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ECBamath Tribal land Sales Mice Jo Open at Klamath Fails Oct. 27 Portland-flTD-The Klamath Tribal land sales office will open at Klamath Falls, Ore., Oct. 27 with Earl R. Wilcox, former Klamath reservation forester, as its manager, the Interior Department announc ed today. The new office will be su pevised by the Portland area office of the Bureau of In dian Affairs. The land sales office in Klamath Falls will adminis ter sales of Klamath Indian tribal property under provi sions of the Klamath Termi nation Act. Glenn L. Emmons, commis sioner of Indian affairs, said the sales office would help carry out provisions of public law 85-731. One of these pro visions is that the secretary of Interior perform all func tions of the management spe cialists. Most of these func tions have been completed and all that remains is for the Indian Bureau to sell enough of the Klamath prop erty to satisfy interests of the withdrawing members of the tribe. Boundaries Being Set The original Klamath termi nation act provides that each member of the tribe electing to withdraw shall have his interest in tribal property con verted into money and paid to him. The most recent amendments to the act pro vide that tribal lands com prising the Klamath Indian forest and tribal lands com prising the Klamath marsh shall be designated by the secretary of interior and the secretary of agriculture joint ly. Boundaries of the two Envoys Discuss Formosa Crisis; To Meet Thursday Warsaw, Poland -(UPD- The United States and Commun ist China met at the confer ence table today to discuss peace or war in the Formosa strait. U. S. Ambassador Jacob Beam and Chinese Ambassa dor Wang Ping-nan talked for two hours and 45 minutes in their first face-to-face meeting on the Far East crisis. Their discussion marked the 74th session of the prolonged nego tiations that have stretched out for several years. No Communique They will meet again on Thursday. There was no com munique after today's session. Beam, asked if he had any comment on the long discus sion, said "nothing, nothing at all." ; Wang was similarly silent as the two ambassadors and their aides, three apiece, filed out of the conference room in the Myslewiecki palace here. The talks began in an aura of optimism-after an initial feeling of pessimism-that at least a cease fire could be achieved in the Formosa strait. . . The length of today's meet ing did nothing to harm this tautious feeling of hope. First For Beam It was the 74th meeting of the Sino-American representa tives for Wang, but the first for Beam. The talks broke off in Geneva last December in a stalemate over Formosa. Beam, lanky and strong willed, sat down with Wang, who proved himself to be a stone wall of Chinese impas sivity in talks with Ambas sador U. Alexis Johnson, the U. S. representative in the 73 previous sessions. Background for Talks They met against this back ground: renewed assertions today by Peiping that it in tended to occupy Quemoy, Matsu and Formosa and a re newed artillery bombard ment; open pessimism in Washington and U. S. warn ings that invasion attempts would be met with U. S. force; pessimistic statements in Mos cow that the talks were "clumsy maneuvers to justify U. S. aggression." Liberal Immigration Policy Said Needed Portland-UPD-A New York judge says immigration poli cies of this country should be liberalized. Judge Juvenal Marchisio of the New York City domestic relations court told the Ore gon chapter of the American Committee on Italian Migra tion that despite the recession skilled workers from abroad were needed in many indus tries. "We're not asking that the doors be opened wide to mi grants from abroad but we do say present policies should be liberalized," he said. He said he believed the quota should be raised to 250,000 from the present 153,000. areas are being determined now. Amendments also provide that the portion of the forest selected for the sale to sat isfy withdrawing members' claims shall be "offered for sale by the secretary of the interior in appropriate units on the basis of competitive bids to any purchaser or pur chasers who agree to manage the forest lands as far as prac ticable according to sustained yield procedure so as to fur nish a continuous supply of timber." The new law, passed by the recent session of Congress, also provides that if all the forestry units offered for sale are not sold before April 1, 1961, the secretary of agricul ture shall publish in the Fed eral Register a proclamation taking title in the name of the United States to as many of the unsold units or parts thereof as have, together with the Klamath Marsh, an aggre gate value not to exceed $90 million. Review Set An amendment to the act provides for a review of the appraisal of the Klamath res ervation made for the man agement specialists. In Febru ary of this year the Interior Department said properties of the Klamath tribe, including the 694,000-acre tribal forest, had a realization value of $121,659,618. The term "real ization value" is defined as "the fair market value of such forest units and marsh lands" if they had been offered for sale on a competitive market without limitation on use dur ing the interval between ad journment of the 85th Con gress and August 13, 1951. Western Timber Service, Ar eata, Calif., performed the original appraisal. Three in dependent appraisers will re view it. The first appraisal covered all tribal properties embraced within the 862,657-acre reser vation. The reservation was established under an 1864 treaty. Properties include 693,997 acres of forest land, predomi nantly ponderosa pine; 127, 938 acres of range land; 23, 421 acres of marshland, an important wildlife area, plus farmland, brushland, waste lands, buildings, lookout tow ers and personal property. Amended Three Times Emmons said that since passage of the Klamath termi nation act in August, 1954; it has been amended three times. He said "some provi sions of the original act al ready have been carried out by the Bureau of Indian Affairs." He said the Portland office had completed work on estab lishment of 911 trusts to pro tect the rights of members of the tribe who are minors, mentally incompetent, or, in the opinion of the secretary of the interior, in need of help in conducting their af fairs. Emmons said that since Dec. 31, 1954, at request of the Indian owners, a total of about 74,287 acres of indi vidually - alloted lands have been sold, or patents in fee issued, under provisions of the act. He added that "a total of some 54,854 acres of al lotted lands have lost their trust status and title has passed to the owners in fee simple, either because no ac tion on them was requested by the owner or they were not sold due to lack of inter est on the local market." Wilcox Background Wilcox, in taking over the new Klamath tribal land sales office', will be returning to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, from which he resigned , in January of 1957 to accept a position with the manage ment specialists as their for estry adviser. Wilcox is a native of Wash ington state and a University of Washington forestry school graduate of 1938. He served in the Army in World War II and returned to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1946 where he served in various forestry positions at the ' Ta holah and western Washing ton agencies until 1951, when he returned to active duty in the Army for 15 months. He was chief of the for estry branch at the Klamath Agency from 1952 until his resignation. Wilcox will be assisted by Richard D. Popp, a native of Iowa and a 1935 graduate of Iowa State College in for estry. Roads Built The Interior Department said that during the four years the Klamath termina tion act has been in effect, the secretary of the interior delegated to the Klamath Agency of the Portland area office responsibility for pre paring the proposed and final Klamath tribal roll. This was published in the Federal Register Nov. 21, 1957. The office also has pushed a road construction program on the reservation in which 80 miles of improved road have been completed. The county will take this over for maintenance on completion of termination procedures; Through contract arrange ments with the Oregon State Department of Education, the Portland area office has car ried on under provisions of the act a "special program of education and training design ed to help the members of the tribe to earn a livelihood, to conduct their own affairs and to assume their responsi bilities as citizens without special services because of their status as Indians." Refugees From Red China Land On American Soil San Francisco- (UPD -Eighty-one Chinese intellectuals, refugees from Communist terror, were ready to start a new life in America today. The engineers, teachers, scientists and businessmen, together with their families, arrived aboard a Pan Ameri can plane Sunday. Their trip was arranged by "Aid Refugee Chinese Intellectuals, Inc.," a private organization headed by Rep. Walter H. Judd (R Minn.). The group entered the coun try under a new immigration provision which permits cer tain classes of refugees to enter on resident visas. They will continue their professions in America. Most of the group fled China when the Communists took over the nation, and have been living in Hong Kong as displaced persons. The refugees were chosen by a committee of the Judd organization on the basis of their education and ability, as well as the degree of hard ship suffered. Dozens of relatives and friends were on hand at In ternational Airport Sunday in a joyous reunion scene. S. P. Soong, local Chinese consul, and K. S. Wang, repre senting the refugee aid group which brought the refugees to America headed the recep tion committee. MEN NOT WANTED New York (UPD Judges in a nationwide drawing spon sored by a girdle and bra com pany were unable today to ex plain why, out of 2,128,658 entry blanks filled out across the country, 738 were submit ted by men. The 738 males who tried to win the prize of a trip to Europe received po lite letters informing them the drawing was strictly for the girls. Park Offers More Than Old Faithful Attractions Many At Yellowstone; Don't Feed Bears r Tha following It condensation of motor 109 appsarint in Tho Sunday Ort tonian, on of an annual series spon sored jointly by The Oregonian and the Oregon State Motor Assn. These travel articles describe vacation trips and des tinations of interest to Pacific North west residents. - By JOHN A. ARMSTRONG Sunday Editor, The Oregonian I . "You really can't blame the bears. For the most part, they aren't mean, unless you tease 'them. It's just that they don't know where the food leaves off and your arm begins. So don't be tempted to hand out food to them." This was the way Melvin W. Awe, manager of Canyon Vil lage, the world's largest motel, ;in the heart of Yellowstone jPark, sent us off on our loop ! motor trip of the park's natural wonders. He was describing what are a. the same time the park's i most popular attraction and its 'most dangerous. iEears Bite Tourists The bears of Yellowstone Na tional Park are an appealing !bunch of moochers, sitting be side the road and begging tid bits from passing motorists. Despite all warnings from Park Service officials, who pro hibit feeding the bears, few people can resist giving them something. Some reason falsely that if they remain in the car and pass food through the car window, they are safe. The result is that on the aver age, at least one tourist is in jured each day, severely bitten or scratched on hands and arms. For as Canyon Village Manager Awe warned, the bears just don't know where the food leaves off and your arm begins. Attractions Weighed We arrived at Canyon Village I after a 2V-day drive from Port- land, on an Oregon State Motor i Assn.-Oregonian motor log. i There is much more to Yel ilowstone than the much-pub- licized geyser, Old Faithful though this is the only attrac tion known to most non-visitors. There are many other natural wonders of equal or greater interest. Just north of Canyon Lodge, : a short drive off the main high jvay, is Inspiration Point, v.hich overlooks the majestic Grand Canyon of the Yellow 1 stone River. Further north on the park highway, at T o w e r Falls, a favorite stop for cam- T. If'. M - 'k Over the centuries tiny ridges of mineral deposits build Into formations such as those being examined by Mrs. Arm strong and son Larry. Palisades of deposits cover moun tainside at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone Park. era fans, are other breath-taking views of the river canyon and of the precipitous drop of Tower Creek as it joins the Yellowstone. Picture-t a k i n g light is best in the morning at the falls. Hospital Available On through high mountain meadows, and just before ar riving at Mammoth Hot Springs, we discovered one of the park's delightful roadside campgrounds with fireplaces and picnic tables, and we stop ped for lunch beside the clear waters of Lava Creek. There, we talked to two campers from Portland, Hank Matson and Gary Robinson, whose tent had been ripped the night before by a park bear searching for food. Just a few miles further and we came to Mammoth Hot Springs, northern end of our park loop. At Mammoth are the head quarters of the Park Service, the park hospital and the main offices of the 60-year-old Yel lowstone Park Company, a 517,000,000 family corporation founded by H. W. Child and operated by his descendants. Running Yellowstone Na tional Park is big business. The annual payroll of the park's three concessionaires (Yellowstone Park C o mpany, Haynes Studios, Inc. and Ham ilton Stores, Inc.) plus that of the Park Service totals 53,000, 000 a year. Tne four agencies spend another $2,500,000 annu ally for supplies and operating costs. A park museum, featuring an outstanding collection of stuffed native birds, is a tour ist attraction at Mammoth, but the big attractions are the Pal isade formations fashioned by the hot springs for which the area was named. South of Mammoth, en route to Old Faithful, our tight two day schedule forced us to pass any number of intriguing areas of volcanic activity fuma roles, from which hot gases and vapors poured, boiling mud pots and multi-colored hot springs. We did stop at Obsi dian Cliff, a giant outcropping of the shiny black, ultra-hard material that was so sought after by the Indian tribes for arrowheads. After passing a number of en ticing "fishing streams, which were being worked by anglers, we reached Old Faithful, where we were able to check into our cabin and rush back to the spectators' area just in time to see the giant fountain erupt at 8 p.m., under the search lights. The southern part of the park loop trip takes you to Yel lowstone Lake, where fishing and water recreation are the popular acl.....es. Rental row boats are available for anglers, and high powered speed, boats offer thrilling, scenic rides around this large body of wa ter, one of the highest in eleva tion in the nation. Our Oregon State Motor Assn. motorlog party turned south at Yellowstone Lake on U.S. 89, and skirting the deep gorge of the Lewis River, we were bound tor the Jackson Hole and Jacksor. Lake Lodge in the Grand Teton National Park, a few miles to the south. MAMMOTH HOT 4rowEP, JCT. SPRINGS J""L I X jbiJnspiralioit hint V- tT!0M r ! YELLOWSTONE Jc5E JCT fVpf ffiifia C ET ENTRANCE OLD FAITHFULy-a . ill ToGranJ - .? Teton Nail J it Oref night Sftp i ar SOUTH ENTRANCE At least two days and preferably three are recommended for touring Yellowstone Park properly. The full loop trip, exclusive of driving to the loop highway from the edges of the park, is 142 miles. The motorlog party made over night stops at Canyon Village and Old Faithful, but there are accommodations at many other points, at varying prices. Song Contest for Centennial Planned Portland-flJPD-T h e Oregon Centennial Commission today announced a contest for an official song for the state's RELIGIOUS FLEE POLAND Bonn, Germany-fflPD-Thirty Roman Catholic priests and more than 65 nuns have fled Communist Poland to West Germany since last January, it was reported . today . by "Union in Germany," a news paper issued by the majority Christian Democrat party. centennial celebration next year. Only unpublished songs will be considered. Judges for the contest will be Owen C. "Red" Dunning, music director at radio station KOIN in Port land; Joe Daris, orchestra leader, and Dr. John Rich ards, associate professor of music at Lewis and Clark college. Entries must be post marked not later than Nov. 30, 1958. Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery Stops Itch-Relieyes Pain Nrw York, N. T. (Special) For the first time science has found a new healing substance with the aston ishing ability to shrink hemor rhoids, stop itching, and relieve pain without surgery. In case after case, while gently relieving pain, actual reduction (shrinkage) took place. Most amazing of all results were bo thorough that sufferers made astonishing statements like "Piles have ceased to be a problem!" The secret is a new healing sub stance (Bio-Dyne) discovery of a world-famous research institute. This substance is now available in suppository or ointment form under the name Preparation H. At your druggist. Money back guarantee. Reg. V. S. Pat. OS. Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Little Rock, Ark.-Mrs. L. C. Bates, head of the state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, on the closing of Central High school: "I have heard of no Negro parents who plan to take any of the children to Central or any of the high schools. As it looks now we'll have to wait until it opens." Hollywood-Debbie Reynolds' agent, on the breakdown of her marriage to singer Eddie Fisher: ."She'll probably file for divorce next week." New York-Arthur Larson, former presidential speech writer, on President Eisenhower's intellect: "The President is a man of not only deep intelligence but very great wisdom." Exeter, England-Pamela Gant, whose husband is divorc ing her because she reduced from a 47-35-54 figure to a 38-26-38: "My life has changed now that I no longer feel like a bar rage balloon. Only older jnen made passes at me. But being normal has changed everything." Ike's Schedule Calls for Politics Newport, R. I. -(UPD- Presi dent Eisenhower's schedule today was spiced with a dash of politics. During the President's third work session at his vacation office, he was scheduled to meet with a delegation of Rhode Island Republican can didates, and Johnny Gallagh er of Brooklyn, N.Y., the 1958 Sister Kenny Foundation post er boy. Tuesday, Eisenhower plans to take up the school desegre gation problem with Atty. Gen. William P. Rogers, who was scheduled to fly here. The President got in his 12th round of golf Sunday immediately after attending church services at the Naval base here. HOLD MASS WEDDING Chiavari, Italy-(UPD-Giusep pe Costa said today his six children - four men and two women- will be married Thursday in a single cere mony. 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