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•________ WARM SPRINGS, OREGON 97761__________________________ APRIL 7, 1978
Search Continues For lo st Fishermen
State Police in The D alles
For nearly two weeks now,
search and dragging operations say that all indications are that
have continued for three Indian the boat ra n afoul of a tug and
fishermen feared drowned fol barge outfit. P a r t of the bow,
lowing a boat a c c id e n t on the which had been ripped off the
Columbia R iver S aturday, boat, was found on the front of a
barge which had been towed
March 25.
The m issing men a re Leo through the locks a t 4:33 a.m .
nard Polk, 34, a member of the Also discovered on the front of
Warm Springs C onfederated the b a rg e w ere pieces of the
Tribes, Eli Culps, 35, and Donald sm all boat, a fishnet, a ring
Isadore, 29, both of the Yakima belonging to Leonard Polk, and
a hunting knife which was Eli
Nation.
Since the accident, relatives Culps’.
The a ir and w ater search
and friends have g ath ered in
The Dalles to help search for the has been concentrated between
m en’s bodies and to p rep are The Dalles and Bonneville Dam.
food and hot coffee for those Although most of the searchers
a re m em bers of the W arm
involved with the search.
According to information re Springs and Y akim a re s e rv a
ceived by Oregon State Police, tions, State Police and the Was
the men w ere la st seen in a co County Sheriff’s Department
17-foot fiberglass boat at about 4 are continuing their search ef
a.m . on m arch 25th a t The forts.
On Tuesday, April 4, the
Dalles Boat Basin. Their badly
dam aged c ra ft was found a Warm Springs Tribal Police and
short distance down river about personnel from the Natural Re-
source D epartm ent w ent up to
an hour later.
The Dalles with the tribal boat
to aid in the recovery effort.
Upon request of the Tribal Coun
cil, there will be someone from
Warm Springs there every day
until the bodies are recovered or
until the search is called off.
Polk, who has been a fish
erman all his life, lost his father
in a drowning accident in 1952
upriver from The Dalles. Also,
Eli Culps m other F lorence Eli
(A Warm Springs Tribal Mem
ber) was lost in the Columbia
River.
All three missing men were
married. Polk had five children,
Culps had seven, and Isadore
two.
The W arm Springs T ribal
Council has authorized a dona
tion of $1,500 dollars, the Yaki
m a Nation is offering a $200
rew ard for the recovery of the,
bodies, and sev eral of The
Dalles businesses and organiza
tions have donated food, gas,
and money to the searchers.
Bartlett Elected To School Board,
Tax Levy Fails
Evadna Bartlett was elected
to fill the vacant position on the
Jefferson County 509-J School
Board, winning a t the polls in
both Warm Springs and Madras
Nature provided a healthy supply of luksh (left) and xaush earlier this week.
(right) and peelers like Prunie Williams can attest to it. See Page 9
for more photos.
CDS Photo
Roots and more roots
Cattle Rustling Under Investigation
Cattle rustling on the reser
vation has been a seasonal prob
lem here for the past four or five
years according to the Natural
Resource Department, and this
year is proving to be po ex
ception.
Following a number of inci
dences, the FBI, BIA, and tribal
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authorities have interviewed a
non-enrollee from Warm Springs
and an individual from Madras
in connection with ru stling of
cattle belonging to tribal mem
bers.
Some of thé cattle owned by
tribal members has reportedly
been spirited off the reservation
and allegedly put up for sale at
the Madras Stock Yards. Twelve
head of cattle were discovered
March 29 at the stock yards by
the State Brand Inspector, Buck
Hodges.
No arrests have been made,
but an investigation is being
conducted by authorities.
HOW WARM SPRINGS VOTED
In W arm Springs, voters
chose B a rtle tt over U ren Leo
nard, Bartlett collecting 39 votes
while Leonard drew 38 votes.
Vic Gregg collected 23 votes to
make a total of 90 voters turning
out from Warm Springs.
THE OVERALL RESULTS
Bartlett received a total of
573 votes to Vic Gregg’s 470 and
Uren Leonard’s 105. 1148 voters
turned out overall.
Although the people from
Warm Springs passed 509-J’s tax
levy, 73 “yes” votes to 27 “no”
votes, the tax levy failed to pass
overall, 533 “ y e s” votes to 608
“no” . The total budget was for
$5 m illion, but only $3,500,000
has to be ra ise d from local
taxes.
The school board will decide
at th eir m eeting on April 10
when the next election will be
and how much the levy will be
for.
Retiring Soon
No Fishing Near Hatchery
The N atural R esource De
partment reminds everyone that
all fishing is closed on the
portion of the W arm Springs
R iver n e a r the W arm Springs
National Fish Hatchery. No fish
ing is allowed in the a re a th at
extends one-half mile upstream
and one-half mile downstream
from the Fish Hatchery site.
Gene G reene, N atural R e
source Dept. Director and Tribal
Council C hairm an, explained
that the purpose of the closure in
that area is for the protection of
anadrom ous fish due to the
concentration of fish near bar
rie rs, p a rtic u la rly dam s. Fish
are particularly vulnerable near
dam s w here they a re being d i
verted into sanctuary.
This reg ulation will be en
forced by both the Natural Re
source Department and the Tri
bal Police. Signs will be posted
in the near future.
The following is rep rin ted
from Resolution No. 5016:
WSFPI
Annual Report
Members of the Confederat
ed T ribes will have an oppor
tunity to h e a r about the 1977
operations of W arm Springs
F o rest P roducts In d u stries at
the upcoming annual meeting on
April 24.
Dinner will be served at 6:00
p.m. and the meeting will begin
a t 7:00 a t the Agency Long-
house. Annual re p o rts will be
distributed to those attending.
BE IT RESOLVED, By the
T ribal Council of the Confed
e ra te d T ribes of the W arm
Springs Reservation of Oregon,
pu rsu an t to A rticle V of the
Constitution and By-laws, that a
portion of the W arm Springs
R iver located n e a r the W arm
Springs National Fish Hatchery
be closed to all fishing.
BE IT FURTHER RESOL
VED, T hat the extent of the
closure shall be one-half mile
u p stream and one-half m ile
downstream from the Fish Hat
chery site which is described as:
s%swy4NEy4, Ny>Nwy4SEy4,
SE y4SE y4N w y4 , N E y4N E y4
SWy4 section 24, tow nship 8
south, ran g e 12 e a st of the
W illam ette M eridan, Wasco
Cqunty, Oregon.
GUNTHER HEEREN
Note from Cornett
G unther H eeren, F o re st
Manager, Warm Springs Agen
cy, is “pulling the plug” after 32
y ears of serv ice on A pril 21,
1978. A nostalgia book is being
prepared and we are soliciting
letters and photographs for in
clusion in this book.
P le a se w rite all le tte rs on
standard size paper, 8” X 10%” ,
and send them along With any
thing else you m ay w ant in
cluded, including contributions
for a retirem ent gift to William
L. A pgar, F o re ste r, W a r m
Springs Agency, Warm Springs,
OR 97761, by April 14, 1978.