The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-12-29
REPORT ON
INDIAN LANDS.
Pinchot Defends the Forestry
Reserve
SUSPENSION ALLOTMENT
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Was Right Of Hitchcock = Prosecution
Soon Of the Town Lot Grafters--
Leupp Wants Indian Schools
Opened to Whites,
SUSPENSION ALLOTMENT

Washington, Dec 2o.Gitford Pinchot
chief Of the Forest service, has approved
the rough draft of a report to be sub
mitted to the Secretary Of Agriculture,
relating to the four million acres Of land
iii the Indian Territory whose with.
drawal for forest reserve purposes
brought about both an investigation
and criticism Of The secretaries Of the
Interior and Agriculture, BY Senate
committee The report will be de-
fence 81 the withdrawal q the lands in
question located id the choctaw and
Cherokee nations in the Indian Terri.
tory,
As result Of careful inspection at
the hands of one of the most reliable
men If the Forestry Bureau 4 recon
naendation win be made to the Score
tary Of Agriculture who will undoubted
III transmit the same To the Secretary of
the Interior that the area originally
withdrawn. some fom million acres, can
be properly reduced to halt the size by
leaving out the part IN the Cherokee
Nation and All tie lands within twenty
miles Of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railway in the Choctaw Nation This
report, which ii is expected the Secre-
tary Of the Interior viii make public
as soon as it reaches him. viii show that
considerably more than half Of the re
uuced area withdrawn for forest reserve
purposes is valuable for agriculture and
can be allotted IN the near future after
examination to determine its arabic
beharacter.
Land Grafters to BE Prosecuted.
The statement il made on the au-
thority Of an officer Of the interior De
partment that steps win be soon taken
with view to returning to the Creek
Nation in Indian Territory valuable
town lots secured by certain person:
/ through system Of alleged fraudulent
scheduling. The matter has been placed
| in the hands III the law officer Of the
| department by Secretary Hitchcock
instructions have been given that pro
ceedings shall be instituted whereby the
lends in question. said TO be valued a!
approximately S6,000,00O, shall be re-
turned to the tribe, and IL possible chs
persons known to have Violated the Law
SHALL be prosecuted. The fear is express
ed at the department that all OF thu
cases OF fraud disclosed by Marshall /
Mott attorney for the Greeks, and VII
liam Dudley Foulke, the special inyesti
gator sent to the Indian Territory b,
President Roosevelt, were COMMITTEES
years ago, and consequently the stat
utes Of limitation apply. However
further inquiry may develope cvidene
justifying criminal proceedings in tn
courts Indian Commissioner Franci
X. Leupp would not talk about the re
port made by Mr.. Foulke, bue be init
mated that future Developments woul
indicate Just what the report contained
When asked if there would be any dis
lnisaals down in the Territory or trans
fer Of officers there to other posts, h
said that men hunting for foxes did no
send out brass bands in advance.
Wants Indian Schools Opened to White
/ Commissioner Leupp, Of tile India
Office will ask Congress to legalize Oh
practice Of the Department in permittin
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