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Show The disapproval by tho Interior Department De-partment of the bills of Senators Kenrns and Haw Una for the opening of tho aur-plus aur-plus landa of the I'lntah reservation to settlement, la not surprising. It la well understood that the Indian otrico would like to hnve this wholo Western country coun-try reserved to the Indians exclualiel, banishing tho whites from nn area a thousand miles square. Dut the fact rennlna that there Is In tho Uintah reservation a vast area of land of which the Indians can make no profitable profit-able use. It Is merely a question whether these surplus lands shall be held unused In perpetuity or bo mado the homes of white men who could mako profltublo use of them, without hurt to tho InJInns. Tho Indian Unreal! Un-real! Is ngnlnBt tho white mm all the time, nnd nothing Is conceded by It, save when a Colorado company wauta to Invade Utah nnd make a clean up on the reservation nephnltum lands. If Heaven would onco In u elecnde or so bless tho Indian Commissioner with a little horse sense, It would bo such nn unusual and pleasant a thins us to cuuse the jieopie to rejoice. |