| Show uncompahgre LANDS proclamation OPENING THEM DECIDED OTT OH but no date rl fixed x ed for it tho the president thus ra far r has bus not been consulted about the matter washington Wash special june to the lie denver times the indian division a of the interior department has tor for some como time lime been N w rest ling with various I 1 rob lenia icing in connection with the allotment of 0 lands to tho the uncompahgre ute indians indians in utah it II was soon discovered that after all these indians hail had teen settled upon the tory set apart for thorn them in ia utah there would still b hi bi i a large tract of 0 land remaining unoccupied A great many people lit in western colorado and in utah WI wished it 0 d this ihla ind lind l opened to settle settlement nent or entry nt ry but the clas ot of the department at it llast rat cid not desire to do 10 this after considering the matter however they have come to the hie conlu con lulon islon that aa a this land cannot be allotted to the indians as the have already received their full ull allotment allota nt ot of lind land and the land is 13 also not tural that certain portions of 0 it might just as well lie be thrown open to entry several large tracts ot of this reservation are known to be rich in deposits of asphalt which has como come to be an important factor in street duning ial ns and it Is ls also believed that anere tire are deposits of 0 minerals ot of different h kin ills Is the secretary of the interior ana decided to recommend to the president that a proclamation bo be issued opening about acres of their reservation to settlement or rather to entry cs an the land Is said to be valueless except for its asphalt and mineral products I 1 0 a dato data has lia yet been fixed fin n for opening tills this lend land to entry and the matter has not been brought to the attention of the president it at all some action will be taken however in a v very ery short time the land to be thus disposed of lies in the northeast corner of the reservation |
