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Show 40 REPOBT OB THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN ABFAIRS. from November 1 to April 1. Necessarily the work will progress more slowly there than on a reservation where the entire twelve months can be devoted to fidd work. As there are over 2,000 Indians on this reservation to be allotted, it will take at leaat a year, if not longer, to complete the work. Flathead, Mont.-The allotting work o ~ t h i rse servation was com-pleted during the fiscal year 1908. Allotments of 80 acres of agricul-tural or 160 aeres of grazing land have been made to some 2,390 Indians. The appraisement of the surplus land under the provisions of the act of April 23, 1904 (33 Stat. L., 302), was completed by the commission appointed for this purpose on November 7, 1908. Delay in opening the surplus land has been due, in part, to the location of the 6nal boundary Smes of the National Biion Range authorized by the acts of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. L., 267), and March 4, 1909 (35 Stat. L., 1051). On JuneJO, 1909, the President approved a schedule reserving 18,521.35 acres for the National Bison Range in accordance with the provisiom of the acts mentioned. The President's procla-mation of May 22, 1909, opened the surplus lands go_thisreserva-tion to settlement. Fort Peck, Mont.-This reservation is being surveyed by the Com-missioner of the General Land Office, preparatory to making allot-ments in severalty under the provisions of the act of May 30, 1908 (35 Stat. L., 558), and the work will begin there shortly. Its latitude will prevent activefield workexcept during the summer months. Ow-ing to the number of Indians entitled to allotments, it will take two years, if not longer, to complete the work there.' * Carson Sink, Nev.-The annual report of my predecessor for 1907 referred to the plan of canceling soine 196 allotments to Piute Indians on the public domain in the Carson Sink Valley and reallotting them 10 acres each of irrigable land within what is known as the Truckee- Carson project. The details of the plan have been adjusted, and on June 5, 1909, Special Allotting Agent Wm. B. Sarns was instructed to proceed to Fallon, Nev., for the purpose of assigning allotments of 10 acres each within this project to the Indians entitled. Jicadla, N. Her,.-The act of March 1, 1907 (34 Stat. L., 1413), authorizes the reallotment of lands on this reservation in quantities not exceeding 10 aeres of agricultural and 640 acres of grazing lands 'to each Indian entitled. Special Allotting Agent Ralph Aspaas has been engaged.in this work and has completed allotments to 795 Indians. The work there will be completed in the near future. Fort Berthold, N. Dak.+ecial Allotting Agent John P. Young has been making allotments of 80 acres each to the Indians on the reservation, under the provisions of the act of March 1, 1907 (34 Stat. L., 1032). He has made allotments to some 388 Indians, and recent reports from him indicate that the work will be completed shortly. |