Show INCREASE LAND AND IN STRAWBERRY PROJECT Senator Smoot Working on Plan to Add Tract of Acres Washington April IS Soon 13 Soon after atter the Uintah forest reserve was established hc It was decided to withdraw 52 52 acres or of land and so reserved for Cor the tho Strawberry valley I irrigation project lor r l years these lands l havo ava Jb OD wl n g q abou OOOO T. T and funds 3 a o havo boon credited against tho- tho COO thio advanced acI by tho the government ro to the Uintah reservation In Indians laUs It IL 13 Is I realized however that It would bo a n. good plan permanently to attach these lands lends to the Strawberry v valley lo project and an with this purpose in view Senator Smoot has had several conferences with the secretary tar of the Interior The Thc secretary Is Js favorable to the tho proposition tion to dispose of ot these lands at a rate of or 25 1 an acre aclo to those who have havo the tho Strawberry valley project in han hand but this cannot be done under existing law la unless the lands in question are pal paid for outright On the other hand han the time people Interested have not tho the necessary necessary sary funds available Senator Smoot with the approval orthe of or the secretary of or the time interior will In all probability introduce a 0 bill to provide pro pro- vide for the sale saie of tho the acres referred to at a price of an acre with the tho understanding that payments may be distributed over ovel a period of or thus obtained years cars and tho the funds credited to the Indian accounts It Is believed that this will redound to the best Interests of ot the government and will also result In adding ti n large Jarge tract of available irrigable land Jand to Utah's aGricultural area arca |