MAY 1960
KLAMATH TRIBUNE
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Executive Committee Activities
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vation community will not be a
new experience for the American
Friends Service Committee. The
Committee will he remembered
lor the work it did during the
past two summers when its rep
resentatives. Art and Helen Cur
rier, conducted two highly suc
cessful recreation programs.
AFSC officials have announced
that if successful in securing
qualified staff, the Service Com
mittee will assist the Recreation
Council in conducting another
recreation program again this
summer.
The responsibilities of the Gul
leys, however, will encompass
much more than recreation, ac
cording to AFSC officials. They
will be involved in the broader
area of community development,
and their program may include
assistance in such matters as edu
cational guidance, improvement
of community relations, develop
ment of economic potentials, etc.
The decision of the AFSC to
launch its year round, community
development program was in re
sponse to a resolution passed by
the tribal executive committee on
April 29. V(A), as well as to re
quests of other organizations and
individuals. The resolution "ur
gently requested" that such a
program be undertaken because
of the "guidance and assistance"
the Klamath Indian people will
need during the crucial adjust
ment period following termina
tion. The Committee felt that the
AFSC could provide such assis
tance because that organization
"has rendered sincere and con
structive service to many people
all over the world, and has dem
onstrated this ability and sincer
ity on the Klamath Indian Reser
vation in their summer recreation
programs during 195S and 1959."
Direct Distribution Resolved
At April 29 Meeting
On April 29. the Executive
Committee unanimously adopted
a resolution requesting the Bur
eau of Indian Affairs "to pay over
to the individual members of the
Klamath Indian Tribe their pro
rata share of any monies on hand
for distribution at the present
time; and that such distribution
be made directly to the individual
members without any deductions
or set-offs on account of existing
loans from the Indian revolving
fund, for which the individual
members of the tribe may be now
indebted, saving such deduction
or offset for some future distri
bution which will be larger and
better able to absorb the amounts
owed."
Another resolution to employ
the services of F. Harold Windsor
and Ceorge I. Haley for the
"specific purpose of recovering
from the party or parties liable
for the loss and damage to tribal
property as a result of a fire on
the Klamath Indian Reservation
in October of 1959," was voted
to be referred to the General
Council.
In a letter dated May 4, 19U),
and read at the executive com
mittee meeting on May 19, Lewis
A. Stanley, the State Engineer,
announced that "I have already
issued the permit to International
Paper Company." The permit
gives the company the right to
'appropriate water from the Wil
liamson river. Although the Ex
ecutive Committee had expressed
the thought that "perhaps t h e
water requirements for this paper
plant should be obtained from
wells," it was the State Engin
eer's "opinion that there is ample
water to supply the requirements
and the aper company has given
us firm assurance that there will
be adequate treatment of and dis
posal of the effluents from the
mill so that there will be no pollu
tion problem."
State Forestry Report Heard
The major part of the meeting
on May 19 was taken up by an
informative report by representa
tives of the State Hoard of For
estry, Bob Madsen District War
den, and Hank Davies, assistant
warden.
Madsen and Davies covered in
detail such matters as the follow
ing: the authority and responsi
bility of the state forestry de
partment, fire protection, the use
of state-owned and Indian Serv
ice equipment, the hiring of local
people in the department, assess
ment for fire patrol, and "the
farm forestry-ACI' program of
assistance to those private land
owners who wish to manage their
timber land." (The reader is re
ferred to page 1, column 1,
and the June issue of the Tribune
for the full text of this report).
BIA Conference Reported
Boyd Jackson and Delford
Lang submitted a written report
of their conference with Bureau
officials at the Area Office in
Portland on May 9. According to
their report, the Assistant Area
Director "advised (1) that resolu
tions adopted by the Executive
Committee" on behalf of the
withdrawing members to exped
ite the sale of tribal property to
the federal government "had re
ceived immediate action by the
Agency Sale Slated
For August 25;
Many Buildings Listed
An invitation for bids on Build
ing Parcel A was issued May 26
by the tribal sales office. Build
Parcel A is the Klamath Agency
- buildings and grounds. The in
vitation specifies the parcel to
comprise 101. o acres, more or
less. Buildings offered for sale
include the administration build
ing, hospital, tribal hall (and
garage), club building (and gar
age), nurses' home (and garages),
radio shack, cabin, several sheds,
shops, garages, warehouses and
storage buildings, dwelling (and
garages and shed), and some M)
cottages. Also listed are the ten
nis court and the concrete reser
voir. The telephone, water, and
sewer systems of the parcel are
also described.
According to the invitation bids
will be received until and opened
at 10:(K) a. in., August 25, lnM).
Inspection of the buildings is by
appointment only on Tuesdays
and Wednesdays between 1 :(X)
p. in. and 4;(X)p. m. by contacting
Mr. Noble Sandcrville, Property
Management Officer, Klamath
Agency, ( re.
Area Office, and forwarded to
Washington, D. C. Office. Po
date," their report continued, "no
information had been received as
to any moves or actions that the
Interior Departments at Wash
ington, I). C. are planning to rec
ommend to. Congress." As to the
distribution of avairlable loan
funds, Jackson and Lang were
told that "unless advised other
wise, offsets would be made." The
report indicated that the Area
Office has offered to provide a
"status report" to the June 9 Oen
cral Council. At that time, it was
added, the Area Office "would
also pass along such information
as may be received" from Wash
ington. I). C. regarding the com
mittee resolutions of .May 17.
In accordance with the Consti
tution and By-Laws the Execu
tive Committee scheduled a Oeii
eral Council meeting to be held
on Thursday, June 9, at 10 A.M.
at the Oeneral Council House.
Jackson and Cook were desig
nated by unanimous consent to
prepare a full agenda for the
c uincil.
A program "in commemoration
of our treat of 1XM" was sug
gested by S. E. Kirk who recom
mended that "members of the
committee think and work to this
end to bring about such a commemoration."
Stock Move Makes
Way for Hay
Continuing to move ahead is
the cattle production program
conducted by the I'.S. National
Bank as trustee for the remain
ing members.
One-hundred thirteen calves
are reported in the 190calf crop,
all of which were branded ami
vaccinated May 19. The calf crop
increased the total herd to
head.
Something new in tribal herd
management was initiated May
JS when the calves, US cows and
heifers, and the bulls were taken
to the Three Creeks area for
summer pasture. 'Phis stock will
graze on a (H)-aere field in the
Three-Creeks vicinity, reserved
from leasing and recently fenced
by trust employees,-for about )
days (June, Juiy, August). More
important, however, is what will
be going on back at the Agency
Kami. With much of the herd at
Three Creeks some Ml) acres of
miality land at Agency Karm will
be available for hay production.
Only the north field at Agency
Kami will be under pasture this
summer, with .150 steers grazing
on it. (Pasturing this field is abo
a new step as it was formerly
leased out each season.)
Explaining the new procedure,
John Merritt of the trust staff
states: "We're trying to emialic
summer and winter feed. Phat's
what we accomplish in going to
Three ( .'reeks.
"By moving the cows and
calves to Three Creeks for K)
days we can hay all the area "H
the Agency Kami we had form
erly been pasturing. We will get
the hay off in August. Then
there's all kinds of pasture again,
clear up till the snows."
I 'nderscoring the need for hay
is the bank's plan of buying more
steers this winter. As Merritt
explains, the bank's main prob
lem is to "harvest enough hay
this summer so we can buv some
more steers. Those in the north
pasture all go to market October
J. If we can get enough hay we
can get some more steers. We
want to buy steers in December,
January, Kebruarv, to get good
stock and prices. That means sou
have to have enough hay for
dass. If you buy in May, it i too
late for good buys."
Three Creeks is rated as g.)d
pasture, particularly for the cow.
where the main goal isn't putting
on the beef. Tin abundance of
clover at Agency Karm makes
that the choice place to fatten
the steers.
Is. II. I .ting, trust officer, aNo
reports that a Jlf) per capita
distribution for remaining mem
bers is slated for June 15.