Show FINANCIAl HELP lir FOR FOA SCHOOlS SCHOOLS' I Washington sends man to look over equity of Taxation of In Indian Indian Indian In- In dian Land Lund Relative to Education Education Education tion in the Uintah Basin Late last week Carl LI M. I. I Moore of Washington representing the Bureau of Indian Affairs spent several se days in the Basin in cooperation cooperation cooperation co co- co- co operation with Superintendent t H. H M M. M Tidwell of Duchesne in the in investigation investigation investigation of Indian lands their values and thc port portion on of such values that bear taxation He was a welcome guest and the the theBa Basin Basin Ba Basin sin should feel that at last the federal government is interested in helping make a more equitable distribution of the taxation burden In Duchesne county there are acres of land mostly mostly mostly most most- ly hill foot-hill or grazing area The government values alues these lands as of of 1930 at Duchesne Duchesne Du- Du chesne county spends from all taxes received about per year The loss to the county in innot innot innot not receiving taxes on these Indian Indian Indian In In- dian lands is about per year In Uintah county there is 84 acres but having a value of for 1930 The larger valuation in that county is likely due to gilsonite and and other other hydro hydro hydro- carbons We Ve learned that the state sustains sustains sus- sus ains an annual loss of by jy reason of Indian property being tax In Duchesne county to set off-set our loss we have received the thea last year or two and the he accepting of Indians and mixed mixed mixed mix mix- ed blood children in the school Under the same conditions Uintah county has been receiving an annual annual an an- nual amount of These figares figures figures fig- fig ures ares were taken from a report on non taxable Indian Lands It seems that congress is going to o help us out by making malting an al allowance allowance allowance al- al lowance for Indian education somewhat larger than we ye now have lave and also we are advised d Intend to distribute the Indian schools to better accommodate the 1150 people in the Basin including including in in- in- in eluding the pure and mixed bloods i It is likely that there will be this year rear a school for the at atTL Ft TL Duchesne thus cutting down some of the heavy load carried earned by the White Rocks school |