| Show former chief of indian police talks plain SOMEBODY BODY IN ON THE GRAZING LANDS DEAL DEAI alleged that dead indians are allotted some of the very bist lands on the reservation other frauds F aads hinted VURNAL utah aug 20 appears to bo be no end to the fraude frauds and grafts that are being perpetrated in n connection with tho the of the all uintah reservation dally devel developments lop Ind indicate leato that mot not a single op to 0 bleeve tho the gov government he the people und and tho the indiana indians liae has been overlooked by some of tho poepoe who have been given authority in the various matt mutter ersk pertaining to the opening og of tho the Ev orono hero here ie Is complaining Conseria conservative tive citizens who lie at first view were loth to believe that was wrong hao become that frauds aro being practiced oud and gigantic steals negotiated and tiro are publicly expressing their disa atle faction in unmistakable terme terms be so carefully have the planson the in sti gators tora of these frauds and graft be been laid and BO so skillfully have the operations been concealed that it IA aa only by tho the results that tho the fraude frauds have become apparent IL it 0 chirk clark former thief chief ranger r ind and chief of anniar police on thol tha ir uintah reservation today in no in la 1014 abed that opt it was his belief that latteen fifty and sixty thousand aeria of e Irrig ables land of the uintah reservation havo have been allotted to dond indians Indi ace he desiaree de aares that irregular atles have been practiced and hayfi eav ho he la Is reads nad to furnish evid to his statements should investigation of tho matter bo be made by tao the proper e s claric bases his charges on a knowledge of the uintah lindlau affairs oc ac quiren by t fourteen yours anco co on tho the reservation during that period ho eight vars inthe government afta vern verni ment nent x four ears as acting agent at ouray juray und and tha the year years last pnat past as 09 chief ranger and find chief of tho the indian ind ion police I 1 it appears to t me that interests 1 have been look looted M after at tho the 1 4 expense of the public in m thie this allotment sata eal dark clark when shown a map of the and asked naked foi an opinion concerning the allotment one hundred and twelve thousand have beoo been allotted to the indians 1 I tm told toll aej it Is my I 1 tellef ellef stid bf id dark clark after fier having neu them for years there ura not mun thai thap twelve hundred indians at the nery outside in the entire reservation I 1 eat estimate imato that it fourth of them are heads of entitles to eighty acres ahlem aich which be twenty four thoi wiot acres the other nine hun decd women arnen and children are tire entitled to forty acrea each or thirty siv ahou sand acres making a gralia total of sIxty thousand acres the receipt of information to the effect that CO alrea et of hind land havo have bee nl rl blotted the indians kiib it clear to mo me tho the purpose of many mysterious irregularities that have to ay my certain 1 knowledge been in u connle tion with tho the opening of ibis u while I 1 have act not wea soon the oame of tho the numer numerous oui in flans to whom landa 10 nd have leea al totted I 1 firmly by 0 dilevo that departed redskins have been allotted land lands aa well aa as those still live in to tho the who ard anxious to settle on t asb ery abo matter should axt oal 1 clany investigate I 1 ven venture to any that if it an investigation is undertaken under taLon 1 of V it will la the returning forpah r g ito elitt T of close on to sixty 11 thousand thoua and acres of lend land the of acres of t continued on pages 1 concluded from rag 1 fa daod foi the eai of alio dl tins for crazing is an outrage and nn an insult to ti vj intelligence of tho the i 1 cople the indians never tild have aud and uever never will have tiny any use for sach a an lm im grazing aul laud I 1 I 1 le cievo the leason for reserving it waa was that some ow one might secure it by lea lease add nad make largo suin 4 of money by subleasing sub leasing it to nhep find cattlemen I 1 have in iny 1 91 ei evidence I 1 that thi this ha o 0 been 1 doub in lit the past if the publeo id inter estad in the to bring nebout ht an there are ahr other which r haeem donee that I 1 mit make lc |
