queen Contestants Young ladies interested in be coming candidates for queen of the VHi) all-Indian basketball tourney are urged to submit their entry blanks as soon as pos sible and no later than Feb. JO. t'nmarried girls between the ages of 15 and JO (inclusive), offering substantial proof of their Indian ancestry, arc eligible to enter the competition. Entry blanks ami full details of the queen contest may be obtained from Stephen Kirk or Vernon XcNair at Heatty, r from the Klamath Kducation Office in Chiloquin. IRWIN CRUME RECEIVES RESERVATION JAYCEES' OYF AWARD FOR 1959 V:' A i f 1 Dale Williams, right, outstanding young farmer for 1958, presents 1959 OYF award to Irwin Crume. Selected as the Outstanding Young Fanner of the reservation area for 1959 at the Klamath Res ervation Jayeees awards banquet of Jan J3 was Irwin Cruiue, Klamath tribal member. The OYF award is made by the Reservation Jayeees each year to a deserving young farmer be tween the ages of Jl and 35. De termining the selection are three factors: 1. Itnprovtueut shown in the farm or ranch from the start of the operation until the present time, J. Soil conservation. X Com munity activities. Irwin, age 26, farms in partner ship with his father. Sylvan, some 5,000 acres in the Spraguc River area. Farm practices qualifying him for the award included a cat tle herd increase of JOc since he started farming in 195J, extensive use of labor-saving devices, and extensive work done during the past year on diking and levelling of his land. Irwin's community service includes serving as a member of the Klamath tribal executive committee, and as president of the Spraguc River Fire Association. He is active in FT A and is also a member of his local school board. Having been named Outstand ing Young Fanner for the reser vation area, Irwin's name is auto matically entered in a statewide contest as a candidate for the OYF award for the State of Oregon. This contest will be de cided in February. Irwin is an auto mechanics graduate of OTI under the Klam ath Kducation Program. GEORGIANNA JOE (Continued from Page 1) Portland area, pointing out the great opportunity for employ ment and also expressing an af finity for the area: "I love it up here although I get lonesome for home once in awhile and have to go down there." A withdrawing member, Geor gianna feels that "members of the tribe aren't going to get a fair deal" out of termination. Beyond that, she declines comment, pleading the complexity of the subject as well as a lack of fam iliarity with it : "I haven't given it much thought. I'm up here studying for school." Regarding the education pro gram she feels that more should take advantage of it in preparing for after termination, venturing that the "money won't last for ever" and that some other source of income will be needed. And she expresses her personal apprecia tion for having had the opportun ity to study under the program.