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Show IUINTAH! RESERVATION MATTERS. An extension of time should bo granted homesteaders on tho former Uintah reservatlpn in which to establish estab-lish their homes. Those' 'who filed in, August, September Septem-ber and October; under the law may be required to establish their homes all tho way from tho first of February Febru-ary to April, a season of the year "in p, which it is oxtremoly difficult and r rendered practically impossible and certainly impracticable to live"' there without a large amount of supplies and reasonably good homes. At that season of tho year it is difficult to get into that country from the Heber eldo on account of tho deep snows in Strawberry valley. There 1b a strong feeling that the government should give an extension of about 00 days which would bring It all the Way from tho. last of April Into July. Utah's senators' and congressman aro favorable to this extension and it is hopdd their efforts' with tho department depart-ment at Washington for' tho concession conces-sion will be successful. . It has also vbeon called to olir attention atten-tion that in other reservation openings, open-ings, tho government has waived tho ?1.25 per acre feo for tho land giving tho homesteader the privilege of perfecting per-fecting his homestead without this extra ex-tra charge. This has been dono in Oklahoma, South Dakota, etc., and wo think that tho same thing should bo dono here. Certain it is that tho man who helps to build up tho Uintah Uin-tah reservation and to mako It a thriving thriv-ing country is entitled to all tho assistance assist-ance which tho government can give. At the water meetings hold In Vornal, a very enthusiastic enthusias-tic response was made by tho people interested and It was concluded to take Immediate stops looking to tho organization of canal companies for the reclammatlon of land In tho Dry gulch and upon tlio Uintah river, some 80,000 acres having been Hied upon in tills country. Tho Wasatch Development company, whoso water filings were first In priority to nearly all tho others proposed that all their filings In this country should be brought in on an equal basis with tho others, and so far as those water 111-ings 111-ings are concerned, they should be turned over to tho canal companies free of cost. This liberal offer was gladly accepted and a committee was appointed to prepare articles of incorporation incor-poration for tho Immediate organization organiza-tion of a canal company for tho district. dis-trict. Tho Wasatch company Is taking tak-ing the leading part in tho future development de-velopment of tho reservation and is showing a marked .disposition to be not only fair but generous with settlers set-tlers and to aid them In everyway possible. The Wasatch Development company was also requested to confer with Captain Hall with a view of obtaining ob-taining his co-operation In combining tho Indian canal systems with those of the settlers as far as possible. |