INDIANS FAVOR MINERAL LEASE j Member of Ute T Tribe Trible ibe Defends D fends Agent Myton M otC f 4 r rNO NO GOLD ON RESERVATION t r PLENTY OP OF ON THE LEASED TRACT T TJohn i iJohn t I It John Reed Heed a 1 Uintah Ute came in from tin the Wh Rocks agency last t st evening oa on federal court business Reed as a spokesman for fer his people was loud in his denunciation of the white set settlers tiers about the reservation re who he bt heavers ayers avers are conspiring to bring br ag about the i removal of Major Myton a ss agent that I they may plu ar r the Indians This Is if his defense of Major Jor ajor Myton in conner connection i lion tion with the criticism m that is being 1 heaped upon the agent for tor the part he I has had bad in the mysterious IBY mineral land lease under negotiation Reed who ia is an interpreter and has j fluent command of English declares that he acted as secretary at the meeting which resulted result in hi Ute the agreement ment that started Myton My ton Judge J T 2 McConnell George P Y 1 Thome ThIm and a New York man manof manof manof of the name nam of Henderson enderson n to the na us national tlona tiona capital in an effort dorf to induce the secretary of the interior to pass upon the lease favorably With th them went Vernie Mack as interpreter t t and Big Joe ITta Van Tim Johnson and another ih Indian to relate to the representative of the great white father rather the desire of oC the red men mento mento to have haf their white brother exploit their mineral lands ands Not a Secret Sleeting lies Ilea have been placed in circulation lation concerning the meeting at which b we decided to make mak a lease leas said Reed There was no seem secret about It It was Wall held at White Rocks Bucks and was wall a largo large representative gathering All AH that is asked of us Is 6 acres the siro of a good oiw g Jo farm facto All the he Indians are favorable to making the lease Ie except eX a few of the 1 White River tribe who never want any dealing with white men We are really I at a loss to explain eX laiu what i It 15 wanted with the land I knew the legal description of the location but bat cannot recall all re it now but I have been over OTer every foot of it prospecting There is of copper COPEr there and some gold geld but all nil this talk of or riches is ie rot My brother bruther Jim who is an experienced need prospector has been ben over the land Und He took rock out there and sent it to John McVicker m In this city but never got anything out of It it not even a word of encouragement Th land is all in our part of the reservation McConnell Timms Theme and Henderson are the only ones onesI I know la In the deal Major Myton has half nothing to do with it Myton Opposes Opening What is b causing canal all the trouble is 18 the i desire of the whit white settlers settlors to see the reservation opened up They want to rob us and Myton My ton has always prevented It We Ve want to se tee see the reservation opened up too but first we want to see 0 o veople provided for tor If given farms p most moat of them would not DOt know how bow howo to o v k c theta them successfully We are learn learning tag ing fast In five or six years we will be successful farmers if the government will tre tr e steps in la the tho t direction If the old men were put in the back background background background ground and the young men given a chance we would solve these questions We Ve want the government to teach us how bow to succeed as independent owners of our farms We want a railroad for forwe forwe forwe we have a fine line agricultural country We want good respectable white neighbors But these theae things cannot come in a mo rue moment ment and the white man wont wait walt That is why he be seeks to create a storm about Myton and attack his honesty hone t This talk in the newspapers about the Rhodes mine helped to stir up this row I 1 know that thai there are ale no vast deposits of mid gold in the reservation We have a chance to make some money moDeY and someone else wants to get that without paying us Uti at all aIt I dont don t twant want waat to say y much for fear of ot Injuring my own people ople but I J have expressed our sentiments fully full