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Utah having thus been determined the Indians were no longer confronted with the previous marked disadvantages. The fairness of the approach was recognized by both sidesand it was agreed to make independent exploratory calculations without the long processes of adjudication. Knox Patterson and Hugh W. Colton, attorneys of Salt Lake City and Vernal respectively, represented the substantial nonIndian interests. These interests were commonly referred to as the "Six White Users," and were composed of Albert Smith Investment Co., a corporation, the David Smith estate, a copartnership, Blanche, Moroni and Emery Smith, a co-partnership, Steve Chuturas, H. A. Tyzack and D. R. Seeley and Sons. Our independent circulations were near enough to permit compromise and by the month of July, 1947, conferences were arranged to be held in Salt Lake City. Time may have erased many of the details regarding our negotiations but I shall never forget the hot weather that accompanied our hot subject when we met in my office in the Boston Building, without benefit of air conditioning, to draw a boundary based upon our calculation. Paul A. Krause was Range Manager on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation and possessed a working knowledge of nearly every hill and creek in the vast area under consideration. I still own and treasure the Hamilton Map Measurer, Model No. 33, he used to trace the agreed boundary lines and calculate the mileage for the description. Paul was a master of his work and the Ute Indian Tribe will forever owe him a debt, payable only by sincere appeciation of his skillful efforts. We had resolved to agree upon a boundary line only if the white users would agree to support us in the establishment of an addition to the Ute Reservation to include the agreed area to be grazed by the Indians. To this proposition they agreed and in good faith discharged their obligation in this regard by sending Hugh Colton to Washington to help in the passage of the bill. It was a pleasure to work with Hugh as he enhanced his sincere effort with emotional fervor when our encounters with the Department of Justice at times tested our mettle and taxed our
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| Title | John S. Boyden: three score and ten in retrospect |
| Creator | Boyden, Orpha Amanda Sweeten |
| Subject | Boyden, John Sterling, 1906-1980; Democratic Party -- Utah; Coalville (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Life story of John S. Boyden, including his experiences in Coalville, Utah, law practice, participation in the Utah Democratic Party, family life, church involvement, and advocacy for Indians. |
| Source | Boyden |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | text |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College Press |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/boyden.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1144.cpd |
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