| Show settlers starving almost facing starvation but determined to co fay stay with their until water Is a secured people in the gated portion onit of the tb uintah reserva lion tion are ru ported to be in a serious condition the members of the state tat land board ward have lust just returned from an eight day days trip of investigations though the entire district ani report the condition amitan g the people to be most the purpose of tise the licud board was wa a to 1115 maket ke a thor thoro thorough agh 1 elu 1 of 0 situ adon with a 1 view I to 0 arrangement arrangements for waillie ban eraL life irrigation projects broj te now up or w wa it y vhf he authorizing loans to b made on thee a propositions wai passed at the tb im lut of the legislature Ligi slature ird rd wilt will bold hold a meeting august irwill it will be decided whether the be made trip taken by tha the member members of the wax was tho first made and was at it flu urgent request of the people v elfei are tire anxious to have the loana loans maca immediately in order that they may obtain water and aavo save themselves from what starvation unless given aid many yany hava have been boon on an their claims for three or fourbears four yeara years have expensed their liney ey for Improvement ii and nye are now forced to leave and go ito also fe ft order to makii a aa sonia of cos oa are ar barring water for purposes aea ali x and seben een miles there Is a how much opportunity to make living by agriculture and the theme people lure kra banging on to their wins for dormuth naeda loan loans of the state tat it the members of the land board ward spent an the eight daya days over the uintah reservation and ever aldays day drove frum from 4 oc in 3 na morning until 10 at night vy covered miles andusen sixt different dif farent cearna tho the members ode wh rhode de the examina ti tion on were yore V U V DC ado glaid laid lai d of mount Pleas pleasant sat pr esl den ancl I 1 bf salt Lake secretary W WI 1 obain of AG A G giauque of salt lake anam and M ai steels of Pang bitch we examined beven seven irrigation prop which are asking jor for loans from the board aggregating more than aid said president candland of the bad yesterday besides Beat dea these there are two curey curay act project projects which the land board will have supervision over and those these cover acres of ground at the me aerating rating august I 1 the board w will ill take under consideration all the applications application a muda made for loam loans representing a total of the members are unanimous in the opinion that these people need help and that the propositions are meritorious but as to just what action will be taken will not be known until our meet ing 1 several ques tlona tforia are involved that must be settled before action can bo taken some of tha the applications application a are not in hape shape now to get got a loan not haink complied with the provisions provi slona of the state law in the matter the i the question of value aust must be determined and a general policy settled upon the governor and secretary of state must op rove the propositions and the engi fec tute must be ex examined mined zad approved by the aate state engineer before the loans may bo be made the reger reservation itself ta Is a email small empire ind will support a million people it ia la claimed by the people anat he have acres of land available for cultivation ti where they have already constructed canals they are producing splendid crops the reservation was opened for a attle nent five live years ago ard a few of the canals can als ar ara a completed but moat most of the li are expensive POl live and they need aid for their construction the highest coot cost for etting getting the water on the land estimated by any of the propositions is i but 16 an acre mr candland also reports that there are localities in the reservation where dry farming Is very successful success ful at the dregent time in these localities all kinds of garden truck are flourishing without vit hout irrigation and the members of the land board ward were amazed at the re sulta alt living obtained thie this season it 1 la estimated that there are about persons in the reservation en on in agriculture the government t ha has spent a great deal of mone mono build ing canala for the indian lands ahe indian indians however will not work their lands but lease them to the homestead eris who unable to get water on t their h air own lande lands try to make a living from the leased lande lands until the completion of the canals when they can irrigate their own farms |
