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Show ' ' INDIAN LAND WITHDRAWALWORTH WITHDRAWAL WITHDRAWALWORTH WITHDRAWALWORTH WORTH FIGHTING OVER I Resumption of senate commiltee commit commitI committee committee tee hearing on department of irterlor in interior intenor I terior tenor land withdrawals and arecent a arecent , recent obscure announcement of ofthe ofthe othe the d department partment s move to re return return return turn some Uintah Umtah basin land tithe to tothe tothe the Indians calls to mind a Uintan Uin Uintah Uintah tah case which proved that the thedepartment thedepartment thidepartment department does not always pre prevail prevail prevail vail in lts its It & > withdrawals withdrawals- wlthdrawals--provid wlthdrawals provid withdrawalsprovid wlthdrawalsprovided - - provid provided provided ed proper and presistent preslstent actiolis action action1S actionis 1S is taken takenIn In 1927 the department adjudi adjudicated adjudirated adjudicated cated rated many school sections of gil gilI gilsomte gilsonite gilsonite somte sonite containing containmg land in the for former former former I mer Uncompahgre Indian reservation reser reserI reservation I vatlon vation to the state of UtahLarge Utah UtahI UtahLarge i I Large sums of money were ex [ ' pended to develop the th gllsonideposits gllsonite gtlsonite gtlsonitedeposits deposits large royalties paid thestate 0state the thestate ; IPended state of Utah but in 1Q38 1938 the department d dself de- de - department - partment o of interior nior reversed it itIself itr Iself self r taking ohe t the he henior position thatnone that thatnone thinone none of these mineral sectionhad sections sectionshad sectionshad had passed to the state becausthey because becausethey becausethey they had been included in a dipartment de- de department department - - partment withdrawal made in 11926 1926 one year before the date dateof dateof datof of the congressional ongressional < ; grant Ixterested In Interested ' ' terested parties prevailed upothe upon uponI uponthe I the state sta.te . of Utah to take the mat matter matter mater ter to Washington even after afterIckes afterIckes afteIckes Ickes had made a final declsio decision the state Intelligent and COUB coun coup coupsal counI counsel I set sel sal presented the case and the thedepartment thedepartment th department of the interior again againreversed agaiireversed ' reversed itself 1tself and onfirmed confirmed confirmedthe confirmethe onfirmedthe the states title tiUe to all gllsonite gilsonite deposits de- de deposits d dposits - < - posits in the former Uncompah Uncompahgre Uncompargre gre reservationSince reservationSince reservation reservationSince Since ( as immediately cited In InthIs inthis iithis thIs column ) the order ordeF order for the thi3 3 000 000 acre Utah withdrawal withdrawalobviously withdrawalobviously withdrawaobviously obviously referred to the wrong wrongstatutes wrongstatutes wron wronstatutes < statutes it is difficult to under undersumd understand stand sumd why those interested do donot donot d < not assign adequate legal talent talentto talentto to prove that point to the depart department department ment at WashingtonThe Washington-The Washington The Washington -The The - The Shift ShiftBoss ShiftBoss ShifBoss Boss in m Tribune _ |