Show that the uncompahgre reservation opening lu is about to be accomplished is no more in doubt but it is doubtful whether it vi ill b opened under the original amendment the proposed substitute to the original amendment imen dment is to the effect that the title to the mineral lands on the reservation when thrown open cannot bo be obtained but that any parson may malo male locations upon choso lands by paying the government erni nent a sum to be fixed by the secretary of the interior not dot to exceed 75 cents per ton for all gil Bonito mined there is a p provision against trusts which provides for the forfeit uio me to the government of the claims of holders who enter into a combination to limit tho the production or baiso tho the price of asphaltum aph a altum but in order to accomplish this ond end tho the government will have to dictate the output and also tho price and to whom sold which it will hardly undertake to do and unless it la is done it would bo be easy to escape the antitrust anti trust provision the opening of those these aspli asphaltum altum lands no matter how opened is 13 a matter of vital importance to uintah county and to the state of utah as it will be a now and unlimited source of revenue and the moans means of developing a comparatively now county by riving giving n railroad more of an inducement to build a road through our county which cannot bo be over overlooked louled by any t railroad company that has an eye to business |