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Show between the United States and the Blsea and other ban& of Indians of the Siletz Reservation (28 Stata., 335), is as follows: It is further stipulated and agreed that seetion nine (9) in townahip nine (9) south, range 11 weat of the Willamette meridian, and the weat half of the west half of &ion five (5). and the east half ((a of section six (B), and the east half of the west half of section 6, township 10 south, range 10 west, W. M., and the south half of section 8 and the north half of section 17, and &on sixteen (16) in township 9 south, range 9 west of the Willamette mcridian, and bhe east half of the northeaet t, and lot 3, see. 20, and S. and S. f of north half of sec. 21, town 8, range 10 west, W. M., are hereby reaemed from wale, and that the Limber on said five sections of land may be cut and manufactured by the Indians of said Siletz Reservation for their own use and for wale, under such rules as the SeCretary of the Interior shall from time to time prescribe, regulating the cutting of timber, so as to seoure an equality of benefits to the Indians, employment for them, and judicious aid to them in becoming self-supporting. November 25,1901, Duncan D. McArthur, school superintendent in charge of the Siletz Agency, transmitted a timber contmct between himself and George Wilbur, an Indian of t,he Siletz Reservation, made in accordance with the regulations approved by theDepartment Decem-ber 7,1895, under Article IV quoted above. By the provisions of this contract McArthur agreed to sell to Wilbur, for the benefit of the $let2 Indians, 20,000 feet of timber, more or less, to be cut from the timber reserve. The contract was approved by the O5ce December 13, 1901, on condition that not exceeding 20,000 feet be cut. August 12 and November 29, 1901, and March 8 and 31,1902, the superintendent reported that the sawmill on the Siletz Reservation was in.& dilapidated cobdition and that it would be necessary to expend considerable money before it could be put in proper working order. With his report of March 31, he submitted a proposition of Messrs. Hal1 Bros. & Porter to lease the sawmill. They offered to put the mill in proper working order if given a five-year lease, and proposed to make the necessary repairs in consideration of the first year's rent, and thereafter to pay an annual rent of $100 in cash or lumber. April 14 the '05ce recommended that Snperintendent McArthur be authorized to enter into a contract with Hall Bros. & Porter for the lease of the mill for five years. Tbis recommendation was approved by the Department April 26. May 16 the superintendent was so instructed, and July 8 be transmitted the lease, wKich was approved July 23. Jicsrilla Agency, B. Mex.-The act of August 15,1894 (28 Stata., 286, 302), empowers the Secretary of the Interior, under such rules as he may deem proper, to "sell, or othemise'dispose of, a quantity of timber not exceeding $20,000 in vat& on the Jicarilla Apache R e ~ r - vation," the proceeds to be used in the of sheep and goats for the benefit of the Indians belonging to that reservation. On the 7th of last March Hon. T. M. Pa;tterson called the attention of this' O5ce to the subject of the sale of that timber, and the Office replied, ',. |
