Show I 1 THE INDIANS LANDS ARE ABE WANTED A PEW days ago a press dispatch from great falls montara montana described the ea eagerness with which the opening 0 of f the blackfoot reservation was awaited at that place and throughout northern idon montana tans A bill had bad passed both houses of congress providing that the reservation should be thrown open to settlers and was awaiting the signature of toe the president A large number of persons had bad gone upon it to locate ranches mines and town sites desirable valleys valley s on the reservation were fairly covered with tents occupied by both soldiers and civilians who were awaiting news that the bill had bad been signed on the receipt of which there was waa to be a grand scramble lor for the I 1 suds lands which were being taken from the indians there now BOW seems to be a probability that similar proceedings will be witnessed in uintah valley in the eastern part of this territory before man months for two or three years machinations have been in progress looking to tie the robbing of the uintah indians indiana ol of a portion of the rich fertile and beautiful country embraced emor emo acea raced within their reservation such a degree of success has attended this wi wire re pulling that a bill to revert to the public domain a portion of the uintah R reservation has passed the house and been placed upon the senate calendar stock men in eastern utah and I 1 western colorado are believed to ne be the prime movers in this scheme lor for despoiling the indians the latter have made considerable or progress ogress in the art of agriculture and many of them raise crops on farms halcli they cultivate with a degree of industry true in respect to this virtue they bear no comparison with the white whim settlers but when it Is remembered wey t aisted in the very depths of barbarism but a few years age toe tiie pro giess they have made is very encouraging they have engaged in block raising more readily and extensively then than in farming and many of them own large numbers ot both horses and aad cattle watch is an additional reason why iby their reservation should be preserved intact tor for it is none too large lor their present and prospective needs uintah valley is probably the most beautiful and desirable section of country within a radius of hundreds of miles it has an even balmy climate which watch is delight delightful fai in the extreme it is well watered oy by the uintah and ducheane rivers and their numerous trib ut aries which are generally large brooks brooka flowing through a rich prairie country and which could easily be diverted for purposes of irrigation the land is very rich and fertile and mile after mile of it 16 is natural meadow timber its is abundant and easily accessible and the region abounds in resources well weli calculated to tempt the cu cupidity of would be settlers adt bia it is a shame that the avarice of the white man should forever be permitted to triumph over the rights ot ol the me indian and it if the lands of the Cin Jint taht alls shall be given to the schemers who are now seeking to gain posses lion fion of them a glaring wrong of the most shameful bhame ful character will be perpetrated pet rated unless indeed the indians shall be amply remunerated a thing not at all likely to be done the whites waites who want the indians lands have no difficulty in reaching the ears of congressmen with their pleas and arguments but the red man has no lobby operating in his bis behalf he has no means of presenting his side of the case to the lawmaking power of the country in his bis ignorance and poverty be falls an easy prey to the avaricious frontiersman who covets his bis fertile lands and nuo stock ranges aUkes |