The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1911-10-21
SURVEYORS DUE
HERE NOV. 5TH
Government Orders Crews Now in
Nevada to Start Surveying Reserva-
ton Lands-Information Received
BY Superintendent Babcock.

Two double crews of government
surveyors will arrive in Parker some
time next month to begin the work
of surveying and sub-dividing the Col
orado River reservation. This tnfor-
nation is authentic and was received
by Superintendent 0. l.. Babcock
Tuesday in a communication from
Paul M. Bryan, special disbursing
agent of the general land office, with
headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah.
These crews are now engaged in
survey work in Nevada and have been
ordered by the department to move
to Parker just as soon as weather
conditions in Nevada make it imprac-
ticable to carry on further work.
This means that when snow flies in
Nevada the surveyors are to move tc
Parker, the land of perpetual sun
shine, where work of this character
can be carried on to the best advan-
tage during the fall and winter
months.
During the past week Superintend-
ent Babcock received two communi-
cations from Mr.. Bryan. The first
one was dated October and later
one was dated October 1S. In the lat
tor letter Mr. Bryan states that the
two double crews will probably ar
rive here between November 5th and
10th, as a heavy snow storm in Ne
vada has made it impossible to do
much more work there.
The letter dated October 7th is as
follows:
"Our surveying parties, now en-
gagged on the survey Of the Duck Val
ley Pyramid Lake, and Zuni Reserva-
tions, will be moved to Arizona as
soon as the snow stops our work Oh
these reservations. One double party
will work on the Gila River until that
is completed, and it. Is probable that
two double parties will be put on the
Colorado River reservation in order
that the survey may be completed be
fore next summer.
''It is not possible to state the ex
act time we will arrive at Parker; il
may be shortly after the first of No
ho
time in December. We will continue
our work on the aforementioned res
.ervations until cold weather drives IL
away"
The last communication received
from Mr.. Bryan was received Tues
day and is as follows:
Il have just to-day received wori
from Mr.. A. F. Huntington, Topog
rapher in Charge of Indian Surveys,
who is now in Nevada with our sur
veying crew, that owing to a heav!
snowstorm, and the prospect OF moro.
he will probably leave for your res
ervation about November l. If sc
he will probably reach there some
time between the 5th and 10th O.
November"
Parker has been patiently waiting
for several years for the government
TO survey the lands in the reservation
as the opening cannot possibly takc
place until this shall have been ac-
complished. Heretofore various ex-
cuses have been made by the depart
ment officials for not taking up this
work. Early last year it was de-
'clared by the department that there
was no provision made by congress
for their disposition, and after the
passage of the necessary legislation
by congress, another excuse was ad-
vanced that there was no money az
propriated for the survey.
Now that these matters have beer
definitely settled and two of the chiei
obstacles surmOunted, there appear,
no reason why the survey will not b.
completed the coming winter, and thf
lands available to entry early mex
year, after the passage by the state
of a Carey Act, which will
permit their reclamation and irriga-
tion by private capital.