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Show r 10,000 feet high, over a poor road. ahe pass i3 dangerous in winter. Price is a station on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway where all telegrams are received and forwarded to the agency by telephone. A daily stage operates to Sort Duchesne and freight is carried by trucks. Rlr.E.H. Tidwell is the superintendent in charge of this jurisdiction. Re arrived here last Aprili He seems to have matters well in hand but has not had sufficient time to accomplish ref orras. I'he Utes are allotted and have 40,032 acres under cultivation with 2-31,000 acres of surelus tr-'bai -=-:«»- and timber lands. There ara 24,312 acres of allotted lands leased to white men at an average rental of 31.25 oer acre plus ahe irrigation charge of approximately seventy-five ce'H"t"^n"-'r, .-.".o ryn- i - A T - . o - , ^ a i - ; r T o ^ 7 " ^ ., , ,-, «w.i„o y. ac^^. mars a._a 77,27o acres under ditch, 'This number of acres can only be increased on tha land east of the Green Rive a-. Last year there were harvested by Indians 52,550 bushels of wheat, 54,000 bushels of oats, 17,500 bushels of corn, 42,000 tons of alfalfa, hay, 3,500 tons of clover hay and 1,500,000 pounds of alfalfa, seed. TA a Uinta Ra.ain - v. J~ 1- United States. It is the most valuable crop in the Basin. The raising of live stock is another raaj or occupation in the Basin. Tlae Indians own 9,000 sheep, 4,000 |