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Show WILL OPEN RICH MINING SECTION I TI'CSON, Ariz., Oct. 17. A tentative j agreement between government officials j and local citizens was reached last niht through which the papa so Indian reservation reserva-tion may be reduced over 2.0(itj,0u0 acres. Tlie. H.-tion, if taken, will open up a rich mining section to a development now withheld because of government restrictions, restric-tions, it is declared. Prank Thackeray, who represented tlie Indians at the hearing, .declined to make public tlie report of an investigator for the department of the interior, but it is understood here the report favors the rediict ion. The reservation, which comprises 'i.1'15,-j 'i.1'15,-j 000 acres, is the home of 5HO0 Indians. j |