Sptlyqy Tymoo, Wqrm Springs, Oregon
Arthurs grow their
By Brian Mortenacn
Spilyuy Tymoo
Pedro and Beverly Arthur
have the tools, a love for the
outdoors, and great plants.
In short, the Arthurs,
through their business Arthur
Landscaping and Maintenance,
will work hard for your yard.
The Arthurs, who have been
in the landscape business for
four years, have just completed
the Starting a Small Business
Class through the Warm Springs
Small Business Center.
The course takes students
through necessary parts of run
ning a business like accounting,
helping develop a financial plan,
arranging paperwork for gaining
grant monies, working with
banks to apply for loans.
Beverly Arthur said the ac
counting portion of the course
has been good for her.
"I'm not good with math," she
said. "It's been helpful to me."
The peak season for landscap
ing is April through late fall, but
Arthur said she and her husband
can stay busy all year through
their business, with buying plants
and supplies for the business,
maintaining their tools, and with
more seasonal services they can
perform after the peak land
scaping season ends, like leaf
removal in the late fall and ev
ergreen bough-making for the
holiday season.
Pedro Arthur, who has nearly
15 years' experience in landscap
ing, does most of the yard work,
Twenty-five
, From the March 21, 1980
edition of the Spilyay Tymoo.
The Warm Springs Forest
Products Industries annual
general council meeting was
hdd arthe Agency'ionghouse.""
Very few interested tribal
members attended the meet
ing. Those who were there
were given colorful and infor
mative 16-page reports. Five
of the WSFPI board members
were at the meeting, along with
Tribal Council. Board chair
man Paul Sanders explained
that even though the mill went
through extensive renovation
last year, it continued to oper
ate "when other companies
might have shut down." In
other news:
Over 100 Warm Springs
people gathered at the Agency
Longhouse to see the crown-
ing of 1980-81 Miss Warm
Springs, 18-year-old Minnie
Yahtin. Minnie was one of
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Beverly Arthur
while Beverly Arthur does what
she calls "the paper work and
rounding up customers,"
The Arthurs haven't adver
tised using traditional means yet
but have advertised by word of
mouth and by being seen around
the Warm Springs community,
as well as in Simnasho.
"I'm a go-getter," she said. "I
go out and hustle. Usually, cus
tomers, if they see me, they'll
ask about what we do, and we'll
talk."
Another way of advertising
is to park somewhere notice
able, and then walk to where
they work. The Arthurs' truck
is marked with a magnetic sign
that signals their presence
nearby.
The Arthurs have a commer
cial lawn mower, as well as two
other lawn mowers, weed eat
ers, a thatcher, and an array of
hand landscaping tools at their
disposal.
They are able to clean up a
yard, as well as create a differ
ent landscape, either using sod
years ago
four contestants vying for the
title at the Fifth Annual Miss
Warm Springs Pageant. Run
ners up were Martina Heath,
Tammy Kalama and Jolene
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With the completion of the
1979 Warm Springs Housing
Survey, the Confederated
Tribes have taken the first big
step in documenting informa
tion on how much and what
type of housing is currently
needed on the reservation.
The survey makes the follow
ing conclusions:
It is evident that those with
out housing want their own
homes.
Rural housing was deemed
the most desirable across the
board, but financing would be
a problem.
There is an interest and
need for apartments, especially
among singles and young mar
ried couples.
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Madras
landscape business
or with rocks.
The Arthurs buy sod and
bark dust at local businesses like
McPheeters Turf in Culver, but
generally shop at nurseries and
even roadside stands on the way
to the Willamette Valley.
"If someone needs a certain
kind of tree, we'll go out and
find it," she said.
She said nurseries in the
Sandy and Gresham area seem
to be less expensive than in
Redmond and Bend, possibly
because of greater competition
in the Portland area.
"And we'll pick up rocks," she
said. "Some people want river
rocks, and some want mountain
rocks."
Both the Arthurs work in the
off-season, and Beverly Arthur
works full-time during the sum
mer, in Tribal Fire Manage
ment. Beverly, will still work on
her days off during the summer
landscaping season.
"We just like being outside,"
she said. "Sometimes it gets
pretty hot, but Pedro likes work
ing in the heat."
Beverly said Arthur Land
scaping and Maintenance has
contracts to help beautify the
Small Business Center and Fco
nomic Development on the
Warm Springs campus, along
with the Forestry area at the
Natural Resources complex and
Warm Springs Commodities.
For household clients, Arthur
said she and her husband charge
in three installments while they
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perform their work, at the be
ginning of the job, at a middle
point, and then at the end. The
three-installment setting allows
the Arthurs to pick up neces
sary supplies or make repairs
while they do the work. Often,
properties have to be cleared of
weeds, garbage or even animal
waste before any trees can be
planted or sod set, and the clean
up is part of the cost.
While most of the Arthurs'
business is centered in Warm
Springs and on the reservation,
Beverly and her husband would
like to expand into Madras but
can't yet because they lack the
necessary permits.
She said she and her husband
might be able to hire another
worker during the landscaping
season.
I ven though the landscaping
season ends in late fall, the
Arthurs are still available to rake
leaves in the fall and create
boughs for the holiday season.
They cut the fronds from the
evergreen trees themselves,
which she said can be cold and
windy work.
She said she and her husband
can always use the help during
the short season, and can pick
up interested workers on the
way to where they harvest the
fronds if the workers have no
means of transportation. Arthur
Landscaping and Maintenance
is available at 553-0432 (home
number, with answering ma
chine) or (541) 410-9228 (cell).
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Events
The Museum at Warm Springs Is offering to young tribal
members a chance to learn the art of weaving and
twining. The class is called Wap-Shal (Weave), Begin
ning Wapus by Natalie Kirk. This is a one-on-one learning
experience for the first six who register, ages 12 and up.
There is no cost and material will be provided. March 22
24 (Tuesday through Thursday) from 5 to 8 p.m. Call to
register, 553-3331, ext. 412. ,
Healthy breakfast with Sara and Elsie at the Warm
Springs pod kitchen, Warm Springs Clinic, Tuesday,
March 22 starting at 8:45 a.m. Everyone young, old
and in between is invited to breakfast prepared by Sara
with emphasis on tasty, delicious, healthy food. Serv
ings will include healthy biscuits and gravy. Elsie will
talk about taking care of your kidneys and what types
of food to eat if your doctor told you that your kidneys
are in trouble.
On Friday. April 1, the Portland Art Museum and Pa
cific Gas Transmission Northwest Grant Fund is offer
ing an opportunity for members of the Confederated
Tribes to tour "People of the River: Native Arts
of the Oregon Territory." The exhibit is at the
Portland Art Museum. Transportation will be available
for up to 45 interested people. Admission will be pro
vided. Please reserve your space to attend by calling
the museum at 553-3331. ext. 407. Transportation will
be from the museum parking lot at 8 a.m., April 1 . The
return will be approximately 6 p.m.
Contest seeks youth artwork
The Warm Springs Hous
ing Authority is seeking art
work from youth of the local
community. The coloring con
test, on the theme of fire pre
vention, is in conjunction with
Amerind. There will be prizes
for the poster winners. Divi
sions are: K-third grade; fourth
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through sixth; and seventh
and eighth. Artwork can be
submitted to the I lousing of
fice at 1238 Veterans Way.
Deadline is April 22. Paper
size: 8 and half by eleven
inches. Paper is available at
I lousing. Any cjiiestions, call
553-3250, or stop by.
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