Show tm M 4 i E C oe a T 0 I 1 g N members of ct the hil hi l cf el directors rectors of tho san juan weather improvement association so study the rain increasing contract at the conference table last monday afternoon prior to sig signing nang the 12 month pact shown at the meeting b reaf fill left to right are don galloway montrose IL II L bigler cortez walter snyder davk creek melvln melvin frost monticello alois hotter hotte r durango marshall hughes norwood and mr C I 1 L chipman of the water Re resources sours development corp stockmen Stoc kmen discuss state lands lee E young secretary of the utah state land board was in monticello tuesday and talked to a meeting of 40 to 50 san juan stockmen stoc kmen regarding the acres of state owned land on the indian reservation fon since tha afie land was first surveyed the state has owned this land was designated as school sections and been used ever since ty by th the indians without revenue to the state recently several stockmen stoc kmen in blanding filed application with the land board to lease these sections submitting the rental price with applications the leases so far have not been allowed mr young proposed in the local meeting that the state select other lands outside the reservation which would be ba exchanged for the lands inside the reservation the stockmen stoc kmen on the other hand proposed that other reservation lands contiguous to each other be selected and thrown open for lease as other school sections the question was wag asked why the applications were not favorably acted upon to which there was no answer although mr young did say that the lands had been offered for lease or sale to the indian service but that there was no interest shown in the offer the stockmen stoc kmen appointed a committee of five men to work with the state land board for an equitable settlement of the con continued on page 6 indian lands continued from page 1 tro versey it was pointed out by the stock men that in several instances in the past that they have had to surrender lands and allotments ants to the indians and that even now the indians are being urged to grab more of the grazing lands of the whites they are fearful from what has happened in the past that perhaps the lands or an equivalent amount might be taken from their grazing allotments members of the committee appointed to work with the state land board were leland W redd kenneth S summers G W patterson ffoyd nielson and fred W keller |