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Show CONGRESS GIVES PIUTESTRIP PIUTESTRIP P1UTE PIUTE P1UTESTRIP I STRIP TO NAVAJOS NAVAJOSThe NAVAJOSI I , - I The United States senate on Satur Satur- Saturday Saturday Saturday - - day . approved .approved Congressman Don B BColton's BColton's BColton's BColtons Colton's Coltons ' bill , . previously passed by the thehouse thehouse thehouse house , authorizing authorizmg the addition of the theFlute theFlute thePiute Flute strip , , some 500,000 500000 , , acres in in.southern insouthern insouthern .southern southern . San Juan county , , to the theNavajo theNavajo I NavaJo Indian reservation The strip stripincludes stripincludes stripincludes includes all lands south of the San SanJuan SanJuan SanJuan Juan riyer river and lying east of the Hoth 110th Hothmerldfah 110thmeridian 110thmeridian 110thmeridianThe merldfah merldfahThe meridianThe meridian The bill had been strongly recom recom- recommended recommended recommended - mended by Governor George H Dern Derndurmg Dernduring Dernduring durmg during his administration Governor GovernorDern GovernorDern GovernorDern Dern went to BIanding Blanding where he met metI metw1th metwith metwith I w1th with interested stockmen and Indian Indianofficials Indianofficials Indianofficials officials officialsand , . - and -and end as a result of his Inves inves- investigations investigations Investigations - tigations recommended the addition of ofI ofthe ofthe ofthe the stnp strip to the Navajo reservationHa reservationHaving reservation reservationHaving Ha Having ving been passed by both branches branchesof I of Congress . , , the bill bilI is now noVl in the thehands thehands thehands hands of President Hoover , , who it is isbelieved isbelieved isbelieved believed . , , will give it his approval be- be before before be before - fore he leaves office on March 4 |
