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Show Honey Spent 30 Tho davolopcment of tho allotments of Indians, naturally, for Development, At , ._. . » , _. „ ., .-,._. , . -L iavthe greatsst activity cf the Uintah and Ouray Agency. . • ••-• . '.• During the fiscal year, 1918, the amounts of money expended , far this purpose, chiefly from reimbursable funds, wore as follcwa: yi'P ••'.•;• For seed, grain and forage - - $ 14156,12 For building" on allotments and repairs - - - - - - - 13234.33 For clearing, plowing, leveling and fencing 2819.33 In addition to those sums, axpended frcn reimbursable funds, the sum of -124,283.43 was oxpandod from individual Indian moneys for clearing, plowinu, leveling and fencing allotments. It may bo noted here again that 32,960 acres of the allottsd Indian lands aro now under ipprovod leases. If It were possible to secure competent labor, Superintendent Snoods -mould havo had under leaao bofrre this time an even greater acreage than ho new has. It is vory difficult, however, to secure tho services of men who are ccr.peiant to place raw lands under Irrigation. Today, Superintendent Kneala easily •1;. ' - . . could give ^mploymont to thirty oonpotorrt irrigation farmers if he could obtnin their s-»rvioea. Tho scarcity of labwr Is one of the obntaclea with whioh ho haa to contend. I'he Indians und^r thio jurisdiction have consid curable amounts of Individual money. Those Individual accounts aro.kept Scareitv |