Show ute indian delegation visits national capital to confer with chiefs at the call of the superintendent the indiana indians ot of the uintah and ou rry met t in council last ha baturo turY y at fen Duc ducheine heene tor for ibi purpose of hearing a lull full report which wag was made by br the indian del ration ega tion that went to was neb n the latter part ot of november 1925 1926 the purpose of the trip wag was to take up matters with the commissioner Commie eloner of indian affairs charles 11 II burke in person the dele Rallen gatlan was composed of it three member members an interpreter and superintendent P F A gross gromi choie who rent were william wash representing th the wetah band 9 entIng the nato river 1 band and who represented the uncompahgre band frad mart a uintah ute wa was selected as interpreter ter preter proter thia this was the foul fourth th via visit for mr air mart and Soc bad had been there once before but wash and had never been east besides attending to business mattere a bumbel tt of elde aide tripe trips were made in the way vay of bight eight seeing and lat but not leac they all had the opportunity ot of meeting president coolidge and shaking hands with him the indian indiana enjoyed the entire trip and added considerable sid erable to their knowledge the indians feel that the trip was weil wed worth while first hand antu ion lion was had on various subjects but the principal item was finance they were told that their tunde funds are practically exhausted and that they would have ta tot rely very largely upon their own effort efforts for sek self this idea was plainly expressed at the council and it wai was plain to be een seen that the idea carried the wag was accepted as a matter of tact fact and with the idea ot of carrying carryl ns out the instructions ot of the Commissi commissioner onor ot of indian at faira fairs it is 1 the pinion opinion ot of superintendent orosa arose that was geee people are now on an entirely new tooting they were V id to forget the past and to reach out tor for some cf if the things which are before the them to make rood good use of t their allotments water and grazing lands to take advantage of the educational facil ittia extended by the state and government to do all possible to apply health measure measures to the change in their living condit iori which la Is gradually theme people have made sp lendil progress during the past ten years last tall fall patsey made a it tine title showing at the tate state fair with 1 exhibit of garden product products trew ew people realize that an indian of this reservation captured one of the prized prizes at the recent hay flay and grain show at chicago on alfalfa seed it Is s wonderful to get recognition at all at rach a show but antonio garcia lives on n indian bench beach wax was awarded the twelfth prize in the alfalfa iced seed I 1 class |