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Page 4 KLAMATH TRIBUNE MAY 1960 Functions of State Forestry Staff Detailed in Talk Before Exec. -Committee Summarization of State Forestry Department Talk Before Klamath Executive Committee 11 M) A. M.. May 17, I'M) (Additional names ami details added for clarification ) Mr. Bob Madsen, District War den, noted that tin: appearance of Hank Da vies and himself was in response to a request extended April 28 hy Mr. Dibbon Cook for an explanation of state plans for the reservation. Continuing, Mr. Madsen ex plained that the MA is going out of tin picture on the Klamath Reservation next year, as the process of termination is com pleted and with ahout half of the land of the reservation in federal administration and the other half privately owned, this year ap peared to he a good time for orderly transition to a form of protection which could carry on beyond termination. Transfer of protection this year would coin hine proven techniques, men and equipment of the MA protection of past years with the methods and standards of the State For estry organization and thus as sure a hetter future protection joh. The State Forestry organia tioii is here as a subcontractor to the U.S. Forest Service on those federal lauds administered hy the MA within the state district boundaries. The State district organization, to he known as the Klamath Ag ency State District, will bring to gether several state services un der the district warden. Mr. Mad sen. First, the 32,734 acres of state lands in Klamath, Lake and hoidcrmg counties will he man aged from the Agency Office by Harry Marshall, senior forester. This work will include the sales program and inventories, primar ily, on the state-owned lands. Sec ond, Klamath Agency State Headquarters will assume the re stocking of state lands, a job for merly done hy the Reforestation Section of Salem, using local crews when needed. Third, inspections of fotcst op erations tui that portion of the reservation protected by the state will be handled from the Agency office hy Karl Mown, assistant district warden. Mr. Mown will also be concerned with the vari ous operator responsibilities and will work in the field of tire con trol operation with the operators and landowners, doing the work on the Reservation which Clar ence Voumans had done formerly. Fourth, the farm forestry service of the state forestry department will function from the Agency oi ler. This is a free advisorv service the of which is available to anyone with a question or problem relating to forestry on private land. The farm Forester has names of private consulting Foresters, who may be hired by the landowner for larger time consuming jobs. Orders for seedlings are processed through the farm forestry men, also. Hank Davies is assigned the farm for estry responsibility. Fifth, the job of protection will be the concern of Hank Davies, assistant district warden, who will detail the way it is to be handled later in the report. Statewide Organization Mr. Madsen then listed authority and responsibility the state forestry department generally and the Klamath Ag ency State District specifically, as follows: The- Hoard of Forestry is made up of representatives from fish and wildlife groups, farm groups, the logging and sawmill industries, grazing inter ests, the Dean of the school of forestry at Oregon State College, and an advisory member from the C. S. Forest Service who does not vote. All Congressional Districts of the State are represented (Re fer to Oregon Forest Law supple ment 5Jo.()10). There are 11 board members who meet quarterly un less called in for a special meet ing by the ( Jovernor. This board directs the state Forestry department and hires the State Forester who then is given the job of directing the de partment activities, which are set. forth by the legislature in the Oregon Forest Laws. The State Forester sets up the boundaries which will then designate the dis tricts or units of protection over the state. Then, within the boun dary of a given district the pro tection problem is analyzed and a budget made to cover the cost of the protection plan developed to solve the problem. The amount of the budget is then spread equally over each forested acre of land protected by the state within the district boundary, and each owner of such land is billed on his regular property tax statement for the amount obtained by mul tiplying the above cost per acre times the number of forested acres he owns. The landowners are able to inspect and discuss the proposed budget at the annual hearing, usually in late April in this area: but once the budget is approved the taxes which result will be set, unless errors are proven in such things as a wrong number of acres in a given own ership, wrong person billed as ow ner, etc. (To Be Continued in June Issue) Scout Banquet Held; Bcatty Troop Progresses An impressive annual awards banquet of the Modoc Area Boy Scout Council was held on May 14 at Ferguson School in Klamath Falls with about 300 Scout lead ers, and supporters of the scout ing movement in attendance. Among those in attendance were Scouts from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, members of the tribal council and a few parents. The Warm Springs troop was honored by being in vited to conduct the opening and closing ceremonies. Jesse Kirk, Klamath tribal lead er, who was accompanied by his wife, was recognized by the Mas ter of Ceremonies for his recent efforts in promoting the scout ing movement in Bcatty on the Klamath Indian Reservation. The Scout troop in Beatty un der the leadership of Jesse Kirk is rapidly getting underway. At a meeting held at the Kirk home May 1J. applications for a char ter were officially signed. Vernon McXair has been designated as the scoutmaster, and Stephen Kirk, assistant scoutmaster. The Beatty Methodist Church has ac cepted sponsorship of the troop with Rev. Harley Xeller as the institutional representative. The committee members are Jesse Kirk, chairman. Vcstou Casey, and ( lordon ( li van. Tribal Realty, Personalty Sales Held Six units were put up for sale at a tribal realty sale held at the tribal sales office on May 11. The units were comprised of fringe units and allotments or interests in allotments which had escheated to the tribe. Bids were received on all six units. An interest by tribal mem bers in meeting the high bid on five of the six units was then indicated, with only unit 301 re ceiving no expression of inter est from a tribal member. This unit, with a realization value of $1,020, was accordingly sold to the original bidder, Leroy Gicng cr, who bid $1,027. As more than one individual or group exercised their preferential right for each of the other 5 units, these 5 units were slated for oral auction bid ding between tribal members at the sales office on May 31. All 130 items put up for sale at the tribal personal property sale held at Klamath Agcncv May 18 were sold to tribal mem hers. Total hid price for the items was $8,919.25. $8,914.25 of that amount represented purchases through application of pro rata shares and $5 was bid in cash. Emma Lou Harrington Elected Rec. Chief Lmma Lou Harrington, a tribal member, was elected president of the Chiloqttin Area Recreation Council at a meeting on May 24 at the Education Office in Chilo (jiiin. Others elected were Al Sam ples, vice-president, Virginia Doak, secretary-treasurer, and Marie Xorris and Bob Ray, Board of Directors. Under the chairmanship of Mrs. Dwight Souers, retiring vice president of the organization, the council heard reports by various standing and special committees. The boxing committee reported that the season is closing suc cessfully with a Golden Gloves invitational tournament sched uled for June 4 in Chiloquin. Since the club's present financial status is low, the committee, through the hard work of the youngsters themselves, has sold ads to local merchants to finance the tourna ment. The recreation council also approved the purchase of a full page twenty dollar ad as a con tribution. After the tournament, however, the club anticipates having a sur plus in the boxing account which will be used for the purchase of needed equipment. A motion to honor the Boys Club with a ban quet following the tournament was unanimously adopted by the council. The Friends Service Commit tee's plan of launching a year round community development program on the reservation was discussed and a committee com posed of Aubrey Starkey and Lou Jones appointed to explore hous ing possibilities for the Friends staff expected to arrive earlv this July. Lenora Evans, retiring secretary-treasurer, reported that the present balance of the recreatipn council is $228.23, most of which has been raised through the sale of food at the personal property sales and the sale of pine cones. Flaya Yates and her small but dedicated committee have been largely responsible for the money that the recreation council now has. The question of having formal membership in the recreation council and the charging of mem bership dues was referred to the Board of Directors. Jesse Kirk, representing the Beatty Recrea tion Club, reported on the ex periences of his organization and the success it has had in holding its membership to about a dozen active dues-paying members. r