Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-02-13

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| character OF which was not made
Known 10 the rublc. Il IL said thai
Secretary Smith, although lOslile g.
the law, promised ssvrfai teuutUrs that
pfutl matiol ah uld follow The fe.
tOft, but a. IN well known, 10 such
10 clamatiIn has been Issued. IL Il
tfur, however, tuat C,mmisslJnef
Lam lr,aux prepared quo ~ cisni b.
ton tUgvtn,r with instfurlisus 10 the
fogistrf al salt LAse Cay, hut there
he M TIER ended TJwarIs the Close
December, DELEGATE Cahbo -tuw
! Uuitrd STATES senator - Introduced
| iut0 the HIuss resolution
calling Tor deiailoi statement
VI utOc,edi 10 ana expenditures snd
tue ufIbab Time wheu tue reserve
ton wOul be Opeutd ~. 70 this
resolution, II appear, toe secretary has
replied. lie states inst there l. not
within the UncOmps hgfe reservation
| sufficient agricultural ~ gfaz ng iauHr
/ g. pfUviuo "tncsu wards Of tue natiOn'
witu allotments, AMI 10 such lauds
were there, tie la iians viii u ngfee
10 tikeall tmenisHnd pay 81 70 pefacfe
tnefeiof. lhe oUmmis-iuner Of Indian
snaife ave tue cost Of the UOmmisslOu
NJ sli.iiU. 10 date aud statea he
deems 10 inaIvisable 10 tNptsss any
opinion NJ the probable llmr " hen tne
lands Will be opened up 10 settlement.
THESE fcpJfts arc far rom sslis IaCtufy
10 the people aud 10 Clngte.y. 10 10
matter vi no Q bCsfn 10 the PEOPLE Of
the United Siates how much agrCul.
iufal or ~ eng land there u Ia this
reservation or wuelhuT the Indians are
willing To pay for their ailOlmenis
at 81 % per acre or at any
other 80 or. These indians are only
tenants by sunvrsnce aud have not
the slightest shadow Of title 20 any OF
these lanJt. They sold their lands n
Colorado TO the United stGlesaud were
Temporarily placed or fathst uumped
into Utau, aud temporary reservation
created around thsm. The govern.
ment has tbs right 10 remove them nj
any Time aud II tnqy desife 10 acquire
title 10 tueT lands, hey must pas for
said lands out - money already a..
orivel from tbs United States from the
sale OF their former holdings Ia Colo.
RADIO ~ any other mOuits they mAy
have. But apart ifJm this this COM
mission aud the secretary have pfaCti.
csly null Il a the act Uf Congress OF
Ausud, lovi. above referred g., In not
declaring open ut once those LANDS
Gun uiIoI OF which will not be ~.
q aired Tor allutmenp purposes.
Numerous reports nave been maIu
from time 10 time Rs to the
character 0f tue lands within tho I'm.
oomp hsre reservation anu II Ia NJ
well kuOwn TO-DAY a. II ever will DO
lust what lands "afe untuitsd or will
not be rtqlir 4 tor aliUtmentE," aud
these lauus are those when IL was the
Intention OF Congress 10 Opsn up 10
settlement without delay anu without
waiting tue allotment In sevefally TO
the Iuuiaus OF tue balance. The lands
described NJ "unsulted aud which Will
not DO nq Iirel tor allotment pur-
poses" are tne lands valuable olitfiy
iot their mineral deposits, aud It wa,
iof tue purpose Of opening these lands
that this uill OF Aug. 10, 1894, was
Ta,sed. Il IL not claimed Uy thu pre-.
enI Indian agent, the InIian commits.
siJner or the secretary OF the interior
that thtsU lands will ever be required
Tor the Indians. Why then are they not
opened rs provided lot by tue act
Aforesaid? II tue Indians arc not 10
to be- gwen this land And II IL not
suited Tor allotment purposes, what
good purpose can be eubsetytd by Tie.
ing them ~ any longer? Why do fret
lail1t the lnIians lands) Whist VS.
postponed In the bill III after the
ol oning OF tho lands uusuitei for
allotmrnl2 As lar back ~ 1858 the
department sent SPECIAL Agent ujfdon
Out 10 this reservation ~ examine aud
report the character Of tue land 10 this
reservation, and his report was that
All tbs land lying east Of the Green
liver except possibly sjme litlie bottom
iant Iyiug along the WHITE river, was
oti Ire unfit fof agricultural pufpO.ts
anu tuat neither man nor boast could
fn sustunance there. DINER reports
have siuco been maize and all 10 the
same effect. Yet this commission has
been appointed-at the sxpsn,e Of over
fl4,OOO-and practically nothing mas
teen done except g. carry out tue ideat
OF tue ludlau agent, whO states In n
recent report 70 tue Indian office, "lhAt
the cry that white houe..sskers are
waiting Ia disappointment aud sick.
ness the opening OF tne surplus LANDS,
Ia simply olaIter that mas orig.
mated with the inipatisnt greedy
capitalists aud their unpfinciplrd tm-
plOyes who hayo for years been wait.
lug and Watching for expected events
that would give 10 them the opp0rtu.
nifty to grab and go0blo up tue asphalt
mineral deposits that are located on
lands that will not DO required IN
Locating hOmesteads for tbs udlans.0
Instead Of doing what Congress 10
qulreI fitst 10 be done this commission
aud the lnJiau agent Ut appears from
thiss same repoti have been dlgg ~
ditchss and canals, embracing a sys.
tenn capable Of itrigaung all the agtl.
cultural lands suitable tor allotment
pufpOses Ia this reservation, laying out
nomesIeads ON section linep, enoivsinE
them with cedar posts with bafbt Il
wire, er, citing substantial log hous,e
lor dwellings, with pansled doors,
double Hathsd glass windows, shtuglr
roofs aud brick chimney, Auu when
every Indian has thus been olmiUTti
Oily housed at tue expense OF tue gov.
eTlmbui, tnen anu not uutil tnsu
viii tue poor honest settler VINO CAT.
res "his all" on his back or at btst IA
u wagon, be permitted to enter up pa
this sacred land and take Possession VI
what ir1m the start was known ~ be
unsuited for the Indians aud un1l for
allpt nent to them, anu even thea will
be required 10 pay for the land accord.
ing 10 lie character anu at tue govern
ment price. How long the poop Of
u an anu VI the county ~ large will
conueut TO bethuH ueAit with remains 10
Ue seen; butll II 10 no devOutly hoped
not very long. Nothing oUuiuso bsut NJ
thle new Stats Us tue opening OF this