Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-02-14 | Page 12 | U. S. Court Holds Indians Must Limit Grazing

US U.S. Court Holds ini Indian di f 6 Must Limit Grazing Grating 1 Ruling that four Navajo Indians charged with will have to adhere to rules and regulations as enacted by con congress t C co on gress and administered by the secretary of the interior and h agents Federal District Judge Tillman D D. D Johnson Friday coy r eluded a week-long week Indian trial at at the Federal building Gentle Man Big Thumb James Nakai and Ben Bitterwater the defendants were ordered to return to their reservation In company with agents and there choose which I of their cattle they would dispose of in order to eliminate ing Throughout Judge Johnsons Johnson's de decisIon decision decision de- de in which he told the Indians their own tribal council had approved approved approved ap ap- ap- ap proved the regulation requiring a reduction in stock holdings by them and all others on the reservation I the defendants sat stonily J courtroom staring straight ahe tA ahead and evidencing no emotion 4 Judge Johnson noted that wl with continued increases In the population and limited areas areu limited reservations there is a CO consequent of el grazing capacity on IK the bi reservation and It Is evident hit if future disaster is Into Isto to be avoided avoid d we must do one or all aU of things First enlarge the areas second develop the ture resources of the res resor or third develop the oil and mk eral resources j 1