Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-01-21
TO QUIET TITLE TO
| A n D S D F
JICARILLAS
House Committee on Indian
Affairs Authorizes Sale of
MerChantabIe Timber on the
Reservation,
The Morning Journal Bureau, |
1929 Pennsylvania Ave, n. w. !
Washington. ID C. Ian II /


The house committee on Indian af-
fairs has made the following report
on a bill Ito quiet title to lands on Ji-
carilla reservation, and to authorize
the secretary of the interior to cause
allotments to be made and to dispose
Of merchantable timber:
Your committee have given this
bill careful attention and have heard
Mr.. Johnson. the superintendent of
the agency, upon it. He states that
the department, himself, and the In
dians interested favor it,
The bill has for its purpose the
betterment of the Jicarilla Apache In
dams in northern New Mexico. Under
the act of 1887 certain allotments
We're made to these Indians in 1896.
and patents were also issued for a
number of the Indians. Since then it
has been impossible to determine, ex-
cept in a very few cases, the identity
of the allottees
There is very considerable
amount of timber growing upon the
reservation, amounting, roughly, to
something over 100,000,000 feet. 1t is
the purpose of the government to dis
pose of the merchantable timber for
the sole benefit of the entire tribe, the
proceeds to be used for the construc-
tion of irrigation systems on the reser-
vation
"All of the Indians have expressed
their desire for the passage of this bill
and have agreed, so far as the al
lottees are known. to surrender their
allotments and take under the provis-
ions of the bill. Considerable progress
has already been made by this tribe,
as is shown by the statement of Mr..
Johnson, the agent, in the raising of
grains and in the maintenance of
flocks Of sheep and goats. The main
object of the bill is to give a small
portion of tillable land to each Indian
with say, Gao acres of grazing land,
in order that they may be self-sus-
tanning. the principal purpose being to
engage them in grazing pursuits.
'rhe Indians themselves have con-
structed reservoirs to the value of
about S50,000, having done so in lieu
Of rations, receiving a per diem for
their labor. II is the purpose of the
government, and a wise one, to de-
velop the desire among the Indians for
individual effort, and it has been
found that they make very good hands
in the beet fields and on the railroads.
'"The lands on this reservation are
practically valueless without irrlga-
tion, and the source Of irrigation sup
ply is by impounding flood waters
there being no available living stream
upon the reservation.
"Your committee therefore recon-
mends the "assage of the bill with the
following amendment:
Section 3. That the commissioner
of Indian affairs is hereby empowered
and directed to make REIMBURSEMENT
for any minor. insane Incompetent, or
unidentified Indian for the purpose of
carrying out the provisions of this
act"
Delegate Andrews has introduced a
bill in the house granting an increase
of pension to Juan Baca Y Sais, alias
Juan Baca. No, >
A new mail schedule has been es-
tabished on the star route between
Redrock and tordsburg, New Mexico,
Hereafter mails will leave Redrock on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at
a. m and arrive at Lordsburg by
- m; leave Lordsburg Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays at p. m
and arrive at Redrock by 10 a. m.
The bill prohibiting gambling in the
territories, which passed the house
last session, is now on the senate cal
endar 1t is expected by those in
charge of the measure to have II con-
sidered I'm the senate within the next
week or two.