| Show CHANGE OP OF J Strongly Opposed a Former Lease on Mineral lands There are a number of men In is Utah Uth who wo are at a loss to understand Agen strong desire de lre to get the lease deal saI through in the light of his strenuous noes opposition apposition to another leasing Jea proposition not DOt many years ye n ago It is tecI that certain interests who worked for Major appointment were influenced by a de desire deSIre sire to lead head off oft this other leasing prop proposition o and nd get the privileges for far them selve sely ca lf Rhodes jr sr and Mr Hathen of Provo were prime movers rs in inse securing se the t original agreement with the th Indians for tor a lease on mineral lands lan and Bishop H B S Clawson of Salt alt Lake l ke has baa been interested Caleb Rhodes the elder eider long loag was celebrated as the man who possessed the secret of the th location of a wonderful gold ntine atine Jl ne somewhere re on the reservation He used 40 to slip Up out from Kansas Kamas from time timeto timeto to time and return laden Jaden with gold golddust golddust golddust dust Every effort e ort was w made Jade to dis dIe discover discover cover tho whereabouts of the tile rich de deposit deposit deposit posit from which the gold pId was ob obtained obtained tamed but Mr Rhodes preserved his lila secret well I After his death his son Caleb Rhodes jr took the matter up with Mr Hathenbruck and searched for the mine It was wu given en out that the rich deposits had been found and efforts were made to secure a lease from the Indians Indiana on the tract of land containing the mineral Several persons in Utah and elsewhere were taken in on the Ute deal and negotiations were success successfully fully carried on with the Indians Indi Mean hile the news of oC what was go Jn on OIl reached certain persons a said aid to W include at least one man who is trying to put through the present pre ent leasing Jea l g scheme They immediately became ac active active active tive in Washington W and Major Myton of Kamas Kania was appointed Indian agent ent entIn in place of Captain Beck During Duri thle time the powwows powwow with the Indians India were going on Major My JIG Myton M ton hurried out to take charge c at the they agency y but bit ne he arrived about twenty fo fot foi i hour too late te to prevent the sign signing lag ing e of t tM the treaty toy by which the Ute Indians d agreed to lease Ie a tract of mineral land He Me Beas was vas not M late W every i 4 prevent eve the t e ratification tion tioSa of 01 the te treaty by b Use the t e interior de do department The lIte men who sought to visit the tract they were trying to lease leas were followed foll wed in the hope of gaining pining information about just what it contained It is Ii even said aid ld that mall mail was Wag opened pa inK between bet een different persons pe ns interested The people trying to gu get d the lease Ie were harassed at ev ey every ery cry turn The treaty mas s sent to the interior department for ratification but bet it has baa been hung bung up there The department gave as its reason that it wished to have congress pass pam on oil the matter Con Congress Congress gress gross has never take takei any action and aDd aDdit it is fa understood that the entire deal te Is still pending pe or rather pigeonholed pigeon holed Meanwhile small interests in the rights eting under the treaty have been sold or otherwise disposed dl of Bishop Clawson was asked about the deal yesterday ye but he refused ed to tile dis disI cut it I |
