, 1890-04-03
RIGHTS OF Way.
The Puyallup Indian
Reservation.
REAL ESTATE SHARKS
The Montana Contested
Election Case.
FUN AT Mr.. GRAY'S EXPENSE
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us Fails to Pronounce Butte City
Correctly-Mr. Plumb'a Irri-
cation Bill.
FUN AT mr.. GRAY'S EXPENSE


VI W kHurN0fON Aprfl = S.--Inore mas
been SO much friction In the demands
( 1bs righis Of way by various corporations
: eVsr the Puysiiup Indian reservation
; b Washington aud 80 many reports Of
alleged fraud, that Senator Davis, chair
( man Of the committee on Indian affairs,
asksd Becrotary Noble TO furnish some
onGrsstions. Mr.. Noble turned the
natter over to Commissioner Morgan.
1he conmisHioner has written a letter
owing such information IS he has at
hand, and accommodating that the whole
D,tbtsct Of tho Puyallup reservation b6
ru<nrrod 10 commission OF incn OF high
standing and established character,
Whose duty II shall be 10 80 upon the
mound, study the situation in all Its
phssss and report to the department. or
= congress, making such recommcnda.
lions ~ they think hest touching the re-
moval of the restrictions now upon tho
Indians, and to ascertain 10 whom these
Indians have disposed of their lands by
contract and to give title when the In
6inns arc clothed with tho power 10 give
sltls BY deeds.
Ho suggests also that the commission
shall ascertain how the Indians shall be
UII4AAl4DA 404 4A1 AtRnt< u WY kAaAt-
[ - 10 roilroads across the reservation,
apd IN fact 70 mako u thorough and
pc1np1ots investigation OF all aiinirs re-
1a4inK TO the Puyallup Indians.
In the statement which Commissioner
Morgan subniits. no says; "Therc are
1B Indians ON the reservation, and
81, iGu seres have been allowed In sever
olty. and that 600 acres remain In one
tract - school fund. The land was
inAlzenable by the Indians until Wash
on became state, when the legisia-
ture. with the consent of congress- was
olloRod to remove the restrictions, and
Il thus becomes the property of the In
dians In lee simple. Attempts are now
being made to get action by congress
eonfirming thu act OF the Legislature In
removing the rcstrictions. The Indians
src now allowed 10 lease their lands for
MO years At timo-"
Inspector Cisney, who recently visited
Tho Puynllup reservation, contributes a
large amount Of information. lie says
that tho real estate men mt Tacoma are
schcIning 10 get possession OF the lands
under the provisions Of contracts.
by which they lease them for two
years. and bind the Indians to deed the
land. AT the expiration of the lease, at
which time IL is expected that tho ro-
affections will be removed, the indians
will have received On their contracts
from S1o0 to $500. He says the proceed
3nr is as bare.fnecd a robbery as was
ever perpelratcd. There Is now a large
army OF conditional owners who ore
rcady to swoop down upon tho lands as
soon MS the restrictions of the sale are
removed by congncss. large number
Of the Indian patontees have
died, and tho ownership. Of the
land Is becoming interminably mixed.
The land Is cleimed TO be
worth from 500 to 3 1, coo per acre Each
Indian has forty ncres of good farming
land and 40 acres of hill and swamp
land The lands. It is represented, arc
nssded for the city Of Tacoma TO grow
upon. 1t IL suggested that the Indians
sell to the government, and the govern
ucnt soil to private parties. The only
case specified is the Ease of Frank q.
Rose. Of Tacoma, who has decided part
OF the property once owned by Joe Fred
erick back to Frederick.
t5ome OF the Indians, who assert that
they have been duped, have made com
plsint TO the Indian authorities.
Reference Is made to the demand foi
the rights of way which arr asked by
the Portland a Puget Sound railway
and the Puyaliup Valley railroad.
E1.e Montana Contest.
The closing roundin the Montana con
test. with two seats in the United State,
L., - ma ha, nv 4 IA.