The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-26
SHOOTS BUSY
DAY IN SENATE
Utah Senator introduced a Batch
of Bills.
UINTAH RESERVE LANDS
TIMBER, MINERALS, MILL RIGHTS
AND OTHER THINGS.
Especial TO The Herald


Washington. Jan 25.-Senator Smoot to-
day introduced a bill setting apart about
!oo'4ce acres Of mountainous timber lands
~ Itntah indian reservation as part of
Iintah forest reserve Mineral lands
WITHIN this proposed addition to the for
est reserve shall be subject to entry IN
der the mining laws; in fact this entire
addition IS to be subject to all laws gov
erning forest reservations Al merchant
able timber in this proposed addition to
the forest reserve is to be sold 10 the
highest bidders under the direction of the
bureau of forestry. the first sale To take
place within one year and thereafter an
nually for fifteen consecutive years. The
secretary of the interior shall fix the min
mum price Tor the various kinds of tim
Der sod. Prior to these sales they shall
DC advertised in all the leading cities Of
the west. Bids may be submitted for in
ulNidt.al tracts or for groups OF lands not
exceeding fifty sections in area in one bid.
AT all-- time before the last sale local
land officers may sell not TO exceed 100
90 feet of lumber within this reserve TO
any one settler, without competitive bid
offered at the annual sales.
Land for Mill Purposes.
The secretary of the interior is given
authority to lease to the purchaser Of
any timber. not more than twenty acres
OF land for mill purposes at an annual
rental to be fixed By the secretary. for
term not over five years. Timber dis
posed of at any sale shall be cut and re-
moved within five years and no tract shall
De cut over more than once in fifteen
years Each purchaser of timber shall
Der and wood on each tract covered by
the purchase under regulations of the
secretary of the interior, and shall. when
Dracucable, employ indian labor in cut
ting. handling and manufacturing tim
Der
No timber shall be removed from the
reserve until duly sealed and measured
and marked and paid for at the local land
There shall be set apart for private and
exclusive use of the Uintah Indians, a
small tract of this timber land which
a = 81
of timber for their benefit. There shall
also be set aside a 160-acre tract of coal
land on Farm creek for the exclusive use
of the Indians.
Opening of Reservation.
Senator Smoot introduced another bill
Prescribing the manner of opening the
Cintah Indian reservation. It provides
that on March 10. 1905 the date set by
the existing law. unallotted lands. except
ing such tracts as may have been set ASIDE
as national forest reserve, shall be dis
posed of under homestead and TOWNSHIP
laws and shall be opened by presidential
proclamation, which proclamation shall
prescribe the manner in which lands may
be settled upon. occupied and entered.
No person shall be entitled to enter any
of said lands until sixty DAYS from the
time when the proclamation issues
Rights of honorably discharged soldiers
and sailors of the civil. Spanish and Phil
lppine wars shall not be abridged All
lands opened to settlement and entry un-
der this act remaining undiSpOSed of at
the expiration of five years shall be sold
not more than SO acres to ono person;
Proceeds from this sale shall be applied
as provided in the act of May y, 1902
Senator Smoot also introduced bill
providing that whenever land to which
the Indians of the United States have
color of title may be appropriated by
congress for public use. other than in
accordance with treaties. such Indians
| shall be allowed to institute suits in the
court of claims against the United States.
This court shall determine the amount
of .damag es. When damages are awarded
the sums so awarded shall be paid out
OF the treasury as well as costs of suit
No part Of the money thus adjudged to
be due Indians shall be withheld from
equal distribution among ali living men,
: berS of tribe or tribes. more than
twenty-five years after Judgment is rem
dered.
In any suits instituted under this act
the attOrIey has 10 be the choice of az
! least twO-thTds OF the Indians interested.
and his combined fees shall not exceed -
per cent of the sums of Judgment. ana
not be above So Geo in any one case
Senator SmOOt also introduces BIZ
authorizing the secretary of war to de-
liver to Utah Indian war veterans three
pieces of old field ordnance with gun car
riages,- caissons and harness