The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-07-12
RESERVE MADE FOR INTERIOR
 INDIAN TRIBE
Area of 625 Square Miles Withdrawn to Teach Fur
 Farming to Indians

Withdrawal of 625 square miles of land in the Lake Tetlin district on the upper Panama River for voca- tional training purposes for Indian residents is provided for in an executive order signed by President Hoover on June 10 Copies of the order have just been received here.
 The reservation so created will be administered by the Office of Education under the Department of Interior, it was made known here by Ernest Walker Sawyer, Special Assistant to the Secretary of h. terior. MT. Sawyer said he had worked out the plan to relieve conditions said to exist among the Indians in the district.
 Plans are Revealed
 It is planned, he added, to util- ize the area as training ground in fur farming, principally mink and foxes. The Indians will be given instructions in building of corrals and pens, in caring for, breeding and feeding the animals and gener- ally in operating fur farms. These instructions will be given by the teacher of the Federal school, prob ably at Tetlin, who will have the cooperation of the United States Biological Survey and the Alaska College if the Federal experimental fur farm is established there as contemplated.
 It is estimated there are 200 h. dians in the district. They are said to be almost destitute and without means of earning liveli- hood as the country is practically denuded of fur-bearers. The pro- gram, he said, had in mind retain ing the reservation for a period of five years at the end of which time it was believed the Indians would be sufficiently trained to enable them to take out leases for their farms and operate them individual ly without Federal supervision or assistance.
 No Funds Available
 No funds are available, he said, for materials for pens and other buildings or for stock with which to initiate the experiment. These would have to come from either private or governmental sources.
 The only objection he had en- countered was from Delegate Suth- erland who thought that in making this one withdrawal the way was paved for others of like nature. MT. Sawyer conceded that the Depart ment of Interior would very likely approve applications for others if they were made, and that other areas would be set aside for the same purpose if they were desired by the Indians.
 Terms of Order
 President Hoover's withdrawal or der said:
 Tt is hereby ordered that the hereinafter described lands in the Territory of Alaska be, and the same are hereby, temporarily with drawn from settlement, location, sale, entry, and other forms of disposal, subject to valid existing rights at the date of this withdraw al, to promote the interests of the natives by appropriate vocational training, to encourage and assist them in restocking the country and protecting the fur-bearing anil mals, and to otherwise aid in the care and support of said natives, provided that there shall be re- served to the United States all oil, coal and other mineral deposits found at any time in the land, and the right to prospect for, mine and remove same under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe:
 Beginning at the mouth of Por- cupine Creek, tributary to the Tan ana from the north; thence running in a southwesterly direction to the crossing of the old trail on Tok River; thence following. natural di- vide between tributaries of the Tetlin lakes and the tributary to the Little Tok eRiver to the head of Bear Creek; thence around head of Bear Creek following east bank of Kaultna River to the mouth; thence in norhteasterly direction to the head of tributaries of Ladue Creek; thence following divide be- tween tributaries of the Tanana and tributaries of Ladue Creek to the head of southernmost tributar- 1 ies of east fork of Porcupine Creek; and thence to place of beginning"