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Show ment. 'It would seem to me that, if we ha.ve the authority of law to do as I have suggested, we had better take advantage of it ahdSAVE TEE WAT3R, regardless of whether the Indian wants it saved or not. Another thing, and this too isof the greatest Importance, in fact, in my judgment, the most important proposition that has been placed before the Indian Office /in regard to this matter of saving the water- We offer a f prospective lessee 40 or more acres of raw, rough, sagebrush-covered land, devoid of fences, ditches and buildings; land j that requires Immense toil and months of delay before any returns whatever may be expected. The first year of the j lease there are no returns. The second year the returns are Inert to nothing.. The soil, is wholly lacking in humus and this must be supplied before crops can be successfully raised.- The- lessee-has no. opportunity to keep any livestock.. and is dependent wholly upon such crops as he may be able to produce. To expect a man to live under such conditions is absurd. , We have a grazing reserve of 238,000 acres. Uo t' permits to place stock on this reserve have been issued for |