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Show Tho cons traction of tha Uintah Irrigation Project i'^ practically complete and the main purpose should now be to bring the levy under cultivation an1 realize the object for which th? system was designed. Under the law of the State of Utah tha water must he put to a beneficial use by 1919, and thio date already , inciudos an extend 1 w . of six years which waa granted by ths ! y: A-W'-AW yf- .*'.'»'• r. -yy..'-- o -•'•' •'•'•'• AoA.v State, i At this da o. 11,500 acre* have been P^t under cultiva-- ticn, which is 10.CJ: per cent.,of the total of 105,OCO acres.... Portj-two per cent the land i** allotted to deceased Indians-rind, must be leased sold to -whits Ken, ss it cannot be ex-'7. piloted that the >.ci can subiU_,e tho land in addition to their o-rn. The rerr.inde: of ths lanu, 60,000 acres, _nu--t b? retained by the Indians cr i cd tc whites, ar.1-1 bs cultivated within the r.ijr veaxo limit. In order that this'.entire arvennt of land rnwy be subdued within th3 tin:'. allowed, every effort must bo mdo .c--';xr" that, end. It is useless *o depnn't ;rpcn the Indians to accomplish this, and only by Government .aid --*n,J- cc-operation JK^^V. all "Idas can It be hoped to *?in out against these gro**t oddS •which ?xist. The Indian, by nature, I* not one given to living alone ^ and Systematically undertaking a mode of life re^iiTc-d by a 7 .A furar; to expect him to assume the characteristics within a few year" -nhioh have been, foreigh to his nature for generations is not reasonable. Only by the utmost moral and material en-oour.- igr.ment con the Indian.be expected to mako good even in part To the very greatest extent will it be necessary to induce white - .Bottlers to buy, or lease, Indian lands. The greatest drawback |
