Show THAT INDIAN RESERVATION vV L large tract of country north of the Colorado river in San Juan county in this state was a few months ago set apart b by the interior department this done re- re as at an Indian reservation Why was hc interior department de de- de- de q dres a thorough investigation it By the tho 11 should be required to explain interior department we mean of course the chief officers in Washington It never would world ld have been thought of of by any officer of the department it must have been inspired in in- by Jj y some one and if possible that man should I 1 b discovered because that m man n he may maybe be ht has all the Instincts of a holdup and robber except except except ex ex- ex- ex personal courage The reason we say this is because there are are re no Indians that we know of in Utah who need a reservation and second if there were that would be the least appropriate place for fora forI a a. reservation in all Utah in all fhe the west for that matter except Death valle valley The region is is destitute desti desti- tut tute tut of game of nut pine trees or any other vegetation vegetation vege vege- tation that supplies food it is imply Dimply a desert fis fis- fis- fis I by deep canyons and is desolation itself The secret the only one supposable is the belief belief belief be be- lief that underlying that weird and arid barren barre region exists an oil deposit which by those best informed is believed to be one of the very richest rich st fields ever found The desire through fraud to obtain possession posses pOsses- si sion lu of that country to explore it for oil was be- be hi the scheme to have that region set aside as an Indian India reservation So brazen was it i so cow co- cowardly v cO ardly and dishonest that the facts should be laid I before the president at once and before congress I when it meets Lext next month And a demand should be made not only that the order should be rescinded but that some brief direct and sensible legislation should be hurried through stating exactly how ow oil I lands may be located and prospected There are nv n laws law at present covering the needs of the case aId aid ard there should r be The laws covering O the location oi of placer ground ground or quartz veins do not apply it is isan isan isan an entirely different proposition The presence of Jf ofa f fa a quartz vein can be bc determined in a day so can cana a placer gold goli claim Je e explored enough in a day dayt dayto t to determine its nature but to lo demonstrate whether or not or-not not fen au tn oil location has oil below it or not requires tho thousands sands of dollars and when in an inaccessible place like Eke that down by the Grand canyon much time as well wen as much money is re re- re- re The law of location should be he framed with these the facts in view View |