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U.S. Postage
Bulk Rate Permit No. 2
W arm Springs, O R
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S p ily a y T ym o o
Voi 5 No 11
June 13,1980
Warm Springs, Oregon 97761
Sherar’s Bridge petition
Filling wp-Members o f the Career Exploration Project launched a tissue balloon last week. To see
the results, check out page 12.
The Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs and the Oregon
Fish and Wildlife Commission
are accused of discrimination
in a petition being circulated by
Prineville sport fisherman Bill
M oncrief regarding Warm
Springs’ ownership of Sherar’s
Bridge.
T h e p e t i t i o n , b e in g
circulated in behalf of Central
Oregon sport fishermen (not an
o r g a n iz a tio n ) , a sk s fo r
“protective right of way on the
Deschutes River at Sherars
Falls, which was recently
purchased by the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs” and
“ w ritte n a g re e m e n t
guaranteeing us fishing rights
and access forever.
“We feel that we are being
discriminated against by the
State of Oregon, the Oregon
F is h a n d G a m e ( s ic )
C o m m i s s i o n a n d th e
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs by allowing the private
ownership of what should be
public land.
“As taxpayers we want our
rights protected for future use.”
Moncrief said that sport
fishermen at Sherar’s Falls
have not had any problems yet
with any of the parties-
mentioned in the petition, nor
with Indian fishermen, but that
the petition was a protective
measure in the event tbat sport
fis h e rm e n w ere c h a rg e d
additional fees for use of the
Falls area or “if they close us off
and try to restrict us in any
way.”
If this should happen, said
Moncrief, the petition would
then be given to the American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
for legal action on the grounds
that sport fishermen pay for the
right to fish on the Deschutes
with state license fees.
Moncrief did not elaborate
on what grounds a suit might
be filed.
Fire races through Snuffy Smith residence
What was once the home of
Claude “Snuffy” Smith and his
wife Versa looks like a ghost
ship that burned and ran
aground on jagged rocks. Their
mobile home and all contents
were totally destroyed by fire
Saturday, May 31.
The alarm sounded at 4:32
p.m. and water was being
applied to the blaze by 4:39
p.m., a scant seven minutes
later. D espite the quick
r e s p o n s e by th e f ir e
department, the whole front of
the trailer was fully involved in
fire by the time the firefighters
arrived.
“Smoke and flames were
visible at all windows and
openings,” reported Fire and
Safety Chief Ray Rivero. He
also said that upon his arrival
at 4:35 p.m., the external
aluminum siding . was being
consumed.
When the occupants smelled
smoke, they tried to leave their
home by way of the front door.
But they were stopped by the
intense heat and smoke. They
ran to the back of the trailer,
closed the bedroom door and
broke out a window to escape.
“They did the right thing by
closing that door,” said Rivero.
It gave them precious seconds
against the heat and smoke.
Rivero said that a significant
factor in this particular fire was
that there was a 15 to 20 mile-
per-hour wind blowing from
the front to the back of the
home. “It just blew the fire right effectiveness of the radio-active
The cause of the fire has been-
Until they get resettled, the
through the trailer,” he said.
element decreases with time.
determined as most probably family is staying at the Rosetta
“Also, because of the way
When questioned about a d u e to a n e l e c t r i c a l
Fuentes place.
they’re constructed, mobile rumor that the dispatcher gave malfunction.
Meanwhile, it’s eerie in
homes burn quickly,” Rivero the wrong location of the fire,
The family lost everything in trailer space num ber 16.
explained. “They’re built like Rivero said “it’s not true.” He the fire, so friends, relatives,
Charred and twisted fragments
an oven — insulated on all said the first truck went to the a n d m e m b e r s o f th e
of aluminum creak and clank in
sides. They hold the heat in right place, but that the second c o m m u n ity h a v e h e ld
the breeze. And the scent of
longer.”
truck detoured through the numerous fire showers and
“The thing was beyond our tribal garage, “with maybe 10 benefits to help replace some of scorched remnants still lingers
in the air.
control,” Rivero continued. seconds lost.”
the neccessities.
“We had to make an exterior
attack. At that stage of
involvement, it is no longer safe
to make an interior attack on a
mobile home. He said they had
to apply exceptionally large
amounts of water to the fire.
Because of the nature of
trailers and the way they are
built, the initial burden of fire
safety rests with the owner or
occupant, Rivero stressed.
“ Faulty wiring or anything that
would increase the probability
of fire is more significant in
trailer homes. They burn
quickly?’
Rivero said he w asn’t
implying any neglegence on the
part of Snuffy. He was just
trying to explain why fire safety
is so important in trailers, and
why trailer fires are worse than
other structure fires.
He mentioned that there was
a smoke alarm at the Smith
r e s id e n c e , b u t t h a t it
apparently did not activate.
Rivero noted that, in a recently
released report, ionization-type J M M G E D — Fire totally destroyed the mobile home o f Versa and Snuffy Smith Saturday
smoke alarms have a limited afternoon, M ay 31. No one was injured in the blaze which was most probably caused by an electrical
life expectancy because the malfunction. A 15-20 M PH wind fanned the flames, hampering the efforts o f firemen.
Spilyay Tymoo photo by Rangila