The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-16
LANDS RESTORED
TO THE PEOPLE
Uintah Reservation Bungle Partially
Set Right.
CHANCE FOR HoMESEEKERS
ADDITIONAL s6,4so ACRES OPEN
TO ENTRY.
Especial to The HeraId.N

Especial to The HeraId.)
kISHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 15.-Pres-
wv ident Roosevelt today attached his
approval to the interior depart
ment's latest and probably last flop on
the Uintah Indian reservation problem
and sent forth a proclamation restoring
to entry sc. $50 acres which had been
segregated for agricultural purposes
by recent proclamation prepared for
him by the interior department
He also, by today's proclamation, re-
stored to the Uintah forest reserve "a
COO acres which had been sliced from its
boundaries for irrigation purposes,
through q mistake of the interior de-
partment- AS matters now stand, out
of two hundred thousand recently seq
| regated for reservoir and agricultural
purposes" Sc 4S0 found to be agricul
tural land has again been placed with
in reach Of settlers, leaving only
little over one hundred thousand still
remaining in segregation for reser-
voir purposes"
Present Segregation Will Stand.
1t is held that there is ample au-
thority under the law for holding this
latter named tract, and it is the belief
of the officials that the present segre-
cation Will stand. There was, however,
no authority for segregating the $4,000
acres which are today restored
Acting Secretary of the Interior Ryan
today gave out the following statement
| bearing on the case:
Act of March Is, 1905, provides that
before the opening of the Uintah In
dian reservation, the president may
separate and reserve any reservoir site
o. other lands necessary to conserve
and protect water supply for the In
dams or for general development.
Accordingly the geological survey,
after due investigation, made report TO
Secretary of Interior recommending
that certain described lands covering
over 200, 900 acres, including large guam
titles of agricultural lands, be- reserved
under said provision of law.
Complaints Were Plenty.
Upon this recommendation the act
ing secretary of the interior requested
the president to issue his proclamation
making such reserva ton and according
ly the president issued his proclamation
of August 3, 1905. Subsequent COM
plants having reached the department
that said agricultural lands properly
should not be included in said reserva-
ton, Mr.. Ryan, acting secretary, took
the subject up for further consideration
and directed the geological survey to
make a supplementary report stating
! specifically whether the reservation OF
these agricultural lands is necessary
for conservation and protection Of
water supply. This supplemental re-
port has been. made and shows that the
/ reservation OF these lands is not neces-
sary for the purpose, but they were in
Guided in the surveys original report
upon the assumption that the act au-
thoriZed their reservation for agricul-
tural development, which, however.
was not specifically stated in IL The
acting secretary decided that their res
ervation was authorized only II neces-
sary to conserve and protect the water
supply, and requested the president to
release them from reservation, which
was done today by supplemental proc
lamation, so that now these agrlcul-
turaI lands are subject to disposition
in the manner provided by law
Lands Restored.
The lands restored to entry are all
sections 30, 80 and "a, township L south,
range west; all sections 2, 3, 4, 10. II,
u, IS, IA. 10, south half of section 16.
south vest quarter of section II, and
All section Is to Sc inclusive, township
2 south, range l west; south half of
north east quarter, south half of north
west quarter. south west quarter and
south east quarter of section %, south
half of north east quarter, south half
of north west quarter, south west quar-
ter and south east quarter of section
26. north east quarter north west
quarter north half Of south west
quarter and north half of south east
quarter of section 80, and all of section
Sc, township = south. range west; all
sections 10 IL, inclusive; all sections
IA TO 81 inclusive, and west half Of sec
ton SO, township , south, range 4 west;
all sections 1, 2. 5. 4. 8. 10. II, and north
half of section 10, township south,
range west, south half of north east
quarter north west quarter, south east
r~fsa rte
3. all section f. 3, 6, Z, 8. and west half
of section 8, township 3 south, range
l west; all sections 1, =, 3. 4 and > east
half of north east quarter, south half
of south east quarter, and south west
quarter of section s, and north half OF
section Z, north half of section s. all
sections9, 10, IL and u, township 3
south. range 2 west; south half of sec
ton l and all section IS, township
south, range west; all sections 3, 4, >,
6, Z, s, 9, 10, sections Is to % inclusive
at township south, range west;
west of northeast quarter northwest
quarter, west half southeast quarter,
southwest quarter of section II, and
all of sections Is and 19, township
south. range l east: southeast quarter,
south half of southwest quarter of sec
ton %, southeast quarter and south
half of southwest quarter of section "a.
and all sections 20. &c and SO, township
south, range 1 east; all sections %,
81 ana 3z- Soulh nd4I OF SeClIOA SU anu
west half of section 80 at township 3,
south range two east; all sections 4,
, and 9, west half Of section 10. all
section Is, east half section 16, north
half of section o. northwest quarter
and southwest quarter and southeast
quarter of section %. northwest quar-
ter of section 20 and northeast quarter
Of section rs at township 4 south at
range two east; all sections %, 26, p
and 2S south half of section %. south
half of section 80, and all sections 81
TO So inclusive. township south, range
west.