Show A MEAIOIUAL ANTED I The opening of the Uuitah and Un I compahgre reservations to settlement II I would be of great benefit to Utah in many ways They comprise an area of between 300000 and 400000 acres Most of this is well watered and capable capa-ble of bygh cultivation Timber is handy and plentiful Large bodies of coal iron and other minerals abound there besides immense deposits of as phaltum All these ought to be worked instead of lying in comparative uselessness use-lessness Their development would add greatly to the wealth of the territory and of the nation Both for the miner and the agriculturist employment would be created It is estimated that homes for sixy thousand people could be made in that region if the reservations were opened to white settlement There are about three thousand indians In-dians in that vicinity It is not proposed pro-posed to defraud them in any way Give them sufficient lands in severalty and paY them in addition what would be right from the sale of the lands to settlers To each head of a family 160 acres and a smaller quantity to male Indians without families would be amply sufficient for their needs It is not right nor wise to allow all that rich region to remain unoccupied and unimproved while so many industrious in-dustrious white people are in want of places tp make homes and engage their proper energies A large number of Utahs young men anxious to make a start in life for themselves would find there an opening for what they need Many miners who have been deprived of employment through the decline in silver would be glad to go to Uintah county and help develop the mineral resource awaiting just such labor It is very easy to see the great advantages ad-vantages that would accrue to all parties par-ties Including the Indians now roaming roam-ing upon that fertile soil by the plan which has been propsed by Delegate Rawlins Everybody who has any influence I fluence at Washington should exercise I exer-cise it In the direction of supporting that movement Here is a fitting subject for a memorial memor-ial to Congress from the UtahLegisla ture The petitions relating to wool and lead and sugar about which so much fuss has been made are not worth the writing It Is known they will have no effect They were not expected ex-pected to accomplish anything A memorial me-morial for the opening of the reservations reserva-tions named would be likely to have < good effect Will the Assembly adopt one that shall be simple and to the point We hope so and that every other proper means will be made available avail-able to bring about this very desirable object |