Show 3 2 3 Million Reimbursement Bill Bell Passed For Ute Ufe Tribe Irrigation Project Funds Word has been received by the U 0 O Agency Bureau of Indian Affairs of the passing of Public Law 91 in the Congress II H. S. S September 18 The purpose of this bill Is to reimburse reimburse relm burse the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah Uin Um- tah and Ouray Reservation for Tribal funds that have been used for construction construction construe tion operation and maintenance of the Ute Indian Irrigation Project THROUGH THE efforts o of the Ute Indian Indian In In- dian Tribe and with the support of Utah Congressional Delegation this bill was passed The principal plus simple interest figured fig to September 18 1970 according I rCA CRAIG D. D ADAMS Eagle Scout Craig D. D Adams Gets Eagle Award Craig D. D Adams of Explorer Post received the Eagle Scout Award Wednesday night o of last week at the Court of Honor held at the Davis Ward Chapel MR ADAMS is the son o of Mr and Mrs Clint Killian of Maeser Ills His scoutIng scouting scout scout- Ing started stalled in Pack sponsored by bythe bythe bythe the Maeser First Ward Church As a member o of Troop he served served ser ser- ved as patrol leader and senior patrol patrol pat pat- rol leader and became a member o of the Order o of the Arrow He lie is active in m Explorer Post at the present time THE EAGLE Scout Ceremony and Eagle Pledge were conducted by Bert Dannenberg district scout executive The Eagle award was presented b by Explorer er advisor Evert Merkley Mrs Killian pinned the award on her son The Eagle Scout Certificate was presented by Mr Killian to Information available appears to be over According to the BIA former members of the Ute Indian Tribe as listed in Public Law will receive their proportionate share ANOTHER PROVISION of the bill provides for reimbursement o of certain withholdings o of O 0 M M 11 charges from both former members and present tribal tribal tri trl tri tri- bal members who may have sold their land to the Ute Tribe during periods from the early to the present time Some o of these refunds have previously previous previous- ly Iy been made Thus not everyone who sold will receive a refund The BIA 0 of of- fice cannot complete the complicated sales till early in 1971 it was reported UNDER THE terms o of the bill the secretary is authorized to prescribe rules for payment Such rules have not been determined and the BIA is not aware as to when they will be It lt Is expected that the rules will be simple In the case o of former members payment to them would probably require nothing more than proof o of identity and possibly submission o of a simple application ap ap- As o of the present time no appropriations by Congress has been made H R Rr p r m a Y P J DANIEL to feature marionettes HONOR STUDENT Arvin Darel Bardl Nelson of Vernal is among students named to the summer quarter quarter ter honor roll at the University o of Utah He lie is a junior in the academic college To be named to the honor list a student student stu stu- dent must maintain an average o of 3 35 5 or better in m all academic subjects where 4 40 0 Is the equivalent o of an A |