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The tribe's Indian Preference policy will apply. Tribal government will not discriminate in selection because of race, creed, age, sex, color, national origin, physical handicap, marital status, politics, membership or non-membership in an em ployee organization. 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Chinook Winds Casino Resort Walt’s Words of Wit and Wisdom by Walt Klamath Hey, by golly, we finally got some snow, a couple of months late though. It was not very much, maybe an inch after five hours snow falling at Logsden. Well, beyond Logsden a little ways. Seems like there are zones for coolness at Logsden. There was just a trace, but one could see heavy snow on the hills. There is a big difference from Logsden to where Judge Huckle berry lives. In '51, there was three feet of snow in that field where that doctor lives. I had to feed the cattle. The deer would crowd around the wagon as bad as the cows. Don’t remember how many there were, but there were quite a few. Had to push them aside to get to the wagon. The weather has changed a lot. It used to snow every Christmas, that was hunting season. Dad and Eddie Bensell would always go on the hill behind the bam. There were no roads to speak of. Grandpa had sled trails for gather ing fence posts, Eddie kept the deer trails open. I wasn’t very big at the time, but I wanted to go hunting, probably cried about being cold. Eddie would find some tracks, would say it was a buck or doe, said there was a difference in the feet. Any way, he would take one way and Dad the other and somewhere along the line, there would be a little pop. Eddie would say something like somebody got one. We would come on some blood and where one had been dressed, Eddie would go, “Hee, hee, Lester was here.” How did he know Lester was there? Well it seems that them old timers kind of marked their territory. Lester would leave a foot in a tree. Eddie would leave a horn or an ear, Skinner Williams would leave a leg. Can’t remember what Jimmy Flemming left, but he had his mark too. Alton Butler told me of the times that he would drive a Model T across the Siletz River in the area of the old ford. I don’t know where that was, but I know it wasn’t where the bridge would be built. While waiting for the bus, I can remember throwing rocks on the ice across Rock Creek. Tue Ton Rilatos was the bus driver then, he drove a big air cooled Franklin Van. That’s what they are called today. It was not the warm est vehicle to ride in, much like the Volkswagen, I guess. Most of the cars in those days had spoke wheels. People could not afford tire chains. They would wrap logging chains or cable around their wheels through the spokes. They would park close to the road where a grader would come through. Old Man Bemrose, his daughter became a Lane, was the mail carrier. He delivered mail every day. He used a horse and sled to go from Nashville to Logsden. It took him all day to do it, but the mail had to go through. We always had enough to eat. Grandma, Mom, and everyone canned and stored food for the winter. Didn't need refrigeration. Had a lot of wood split and stored. It was real cozy. I don’t remember about the coldness though. It must have been and we must have had winter clothing. We did have a lot of fun in the snow. I have written about those times before at the Speakman’s place, which now is broken into two places. We played at the Christianson place at those times. It was cold then and wet and terrible, but we did it anyway. The Speakmans were teen-age ori ented; they did provide us with hot chocolate. We burned tires for heat and light. Teen-agers from Siletz and To ledo, plus all of us in the Logsden area, would gather, probably 15 or so. February 2005 • Siletz News • 7
