| Show TRE THE reservation LEASE ir washington aud and E expresses expresses ills hh views bert Soa boldt of ft duchesne Duch osne returned 4 yesterday from tho the national capital where for several weeks he ahra h 3 been kooping keeping an oyo OTO on perry the man who secured the signatures of th abo 0 indians to a lease on all tho the reservation er a mineral lands while at washington mr Soa boldt called on oil president Cl cleveland oveland in company with senators Se natora vest and cockrall Coc kroll ex es gov baor fletcher and other missourians Missour ians concerning Conc eming tho the mineral lease mr Soa boldt takes baes the view that if the lenda leads are worth anything to anybody they should be thrown open to the public lic and all should have equal chances especially as aa tho the indians have shown a dus disposition 0 position to relinquish that portion ox of the ro reservation upon which asphaltum is found for a reason ablo able consideration this land is unfit for grazing or agriculture and the indians are unable to put it to any use but no outside capitalists should bo be given a monopoly of the asphaltum field and A does not think the authorities at washington will sanction any such scheme S L If herald orald |
