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Show BEPOBT OF THE COMMISSIOBEB OF INDIAN A3F-S. 33 this act have been completed previously, and during the past year a commission has been engaged in the dassification and appraisement of the surplus lands. The act of May 6,1910 (36 Stat., 348), author-izes allotments to children on this reservation born since the previous allotment work was completed. Special Allotting Agent Matthew F. Nourse began work on this reservation under the act last mentioned on June 23,1910, and it is estimated that there are about 400 Indians entitled to allotments. It is not believed that this work can be completed in time to enable the necessary steps to be taken to dispose of the surplus lands prior. to the next calendar year. A recent report from the chairman of the appraising commission indicates that prac-tically all of the valuable land within the reservation will have been exhausted after the allotments have been completed. Nonre8ematim.-Special Allotting Agents William Williams, Gwrge A. Keepers, William M. Peterson, and Ralph Aspaas have been engaged in making allotments to Indians on the public domain in Arizona and New Mexico, under the provisions of the fourth section of the general allotment act of February 8, 1887 (24 Stat., 388), as amended by the act of February 28, 1891 (26 Stat., 7949, Mr. Aspaas has made tentative allotments to some 515 Indians of the Papago tribe in Pima and Penault counties, Ariz. Mr. Wil-liams made tentative allotments of 15 acres each to 333 Indians under the jurisdiction of the Fort Mojave Indian School, Arizona. The allotments were made originally in this area, owing to the fact that there is a prospect of furnishing water to the Indians with Ghich to irrigate their land. Mr. Keepers has made tentative allotments to 705 Indians on the public domain in Arizona, south of the Moqui Reservation. Former Special Allotting Agent William M. Peter-son completed allotments to some 363 Indians in the vicinity of Houck, Ariz., south of the extension to the reservation, by executive orders of November 9,1907, and January 28, 1908. Nonresewation, Turtle Mountain.-During the past year allot-ments or homesteads to members of the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians on the public domain under the provisions of the act of April 21, 1904 (38 Stat., 189, 194), were approved to 1,177 members of this tribe, covering an ares, of 178,448.28 acres. These applications were filed with the local land offices at Miot, Great Falls, Glasgow, Williston, Rapid City, Bismarck, Miles City, Lew-iston, and Devils Lake. Special Allotting Agent John F. Armstrong has been engaged, since the summer of 1909, in completing and per-fecting applications by other members of this band for allotments on the public domain, principally in Valley County, Mont., under the jurisdiction of the local land office at Glasgow. It is estimated that there are about 1,200 other members of this band yet entitled to allotments or homesteads on the public domain. |