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Show the imha nuitn vl. A dai or two since a dipach was i ublUhcd stating that the Penile Pen-ile bill proidmg for the removal of tl c Uncomi-ahgre Utes ovtr the Colorado line to Utah would not It favorabl reported during the present pres-ent session It was alleged as be-iug be-iug doubtful whether the measure would eir be enacted. A local irulent anti-'Mormon" raper asserted as-serted that in consequence of this prospect the "Colorado contingent and the brethren were feeling blue The same journal has frequently fre-quently and falsely stated that tlie "Mormon" settlers in tlic Sail Juan countrj. on which it was proposed to locate the Indians, favored the removal This is nit true, is can easily bo understood on the face of the ulject. What they wl-his a settlement of the question, one way or tlie other. They wouli prefer to retain their houses, but in case thty should be required to vacate, thi desire lo seeure compensation for their improvements The dispatch dis-patch made a mi-take In stating tliat the Indians in question were L'ncompabgres. The are the Utes of the Southern Ute Reservation |