Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-07-08 | Page 1 | Taxing Lands of the Indians

oo TAXING LANDS OF THE. INDIANS ' Washington, -JuL$.8;-c-The Indian lands on the various. reservations, Including In-cluding the Inherited lands, should be taxed as soon as the trust period expires. This conclusion was reached reach-ed at the conference of the supervisors supervi-sors of Indian schools, headed bv Chief Supervisor H B. Pears, which ended today. They will suggest to Commissioner Valentine that he make recommendations for the necessary legislation. The trust period, it is explained, will 'expire on many of the reservations reserva-tions within 'the next few years and, unless Congress so authorizes, the states cannot collect taxes on those lands. The Indians would profit, in tho end, It is pointed out, because the rryonev derived would be used to build roads and schools. This year will see the first taxes paid on Indian lands those of the Omaha reservation In Nebraska. The trust period on that reservation expires ex-pires 'this year and Congress has authorized au-thorized the levying of taxes. The supervisors also adopted resolutions reso-lutions seeking to change the ration given to the Indians, unchanged since 1SS4. Many plans were also prepared looking to perfecting the sanitary conditions on the reservations and In the Indian schools. -no