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Show "INDIANS AGREE 10 I .cede vm m I ( ontracl for Colyille Reserva tion Onlj Awaits the Final Action of Congress. I MILES, Wash.. Dec. 27 Cession of In-dliin In-dliin lunds on the south half cf the Col-villi- reservation to the Government agreed to by the tribesmen on the Col- H vllle Indian reservation. Tla: fact was maile public today that 4S0 adult Indiana had slpii.-d in.- agreement. H To n iki tin agreement binding nol leea i I than SSO elgnaturca wt r n aary, but 1 MaJ Jann-s McLaughlin, special Indian Inspector, and Capt. John nfcQ Webstei H I" S. A . Indian Aiicnt. !lnehd th- agreement by securing 10 J sianalures 0V r H the necessary numbei I Wliot Agreement Provides. The agreement, which must be ratified bj ongrcsa to m ike it binding, includes H the payment of a million dollars to the H Hull. in-- for- lands air. ady Ceded on the H north half: provides that allotment of H .Ighty acr l.il. be mad. from lands of H the SOtlth half to landless Indians on tho reservation, r.irtlu-r provid. s that the pro- H cecda fr m - lie ol the remaining , I lands shall be held iii trusl for the in- dlana and the interest thereon, at 4 per H cent, shall la- expended for their improve- , I nv -nt. thai mineral lands shall not be In- H ciud.d in tin. allotments of aales, having . I already been thrown open to location. H |