The sun., 1905-09-10
DRAWING FOR LAND AT PROVO.
Uncle SAINTS system sf Giving Away tno
Uintah Reservation.


pro,o ooy,esponde on CO of the Denver Republican.
The great day for the 2,eoo citizens OF the
United States. every section OF which y IN
terested IA the drawing now going on here'
at the very entrance to the Uintah reservs-
tion. dawned clear. with air mild and saau-
brlous. :. =.
o'clock. small stand, large enough 70
hold tho commissioners who supertnhno
Tho drawing, with the peculiar boz from
which tho fsteful numbers are being drawn'
has been erected. and around this street afs
hundreds OF people anxiously waiting ths
operation. IA.
parties from . distance. many coming ID
on the Denver and Rio Grande. which reaches
here about p8o p. NJ. and this morning there
are scores OF outfits for the reservetion on
the outsklrts. which propose 10 start 1ol
Vernal at once u they set number. no mat
tar what that number may be.
Let mo illustrate how this opening oper-
stss. The first III names drawn from tns
boz this morning will be called Ut VeSnsl.
tho place OF entry. on the morning OF AUG.
rs, commanding at Q o clock. The frst num-
Der has his choice OF entry. DC. On the seo-
ond day. Aug. 20, the second list OF numbers.
beginning With 1i2. will be called. The next
day the third list begins with 22S. and 20 on
until o.ees numbers have been called at The
rate of III each day. II does not require
much Of a mathematician to find out what
time q person who drew number 1850 would
be required to be at vernal to make his entry.
Promptly at $50 the commissioners who
supervise the drawing appeared on the plat
form. q small affair upon which the pom
derous box, feet long by so inches square.
had already been placed. with the top re-
moved so that every person who could see
oaupht A glance of the inside.
The opening ceremonies consisted OF
reading by Commissioner Richards OF the
procama ton opening the reservation. fol-
lowed by the regulations adopted by the
commission relating to the drawing. In
few minutes the initial ceremony was over
and Commissioner Richsrds's 3 assistants began
to empty their envelope boxes. which oon-
tanned, or are supposed to contain. the en-
velopes 80 900 names of those registered.
into the huge box from which the names
will be drawn.
The ponderoue box was whirled once or
twice around by two men, who held the
crank at either end OF the box. and who
apparently had as much as they could DO TO
turn the machine. Three youths, who had
been selected by lot. their names being drawn
from a hat held by Commissioner Richards.
appeared at each of the three openings and
drew out the numbered envelopes In order.
The first en- nvelope drawn from this unwieldy
machine contained one OF those little By
slips which every person who regis.
tered was compelled 10 sign when he filed
his registration papers. and its announce
ment was watched with almost breathless
interest
The small boy at the box drew the en-.
velope and handed 1t to Commissioner Dorm
Of Salt Lake City. He opened IL and passed
the paper TO Commissioner Howbert. who.
after scanning it, passed it to Land Commits
sioner Richards. who read the first name.
Roy Ray Daniels of Provo. Utah. This next
name from the wheel was that Of woman
from Colorado, and the third was from Salt
Lake City. The first three names, for sorne
reason which cannot discern. were watched
with the utmost interest. and when they had
been drawn quite number Of people whom
have seen here for several days were WILLING
TO pay extravagant sums for any one Of
those numbers. What that means Is more
than I can comnrehend.
The public drawing. which means the hrst
III names out of the box, was done at II 80
A. NJ, when the board Of commissioners took
a recess until this afternoon. when the draw
Ing will proceed. but no public announcement
will be made from the grand stand.