Show OPENING NO OF THE UINTA RESERVE Continued from pa go 1 t 31 will wIll be filed red between now and ald June JUM There arc one hundred twenty tour four full and OH tul fractional townships townshIp embraced In the tho 17 contract for dividing therefore there 7 town yet ot to tu be surveyed Some SOo of oC tho work lies les In very ery tugged rugged heavily timbered mountains where only olly n mile or two a n tiny tny cnn be run In II the tho valley ale ot oC several miles mils cnn eln bo 10 made In 11 a n day It 1 must be borne boro In mind tho th work worl In II tho field does toe not constitute all 01 that tho deputy has to do Ho Ue hal nan to tomake make a n map of oC his survey ure on n scale scalo ot pf two feet Ceet to tho mile mie write up lill the field lell In strict with the tho manual nf oC Instructions In wih by the tho Hon lon Commissioner Including nn etc o observations The Tho notes lots of ot one mile mi of or survey eurey will wil occupy from three fourths to n 1 whole page of or foolscap paper liler A township of or six miles contains 60 miles mies of or 10 and miles mies of or boundary lines but In OUI II ng on n I number lumler of or adjacent townships 12 miles of oC Iles boundary are usually al 01 lowed Therefore In II round num lum bers In u full lul and ft no notional tonal townships thoro thore will UI be le ler r eight thousand Iho hundred 80 miles of uI section boundary line lne b alde i In this rasp case probably I two hundred fr 2 0 to three hundred 30 miles 1 le I of oC re ton boundary Upon this th boundary corners are set at nt every over mile Ile and In mie brides L angle camera at nt each ach of or course fo 80 there may be many corners In 11 a n mile mio The clerical work of ot the deputy tet uty lter he leaves tho CeM I 11 rater sometimes takes longer than tho actual field work After the Ilc deputy has completed hU hil returns and 1111 tiled ted them In 11 tho olce of at tho U 8 I they the arc Me taken up for examination by expert epert examiners take tho field leh notes note of or the deputy deput them thol carefully with wih tho plat note all ni differences all ni tho Eolar Ind stellar checked checkl are se seIl ural Il arc taken each tho Irner must not contain less than n 1 certain number of or inches und ull must bo he in la lathe set a n regulation the tho ground the pits lIls must be lp a n certain size sile tho cour es and din must be checked all It must bo whether the sections f tOIS townships within n certain limit the exact Mt language of oC the tho Manual must Ilso bo followed After ter the tho notes have hlo nil been correct corrected ed ell nn explained out by the deputy they the arc oro turned over oer to tho Iho draughtsmen who mako nn nil plat cal calculated tho Iho of ot the tho fractional areas feC dividing Irregular up In Into to 10 loin lotI All tho sections upon the boundary will wil bu RII an nl amount of oC l as tho boundary IH hi n a r or ur silK ng line I le The Tho notes then given to the typewriters for rOI transcribing Thin Is required to mako finished maps or 01 platH of ot each town township ship ono for Cor tho land oleo nt I ono 01 for tho th one OlO for Cor tho local I al land hll olce hIB take days Y each to lo make after the tho calculations arc made as 11 there IH n I great dent deal of or work I I etc ett ettI upon them thel In 11 the tho of oC topography I After nil ni the maps arc RO made then nn In exterior diagram In 11 duplicate Is 18 marto marc marcI I on 01 n scale of or Inch to ho Iho mile lle embracing all oi the townships la In tho con contract tract topography etc this Is 18 Isa a I work of or several days das Finally 1 when hl the tho diagrams of or ouch Ilch contract are completed the tho notes transcribed they compared which several for tor n 1 number of oC du From what tins hus been b cn stated It will wil be observed that about 77 7 plutH with wih tho corresponding notes lotCH will wi tn the tho statements of oC tho Iho bo Hied III 11 August September moat probably ably In will wil Involve the examining of or approximately COO miles of C line In j the tho making of oC town plats and 20 exterior diagrams the of ot nearly MO pages of oC Hold notes to 10 say fY of oC the tho thousands of calculations to bo 10 made Ilde and tho checking out ot or the tho ngo ng which Is II necessary neeR nr In II order to tomake tomake make out olt tho deputies accounts Taking the tho reservation as Oi a whole there will wil bo be 32 township 1111 31 exterior diagrams to make miles mies of ot boundary to plat Ilat check out upwards of ot pages of or Held ell notes to 10 tobe be 10 typewritten together with lh a quantity ty t of oC miscellaneous work necessarily In to to 10 largo larg n 1 purvey U I Is II of ot course understood that tho work will be le examined In II tho Hold 1011 by wi special ll government examiners who will wl br bo 10 on hand to toko up their work as n FOOD n nN Iny contract Is com completed CO In tho field 1 ell ANXIOUS TO HUI This onico IH to do every ever everything thing 1 to rush tho work and Ild OB 01 cnn can bu bl seen from Crol the In the fore rOo of or this letter no 10 was WIS lost In the preliminary stops Additional IorIo will wi be bo secured tin 1 tho Held notes arc uro filed feel every evor effort put forth to expedite matters so 10 that tho reservation may bo thrown open concerned without delay deflY ua I far ns a this la hI 1 attach n diagram Ingram Indicating tho re relative roo positions of or tho various contracts 1110 showing how ono one work worl Is dependent upon that ot oC another Iho are surveyed from 1101 cast to west weil The townships with a aX 1 X entirely or partly yearn ago ngo the tho portions left lert tin un surveyed then thel will wi bo be completed under lIeI the present pro surveys J 1 think your excellency will wi understand from somewhat ex extended tended Ild detailed facts figures given Iven tho th trim trul If I tho thu thui i returns not tiled ted until August r and 1 nIl It I la I not probable that they the can CIlI bo he much before the of or thu reservation by October 1 I cannot bo be accomplished I Tins oleI has hns done dOlo all al that It could M 1 doing nil al that can bo be dona to tl further the tho work but In III my opinion i It will wIl require nt at least to complete completo It t Vory respectfully II 1 U 8 S for tor Utah som FACTS l I Tho fuM general calls attention to the fact that joint resolution 31 3 of or orthe the 1 Congress ami n modifying certain of or tho Indian appropriation ton act nt for lor thi h 1 year ending Juno Junc 13 1503 1003 provides among other things S In addition additon to the allotments In nov cv ally oly to the und ull White Ilver Utes of tho Indian In the of at Utah tho secretary of r tho interior before b toro of or Id lands art Rr opened to 10 disposition l under Inder nty public land law In select and ut wt for lor tho me In common of ot tho Indians of ot that reservation mich an nn mount amount of or grazing lands therein at ono onu or moro more places as I will wi tuh ervo the requirements of or stock said Indians for tOI tho grazing of live livestock Ivo lock All AI allotments hereafter to Uncompahgre Indians of or lands In III Indian reservation shall hal he h con confined Ion fined rnell to agricultural land which rail can bo ho Irrigated ba on tho bails of ot SO acres to each ench head of or a I family and 40 acres to each Oleh other Indian and The Tho grazing land selected up I more elEcted set apart as ni aforesaid Inthe tali tah nt Indian reservation for lor the tie uno U B In common of or tho Indians of or that reset lon bo be equally open to the uso ot nil 11 Uncompahgre Indians al at allotments In III said reservation re of or tho re reduced 1 area aren hero horo named I the tha Indian population nt ot Surveyor f tires es It I will wi require r om to comply with wih the tho provisions of or ortho tho resolution r hero quoted tho allot allotment mont ment of or under direction of oC tho secretary of or the tho Interior will wil toko tollo a n length of or time Is nn ron realon why the tho opening oC or ortho the tho reservation should be ho deferred I |