Show A M OX ON RESERVE when the settlers or of the basin arst learned that a charge of soc per mailot wood would lie be made mr ani onell oneil wrote to senator smoot concerning the matter and last week he received the following reply roosevelt utah dear 11 mr ON OIN roosevelt utah dear mr onell oneil li in compliance with your request of november 22 1921 1 I submitted your letter to the commissioner of indian affairs for his consideration consider atlon tills morning I 1 am in receipt ol of a letter from him batea november 30 1921 19 21 a copy of 0 which is herewith attached arid and which I 1 believe will give you the information desired with best wishes I 1 remain yours truly REED SMOOT my dear senator chave I 1 have your lotter letter ot of november 28 1921 transmitting a letter of november 22 1921 from mr will one 1 l of roosevelt utah to you protesting against the charge of a load made to settlers sett sers lor fire wood removed from the timber reserve lands of the uintah reservation elion E lion 7 of 0 the act of congress of juro 25 1910 36 stat page 7 authorized tile the secretary 0 of the interior to dispose of the mature livla and dead and own cown c timber oil en lands of any reservation the proceeds iroc eeds from sales to be used for the benefit of the indians of the les ies ovation tion the exception of the states of minnesota and wisconsin in accordance with this act of congress coi gress regulations were prescribed ay iy y the department on juno june 29 1911 to govern sales of saw timber fire wood etc from zelian lands these regulations were revised on february 6 5 1918 trie tae regulations authorize sup superintendents erin tend ants to make smail sales of saw timber or other products and direct that no cut auttis of timber shall be permitted on idan Id lands landa except under a written contract or permit it has some unit tim been difficult f for or the indian ser fcc to enforce the provisions of les es regulations and apparently the attl 13 near ear the uintah reservation have been accustomed to take timber rom the indian lands landa wi without thou authority of land and in violations or of the i emulations the superintendent of the uintah indian school has been instructed to require a compliance with the law and the regulations and his a attention has been bean directed to aez se 6 of the ithe same act ol of june 25 1910 prescribing a penalty of 4 or imprisonment not more than one year the unlawful ful cutting or injury or ol timber on oil indin indian ri lands he has been instruct id 0 I 1 fiat he may permit settlers and othes to cut dead timber from indian lands ands for domes domestic itic usei uses at I a change ol of only tor for a two horse lead iced mid and tor for a four norse load this Is s considered a very low arc and I 1 do not feel that thai any settler has reason to complain or tue tac manner in which the cutting of r from indian lands Is restricted cordially youra signed CHAS it BURKE BITH Kli |