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Show (1) iocatiohj. | undei£ Department irikHictioii^ 1 Know that there* is. very little" tiniW south of S » W r y HifS# f itMrf the* Uiritafr res*r-vatioiii ^xcdpt iri tho extreme southeastern corner,about 7^ aiflea from where the principal sett_Urr.dili# of tfid Indians are now located, arid where the greatest portiori of the allotments will doubtlass.: bet made» In view of the above stated fact3, I respectfully suggest and strongly recommend that a timber reserve of at least on* township C 6 miles square) be set apart * from which these Indians may obtain building material, the tract suggested to embraea the Agency sa#- mill, also a township of the dwarf cedar tract near the Agency,to supply them with fence posts and wood fuel. A tract of 160 acres of land embracing a certain vein of coal, situated in Farm Creek, about 8 miles north by northwest of Uintah Agency headquarters at White rocks^should also ha reserved, for use of the Indians to provide them with fuel. The contract price of wood at the military Post of Fort Duchesne, 14 miles from the Uintah Ageney,is $8.93 par cord, and this gative coal is $6,80 per tgn; hence the importance of tha Indians being provided with means of obtaining thai* fuel without; being obliged to buy it, which under the mo so favorable conditions, .. would be a great hardship to them and thay would scarcaly be able to meet the expense. * t The absence qf timber far building purposes and fuel^on the irrigable lands of this fesetwa^ipn^make \% absolutely necessary $hat a reasonable tpaqt pf timber land and 3,£Q acres of coal land ^ reserved for use of the Indians b^fp^ the reservation is* opened, |
