Show AN ICOMPAHGRt U CONFERENCE COMMISSIOITSRS AND CHIEFS MEET NEXT TUESDAY Preliminary Conference Was Held Yesterday Mr Jeffreys Corrects Wrong Impressi Concerning Mineral Lands Special to The Herald Fort Duchesae Utah Sept 23I srs Jeffcry Unffln and Myton the commissioners Jefry Grln sioners sent hero to lot lauds to the Uncompahgre Utes Hld a preliminary council today with Chiefs onavenaux and counci Illiandra of that trio I was uneventful ihe Indians seemed reticent not having talked wtn their own people The com tlk2 mssioners will meet the cnlefs s ad broil men In general counclltnext Tuesday at this place Price Utah Sept 23 Jamea Jeffreys of Camden Tenn Major Ross Griffin of Kansas Cry Howell P Myron of Garden City Kan members of the commlsstan araolnted to allot lands to the Uncom ar paftgres passed through here the Other day pahgr on < their way to Port Duchcsne They were interviewed by thc Price Advocate Which says Chairman Jeffreys among other Jetreys amcg oter things said that all lands on the reservation reserva-tion would ba absolutely thrown open the first day of April WJhout reserve on frt dy pll excepting gilsonlte < and kindred prop ertas which are reserved by the COY ernment for future disposition on condl tons not yet determined tIS This is important in flew of the fact that the impression has recently gone forth from articles published In prominent prom-inent dahM wn rom tie term mineral land was used that the ret deposits of gold silver copper etc known to O st slVe Cpper uated on abe Uncompahgra reservation would not be opened t < the public for location lo-cation Mr b One < was emphatic 1 1Is statement that all mineral lands save known Bilsont claLerite and mneral wax deposes unuld be ortened and ready for stakIng and filing upon by April 1 next the powers as well as the limCa liens of tha cvmmisaton being clearly ae fined in this regard Relative to l the mooted question ES to whether or not there was sufflesnt land on the r xrvatl3i to allot to the Indians In-dians in peveriltv Jlr Jeffreys slid that tw informa on and data in the pospe son of the commlsson was to the effect enough prricultural land that there was eough igreulurl on th t resorvat4on for trls purpose and that the commsson expected to make amicable and peaceful settlement with the respective tribes aa regards the deHcate allotment question He does not antici alotmont difiicuity with the White Roclts or other alleged Jntractables |