Page 8 August 12, 1983
Spilyay T y moo
Law and Order Chapter 305...
Crimes Against Property and Sex Crimes
by Pat Leno
People can have the right to
freedom as long as they don’t
infringe upon the freedom of
others and there are laws
written toprotect the freedom
of people, to paraphrase a
popular belief. In the last
decade people discovered
“doing your own thing.” The
“in thing” was to do what you
wanted. It was through the
wisdom and foresight of early
lawmakers that people’s right
were not violated. Chapter 305
of the new criminal code
protects people’s being. Crimes
against property covers the
area of protecting people’s
property, and if their property
is h a r m e d , i n ju r e d o r
destroyed, a penality must be
paid.
In the subsection of Crimes
Against Property the crimes of
arson; breaking and entering;
embezzlement; injury to public
property; malicious mischief;
receiving stolen property; theft
Wid trespass are covered. These
were covered in the old Code
and very few changes were
made in them.
In reading the Code, it is
important that people are
aware of words and phrases
used to describe the attitude of
the crime. Crimes can be
committed willfully, recklessly,
malicously, wantonly, with the
intent to deprive and with
the purpose to obtain and
withhold. A close look at these
words means that there are
times when the intent to
commit injury, harm or destroy
property are enough for a
person to be charged with a
crime. The laws are written so
that people need to be aware of
what the possibilities of an act
they may commit can result in.
Many years ago the idea that
a person didn’t intend any
harm was used as a defense for
their actions. Today, people
must stop-and use reason and
c a r e b e f o r e th e y a c t.
Disregarding what the Tend
result will be can be termed
reckless and is not a firm
defense.
Arson can be charged if an
Indian acts to set a fire to, or
burns or causes to burn,
property. If you act to destroy
property of another, if you
aide, counsel or procure
another’s property with the
intent to burn, does cause to
burn another’s property, you
can be charged with arson. A
person can’t cause their own
property to be burned, plan to
burn their property with the
fraudulent goal of obtaining
insurance..
Breaking and entering is
when an Indian uses the
application of force, even the
slightest force, to gain entry to
a house, building, booth, tent,
vehicle, boat or other structure
without lawful permission or
authority.
The Code is written to
preserve the property of others.
It safe guards that which
belongs to another.
The topic of Sex Crimes in
the new Code is basically the
same as in the old code.
Adultry, carnal knowledge,
fornication, illicit cohabita
tion, prostitution, rape and
unnatural sex acts seven sub
titles for code’s sex act portion.
The section removed from
the code is bastardy. Early on,
any Indian who was deter
mined to be the male parent of
a child born out of wedlock was
guilty of an offense and could
be convicted, This is now a civil
case.
Sex crimes deals with the
m o ra l issues w ith in the
com m unity. They address
those issues which many people
believe can cause the moral
decay of people.
In a following issue of the
S p ily a y T ym oo, C rim es
Against Public Peace and
Order will be reviewed.
Lease or buy your phone—The choice is yours
shop around, compare, ask
your warranties and then—if
you decide to buy—purchase
the phone that gives you the
best quality and features at the
lowest price.
A good place to begin is with
your present monthly phone
bill. If you rent a phone from
PNB, how much do you pay a
month? Is the set a rotary dial
or Touch-Tone R model? Does
it have special features such as a
lighted dial? Do you have any
functional equipment such as a
speakerphone or a Touch-a-
matic R device that allows calls
to be dialed with one button?
After assessing your present
phone equipment and the cost
to lease that equipment each
month—and remember, the
lease fee includes free, prompt
repair should that ever become
necessary—a consumer must
then check the competitive
market place to determine if
th a t sam e e q u ip m e n t is
available and at what cost and
quality.
If you replace your phone or
phones, how much could you
save each month on your phone
bill? An easy way to figure the
savings is to compare the
present monthly charge for
your equipm ent with the
purchase price of comparable
Having choices is satisfying phones you could buy.
W hen custom ers decide
to most of us, but it does
require some homework to be a to purchase the phone (s) in
k n o w le d g a b le c u s to m e r . their home or office they will
Making an informed decision have free maintenance or repair
on whether to buy a phone or on that equipment for a 30-day
continue leasing it from PNB w a rra n ty p e rio d . P h o n es
could be likened to kicking tires purchased at a PNB Service
on a new car you’re considering' C e n te r c a r r y a 9 0 -d a y
or checking the seams of a dress warranty.
on a sale rack. You need to
B ecause o f d iv e stitu re
When telephone companies
w ere m o n o p o lie s , th e y
provided end-to-end service for
their customers. Companies
like Pacific Northwest Bell
provided the telephone set, the
wiring, the service, the repair—
everything. Customers had few
decisions to make.
In today’s highly competitive
telecommunications m arket
place, just the reverse is true.
Customers can make decisions
on nearly every aspect of their
telephone equipm ent and
service¡v C u sto m e rs have
become consumers as well as
users of telephone service.
It follows that they naturally
are becom ing increasingly
more concerned about making
the best decisions about their
phone service. Contacts with
thousands of Northwest PNB
customers, for example, clearly
indicate they want advice and
facts to help them answer the
question: Should I continue
leasing my phone, as I have for
years, or buy it?
Many people do not even
realize they have that option.
Or, that they can also choose
whether or not to install their
own phone, even where to buy
the wiring and supplies to do
the job.
Jefferson County Fair
August 11-14
9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
effective January 1, 1984 AT&
T will assume ownership of all
Bell leased telephones at that
time. At divestiture on January
1, PNB will no longer be part of
AT&T, nor will we own
phones presently leased to our
Northwest customers. AT&T
has announced that they will
continue to lease those phones
to customers as well as sell
them o u trig h t also after
January 1. AT&T’s announced
purchase prices for many
phones—not effective until
January 1, 1984—are different
from PNB’s present sale prices.
Is it more advantageous to
buy or to continue leasing your
phone? Your own individual
needs, budget, and preferences
control that decision. For
instance, if there is only one
phone in the home, or if there
are elderly or disabled people in
the house, the free and prompt
repair of a leased phone may be
a consideration. Continuing to
lease also means you don’t have
to c o m e u p w ith a n
immediate—and perhaps for
some difficulty—outlay of
cash.
Siletz plan powwow Aug. 19
T h e S ile tz tr ib e o f
W estern O regon will be
c e le b ra tin g th e ir a n n u a l
“Nesika Illahee (our land)
Powwow,” beginning August
19 a n d w ill c o n t i n u e
th ro u g h o u t th a t weekend.
The powwow will he held at
the new Siletz Community
Center in Siletz, Oregon, just
15 miles east of the Oregon
Coast.
“ M iss S ile tz ” w ill be
crowned Friday evening at 7
p.rp., „and, will,, open.,u p , the
social Indian dancing. A
“Little Miss Siletz” will also
be cro w n ed , th e queen
c a n d id a te s are tr ib a l
members and are chosen by
the highest member of raffle
tickets sold.
The Master of Ceremonies
will be Les Thomas from the
Wasco Tribe, and the host
drum will be Art Mitchell’s
drum from the Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs.
Jim Macy of the Wasco
Tribe will be. the h ^ 4 - nia.b
dancer and Patty Naue’cho
of the Cheyenne/Comman-
che tribes will be the head
woman dancer. From the
Siletz tribe Joe McKnight
will be the head dancer and
Brandy Ben of the Klamath/
Paiute and Chetco tribes will
be head girl dancer.
A parade will get the
celebration rolling again at
11 a.m. Saturday and at 1
p.m. the youth powwow will
commence.
The tra d itio n a l buffalo
dinner will be prepared by
Aggie and G rant Pilgram
and served to the guests at 4
p.m. Saturday.
Pre-sale dinner tickets are
available, contact the Siletz
powwow committee at (503)
444-2536 for further informa
tion. The dinner will cost
$3.50 for children, $4.50 for
adults and family a ticket (4
adults) can be purchased for
$16.00.
F o llo w in g the d in n e r,
grand entry will begin at 6
p.m. and semi-finalists in the
competitive dancing will be
chosen each night.
First, second and third
p la c e tr o p h ie s w ill be
a w a r d e d to th e m e n ’s
traditional/fancy winners and
the w om en’s tra d itio n a l/
fancy winners. Trophies will
also be aw arded to the
winner in the boy’s tradi
tional/fancy and girl’s tra
ditional / fancy categories.
A free traditional dinner
will be served to the guests
at noon Sunday and ending
the three day celebration will
be the trophy dance finals
beginning at 2 p.m.