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Show 84 Xz)s., >/v Ht'tr in F,;.1, V IK* feBv-Z.*/: ,?^ \ 23eimvtmntt of flu Ihxtcvt0ty<#* Land -' r 14031--1892* OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, WASHINGTON. April 23,109?., George W# 3asor,Esq., Ashley, Utah Territory* Sir: [ I am in receipt of your ccntaunication drttsd April 11th 1892,3tating that in August 1891,you made, li; the Salt Li'ke City land office,a desert land entry for the unsurveyad tr3ct adjoining thfl eastern boundary line of tho Uintah Indian. Reservation in Utah; that to obtain the water for the rjcleruition of this tract you aru compollod to take the some out of Doep Crock, r-.t a point about ons-half mile northwest of tha 23rd mile stone of said reservation boundary; that Deep Creek heads in tovnship 3 south,range 19 oa3t of the Salt Lake Meridian,outside of tho Indian reservation; that the -snters of the said crcc-k are used for irrigation on farms above the same; thv.t there is no »-'.tcr in the said craek during the ci^r.iar iKonths,af t?r it enters the recordation; that in accordance with sections 17 and 18 of an Act approved March 3rd, 1S91,granting the right of way for irrigation canals on the public domain and reservations,you have commenced to construct a reservoir <aml c-nal on the said creek,to save in the springtime tho water that *ould otherwise go to <raste,aR it |