| Show U S gives acres to indians in san juan county A land controversy which at times in the past twenty years yeara has attained feud proportions proportion between white settlers kett lers and indiana in san juan county was nettled tuesday upon receipt of 0 an official order from commissioner C C moore at washington D C by ell eli P F taylor register of the U 8 land office here the order adds acres of public land in san juan county to the navajo indian reservation but bars bare indians indiana from any further allotments lot ments of public damain commissioner moores order officially fici ally places into effect a compromise which was wag entered into between the white settlers and the indians indiana some time ago after former Garer govonor nor george it dern had visited this section of the state in the interest of peaceful arbitrate arbi arbitration trat ton one immediate effect of the pro mul gatlon gation will be the rejection by mr taylor of 43 pending applications in which indians are seeking allotments of public land in the san juan country one specific provision of the order Is ig that ing no further allotments of land to indians on the public domain shall be made in san juan county nor shall further indian homesteads be made in this county furthermore should oil or gas be produced in paying quantities within the acre tract added to the navajo reservation a per cent royalty snail shall be expended expanded py by the state la in the tuition of indian children in white schools or in the building or maintaining of roads across the tract the tha order states in part the land added to the reservation includes all the vacant unreserved and of public land below the san juan river in utah deseret news diews |
