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Fort Apache Scout
Official Newspaper, White Mountain Apaches
Vol. 1, No. 7
Apaches Harvest
Bumper Crop
Christmas Trees
HON DAH The annual Yule
tide season has brought busy
days for Apache crews who
have cut an estimated 20,000
Christmas trees for resale
throughout the West.
Leonard Adair, in charge of
the tree cutting operation, re
ported that sales this year have
reached an all-time high, with
orders coming from as far off
as California and Texas.
The work crews have been
on a 4 a.m. to dark shift since
late last month when the first
trees were harvested from the
higher elevations of the White
Mountain Reservation.
Blue spruce and Engleman
spruce are the main types of
tree preferred by buyers, Adair
announced. Many of the trees
are being purchased by civic
and service clubs, in addition to
regular wholesalers, for retail
ing in Phoenix, Los Angeles and
other cities.
Adair estimated that the first
two weeks in December saw
15,000 trees cut and shipped
and the total by the time
Christmas rolls around is ex
pected to be double that figure.
Cash return to the Tribe is
expected to be approximately
$30,000 from both wholesale
and retail sales.
The trees are sold at the Hon-
Dah Motel and the area sur
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Bryan Barr, 2 and his uncle Bob Barr, admire Christmas tree
shown by Hurly Crocker at Hon-Dah Motel sale yard.
Coyote Control Program Starts
WHITERIVER - Russell Cul
breath, Tribal Trapper, report
ed this week that a coyote poi
soning program on the Fort
Apache Reservation is under
way to reduce the increase in
the coyote population noted
this year.
Some 50 poisoned feeding
stations have been set up in all
of the eastern portion of the
Reservation and on the Rim
Road from Highway 60 West to
the Gentry Lookout Tower.
Culbreath declared the feed
ing stations are treated with a
special compound called Toßo’
and stated that each location is
well marked to warn dog own
ers against accidental contact.
The new compound he said,
FAREWELL DANCE - Mr. and Mrs. A1 Hawley
dance the traditional Apache three-step while Hinky
Tosca sings the beautiful Apache farewell song during
banquet honoring Hawley’s assistance and help to
Tribe during his 7 years as Superintendent. Testimo
nial dinner drew overflow crowd to Charley Clark’s
in Pinetop. Hawley is now in Phoenix office where he
is in charge of Tribal Economic Development for 3-
state area.
December, 1962
is a highly selective poison
which has been used effectively
in coyote control to reduce
losses of wildlife and livestock.
The program is administered
under a cooperative agreement
between the White Mountain
Apache Tribe and the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
Culbreath stated the feeding
stations would be observed
closely to determine the
amount of feeding during the
winter months.
He reported that all of the
baits remaining in the early
spring would be collected and
destroyed so that non-preda
torv animals would not be en
dangered.
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Robinson Assumes New
Post at Fort Apache
WHITERIVER - Robert E.
Robinson has assumed his new
position as Superintendent of
the Fort Apache Indian Agen
cy replacing former Superin
tendent Albert M. Hawley who
was promoted to a higher posi
tion in the Phoenix Area Office.
Robinson has been Land Op
erations Officer for the Fort
Apache Agency since 1955.
Wade Head, director of the
Phoenix Area Office of the Bu
reau of Indian Affairs, reported
that Robinson’s appointment
was confirmed and approved
by Interior Secretary Stewart
L. Udall and Indian Commis
sioner Philleo Nash.
He joined the BIA in 1949
after graduating from Oklaho
ma State University where he
majored in agronomy. Born in
Fort Towson, Oklahoma, in the
heart of the Choctaw Indian
Country, Robinson was Soil
Conservationist with the BIA at
TOALL!
ON APACHE RESERVATION
Surveying Manpower
WHITERIVER - A survey of
the skills and talents of the
White Mountain Apache Tribal
members got under way this
month to consolidate informa
tion needed for an accurate stu
dy of the human resources
available among the Apaches.
Clyde Hughes, chairman of
the human resources commit
tee, reported the survey will
take approximately 4 months to
complete and will include ev
ery Tribal member of the Res
ervation.
Hughes declared that teams
of workers will visit every house
on the Reservation with a ques
tionnaire regarding the number
of people in each family, the ex
tent of their education, their
work skills and job preference
and other vital material.
The survey will commence at
Cibecue and will cover Canyon
Day, 7 Mile, East Fork, White
river, North Fork, McNary and
Forestdale.
“The survey will give us an
assesment of skills so that we
can plan for training and re
training programs and needs
for the Tribal members,” said
Hughes.
Fort Apache Indian Reservation
Whiteriver, Arizona
Idabell, Oklahoma until 1953
when he was transferred to the
Choctaw Agency in Mississippi.
Widely known in watershed
management in the West, he
has been in charge of soil con
servation, agricultural exten
sion and range management
and irrigation for the White
Mountain Apache Tribe since
1955.
He assisted in the establish
ment of the first summer youth
camp at Fort Apache and also
directed the establishment of
the $500,000 Corduroy and Ci
becue watershed projects for
the White Mountain Apaches.
The new Superintendent is a
strong advocate of the commu
nity development movement on
the Reservation and was instru
mental, along with Tribal
Chairman Lester Oliver, in the
organization of community de
velopment clubs throughout
the Reservation.
One of the purposes of the
survey, he declared, is to have
accurate and complete informa
tion on the extent of the work
force available on the Reserva
tion in order to encourage pri
vate industry.
The survey is part of the
Overall Economic Develop
ment Program for the Fort Apa
che Reservation, declared
Hughes, who is Employment
Assistance Officer.
Other members of the Hu
man Resources Committee in
clude: Earl Webb, Tommie Al
len, Fred Banashly, Ida May
Early and Mary Enfield.