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Show Ed.-Ind. " 34965-1912. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR T- 3 3 : UNITED 8TATE8 INDIAN SERVICE v Uintah & Ourajr Indian Arronoy, o. ,- .Jfort IX'ioheiahe, Utah, 7. ' . ' . . ' " • • ' ,.* , June 19, 1914. , ' ,, Coirmaaioner of Indian Affairs, y . Washington, D. C. Siri- >. .,' F- . . V.' o'.' Receipt if. ao.cnowlf/d^od of Offjoe letter of above reference dated June 13, 1S14 inquiring tbe re- _ sxilto of a per capita deposit recont-ly m3.de to these '}.•- ' .. Indians. Aa waa said in a roeraoreiiduro on this aubjeot prepared while in the Offioe last August I.feared the diversion of this per capita payment to industrial uses would raise Euch a roar 6u this reservation as to t drow7i much else we wetr- doinrc. That prediction cf-me '•' \ very ne-'ir be ins truo. Accounts wero opened for every individual Indian ..and an effort has been made to super-' visa the expenditure of the amount in almost every case. I aaVed the Off joe for discretionary, authority covering the-. onti'*o amount • of eaoh share. -I also asked that the fjhnrea be placed to the credit of the head of tho fanily in order that a sufficient snount'nirjht be avail-able in a lump aura to make oreditablo Industrial pro-i , ,r i Piresa. |