Show I Indian Agency To Be Be Closed July 1st In spite of ot vigorous pro protests testa from civic clubs of ot Cedar City the Plute Flute Indian agency agency with headquarters headquarter here will be discontinued labout about July 1st according to word re received reo no- from Washington D D. O. O The reservations under this agency's jurisdiction will be assigned Co o other agencies it is understood The agency is to be closed on July 1st but Superintendent C C. C L L. Lynch will remain in Cedar city for about two months month to assist In I distributing the Ute property and records re records reo re- cords among the agencies which will take over the work A A. A W W. Battese clerk will WUl probably remain re remain reo re- main here for tor about a month When the tile business of the agency Is ts closed Mr Lynch will probably be transferred to Oregon while the three clerks will be transferred one to Pot Fat Duchesne one to Fort Hall and the third to Owyhee I The seven reservations now administered administered ad d ministered by the Ute Pluto Flute I agency on which there are about COO Indians will wUl be divided and put under other I agencies as follows 1 1 Goshute and Skull Valley reservations res rea will be placed under Jurisdiction of ot Superintendent Carl W. W Beck of ot the Western Shoshone agency with headquarters at Owyhee Owyhee i hee Nevada 2 2 The South Fork Perk reservation near Elko Nevada formerly sup sup- supervised supervised supervised by the Carson Indian agency agency agen agen- cy at Stewart Nevada also will WUl be placed under the he Western Shoshone Sho Bho- shone agency 3 The Kaibab Kanosh and Shiv- Shiv witts reservations will wID be placed under Wider authority r of bf r Bua Superintend Superintendent ent C C. C C. Wright of the Uintah Ouray agency with headquarters at ar Fort Duchesne 4 4 The Moapa reservation will willbe willbe be put under jurisdiction of Superintendent Superintendent Sup Sup- Alida Allda C. C Bower of the Carson Indian agency Stewart Nevada |