Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-04-08 | Page 7 | Goes through Senate

GOES THROUGH SENATE Indian Supply Bill Passes Uppor House. CARRIES UTAH AMENDMENT One That Trovidcs for Opening tho Uintah Reserve Some Slight Changes Wcro Made, but These Will Not Affect the General Scope of the Amendments The Appropil-fttlon Appropil-fttlon of ?7O,O01 to Be Paid Indians Under the Direction of Secretary of Interior Is Immediately Available. TRinUNH UURUAU, ) 16M K Street, Washington, D C, April 5 ) Tho Indlin appropriation bill passed the benate this nfternoon and the amendment proildlng for the opening of tho Uintah resei i rl'on was retained thereon. Borne slight chnnges wero made but these will not nffect the gen-eral gen-eral scope of the nmendment The appropriation ap-propriation of JT0.C64 4S to be paid to the Indians under tho dliectlon of tho Secretary of tho Interior Is mndo Immediately Im-mediately mailable. The following proilslon was also added: Paid item of TO OKI Is to bo paid to tho Uintah and M hlto Itlicr Utca covers clntms which these Indians havo made on account of allotments of lands on tho IMntoh reserintlon of Uncompahgre Indians, In-dians, and for whhh the Qoi eminent has recclied from Said Uncompahgre Indians money aggregating J6O.061 It. nnd tho re-malnlng re-malnlng JIOO Is claimed by the Indians under act of Congress detaching a small part of tho reseriatlon on tho east, nnd under which act the proceeds of the sile of the lauds were to bo applied for tho benetlt nt tho Indians. Ilils amount Is to bo advanced as a compromise In settlement settle-ment of these clihns, and to remaie all objections of the Indians to any arrange, ment for taking of allotments and the opening of their rei-eriatlon.