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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 11 QUINAIELTA ~ ~ ~ ~ E NaccoTrdsan.ce- wIit~h the decision of the Supreme Court on April 7, 1924 (224 U. S. 466), in the case of Tommy Payne u. United States of America, which was a suit brought by an Indian of the Quinaielt Reservation to compel this I department to allot to him lands containing valuable merchantable timber, preparation has been made for the allotting of all the Indians who are found to be eligible for allotment on the Quinaielt Reservation without regard to the value of the timber on their f allotment selections. A special appropriation of funds was provided for the work by Congress in the second special deficiency appropria-tion for the fiscal year 1925, approved on March 4, 1925 (Public 631). On April 15, 1925, Special Allotting Agent Charles E. Roblin was detailed to the Quinalelt Reservation to take charge of the sur-veying and allotting, and Superintendent William B. Sams, of the Taholah Agency, has charge of all cases wherein there is a question as to the eligibility of the applicant, his finding being, of course, subject to review by this office and the department in the event of an appeal therefrom. The special allotting agent has organized a surveying crew, and the vork is now progressing in a very satis-factory manner. He reports that to date of June 24, 1924, there have been certified to him the names of 422 Indians who are eligible, and it is estimated that there will be several hundred others who will be found eligible for allotment. INDIEANNRO LLMENTS.-worOkn the final roll Of the Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation, Wis., was taken up under the provisions of the act of May 10, 1924 ff3 Stat. L. 132), and instructions were issued to prepare a roll of t e Indmns of the Quinaielt Reservation, Wash. Neither roll wascompleted during the year, but the field work on each is far advanced. The act of June 4, 1924 (43 Stat. L. 376), provides for the mak- 1. ing of a h a 1 roll of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina upon the approval of the conveyance of their property to the United States. Because of the fact that the conveyance has not been consummated, the preparation of the roll has not been started. b' EXTENSIOOF ~T RUST m~~oD.-The period of trust was extended by order of the President on allotments made to Indians on the reserva-tions at Bois Fort and Deer Creek,, M i . ; Colville and Yakima, Wash.;.and Omaha, Nebr. The period of trust was also extended for 10 years on patents issued to the Twenty-Nine Palms and Caba-zon Bands of Mission Indians in California. LEASING OF INDIA~ANivD s.-The policy of the Government has been to give each Indian a tract of land and encourage him to make his living thereon, and at the same time to acquire the arts of civili-zation. The Indians have accordingly been urged to make homes and to farm their allotments. The surplus lands-those not used-are leased for agricultural purposes not only for the immediate reve-nue, but for the benefits of cultivation and permanent improvements 6nally accruing to the Indian owner. During the past year there were over 40,000 farming and grazing leases made for such purposes on about 4,000,000 acres of allotted land. The hdians received therefor, in addition to other benefits, a cash renta1,of approximately $5,000,000. . . |