Show TRIBAL COUNCIL SEE PROGRESS IN 1949 ANNUAL INDIAN REPORT A 63 balance of all local indgin indian albal tribal funds was on hand d may 22 1850 1950 according to reginald 0 curry of the tribal committee mr curry broke the balance down into the following categories reserve general account 86 revolving credit loaning a account c c 0 U n approximately loaned out at present 10 24 U 41 land account fulfs funds derived from leases of lands subject to existing leases burial fund 1534 1534 and subsistence loan in a general report of the overall picture of the local indian tribes during recent years mr curry disclosed that 20 phases of work formerly operated by the government now have been assumed by the indian government these include leasing land utilization individual indian money accounts and law enforcement be beginning inning their purchasing in 1946 the indians now have 53 tracts of land and total acreage these were w ere purchased appropriated cash outlay of and in funds appropriated under the government indian reorganization act mr curry said that 1061 of local land funds have been used to purchase grazing privileges for head bead of cattle they also recently purchased winter grazing eriv illges tor for 1080 head of sheep A break down of reservations reveal that the ute reservation has acres of trust indian allotments acres of free patent allotments taxable land and acres of tribal land the uncompahgre reservation consists of acres of trust land acres of tribal lands and acres of homestead land the grand total of all the indian lands of all ca classes ass es is 13 acres the indians also own acres of mineral ri rights g ats under lands patented subject to indian reservations the probate division turned over acres to the utes and acres to the uncompahgre after a search had bad revealed tat ti at there had been no heirs for 20 years the ute indians made 43 farming land assignments to indians for a total 0 of f 80 acres twenty two of these numbers are world war 11 II veterans and 15 have taken addan advantage ta ge of the veteran administrations 0 farm farin training there were authorized sales by the tribal committee of certain lots within the townships of myton duchesne and randlett law does not make the sales mandatory and allows any revenues to be deposited in the local tribal account A total of head of cattle were loaned out to 46 indians oc according cording to mr curry he explained that these loans are repaid in kind for example it if an indian borrows 10 cattle he pays back the 10 cattle over a period of time timber sold to the government during the last fiscal year amounted to the follow lowing ne free rier permits mits were issued to indians free post permits linear feet of poles 76 linear feet of saw lops logs W linear feet of house logs mr curry said however that most of the indians did not cut the posts etc after obtain in te permits oil and KW lease rentals and honiges for 1949 reached and of hat amount Is classified as ad advanced winced on production of the oil well oil bro braht ht in on tribal land in june 1949 mr curry reports that no royalty tov ity were mf m f nl feb 8 1950 collection on all indian accounts arih tribal I accounts amount amounted pd to 1065 and nd were wa 58 79 accorne Accor nc to mr C rv E emest emet L at attorney for the hu h ti ri isoo in ed that he soon will be in a rn rl l tion to a settlement with the government rovern ment concerning conr ernina arising between the confederated Con federated utes of colorado and the government at the time the government moved the confederated federated con utes here ithrom it promised to sell the lands and give the proceeds to the indians in 1938 there still remained approximately four and onh on one h half az million acres of unsold land and about one and one half million of that had been let on free homestead by an act in june 1938 at that time the I 1 government declared aved that all the land had bad become property of the U S the indians have sued the government for the cost of the land and mr wilkinson who is handling handlin tieh their case will propose a settlement compromise with the department of justice I 1 approximately 88 beaver permits were issued and beaver cleared through the tribal office in 1949 individual trappers were allowed to keep the revenue mr curry said the housing enterprise has progressed very favorably mr curry said disclosing acl osing th that atmore more than 30 housing units have been moved or otherwise made available to indians on a long payment plan there are about 20 unites left and about 24 applicants on file mr curry said the houses for the most part are prefabricated pre fabricated about 29 of them were acquired from airport villa salt lake city for the housing project additional money has been allowed for items to repair the interior of these houses this amount is added to the cost of the house and repaid over a long time payment plan the lease enterprise borrowed 1600 in 1947 to get started five hundred of that was repaid in 1948 and in 1949 three hundred dollars will be repaid in 1951 and in each of the years 1952 53 per capita payments to every enrolled member of their proportion of rental and bonus of the bluebell sale amounted to in november 1949 the indians owed the government a loan for productive purposes their oil lease sale paid off half of that amount they also put of the tribal industrial assistance money into the government loan fund there now is a total revolving fund at the indians disposal and of that amount has been loaned out to the indians tather of 6 gets 6 months 1538 fine as drunk driver louisville COURIER JOURNAL 5 2 50 when the father protested that he had to be free in order to support his six children the judge countered with the fact that probably 60 other children were safer with him in jail |