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Show 1} Com- -4- 333* y " t[\ :\ [ .. '••;•: J- ,,-... ; among the Indians ;but'also to prevent, their alienation from our industrial policy.. However, it is requiring more than my humble stock; ofwtact to keep everybody satisfied and happy. order to • i . • To show,.you ' tc what" tricks they are * resorting, in makeyito appear •; thatY.'the; Indians..ought to have their money, the following paragraph appeared in- a Vernal paper: "A Vernal man who has been intimate with tho Indian's 7" for-years and who knows their habits, conditions, • ;'/'. - abilities, is reported to have said that a certain Indian family has been reduced from eight to two during an epidemic of grippe. It is alleged to have been his opinion that if they had been properly cared for they could have withstood the ravages of the disease." Now those of us vrtio know the Indian families and who record the births and deaths know there is not one iota of truth in the above -paragraph, but such charmingly indefinite slush is being used to work up sentiment in the community In favor of "something" being done for the Ute3. In view of the battery of petitions etc. which I feel sure will be let loose upon the Office before March 1, I wish to again 'respectfully renew my recommendation that the Office stand absolutely four-square and firm in diverting the share of '''the".hundred .thousand; annuity money.vto industrial purooses'. • ' '.- •;•! " ::!•''y ••:• ••' •.-•:"•• .'-. '••• ,";•••'•. y •--•• • . •?'•'• :,'. and if'possible,.see to it' that the monoy and authority for its prompt.U3e reach us in good time to place the responsibility of making an agricultural showing, in 1914 upon us*, o Respectfully, Carbons-to C.L.Davis- 7 SJ-F<siF/ AFT/IctytFttF^_\ and -E.P.Holcombe who <3V Supervisor in Charge. ,, have recently been here and know local conditions. |
