Show CAT ± ISOUT rtiaiani ont IYtOll Finn ffltI1y ll Loosens Up Fi-nn n Mineral Lease 1 1flTIE PARfiES ARE pi i lccrG lccrGti I Fjorence Mining Company If Pushing the Matter C HENRY C PAYNE ITS CHIEF I 1 p Wisconsin Politician tho Real Person Per-son Who Is Behind the Whole Scheme Timms of Washington Is Put Forward to Represent the Man From the Badger State Mr Myton I Declares That Commissioner Jones Has Expressed Himself as Favorable I I Favor-able to the Ratification ofsthe Lease I but That Secretary Hitchcock Has NotIndians Who Accompany the I Agent Will See President Today I Agent STyton Says Ho Has Done Nothing In Regard to the Except I Ex-cept to Obey Instructions TRIBUNE BUREAU Room 13 Terrace Capitol Bldg Washington D C Dec 4 1 1001 J Indian Agent My ton of the White Rocks agency says that he expects to I leave for home l Friday Tomorrow the President will receive the Uto Indians Mr JMyton says that Indian Commissioner Commis-sioner Jones has expressed himself as favorable to ratification of the TJIii tah mineral lease but Secretary Hitchcock Hitch-cock has not I I AWHAT MYTON WOULD LIKE 11I AgVlitiMyton says he Hasdoneunoth lug in regard to the matter except to obey the instructions of the department depart-ment Ite would like to see the reservation reser-vation open to settlement but if that cannot be done the lease of mineral lands might be effected without detriment detri-ment to the people TO REMEDY SURVEY He says the department wIll propose a bill to cure a defective survey of the southern line of the Ulntah reservation The department also proposes a bill to restore the forest reserve in Colorado to the ownership of the several tribes which dominated It before the Government Govern-ment made the reservation and whIch Involves over 2000000 acres SMOKED OUT AT LAST Agent Myton Avas asked directly who wanted the Ulntah mineral lease He replied thut George F TJmms of Wijsh Ington was one who wanted It and that Mr Tlmins represented the Florence Mining Mi-ning company Pressed for Information as to who was the chief man in the Florence Mining company Agent My ton hesitatingly stated that It was Henry Hen-ry C Payne of Wisconsin a man of national I na-tional prominence and wide Influence who usually gets Avhat he goes after |