Salt Lake Herald | 1893-02-22 | Page 1 | Perry's Mineral Deal

PERRYS MINERAL DEAL Secretary Noble Declines to Recognize the Lease The Law Does Not Authorize Such a Lease and I Should Not Be Made A Protest WASHINGTON Feb 21 Special i Secretary Noble has declined to recognize the lease said to have been made with Perry by the Indian agent on behalf of theUtes on the Uncompaghre reservation because the Utes are on lands the government govern-ment holds in trust for these Indians There is no title to the lands and they I have not taken them in severalty but are tenants in common Secretary Noble says the law does not authorize such a lease and it shall not be made The agent had no authority to go so far ahead No actual lease has been presented to the department for ratification ratifica-tion The above dispatch conveys welcome news to the hundred or more businessmen business-men who signed the protest against the approvdl of the lease mentioned in yesterdays yester-days HERALD The remonstrance was yesterday submitted t the governor who immediately forwarded i t the secretary of the interior Since Secretary Noble has signified his disapproval of the lease the whole matter will probably be dropped drop-ped although in view of the statements made by Indian Agent Waughs friends there seems to be something behind the whole scheme that has not yet been disclosed dis-closed The gentlemen in this city who have been favoring the projectwere a confi dent of success last evening as on the previous pre-vious day Mr Swift wished to correct the statement that he was present when the lease was signed He did not arrive at the agency until the following day