Show THAT ASPHALTUM BUD BED LEASE two gentlemen F from roin tell what tito the contention Contenti Is A special from washington in yesterdays ter days tribune stated that secretary noble thought tho the matter 0 of tho 1110 lease of the asphalt beds on the uto ute Resor reservation was not properly made and any parties entering C tho the reservation under such lease would bo forcibly ejected oje eted A tribune representative in looking the matter up last laef evening found mr A J mead who is in from fort duchesne Du chesno he stated that IV A perry pol ry who is getting 0 the lease came caino to the Resor reservation a short elior 1 1 time ago with a blank lease which lie wished sighed the indians to sign major jor waugh 0 the indian agent called 1 a council 1 which v was as hold held at ouray a week ago the nature of the lease leage wets WAS fully explained to the In indians diang that they i were ore not selling the land outright bai but t that they would still retain regain it aud and got get a royalty from froin all tho ore shipped off the indians signed the lease without imy any besita hesitation tiou and seemed to think that they were gotting getting treated in a very fair manner al major or waugh il h 1 notified loti fied commis bonor morgan of indian affairs affair 3 but blit that gentle gentleman mem resigned tod before ho he notified secretary noble and there is where tho the matter rests the land in question contains birge deposits of asphalt asphaltum and lies much nearer tho the railroad and that is the reason it io id more desire ablo than the which are now boing being worked mr G B swift t who is also a recent arrival from duchesne Duches Du chesno nc was next seen ho he claims to know all about tho the matter and says that it is all open and fair W A perry is acting very fairly and tr treating the indians all right maor major J waugh wang ii the ao agent gent is an honest man and he is not at all interested in ill getting the lease signed or approved tho the lease provides that tho the company which mr perry represents shall havo have tile the right to mine P all 11 mineral on the reservation asphaltum gold and silver for tet ten years yeara and pay the indians a royalty on all ores shipped out at the rato rate of 51 1 per ton of whom is this company which mr perry represents composed asked tho the reporter it is no western wester 11 company and I 1 think that the principal stockholders Ors can bo be found on wall street mr swift says that major waugh had no connection with tho the affair other than to call tho chiefs to together gother and explain tho the matter to them ho wrote two letters one to commissioner morgan Nl organ and one to secretary noble explains what lie ho had done but 1111 it is thought that tho the letters have not yot yet baon roco received ived by tho secretary mr perry left station for washington with the deaso signed by tho the head men of the indians on tuesday night and has hardly had bad tin time 0 to 9 get ot to wascile Wa washington ShilE ton yet IS as he was vw not going directly thore there B but ut whon when lie ho does docs got get to washington ington and explains the matter to the secretary mr swift thinks that h ho OW will ill not hesitate ho 9 to approve it T the lie land is almost worth worthless loss to tho the indians as on oil the mineral lands thero there is not enough vegetation to feed an indian pony mr swift says that where chero the whole trouble lies is in the fact J that tho the st louis capitalists who own the asphalt mines four miles from the post have made repeated efforts to got get tho the government Go vermont to cut off a shi slice ce of the reservation resor containing the do posits and open it up as government lands lando in this caso tho the indians would not get anything out of the land while if it is leased to mr perry they would derive a great benefit suit salt lako la ke tribune |