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Show U. S. FILES PROOF ON USE OF WATER I'roof of beneficial use of water or proof of cultivation on 1S.O00 acres of land In Duchesne and I'lnta counties waa filed by Albert M. Kneal. Indian agent at the Ouray agency, with the state engineer yealerday. This is the filing In which the government gov-ernment enjoined the white settlers from using water claimed by the Indian In-dian department, the case being; In the United Urates district court. It is the case In which former United States rlenatOT ueorit cuwiermnu nas been employed to look after the Interests Inter-ests of the state In behalf of the white settlers. Now that the filing; of proof has been marie, the state engineer will begin be-gin the checking of the lands to ascertain ascer-tain If they bavo been cultivated and whether they have had the beneficial use of the water. This will. It Is understood, un-derstood, require at least one year. The probabilities are that a large number of protests will be filed by the white settlers aa the filing of the proof Includes all the canal system of all the Indian allotments In that section of the state. |