1973-02-01 Char-Koosta News

              (Charlo)     Salish, Kootenai, Pend 'd Orielles Tribes      (Koostahtah)
Volume 2 - Number 19      NEW MOON OF THE BANDS SPREAD ALL OVER     (February I, I973)     Price  15 cents
What's New On The Reservation?
Valley Logging Unit - Tribal Council had approved a $4.9 million bid on the largest cut in the history of the reservation. Evans Products Company of Missoula will start logging 81.3 million board feet from the Dixon to Ar/ee tract this spring. Some 19,300 acres will be logged over the next seven years, (see pages 1 and 8 for details)
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Trespass Case ¦ Motions to dismiss a Tribal Recreational Use Permit trespass case in Missoula Federal Court were turned down Jan. 26. The Tribal Attorney was permitted to assist the U.S. Attorney's office in prosecuting the case against Flathead Lake resident Harlan Poll man (details on page 1) -o-
Tribal Employment-Education Office - The tribe has signed a contract with BIA to move the Employment assistance and Education Specialist functions to Dixon under Tribal Administration. The new Human Resources Development Program - the two offices combined - will open shop around the first of March, (details on page 2}
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Federal Employment Freeze - Federal Manpower programs on the reservation have Imen frozen. The Dixon manpower office says no more Mainstream or NYC jobs will be open until the administration thaws funds, (detail on page 2)
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Coming of the Blackrobes - The late Nick Lassaw tells the tale of the Black robes mission in a Pend'd Orielle tale (on page 5)
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Mental Health - Dr. Gordon Gerrish explains his job with the Western Montana Regional Mental Health Center in Ronan. (page 5)
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Good Medicine ¦ Public Health describes a children's TB detection clinic and also how to keep your feet fit. (page 9)
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Wildlife - A new Char-Koosta Wildlife page deals with a proposal to restore game in the 7,300 acre Ferry Basin logging unit and goes into tribal snowmobile regulations, (pages 6 and 7)
Valley Units Sells For $4.9 Million
Dixon (Char-Koosta): The
Evans Products Company of Missoula will begin eight years of logging operations on the immense Valley unit sometime early this spring.
The Evans Company, which has a particle board and ply wood plant as well as a lumber mill in Missoula, won a three hour, nickle-a-cnip auction in Ronan January 12 for the 8I.3 million board feet kitty.The final bid was $4,921,339.95. Three other local firms took part in the bidding (see chart at the end of the story).
The Evans Company held firm on the administrative floor bid for ponderosa pine with $60 per thousand board feet (the Tribal Council had upped BIA Forestry's assessed price for ponderosa from $48 to $60 per thousand). The auction was won by Evans' final bid on douglas fir and other species which was $60.65
per thousand $6.30 over the $54.35 floor the council had set on this timber category. The Evans offer nudged out Tree Farmer's Inc. of Missoula which stopped bidding at $60.60 per thousand on Douglas fir and other species. The Evans Company bid was approved by the Tribal Council January 19 by a vote of seven to three. Opposed to the measure were Council men Pat Left-hand. Elmo? Fred Whitworth. Arlee (who said he feared the high volume, long term cut might endanger game ranges and damage the Valley and Re-vais watersheds) and Tom "Bearhead " Swaniav. St. Igna-t!us (wno stated he was against long-term cuts for economic reasons). Supporting the acceptance were: Councilmen
James Ely. Ronan: E W Moi alson; Tom Pablo. H< Springs, John Malatare, Robert Mcuea. Dixon; Victor (cont. on page 8)
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Court Denies Drop Of Trespass Charge
Missoula (Char-Koosta): Attorneys for Flathead Lake non member Harlan F. Pollman were denied motions to dismiss federal trespassing charges during a U.S. District Court hearing in Missoula last Friday.
Billings District. U.S. Judge W.J. Jameson denied the motion by attorneys Sam Haddon, Missoula, and C.B. McNeil of Poison. Judge Jameson also agreed to review briefs by Flathead Tribal Attorney Richard Baenen on the controversial
tribal recreation permit case.
Pollman was summoned to Missoula U.S. District court after allegedly fishing off Fin-ley Point June I. Charges of violating federal trespass laws were filed September 20 after a preliminary hearing at the Missoula Federal Courthouse.
Last Friday's hearing was held to listen to motions for dismissal. Haddon told the court that the federal statute Pollman allegedly violated does not apply to Indian reservations (continued on next page)