Show LAS Foit INDIANS Superintendent Graves Quest In the Reservations Special Correspondence Price April 2iValer D Graves superintendent or IrrIgation on the var ous Indian reservations throughout tho country rservatons das ago from Arizona and after retng up here went out to the reservations of the Ulntah reeratons and Uncompahgrcs where he will spend some time In looking Into irrigaton mat lmo ters His chief purpose Is to create homes for the 100 or 100 hteRlver Utes and their offshoot that were brought over from Colorado when these Indians were moved in 1bSO There is plenty of land for them but heIetofore there has been nQ water for farIng This prohlem he thinks can he sOWed by utilizing the surplus sur-plus waters of the Ulnmh river and other streams crossIng and adjacent to the rca ervationm crssing this can be done these White River Utes wi be taken to some other part of Uncle Sams domain These people at least tine head men oe1 the tribe Iowa lomng been a disturbing element on the reservation and It may he decided after reerton with Indian Agt My afe consulaton ton that the best thing would be to take them out of the country entirely They I arc characterized as natural born kick ore and have n way of magnifying the slightest oversight into grave mistreatment I mistreat-ment I Work has been temporarily stopped on tho canal project of Walker Bros of I Sat Lake which is calculated to use under the Rawlins resolution I surplus wit ter from Ur Itgs river sufficient l to mn I gate 000 acre of table lads in Ulntah I GO count This Is a mater that wi be looked into thoroughly by 11 Graves and If he shall recommend the scheme to the secretary of the Interior work will go ahead and 11 Graves wilt have the saso as to where and at what point the water shall be taken out I may be that instead of allowing Walker Bros to go ahead wIth their enterprIse f water I will be utilized for the benefit of the now homeless Winks River Advices from White Rocks agency I would indIcate 1 that Indian Agent Myt n has made no progress with Jn Sowowie I and the other chiefs of the WhIte Rivers I In the matter of trying to Induce them I not to go hack Into Colorado which they say they propose doing when the water In the Green river goes down so they I can cross over The mater ls still In about the same shape as when SpecIal Agent Harper left here ten days ago at the conclusion of the conference with about 3 or them They ten said they wore going back They were told the soldiers would kill them The Indians 11 pled they would fight Thc warriors are I being closely watched by the government olciais and army officers I |