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Show in other words to make beneficial use of water from the ditch - on the most of this land. What 3ry ^-.« l aJa Pres9ntinS afl a pert of this roport photographs .amera Sh ows. A Business Propcsii taken by zte which indioato the character of the land. It will be noted that a teiaa of males could not pull a light buckboard to the top of one of the sand dunes. The difficulty of subduing such a tract of land may readily be imagined after an examination of these photographs. Ths Indians who inherited thia land - Oran Mountain Sheep entitled to two-thirds, and Yagaw Mountain Sheep entitled to one-third - own in their own right, or by inheritance, ilh ad>- dition to this tract, over 400 acres each. All of this either must be sold or subdued, or the Indiana will lose their I water right thereon in 1919. It would be substantially } Impo3sibls for Superintendent Sn«ale to 3ubdua 400 acres of land for any one Indian, beeause a sufficient amount of money would not be available for the purpose.,' It would be far bettor, therefor*, as a business proposition, to sell thia , allotment for the 31,313.00 offered fori it and uso that money I-I to assist the heirs in developing their own allotments and ,' i other inherited lands. If this sale bei not approved, the • . very great likelihood is that tho two heirs, not only will \y t lose this allotment, Uy failure to perfect the water right to |