Show Utes Not NoIx f Tax aFree Free Indian i I Head Claim I I Answers Protest of County And Shows Tax Sales of 26 Paid by Uin- Uin Uintah tah di Indians Corrects Es Estimated Value of Tax Tax-I Tax free free Lands I the Fhe following letter was received received Superintendent ed from C C 0 Wright dent of Uintah and Ouray Agency at Fort Port Duchesne In answer to an anI article appearing In last week weeks s is- is issue issue Is Issue I sue entitled d County Pr Protests tests Wel- Wel Welfare Welfare Wel Welfare fare Aid to Tae Ta Free Utes I II I notice in the December 2 is ls sue of your paper an article under the caption County Protests Wel- Wel Welfare Wel Welfare fare To Tax Free Utes Your article quotes a n letter wei-I wei sent to the Washington delegation In Congress from this state protest protest- ing protesting the application of the Social Security law In Uintah County to toI I the help of the old blind and rie- rie dependent de dependent I pendent children among the In- In Indians Indians In It is assumed that the county authorities will receive an appropriate i reply In due time to this pro pro- protest protest pro protest test and that proper nation I of the county s responsibility In inthis inthis this connection will Ili be made I I should like to point paint out how- how however however however ever that figures given in the article ar- ar tide as representing non taxable non land on the reservation reser ar are what some some some- somewhat what In error rite Fhe correct figures to the records of this of office ot- ot fice flee of taxable non lands in Uin Uin- Uintah Uintah I tah county are as follows Reserve Ret erve Ft Duchesne Reserve Resen e Whiterocks 12 I Resen Reserve e Ft Duchesne 07 I Reserve Ouray 1337 Reserve Randlett 00 I Reserve Tribal 4 I I Allotted Lands W Y Total Acres 1 18 I Continued on page live five UTES NOT TAX TREE FREE I INDIAN HEAD CLAIMS tS Continued Continued from pa page one i I Estimated Assessed Valuation Valuation Valuation tion 00 The total acreage in the reser reser- reservation reservation reservation in both Uintah ard and Du- Du Duchesne Du Duchesne ch chesne ne counties are as follows j DU-j Reserves 00 44 Tribal TrIba 44 91 Total w 35 Estimated Assessed Valuation Valuation I tion 1006 1 00 The estimated assessed valuation valuation valuation tion was arrived at fusing by-fusing by using thet assessment rates furnished this thell agency by the county assessor the appraised valuation being made bY this office I I I am sure the county authorities hate ha no desire to be unfair in this matter hence they will probably apPreciate this correction You no doubt are aware that the state funds which are used to pro for the welfare of the old tOI needy and blind are derived from the Sales Tax and that the In Indians Indians pay a sales tax the same as aU all other citizens Since January 11 1 1136 1936 there has been disbursed from this office 00 of ot in-I in In- In in individual Indian money The sales tax on this alone would amount to Y YOU u can readily see that tol this would much more than pay the welfare benefits to all of ot the ion tion needy Indians from this reser a thel I I I |