Show RED REDSKINS REDSKINS SKINS THE CAUSE Did Not Like Lands Given Them so Had Allotments Changed NOW MOW TO BE HOMESTEADED Vernal People Find Loophole to Valuable Farms on Duch Duchesne esne J Republican Special Service Vernal Nov Xo 24 n An An important ruling was recently made by the In Indian In- In dlan dian department at Washington re reI regarding re- re garding duplicate Indian allotments I on tho the former Uintah reservation Tin Three co of or those thoc allotments allotment In sections five o an and six township four tour south couth r range ngo two west were ere filed upon Immediately Im Jm- mi- mi mediately afterwards by ly County Count Attorney Attorney At At- tome torney T. T W. W ODonnell O'Donnell Tom Torn Birchell and C. C B. B Cook I Tho The of or la last t April the men above abovementioned mentioned offered to file upon theland tho the land and and the applications were reused refused refused re- re fused used b by the register and receiver of the he local oeal land Jand office on the grounds that hat th thy they were Indian allotments The They showed sho on the tho maps as ns such Mich and the he register and receiver could of oC course ourse do o nothing else Mr Ir ODonnell acting aa as attorney or fOI himself and Birchell and Cook ut at t on once co prepared exhaustive briefs on n appeal and forwarded them to the commissioner of the general land of- of lice fice ce who took the matter up with tho the Indian department Attorney ODonnell ODonell ODonnell O'Donnell ODon nell ell was thoroughly posted on the subject having in studied it ft at great groat length and his briefs were among the most comprehensive o over over ever sent tip UP from this count county In his contention that the lands were not Indian allotments he cited tho commissioner com corn missioner of oC thu tho general land office to many court and acts of congress upholding him in his ments The decision ion of tho Indian department received recently announced announced an an- n- n that the lands were open to entry tho though h the tho aJ applicants had no preference rights The They were soon on hand however howe and filc filed It appears that when tho the allotting commission rn mado ao the allotments In 1898 to th the In Indians ians of the reserva reserva- tion Luceta Jackrabbit and others were not satisfied with th their lr allotments allotments allot allot- ments monte and they thoy were given others The original allotments were cre supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed to have been cancelled but the they appeared on tho the maps as Indian lands The Thc three farms in question are arc located on the Duchesne river about between Myton and the In In- In I dian dlan village on tho the south side of or the tho ri cr Myton l ton Is eleven or t twelve I miles lies from the Indian I village The rhe Fuhrman ditch camp is now no located I at that point taking out a n. ditch which will water the Indian lands of that section It Is said id that there are Lre other such sueh allotments on the reservation and Juan people anxious for Cor good farms I are arc busy hunting them up |