The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-09
GATHER To RUSH
FOR NEW LANDS
Many Go to PocatelIo For Fort
Hall Opening.
TERRITORY is VERY RICH
MINERAL AND AGRICULTURAL
RESOURCES ARE DESCRIBED.

make a rush for some of the min
eral and agricultural lands on the Fort
ran reservation, soon to be opened up.
h'X-Mayor Theodore Turner and Colo
mel j. NJ. IngersoH of Pocatello, who
arrived in this city yesterday, say that
even now there are signs of a rush to
come.
Mr.. Turner. Colonel TngersolI and
ttoDert Bell, the well known Idaho min
ing engineer, were in conference a
large part Of the day yesterday with
Irdhle Manager T. NJ. Schumacher and
General Passenger Agent D. Z. Burlev
OF thes oregon Short Line, giving the
railroad officials Information about the
country which is to be thrown open
June IL and July H.
Lands to Be Opened.
The territory which is to be opened
1 according 10 the presidents proclama-
/ uoh' contains 1900 acres, leaving
ABOUT 100000 still in possession of the
iHuiaas. The northern boundary line
4 OF the land coded by the Indians runs
SIX miles north of Pocatello, coming
dpout half way between townships 90
ana "a east, Boise meridian. and runs
east 10 the boundary of the reserva ton.
IL follows the boundary of the reserva-
ton southwark and westward to the
! intersection Of the southern boundary
OF the reservation with the north and
soulh line mentioned, following this
me horthward, just east OF Bannock
creek, to the point of beginning.
ms territory, according to the PO-
catello men, contains about loo O0o
acres of good agricultural land while
an the rest including the mineral land.
Is good for grazing purposes. The min
eIalized portion extends all along the
Bannock and Portneuf ranges.
Chances For Minerals.
There is no question as 10 the ex-
lstehce OF splendid indications Of min
sFat on the reservation" said NTr.
turner. The only thing TO be de-
termined is whether the veins hold ont
at depth. Rich ore has been fovnd
within two and a half miles of Pocatel-
TO- and mineral has been discovered of
greater or less value all along the Ban
mock and POrtneuf ranges southeast.
southwest and south of PocatelIO.
VI course. the Indian police have
Kept a close watch to prevent outsiders
getting on the reservation. and all the
! prospecting has been done surrepti-
/ uously However, large numbers of
discoveries have been made. and MANY
people of southwestern Idaho and Of
Montana and Utah have lines on good
/ Things, which they will go after as
soon as the land is thrown open. Num-
Ders OF men have been coming in for
some time. getting ready for the open
ing and there is no doubt that there
will be big rush for the mineral lands.
Copper Found There.
Copper is the mineral most fire.
| quently found, and some specimens a.
saying well up have been found. and
IN Dig bodies. There Is also consider
able silver and lead. and some gold. -
Colonel ingersOli brought down with
him grip full OF samples Of ores
found on the reservation, some of
them coming from within a short dis
lance of Pocatello.
The agricultural land" said Mr.
Turner. lies between PocatelIo and
Ross Fork. where it is under the Idaho
( canal, and all along I'D the P0rfpeuf
river around the eastern border of the
reservation into the Chesterfield coun-
/ try. There is some especially fine land
aiong the eastern border. and Just out
SIDE the reservation to the east is a
large amount of land open to entry
under the federal laws.
This has not been settled before
because 1t was without water. but now
a ZIG cooperative canal has been run
from the Bear river near Crater west
ward over toward the reservation. wa
/ tering a big tract Of land. This Last
chance canal is forty feet wide and
three and a half feet deep and can be
enlarged to twice its present capacity.
Land and Water Rights.
Land under this ditch can be bought
for IS to so an acre, and the water
right costs S an acre more. The an
nual charge for the water is about Is
/ cents an acre. The agricultural land
on the reservation can be entered upon
/ Tor $3.50 an acre without water The
Idaho canal has been brought to Ross
tork, twelve miles from Pocatello. and
II will be extended to water the land
nearer Pocatello. On this farming land
can Be raised grains, hay and the hard
ier fruits, such as apples 1t is very
fertile.
One good feature about all the land
on the reservation is that no sheep
have ever been allowed 10 Craze over
1t. The central portion Of the tract.
between PCcatelIo and Chesterfield.
/ contains some good pine timber. BY
tnat I mean timber that can be sawed
into lumber"
How Lands Can Be Entered.
The lands. except those within FIVE
miles Of PocateIlo, can be entered upon
under the homestead. timber. stone.
( townsite and mineral acts The price
for agricultural land is $3.50 an acre,
and for grazing land Sl25 an acre
! One-fifth is to be paid down and the
remainder when final proof is made.
: The land viii be sold in forty-acre
tracts, and no person can take up more
than $50 acres. The land near POca-
teilo is TO be sold at auction in tracts
OF this size at an upset price Of SO
an acre. The government bought the
entire $4,000 acres Of the Fort Hall
Indians for $500 900, OF a little less than
/ Sl-50 an acre.
We look for a big influx Of pros
peetors and settlers" said Mr.. Turner
/ and Colonel Ingersoil. and there is a
chance for them al to make money.
But we want a good substantial growth
and not a boom"
General Passenger Agent BurIey of
I the Oregon Short Line has taken up
the question of advertising the reseTva-
ton and preparing TO handle the
crowds. Owing 10 the limited time be-
fore the opening. it win be impossible
to do as much as he would like. but a
folder will soon be issued giving in
formation about the reservation, and
/ other preparations viii be made to let
people know about this part Of the
country.
Want Lands Reserved.