Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-17
IlI1LETI'S REPORT.
h., Indian Agent Makes a flnal
Showing.
.,,,xs DRINK LESS LIQUOR NOW
.,,.,,,,0,s In sev,ralIy as yell
~ WIelsip,s. of Allo''iDs Lands
On Paper Only

Utah, July 10 C'ionei
PRICE. Vim sfier ten years. service
N'a.i. ., for the Uncompahgre' oin'Ah
., y ,I SJ,o iudians, and who has lus' sv'
'aa W. hi. duties to his successor
,",a geck, passed through mere
. ,,a,y en- route East. An Ass ..'"" "
sp ,, representative was peIm,uou ,, W
~. an abstract from his annuAi
n.. .o,, ia the secretary of the interior
~ 10 July lat, just finished anu ma. A', .o.
up" S,nr to various other matters re-
' a,. to the present condition OF tines:
r"a,,rs and other matters IS '0i''"''
n,,n. tn tle ways Of civilization these
,rdisns have not adVohceu nd tor at
I. dnripg the past year as WaS m an both
~ ~ 'hasinning, many families on posn
It's oes s,inns have manifested much
TeselNaIiov working to establish nome.
eneigs 9Th RESOURCES from which they
y s'eaus ~ Gajn their own subsistence when
hoPe " M a self-supporting people.
Ie M " Indians have improved very much
Ine the drinking habit, and the
i eipesh haze heen efficient in assisting to
q l pm the liduor traffic by peddIers
tuPf.,s, mon the Teserva ion, and saloon-
X eonis I6rated lust outside the reserva-
A ~ Iines. They have given testimony
", w Irniie5 States courts resulting IN the
I.,ie,ion Of two cases, where The Judge
W., ssnlances Of more that one years
h-sn,isonment, Two others were IN
4 1,.tsd Tor the same OiIense who skipped
,.on, tho country; TWO others are now
~, Indictment who will be brought TO
.,,dal at the next term ofcourt.
No allotments In severalty mas been
,r,da ~ those Indians; those that havo
Man nroyidel with homes in the past
~ years have been taken up on allot-
mani allowances OF land fenced up on
i.n,yeved sections, so that with them al
fiio,rent in severRlty will be easily ac-
romnllshed. BY act OF June Q, 1897, the
sscra,ary OF the interior is directed to
iccate lie Uncompahgreg by allotment
tener April !, lsgS; TO Opon for entry un-
Jer the land laws OF the United States
ali agricultural lands of the Uncom-
,1bgre reservation that have nos been
slotted TO said Indians. This act is
M result Of four years discussion in
tronrIess, originating through schemes
isof paries seeking possession OF the
Valuable asphaltum deposits found
lupon the reservation, IL is regretted
I'M all Interested in the welfare OF the
indians that this result was reached
wi,houI making provisions for locating
HE Indians upon homcsteads, as prom
lied 10 The treaty made wiki them in
lss0, and Il is hoped that tho matter will
be reconsidered by Congress separate
Iron the interests OF the rich asphaltum
ibsrks, whose schemes have brought
rolhing good TO themselves, and only
liuiled in unrest and anguish Tor these
lwie chedy poor, long-neglec.ed wards of
ile government.
v From official information received
iirOm be department of Justice, il appears
bat more than 800 depreciation claims
amounting to more than one million dol
lars have been lled against the Ute In-
dians in the United States court OF
s.aims, and suits Instituted in such man
I per As to hold either Of he coufederaIed
lands eventually responsible for the al
sltged depreda ions. 1t has also been
learned that the number of law officers
provided by the government to defend
Indian depreciation claims is insufficient
iioT The discharge Of their duty. There
tINte' "stlhb AItSI lue bAhunple OF Otner
PRIZES, the Southern Utes of Colorado
Pave united with the Uncompahgre,
Ulntah and White River Utes of Utah
and with the approval Of the honorable
ateoretary of the interior have contracted
WITH Mr. Kie Oldham Of Little Rock,
Ark, 10 act as their attorney in defense
oi those claims. Mr.. Oldham, in the
interest Of these cases, is now in Utah
teeking Iebutting testimony, and has re-
gently visited these Indians at their
tgencles, Without doubt nearly, If not
tl, OF these claims are fraudulent; still,
! mas been necessary to employ an at
tothey Tor defense in order that the
prosecuting attorneys shall not be al
t'Owed 10 secure judgment bv default,
10 thought that these Indians have
III! Gains against the United States
mat should be adjusted.