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Show 76 REPORT OF THE OOMMIEIBIONER OH INDIAN &FAIR8. portions of sections 2, 3, and 10, in township 10 south, range 2 west, San Bernardino meridian, California. In addition to the tracts so purchased, the following-described lands were, by order of the Secretary of the Interior, temporarily withdmwn from settlement and entry until it can be determined what particular subdivisions thereof it wiU be useful to add to the purchased tracts for the occupation of the Indians; all unoccupied public land in town-ship 9 south, range 1 west, and the east half of section 21, sections 2Z, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27; east half of section 28; east half of section 33, sec-tions 34, 35, and 36 in township 9 south, range 2 west, and sections 1, 2, 3; east half of section 4; east half of section 9, sections 10, 11, and 12 in township 10 south, range 2 west, San Bernardino meridian. The removal of a majority of the Indians from Warner's ranch to the Pala Reservation was accomplished without serious diflioulty under the supervision of United States Indian Inspector James E. Jenkins, and the immediate nee& of the Indians are being provided for in the shape of houses, farming implements, subsistence, stores, etc. The Indians at a settlement on Warner's ranch, called San Felipe, and those at Puerta Chiquita, on Governor Gage's portion of that ranch, were recently removed to the Pala Reservation. A system of irrigation, to be known as the "South Side"ditch, was recently authorized to be constructed on the Pala Reservation, the estimated cost of which is plaoed at $13,880. Superintendent of Irri-gation George Butler, in charge of this work, reports that the Indians are showing a disinclination to perform the requisite labor. It is hoped, however, that the delay resulting from that cause will prove only temporary, and that when the Indians are brought to a full realiza-tion of the extent to which they are being benefited they will come forward and push the work to completion. INDIAN TERRITOEY UNDER THE CURTIS ACT AND SUB-SEQUENT LEGISLATION. In the discussion of matters in the Indian Territory the course heretoforeadoptedwill be pursued. Matters coming under the super-vision of the inspector for the Indian Territory will be first discussed, and second, those coming under the supervision of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. The subjects coming directly under the inspector will be considered under the heads: Education, mined leases, collection of revenue, town sites, timber and stone, and dis-position of lands. The Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes has jurisdiction of questions relating to citizenship in each of the Five Civilized Tribes, the allotment of lands, and the distribution of their other property among the various members of the tribes, and the seg-regation of town sites along lines of railroad constructed or in course of construction in the Indian Territory. |
