Show ENDORSEMENT INDORSEMENT 7 ra 1 GIVEN BY C. C OF C. C i f 00 MATTER OF OP T THE E nE REMOVAL IOV AL OF INDIANS TO SECTION OF LAND FURTHER NORTH FROM FROn PRESENT PRESENT PRE PRE- SENT LOCATION DISCUSSED AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCHEON 00 Monday noon at the luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce Wm Was R. R Palmer told of the activities of the Mormon church in the matter of the of the Indians to a plot of ground further north than where they are at present situated He said that an effort eUort had been beon made mad to get the U. U US U.S. S. S Government to to tot take k hold bolo of 01 th the mait matter matter r but all the government could do waa was WAl to hay haro them go ao to some som Indian Indian Indian In In- dian reservation this being against the desires desire I of the Indians Indian Mr Palmer also atao said ald that the church had from time to time assist aula assisted ed these the Indians Indiana and desired to make their living conditions better consequently conse conse- consequently plans plane were formulated to secure se Ie cure more land than is at present or occupied oc oc- eu led by them After lter considerable effort the land hying north east of the present Indian village across th the creek just e east st of cf f the Bergstrom BellStrom residence was secured By isy the church and it Is the intention to move the village to the extreme northeast corner corner corner cor cor- ner of this plot Six 12 by 14 cabins ar are to be erected also alao a building to r contain shower bath and another building of about 30 by 40 feet to be used for meeting purposes and can also be used for any entertainments ent t mT th the th l Indians dlana stay may tare care t id to hiv hAV t l The buildings to be up are p put t up in a neat neat a.-neat substantial mariner manner manner with c cement floors open fire places with the idea that the occupants shall be housed in as sanitary a domicile as can be reasonably expected v There has been enough land se secured Ie- Ie cured so that the I Indian dlan will have plenty for agricultural purposes purpose and will be able to practically sustain themselves by their own efforts Water is to be taken to the agricultural agricultural tural section by canal while culinary water will be piped into the village For years the Indians have been living in squalid quarters until they have become unhealthy and several have died within the past two or three years from tuberculosis By the removal re removal removal re- re moval to the new location and housed in sanitary houses it is expected the health of the Indians will be considerably consid Improved and the menace of tuberculosis removed which fact will also remove the d danger nger of infection from this disease by the white population po po- on of the city Besides being a safeguard to the health of the Indians it will also mean the cleaning up of a most unsightly unsightly unsightly un un- sightly spot that has been en eyesore to the townspeople for the past 40 or 50 years ears The Chamber of Commerce endorsed endorsed endorsed en en- all that had been done by the church and will lend every assistance possible toward the completion of the proposition |