Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-15

People OF uiutsh County Wan, q His see-
ton Of Land No Hsstored.


Representative o'Neli introduced n
memorial Ia the House "a few days ago
praying that certain lands In uintnh
county be restored 10 tho public do
main. Since that tlufc the gentleman
has received more specific Information
from some Of his constituents Ia rrln.
tlon thereto and last evening secured
the Introduction OF the following sub
70 tho honorable. the Senate and
House Of Representatives OF the Unit
cd states In Congress nHHcmblcd-YOur
memorlaliHtn. the Governor and I.egiH-
lntufo OF the state Of Utah. rcspcct-
fuzzy memorlaliAe your honorable
bodies ana represent;
F'int-rhRt under section "a Of an act
dated March "A. 1891, entitled nm act
u repeal timber culture laws. and Tor
other purposes. BY a proclamation OF
President Grover Cleveland. dated Feb.
q. 1891 tNo. 20 q. y Statues. az iargc,
Vol. 20. page hsi, certain portions of the
public lgnda In the state af Utah were
declared 10 be, aud thereby became a
public reservation.
Second-rhnt a portion of the area of
said lieseryatlon Hes within the county
Of uintah IN said state; that said coun-
~ contained at the time 81 the lssu-
ance NJ such proclamation a p0puls
ton ~ three thousand persons; that u
now has not less than seven thousand (;
that BY reason of the contour of the
county an ~ such population resides In
valleys adjacent Ia Green river ana IT,
tributaries. and are wholly dependent
Tor water timber fuel ana buildins
material und the necessary range FOR
live stock upon the lands Included
within said Reservation. that tho
settlements comprising an OF such popu-
luflon, were made prior o. the Issuance
Of such proclamation and In expectation
that they would be permitted the use ~
the timber, range ana water within said
Reservation that la order that such
settlements may continue ana grow In
population. prosperity and Importance,
Il h absolutely necessary that they
should have the free and uninterrupted
use OF such Reserve for all purposoa
Incident TO settlement. and that with
ont these privilege the further growth
and development 81 the reri0n viii
cease ANA the most of the Settlements
be abandoned. lly reason OF these fsota
your petitioners ask,
That you 30 modify such executive
order Of february ~. 1897. as
Ia exempt from lts operation all
that part and portion OF the public
domain described therein which N In
cluded within the boundary lines ~ the
said county OF Uintah. and not Included
within the following described boun-
durlNHi
beginning at point whore the line
between townships 1 and south Of
the salt Lake base line crosses the east
line ~ the uintah Indian Reservation.
running thonoe about twelve miles east
Ia tho line between ranges 10 and 20
east 0f the Salt Lake meridian. thence
north twelve miles 60 tho line between
townships | and north, thence west
thirteen miles, thencc north six miles
"a tho lima Is.ft hlfaH 70 .fal =
AIRY line OF Uintah county. thence south
70 the eastern boundary OF the uintnh
Indian Reservation. thence southeast.
erly along said Reservation line to the
place Of BEGINNING.
And IN duty bound your memorial
lists Will ever pray.