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About Klamath tribune. (Chiloquin, Or.) 1956-1961 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1960)
BULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID i Pirmlt N. 2 Form 3347 Riqutsttd Klamath County Library 126 S. 3rd Klamath Fall.?, Oroon CHILOQUIN, OREGON VOL. V, NO. 7 KLAMATH INFORMATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAM JULY 1960 CLAY MILLER COMPLETES FIRST YEAR OF DIESEL TECHNOLOGY AT OREGON TECH Clay Miller, 3-ycar lcttcrman at Chiloquin High School, .com pleted his first year of diesel tech nology at OTI on June 10. Clay filled the fullback slot on the gridiron at CHS and played guard in basketball, from which position he gained a spot on the all-County basketball team for the 1956-57 season. His athletic endeavors at OTI, however, are confined to periodic workouts at the gym, as, "I have to keep my grades up." He has managed to do just that in his studies thus far, maintain ing a steady C-plus grade aver age. His subjects have included welding, shop, diesel lab., meth ods of study, psychology, and al gebra. He says he likes all his subjects fairly equally and feels they will all be useful to him as a diesel mechanic even psych ology which "helps get along with other people, understand people." Inducing Clay to enroll in diesel was the fact that "I like to work around big engines." This like has been well gratified since' the basic part of the first year work centers in OTI's big, well-equipped diesel shop where students concentrate on tearing the engines down and putting them back together. Influencing his post-graduate plans is this same affinity. Clay wants to work around construc tion equipment, logging equip ment, etc., preferably in the Klamath area. He also recognizes that the bigger the equipment, the more pay. Before starting on the job, however, he hopes to get in a third year of diesel on his own following termination al lowing, "another year wouldn't hurt me." This summer he is trying to gather up some job experience. He has applied with Weyerhaeu ser Co. and expects to gain a little mechanical background working on cats. Clay is a withdrawing member. He figured simply: "I'd get a bet ter start that way." "If they do pay us off I could do quite a bit." He feels the education program is also a good deal, especially for the withdrawing group and for those members in the younger age bracket. NO BIDS, ONE TIME EXTENSION REQUEST RECEIVED AT AUG. 1 TRIBAL UNIT SALE Only seven persons were in at tendance at the scheduled open ing of bids on the Vamsay Moun tain, Skellock, Saddle Mountain and South Calimus sustained yield units at the tribal land sales office on August 1. The lack of attendance perhaps reflected the general lack of interest on the part of prospective bidders as no bids were received on the units, which carry a total realization value of $33,260,082. The only interest shown in any of the units was that evidenced by one Steve Wilson of Kagle Point, Ore., whose sustained yield management plan on the Yamsay Mountain unit had been approved on June 30, 1960, by representa tives of the Dept. of Agriculture. A letter from Wilson was opened and found to contain the original and one copy of his approved management plan as well as a let ter addressed to Fred A. Seaton, RDG Early-Payment Petition Gets Responses Numerous responses have been received by Reservation Discus sion Group officers to the petition circulated by the KD(i during February and March of this year (see Jan., 1960, Tribune, page 4, col. 2, for article introducing this petition). In addition to recom mending changes in the loan re pay m en t policy, the petition strongly urged "that the Federal Government take title to and is sue payment for all unsold units immediately upon failure to sell such units to private operators." Among the responses, that from the Dept. of Agriculture, by K. L. Peterson, Assistant Secre tary of Agriculture, was notable for the new information con tained, detailing the procedures the department plans to adopt in acquiring unsold sustained yield units. Portions of the depart ment's letter are quoted follow ing: (Continued on Page 4, Col. 4) Secretary of Interior. This letter read as follows : "Regarding my approved plan which established me as eligible to bid on the Yamsay Mt. Sus tained Yield Unit, Klamath In dian Reservation, Oregon, I re spectfully request an extension of time beyond August 1, 1960 in which to submit my bid. "In view of the amount in volved, I find prospective in vestors require more than the time originally allotted to make their own investigations. "May I suggest an extension of time to February 1. 1961 in which to submit my bid ?" Farlc Wilcox, newly-appointed area forester for the Portland area of the Bureau of Indian Af fairs, was present at the sched uled bid opening. Commenting on Wilson's request for an exten sion of time, he assured that the request would be forwarded through channels to the Secre tary of Interior. He reminded those present, however, of the procedure adopted when similar requests for extensions were re ceived last January on the North Marsh and Modoc Point sus tained yield units. Instead of an extension, readvertisemeut of tho three unsold units in the first sustained yield unit sale was pro vided. Wilcox observed that in the present instance, there is much less time remaining for any readvertisemeut and he also pointed out that at the earlier granting of a readvertiscment it was publicly announced that no readvertisemeut of remaining un its would be considered. Concluding the brief meeting, Conrad Shetland, acting officer in charge, announced that the otilv remaining sustained yield unit sale was that involving the re advertised units North Marsh, Modoc Point, and Sykan and slated for Dec. 1, 1960. Manage ment plans for these units must be submitted no later than 2 p.m., Sept. 1, 1960.