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Show THE UTB nt!8EnVATION. M Indian. Lasda In Colorado Now Upasd Ut fl S.lll.m.sl fM A Washington dispatch says Th. U opening of tho Southern Uto Indian M ltucrvnth 11 which has been awaited U with liiiKitlrncu for many month., has nt Inst hern nrcotill llshcd, the U l'n si lent having Issued his roclania- M Hon on A rll 4th, announcing tho open- Ing of time Ian Is for settlement eC- H fcctltc at noon. May 4, 1KW IH This vnst area of arable lands flf- Hl teen I y sixty mile lu site, totaled on HI either side of the Denvrr & Itlo Urando Hi rallrun I ,uth and east of Durnngo, ( cuiiih t fall to attract a large and de- ( slrablo elnss of settlers Ilia Uto In- MM dlans are entitled, under the law of ( 1KC to J74 allotments out of Hie in- HJ tire tract. All the remainder of th Hf nrva, about C30 000 acre, will bo sub- HLH Ject to entry under th desert home- Ml tc.d. Umber nud toirtislt law and !U the law governing th. disposal or coal, UM mineral stone and timber land, and HJ many of tho Indian allotments will bo Iraxd by lutrlllkent white men at rea- sonnblc rates Hie Ian la embrace Uith valley and mesa or upland., but tho sii I ly of nh r for Irrigation is ninny times grrntir than will be called for. Tho soil, are tha .eml adotw, sandy loam nnl rtil-tho former Ulng pecu- llarly adapted for the growth of grain BJ and grnssi s while Ihe soils last named aro unequalled for the growth of vegc- lahli. alfalfa nn t fruit tree Owing to tho pertctitnge of gypsum In the hot tom lands, tho yield of clover I. a. high n. thnii and 01 e-half ton. to the HJ acre HJ Aside from the agricultural future of H thl. great nrrn of virgin still, tha stock HJ In lustry give. romlae of almo.t un- HJ limited growth Tl e plateau, afford HJ range for ten. of thousands of head 6t H cattle, honu and sheep, while trlbu- H tnrjr mining caniMi n ply an abundant HJ market noted for good price. HJ Under 1 literal enactment, Uto In- H dlnns who so elect may accept allot- HJ ment In severalty Ihu lands allotted HJ to the Southern lite nggre- HJ gain about sixty thousand acres, H divided equally between ngrt HJ cultural and grnxlng lands nn 1 allot- HJ incuts are gem rally In compact fmm HJ The Indian niny base Ids allotment for HJ a period of three yenrs, fur ngrlcul- H tural nnd ten jenr for mining and HJ erasing land, lho ndvnnlnge of the HJ leasing system aro HJ I Irst Th land aro exempt from H taxation and friv from cost of water HJ charge a the Indians own tbu canals M and ditches Hi Second Tho rental in moat Instance. Ha a small amount In 1 ish an I a sliaro ot HJ the crop one-fourth or ono-thlrd HJ Third-Indians can tie hired to work H at siunll wngi nud si cud their money HJ at home, thus keeling the money In Hi circulation In the coiuiuunlty HJ I ourlh-Tho Utes aro paid S0000 M annually by the go eminent. II10 H treaty I rnvldi that this payment shall HJ conllnuo foruter ' lid money goes H Into circulation In tho Immiillato re- HJ clou wheru It I distributed from th. HJ bountiful hand of Uncle Sara HJ The act of Congress of February 20, Hi loltt which fixed tho Umo for th I Ha President proclamation six month H from that date, bufwblch ha lieen do- 5 HI laved until now, cltis how the land k HJ .hall lie taken up by tho white, and I. tHfl "And .hall 1 .ubji-et to entry aaaiT'1 '" """ jgHJ tho desert, hnniisledd and tuwn.lta vHsi law, and tha law. governing the dlt- 9H tiosal ot coal, mineral, stone and tlnv BsHl Ler laud but 110 honicilcad pettier sVHsi shall rrcelvo n title to any norlloa ot m HJ such l.nd. at less than otio dollar and m HI twenty live cents per acre, and ihall H bo rculreil to uiaki- a cash (ayment 9 HJ of fifty cent Jier acre nt tho time filing 8 IH 1. made upon any of .aid land." (j HJJ Tim advantnge of cash payment of i JH flfty out jKr acre are many It shuts MJ nut the ' proft sslnnal loomcr," and HJ lead dlreet to n first clan clUienahlp HI -that la, nun of thrift, energy and In- HI du.try, HJJ Tlio location of the land. In question JH ends the public domain entry in Colo- HJ rado, so far a valuable farming land HJ extends forever, a. thl particular area HI embrnci nil that has beeu, by vlrtuo JJJ of being nn Indian rerve, wltheld JJJ from entry It Is tlio last chance for JJ cheap, fertile aud enviable homes. JH The lanl oltlce nre lu the city ot H Durango, which 1. the commercial, JJJ manufacturing an 1 rdjtntlonal center JJJ of southwestern Colorado The city JJI enjoy, a population of 8 000 and tho JJI lingular distinction of being the best JJ built city or It alto In tho West, be- JJ Ing largely of brick nnd stono and em- , JJJ bracing among It. edifices many costly . JJJ business and residence structures a well n expensive modern 1 ubllc, school JJJ and church buildings Durango num- JJJ Iter among It buslnt 1 enterprise the JJJ ban Juan branch of tho Omaha (Irant JJJ inciter, employing hundred, of men, HB .eviral large coal nnd coke companle., fffm electric street railways, two dally pa- JJJ per Iron works, flouring mill, manu- JJJ rncttirlng erterprlse or vnrlou do- JJJ scrlptlon and many extensive whole- fM sale and retail establishments The JJH city I. the terminal of tho Itlo flrnnde ffm systiin nnd enjoy n tributaries a JJH lnrgo section of tho San Juan miring country a. well a. tho agricultural, or- JJJ chard and rnngu sections of southwest- JJJ em Colorado northern Now Mexico and southeastern Utah Durango JJJ prosperity nn I commercial Itnporlanca Mill be materially increased h' oien- Ing for public entry under thelioroe- JJB stead timber and mineral law. the un- allotted land, embraced within tha JJB boundaries of the Southern Ute re.cr- JJB vntlon and provide 1 for by congre- JJB loual enactment a tho soils subject HJ to entry aro susceptible to tlio pcr.cct B growth of cereals grasses, fruit and MBJ vegetable nnd tributary to tho best JJB cash markets the N est afford. To Ira JJB press the homesceker and those of an HBJ agricultural Incllnntlou with tho u- JJB perlnr market facilities of thl section, BIB t Is only necessary to call nttentlon to the fact that tl 0 intensive mlnlug In- JJB terest embraced In the San Juan couu. JJS try afford emilo)inent to many thorn JJJ sands of men who depend absolutely BJB upon tributary agricultural section. JJB for the proluct. of tho ranch, range, JJB orchard nnd garden Durango l not BJB dependent upon the ebb nn I flow ot BJJ nny one Industry but blend, smelting. JJJ manufacturing mlnlug (coal Iron an I JJB reclous metals) with agriculture. JjH horticulture nnd tock growing to an JJB extent that rcnler the futuro a ccr- iJJJj tnlnty a to commercial prominence s JJJJ and Industrial uice J JJJJ |
