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About Klamath tribune. (Chiloquin, Or.) 1956-1961 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1961)
BULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID Ptrmlt No. 2 Form 3547 Riqutittd 3 Klamath County Libre 126 S. 3rd Klacnth Fhllo, Oro. CHILOQUIN, OREGON VOL 6 NO. 1 KLAMATH INFORMATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAM JANUARY 1961 NORMAN JOHNS PLAYS SOUND DEFENSIVE BALL FOR OTI, SCORES POINTS IN GRADES J' 7 ! ... . ' .( - Compiling an impressive record in athletics at OTI is Xornian Johns. Xornian, a third-term auto mechanics student, originally got started at Oregon Tech in Sept., 1959. in electronics. After 2 terms of that course, however, he switched over to auto tech., which he finds much more interesting although conceding there is prob ahlv more monev in the former field. While he saw only limited vars ity basketball action during his first year at the institute, Xor nian capped the year off by win ning his leter in track, competing in the discus event. This year he has been going great guns in basketball, holding down a for ward position on the starting five. Although the OTI squad as a whole hasn't been doing too well (fifth in recent standings) Xonn is enthusiastic about the team's chances "I hope we'll be in second after this weekend". And he even sees a chance of event ually overhauling the league leader, Portland State. (While Xornian would doubtless decline to take personal credit for any rejuvenation in the club, recent newspaper accounts gave him and 1 other players special plau dits for upsetting arch - rival S.O.C. mainly through good de fensive play which win has sparked a general upswing in team morale.) Xornian is a lanky six-footer with several inches to spare. He confirms that defense is his main job on the team, although "I could rack up points. I racked them up last year on the T-Hirds. This is more of a machine". He played with the Thunderbirds last ear in the all-Indian tourney as well as in the preceding elimin ation go-round and looks forward to more of same this Near. His prowess will be mighty useful to the T-Birds as they will need to win the elimination tourney, slated for Feb. 10-17-18, at the Chiloquin High School gym, to get into the big show. Aside from his athletic en deavor, Xornian still devotes plenty of time to his books. And he finds the two phases of school (Continued on Page 4, Col. 3) U.S.F.S. Officials' Proposal Would Put Tribal Timbcrlands In Now Nat'l Forest The vast part of the reservation timberlands being acquired by the Federal Gov't under the termina tion law would go into the crea tion of a new national forest if proposals of regional U. S. Forest Service officials are accepted. At a well-attended meeting at the Klamath County Library Jan. M, Herbert Stone, U.S.F.S. regional forester for Oregon and Wash ington, revealed the new plan which, if accepted, would place 418,970 acres of the withdrawing tribal lands, the Klamath district of the Rogue River National Forest, a portion of the Silver Lake district of the Fremont Xational Forest, and the Crescent Lake district of the Deschutes Xational forest, in a new national forest, headquartered in Klamath Falls. An additional 100.774 acres of tribal timberlands being ac quired by the Federal Gov't under the termination proceedings would go into the Fremont Nat'l Forest under the proposal. Stone pointed out that regional officials of the U.S.F.S. had been studying various plans for ad ministration of the tribal forest lands scheduled for federal ac quisition since the final sustained yield units offering to private operators on Dec. 1. The estab lishment of the new national forest, which would total some 900,000 acres, had been settled on as the best proposal as it would ensure a maximum degree of ef fective supervision of the tribal lauds, would maintain or sub stantially increase the funds go ing to the various counties (Jack son, Klamath, Lake, Deschutes, etc.) as their share of receipts from nat'l forest timber sales, NOTICE Mr. Peter Crocs, Bureau of Indian Affairs Social Worker, will be at the Klamath Education Office, Chiloquin, the first Tues day and Wednesday of each month for consultation with tribal members. and would in no way interfere Nvith establishment of a working circle, based on Klamath Hasiu timberlands, providing for opti mum annual allowable cut. Administratively, Stone reveal ed that the proposal, if adopted, would tentatively call for main taining a staff of M)'U) personnel at the Klamath Falls headquart ers, and also the establishment of ranger stations at Chemult and ( hiloquin. Following the unveiling of the new proposal, questions on forest service administration of the timberlands were heard. Regard ing grazing use of the new nat'l forest lands by area stockmen, Stone pointed out that national forest regulations governing such usage would be the general guide, lie made it clear, however, that his agency would examine carefully procedures followed by the HI A in according grazing per mits and privileges with the in tent of following, at least for the present, established procedures. He also posed the advisability of U.S.F.S. officials and stockmen getting together to work matters out on grazing usage over a longer range period. Stone referred to a Feb. 0 meeting of U.S.F.S. officials, in cluding the chief of the division of range management, when grazing administration details would be worked out for the coining season, adding. "We ap preciate the urgency of the folks knowing what the plan will be. We will make as little change as possible over past procedures at this time." (Following the meeting. U.S. F.S. officials elaborated that stockmen interested in grazing usage on lands in the My-Hcatty area should contact the ranger headquarters in My. Those in terested in grazing usage on other portions of the proposed new nat'l forest lands should contact the U.S.F.S. office at the I'ost Office bldg. in Klamath Falls).