Show PLAN TO ASSIST SETTLERS I Sutherland to Draft Amendment Amendment Amendment Amend Amend- 1 ment Relating to Uintah I Water Rights I DIFFER FROM SECRETARY Utah JI Members That of or itt Ke I re Are Under Control Con Comi- t of tCo Republican an Special I Ia a Washington March 21 TIme 23 Thc 3 The senate son sen nate n- n ate committee on Il km affairs to today today to- to day took look an important action acton with re regard regard re- re gard ac to the irrigation problem m which confronts settlers on the time former Uintah Uin- Uin tah eli naton Senator a was In Instructed to rw up Ui UI a substitute fur for th thu tb amendment of oC the commissioner commis I sinner of n affairs Ia is i's for COI an appropriation allo o of for Ul an Irrigation system for Cor the time Indian lands lands Senator Sutherland Senator Smoot anti and H Representative Ho well agree with ant c Howel wih time the commissioner r that the time Indians should secure this sum gum for fr 11 irm purposes but d do not n agree ree that the waters o of tw the former reservation atlon shall hal I b lIY for the Indians 1 e. cc or to tl the ex exclusion ex cx- elusion of or the white settlers HeUler rho They Insist t that tH these e waters are aC under th the lie exclusive control connol of nf the state tale and that th the Indians must mUM make their appropriations under UHler tH the state laws the same Mme a as white settlers ter The committee to tn day l after aftem- a 1 full fuli discussion ll cuRlon anti and after h hearing Captain Hull hail the time Indian agent decided that Senator Sutherland was t the thir r proper person to draft a law Jast WD fa for foi forthe I Ith th the hemm o of those thoc Indians nR Ilch and anil aHI at ti the tw same am time to tn safeguard the time rl rights hl of settlers etl ls Proceeding under the In In- M given I tn h he lit will trill wi formulate la t. t an 01 amendment anti and nHI It I will wi be bp attached to o the thC Indian Tin iun bill bib hi I which will wi bo hio 10 repotted temi t te 0 t the he senate ena t next st cel Attitude Hi leh of f Secretary m JF As AR previously stated In iii 1 th those these dispatches tits dis patches I the hi secretary oC of the Interior ell cd rn g-rn grazing graving lands ancl when when tin tin- reservation res T- oI was o opened aln along the Ihl hit hit- ferent streams of the thU valley mid I In lii order ordet to secure water from rom th these It Is il necessary ar to tn I com construct hitcheS ditches Th The secretary s of the lie Interior refused to grant rant right might of wa way over u r these grazIng grazing graz graz- ing lag lands until irrigation orl m have been provided imm l IIo for the Indians The secretary then assumed a n still moro more arbitrary y position In that after this Irrigation system stem Is JM constructed construct whitt J tUr are arc t to receive l watt water only emily uri Ul- un- un doe dor rf regulations drafted c 1 by his depart t mum These o strain S Senator uth- uth contended today are as aN free roe a l as af air In ih he t valley and amid Iho the secretary should sl not IJ be Jl permitted through his strategy In ir reserving c certain lands to deprive of water Wah I hundreds of oC settlers settler who wll have l gone Ione In and amal who under the Mate lands 01 ni-c ni entitled to the Ow waters s. This position 1 tiC of the secretary practically I teal l' l ml nullifies i i lilIes the Ua bt benefits which feb should hould accrue to 10 settlers anti and the state b bj by the opening of oC these le Indian The Time committee has al also n eed with Senator Sutherland that lint his hie amendment amend amend- merit ment which has been incorporated in ill inthe the lime bill ll of oss aci-oss the lands which cn g formerly constituted con coil a part hart of the time reservation reier gives I a 0 square deal to the lie white jo settlers set set- t- t tiers anti and also to the Indians When IHn th time the Sutherland amendment I Is up It will provide pro for 01 or the ex expenditure o of the mane mone money for I the tue con s of ot an Irrigation system the thc noney to be returned to lh time the government govern govern- o ern I ment mont from fromn proceeds of or sales Ie e o of f for for- or- or I ncr maci Indian lands Wat ater r for 01 this system SS S'S ton tem must h be 10 appropriated for or nt the benefit ben hen enl of the Indians under laws la of Utah precisely tb as ns white citizens o of the state I naKe their appropriation The rhe two t propositions a are J not nol ne- ne related and Senator land md will Insist on his o amendment granting rights o of wa way without refer refer- l'- l' once ence e to the tic fate tate of the amendment asking an appropriation for or an aim Irrigation Irrigation gation gallon s system tc-m tc for or th the Indians |