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Show Troublesome ProDosition, View of Oh? Indian Office. T 0 JC A S -1 A U 3 C A 3 A !1 A L L O T J I S B T. So single allotment on tho Uintah and Ouray Reservation has given so muoh trouble to Superintendent Kneale, tha Indian Office and the(Department as that of Tokanna Unca Sam, allottee Ho. 503. The land is described as Lot Ho. 2, and SW| of the 3E£ and the W^ of the SS| Sec. 21, T. 3 S., R, 1 E., Uintah Special Iteridian, Utah, containing 161.30 acres, flhils the proposed sals of thi3 tract haa been a troublesome proposition, to anybody who has a personal knowledge of the conditions it really Is manifestly 3impla. It ia so simple, in faot,that it really seems scarcely worth while to oonaider it seriously.' The traot was sold by Superintendent Xneale about a year ago to H. F. Upp, a jeweler of Ogden, Utah, for $10.00 an acre. Major Kneale now has in his safe the first payment binding tho sale. Nearly a year ago, he submitted tha proposed sale to the Indian Office, but tho Office declined to approve it, holding that the land ought to bring, at least, the amount c_isxged against it per acre for tho construction of the irrigation ditoh - $12.50 an acre. At least three times, Superintendent Kneale has submitted the prop-i osition to the Iniian Office for approval, but as late aa October 13, 1316,' the Office wrote to L-'.ajor Knoala that: Tho land oue;ht to brine at least $2,000.00. Before the matter is taken up with the Department, tho Office \sould like to have further reply from you.n |