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Show LXXII REPOILT OF THE CONhlISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. TOWN OF PENULETON, OREGOX. In ~ n y1:1 st RIIIIII~Ir eport to the clepartment the question of disposing of a portiou of the IJmatilla Reservat,ion in Oregon sufficient to meet the growing nwcssities of the adjacent town of Pendletonwas dis-ousse~ l,w it11 the suggention that Congre~sb e asked t o grant needful aitt.l~orityin t,lle premises. Bx act of Angnst 5 last a~~t~l~oisr ihtayd for the survey, tsl~pi-aisomenat nd sale (with the consent of t,he India~ts) of NO IIIIIC~Io f said re~ervlstiol~yi~n g and. beiog contigaons to or in the viciuit~o. f the tow^^ of Pendleto~la s ~uayb e necessary to allow that town proper a~iinl eedful growth and extensioo, not. eroeecli~lg0 40 acres. . ~ I Ii nsl~eetoof~ t.he, department has recently visited the Umatilla Re-srrretion and obtaiuecl t,he consent nf the Indinnn to disposal of the twet I I ~ . I I I I T Iil~l t l ~ eIl lanuer l,roposeil. 31AI.AII.UR RlGSE&TATIOX. 1:y I ~ r e o n t i ~ored er of recent (lato (Septemuber 13, 1SB'J) the grastor portion of the. Malhenr Indim Reservation in tllc? State of Oregon bas I~eenr cstore~lto the p~~bl idoo lllain. I11 my la.st annual report it was stated to be tile purpose of this oftibe to dispose. of the lands embraced withi11 Sail1 resei?~:atiou by sale for the benefit of hidinns for mhose. use ;ard ocenlr~ttioit~ I~~ I sSe t al~ar t . Snoh h a s been the desire mi l intea-t io~o; f this i~urc!ane ver since i t bccan~ea I)pa.reut that t,he reservatio~l wasno longcl. llce(letl forpurposas of Indian occn~~ntio;n b nt in response to 111ostn r g e ~a~ntd persistent appeals 011t he part of the people of Ore-gou for the rcatoratiou of these lands t.o thepnblic: domain, in ort1e.r that the>-r uigl~th econ~es n?ject to settlen~enut nder the homestead and per-eoqrtio~! Ia n-n, this office mas lee1 to so far n~orlityf ormer recommend;^- tions a8 to rednee tho quantity to be eetkrined and sold for the benefit of the Iuditins to eousiderably less than one-quarter of the mholc reser- \-:~tion,a nd to reaornme~~tdh e redx~etiouo f tlre re.nervntion nccordingly. It was U ~ O I tIh is recommendation, concurred in bytl~edel,;&rt.~~ite,ln~tn, t tlre order fix the r~d~tct iomua s made. T11e:tract still remaining in ;L state of' reserratiou, 11ei11tgh e 11ortJ1- elcshw~l ,or.tio~lo f the late reserbt~tiou,e ntbraces all tho ikgcncy bnilcl-ings and iml~~.oven~enoft ,ws b a t ~ o e r ~clr~ aracter.. Tl~e.orcler aliio 1.t:- sen-es ont of the laurls restored tu the pnbIic.domaiu a tract of 320 acres, upon n-l~ical~re sitoated the bnildings and improvements e l o a g - iug to the old Camp Haruey milit'ary reserre. It is the iutentioll of the office to ask for snch legislntio~l as mill eunhle the depa.rt,ment to sell the diminished reserre for the benefit of t l ~ e1n di:uls aforestlid. I have the honor to be, sir, rrry respe.e.tfnlly, xonr obedieut. scrva~~t., EI. PRICE, GWIIIIII~X.S~OIL~g1lln Hon. ~~EcR~: .TAROTF THE IXTEHIOI:, |