SEPTEMBER 1960
KLAMATH TRIBUNE
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Trust Operation Gets On-Spot Inspection
As 16 Remainecs Go On Field Trip
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Remaining members going on the field trip -of Sept. 15 got a good view (top
picture) of Wocui Bay, retained out of Klamath Marsh at part of the
management area. At bottom remaining member Dibbon Cook, Marvin Davia,
and EInathan Davit, left to right, view the unique machine used by Bly
Logging Co. in conducting the general salvage operation. The machine can
do dozer, hauling, loading work and it capable of rapid movement through
the wood in salvaging the widely-scattered wind-blown and high-risk timber.
Sixteen remaining members
j;ot a first-band look at tbeir
trust operation Sept. 15 wben
they went on a field trip conduct
ed by trust management officials.
Using a bus provided by Hly
Logging Co. and tbe Klamath
Education Office in Chilorjuin as
a point of departure, the group
first visited Agency Farm and
saw the reclamation work now
under way towards bringing
some 1000 acres of marsh into
cattle and hay production. Ex
tensive ditching and diking and
eventual installation of a pump
ing plant are involved. Trust of
ficials provided the group with
some interesting I'ann figures,
including:
1. The cattle herd now totals
069. from a start of 206 when the
U. S. Hank took over as trustee;
2. Approximately 350 yearling
steers will be ready for market
this fall, with a hoped-for price
of at least 22c per pound;
3. 6-12 tons of hay have been
harvested from Agency Farm
fields this summer more than
enough for winter needs.
Xext stop was Collier Park and
a picnic lunch compliments of
the trustee. The group then en
tered the big, central unit of the
remaining area at a point near
Solomon Hutte in the heart of the
Cave Mountain burn. Stops were
made at the 30-acre experimental
tract machine-planted to pine
seedlings last March and on a
slope of Solomon Hutte where re
sults of last fall's seeding-by-helicopter
project were in evid
ence. In both places numerous,
vigorous seedlings were found.
Hank officials stated that an es
timated 500 seedlings per acre
were thriving on the reseeded
area on July 1, with relatively
little mortality since then. Heli
copter planting costs were calcu
lated at $9.10 per acre.
Travelling out of the burn and
into the comparative cool of the
unscathed remaining forests, the
bus made its way to Wocus Hay.
Here the members saw the choice
grazing land, totalling about 1,000
acres, which was retained for
them out of Klamath Marsh.
Trust officials advised that this
GAME MANAGEMENT
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rights retained by the remainees,
it was noted that such rights are
not alienable or inheritable and
also that they are applicable only
to those lands continuing in tribal
ownership and not to such lands
as are sold.
Jesse Kirk observed that over
one - quarter million acres of
Klamath reservation lands have
passed into non-Indian ownership
and that extensive tribal lands
are now awaiting sale. "The Indian
once owning lands which have
been sold has no more to say
about them," he pointed nut. He
emphasized, however, that the
remaining members have a per
fect right to safeguard the wild
life on the remaining area, which
belongs to them. Citing examples
of game waste, Kirk felt that a
committee should be set up to
protect remainees' rights. As a
step in this direction, he recom
mended that a meeting of the full
executive committee be held to
consider hunting and fishing
problems pertinent to the tribe
as a whole.
land was under a grazing lease to
Ora Summers.
The general salvage operation,
directed to the salvage of wind
blown and high-rish timber, was
next on the itinerary. It was ex
plained that Hly Logging Co. had
undertaken the logging phase of
the salvage operation on a 5-year
contract. The contract calls for
the logging of 2 million board feet
per year. The trustee pays $25
per thousand for the logging. The
salvage logs are processed by
Klamath Lumber and Hox, which
pays on the basis of lumber ac
tually milled, as ascertained at
the end of the year. Meanwhile
Klamath Lumber disburses $19
per thousand, which price will be
adjusted at the end of the year
according to lumber recovery.
Prior to the long trek back to
Chilouin the group stopped at
Huckhorn Spring for a cool drink
ami a perusal of water and ero
sion control work in the vicinity.
Remaining members and their
families making the trip were Mr.
and Mrs. Dibbon Cook, Klnathan
Davis and son Marvin, Mr. and
Mrs. John Kffinan, Fanny Jack
sou, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Kirk,
Laura Martin, Mary k'eyrs and
daughter Xanette, Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Sabiu, daughter Alward
and son Cuy Warren, and Mrs.
Frank Summers. Others making
the trip were Hennett Foster, K
II. Lung, and Hob Mezger of the
U. S. Xat'l Hank; Hill Sueetland
of the Klamath halls Herald and
News; and Hill Xorval of the
Klamath Education Program.
Personalty Sale Nets
78 Bids, No Cash
KTP-5-M), the fifth tribal per
sonal property sale of the year,
was held at the council house at
Klamath Agencv Thursday, Sept.
Seventy-eight items were of
fered for sale including a grader,
several pickups, two sedans, and
assorted office machinery. All
items were purchased by tribal
members as eight non-member
bids were pre-empted. Auction
eers again had no cash to show
for the sale as all items were ac
quired by withdrawecs applying
their pro rata shares.
Total 1 ii I price on the 7S items
was $20,1W.50, compared with an
appraised value of slightly over
$LUXX). Approximately 125 per
sons attended the sale.
It is anticipated that the next
personalty sale, KTP-0 0, will
be held on ( )ctober 20 at the coun
cil house.
NOTICE
Burning Permits Required
Burning Permits will be re
quired to burn grass, grain, stub
ble, or debris on or within 18 of
n mile of forest lnnd until the fire
season is officially closed by the
Governor.
Persons wishing to burn within
the exterior boundaries of the
Klamath Agency District should
contact the fire dispatcher at the
Klamath Agency Headquarters
(phone Chiloquin 783-2728 or
783-2219) or the local Wardens
at any of the following Guard
Stations; Bcatty, Sprague River,
Yamsay G. S., Wocus Bay G. S.t
or Three Creeks G. S.
It would be appreciated if those
persons wishing to burn in areas
further than 18 mile of forest
land would notify the Klamath
Agency fire dispatcher or local
warden. This saves much time
and expense otherwise spent to
check these smokes.
Landowners and logging oper
ators having logging slash to dis
pose of within the KASD
Boundaries can contact Karl
Brown at the Klamath Agency
Headquarters. This should be
done in advance of actual burn
ing in order that prior inspections
can be made and burning instruc
tions prepared.
Some of the most critical fire
weather of the current season
has been experienced in the past
two weeks. Continued coopera
tion of the local residents is need
ed to keep fire costs and damages
to a minimum.
Bob Madsen, District Warden