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Show yoni£l4 years from date of approval of application therefor by the state engineer. As"the Uintah and Ouray applications were approved in June and July 1905 this would fix the final date for making beneficial use of. the power as June and July 1919..'Yyi 3fl. 7't '• •'•' 0 • r3"3y ',3 , 3> • • . ..' 0 : 3 '...". ; i 1 !.! ' . y y ••''•,' ''FO \ Ff •<..,.' According to .latest reports^ there are 332 able-bodied male adults under thi3 jurisdiction, with a total Indian ,• • .7'-' .••' y. • '..''- '••••/». population of 1172„ For the Indians to handle this proposi-' tion, it would be necessary/that each able-bodied male adult cultivate approximately 200^acres,- whereas 40 acres of irri-gated land i3 all that an experienced white farmer can properly cultivate in that section. Should every able-bodied male <0 ' 3 • adult Indian cultivate tha maximum of 40 acres, the tot ax ' '.r 7. ' y thus placed in cultivation would be only 13,280 acr93, leaving 63,832 acres not cultivated, with the absolute certainty ot'y losing tha water-rights by 'July, 1919,. if wo expect the Indians . i ... themselves, unaided, to bring the land under cult i vat ion.7./' , •',-. Thia matter has been, very carefully investigated .by. several of the mosto experienced field men in the Indian. Service, and the conclusion arrived at that the only solution of the difficulty ia by leasing to white' settlers, on such liberal terms aa will accomplish the desired results. Should the ordinary leasing regulations be enforced, without modification |
