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Show I UINTAH RESERVATION OPENING. There has been some question among the people of Utah as to the time of opening the Uintah reservation. reserva-tion. We are able to give tho inside of tho situation up to date. The opening Is scheduled for March 10 a rather Inopportune season. Tho Indian In-dian department wants 'It put off another an-other year, and this view is shared by the secretary of tho Interior. Tho forestry department wants to enlarge the Uintah forest reserve to take In about a million more acres, tho new sect'on being In tho form of tho letter U, with tho open end toward Colorado. Colo-rado. This would give tho Colorado-ans Colorado-ans eaoiest access to that part of the reservation all of which is in Utah opened to settlement Then there is a demand of some people in this state to make part of tho million acres a national park a commendable move ! If It is accomplished, which Is doubtful. doubt-ful. The Indian office claims It has not time to mako the allotments, and doesn't seem in a hurry to utilize the , time It has. Then there is the Florence Flor-ence Mining Company, which has the privilege of selecting a square mile in addition to its present holdings Next is the Raven Mining Company, which has tho privilege of locating one hundred hun-dred mining claims. These companies are not selecting just now. In fact, they aro operating under leases from the Indians, and are prospecting for other claims. Herein Is the kernel of he nut. Tho delay In tho allotments is to give the mining companies further advantages. Tho delay advo-i? advo-i? .uby the rotary of tho interior is in tho same Interest. Don't you see now the thing is working? Tho question now is: Will Senator Smoot and Congressman Howell, the only L n, ,nfforco utah lias in congress, oe able to checkmate the game? The ti? eu5 thls state- aro today wt tors and workers against senator Smoot, aro keeping the latter Unn tTl'V1 thls "ical investlga- 1 double work for him to t0 th tlmt and to his duty as o thPr 1 T,hero are also one or two WLB ?tlemen from thlB stato In In nn nt0,n,on this business, but not KlvB nm ?lal way Thy d. however, gl t"lclcnt help. Their plan is to as nnicn ,rcsf vatIon Pend as soon Uom hf !?' but u-lder such restrlc-wlll restrlc-wlll JrL , PrcsI(lont that the rush anaj,?VItho lattor Part or May from T' ,TnT;t?nd of In "arch, and be cnoml ,Ulah side' cheny. If the they w,0f, S,moot ca" cause failure of the r nf? L That ls the Purpose WlS to ,??,rt8' ,We bellevo they aro ana Co and that Senator Smoot flgM ti,J PSsman Howo11 will win the this Hnl Wl11 b0 moro news in the mnti, i n, conBreuB resumes, and th S S,ndneclded n for opening sentef H l at once will bo pre-ea pre-ea t0 both houses of congress! |