| Show FACTS REGARDING THE reservation from inquiries concerning tho open opening ingot of the to settlement it la Is evident that many people donot do not understand once lii tit status thu tho uintah nad and tho adjoining walh was thrown open several 3 ears ago says salt sall lakes tribune tho the uncompahgre was never an in the strict tion of tho term it ivas simply a body of government land of nearly two million acres set apart in tho the vearl car 1880 and loaned to the uncompahgre utes and remained public anni tho the indians having baing no possessory or other right in III it tho the government threw throw it opan op n for settlement under existing homestead laws tho the uintah Ind indians lans houm however er located on their reservation more lhnn half it century ngo ago and b executive ordet act of congress ind and treaty were mado in their righta rights benco anti inti qt bo be maium crated when dispossessed of lands accorded them under tho usual theaty methods after acres bet set aside for range purposes there will remain acres for allotment to the indians and for the public tin tim proceeds arising from tho the sale ut of this land to those comply ing with the law requiring fourteen months continuous residence will go into a fund t to bo be disbursed to the and Whito iia or utes it may bo be bakon as final that tho the opening will not be by roco raco aud and rush resulting after afterward aard in contention and litigation the drawing method has become so popular with tho tile govern mint that it vill undoubtedly b adopted in this case the tile surveying ying la is nearing completion and the tile government will detail expert clerks to push the work ork in the tile surveyor generals office and tho the land also in tho tile departments depart menta at washington so fio as to comply with tho the net act of congress using fixing the tile timi for the opening opo ning murch let lot next and have mory everything thing ready for fur the opening at that date |
