Show I Navajo Indians Move In On San Juan Range Navajo Indian families from the theres res reservation have moved north of the San Juan river with their flocks of sheep onto range upon which white livestock livestock livestock live live- stock stockmen men hold the grazing permits permits permits per per- mits and stockmen of southern San Juan are up in arms over the encroachment on their lands according to word coming from that area Friday It is reported that about 24 Navajo families with sheep had joined Inthe in inthe inthe the migration A meeting of stockmen was held at Blanding and an organIzation organization organization organ organ- was formed to carry the range dispute to settlement A delegation was sent to Salt Lake City to attend a meeting called I by the state land board to ar arrive arrive ar- ar rive nyc at a peaceful settlement The action of ot the Indians In moving north of the San Juan is said to have been advised by their counsel Knox Patterson a decision by Federal Judge Willis flitter RItter In a recent case The court denied an Injunction lion tion against the Indians enjoining them from trespassing on the range lan lands s to the white stockmen Mr Patterson eon- eon tends the Indians hold ancestral rights to the land Under a compromise agreement agreement agree agree- ment meat Mr Patterson agreed ni at atthe atthe I the meeting to use his Influence In getting the Indians to take their sheep from state and federal federa feder feder- a al lands land'S and return them to the reservation south of the river Mr Pattersons Patterson's promise anc anchis and hIs his estimate that the move could be in about a I week seemed to satisfy the stockmen from the larea area I |