Show UTH ER S VIEWS Uintah Uinta 1 Basin Record Rec rd Dear Editor Your editorial Duchesne County Ills is very good For the last SO 30 JO days the people up in this neck of woods have been ha hauling ling water from 3 to 5 miles for household purposes Livestock suffers for water wa water ter tel fall feed for livestock withers and dies Had the homesteader known the government had filed on all aU the water before the openIng openIng opening open- open Ing I know they would never have come For the first few years we had plenty water We raised good crops paid our t taxes built roads cleared the Indian land made canals can can- als ale for them Soon as the Indian Indianland Indianland land was cleared the old settler had no water for the land he homesteaded We Ve paid Uncle Sam per acre for land that is not worth a dime without water We paid the State of Utah thousands of dollars in filing fees and so on for water the State never owned We are at the mercy of the government government government gov gov- water commissioner Whenever he sees fit our water is turned ot off bone dry It is almost impossible for us to raise a crop Seems to me the only reason the Indian reservation was thrown open was to get good men and women to come Jn in inhere here and clear the Indian lands build canals and roads for them All Indian realand real realand and personal is exempt from tax tax- When I first came up In Inthis inthis inthis this part of the county the Indians were going single file along their trails Now they travel on good roads with automobiles At pt at no expense expense expense ex ex- pense whatever If Uncle Sam will give me back the per acre and 50 percent of what my home cost I will give him back the homestead all improvements plus my ditch or canal right There arcs arc's are arc areso areso s 's so so many handicaps to numerous to mention unjust under the present present present pres pres- ent conditions it is impossible for forthe forthe forthe the old settler to pay his bis taxes I agree with L L. A. A if the taxes were less leas Duchesne Co would get more tax money Overload Overload Overload Over Over- load a dumb brute and it will quit you It Is taking a long time for the so-called so wise to get the sense of the dumb brute I know Senator V Wm n. n H. H King is 13 an int interested interested inter inter- rested r- r ested worker in behalf of the Indians In In- I feel assured if Senator E. E D. D Thomas and Congressman Abe Murdock were acquainted with the real facts regarding Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- chesne Co there would be some assistance forthcoming R. R RM M M. M BRANDON |