Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16
Lists Open at Vernal, Price, Provo, Utah.
and Grand junction, Colo.
DRAWINGS BEGIN Al PROVO AUGUST II
Persons Securing HOmesteads Must Pay
Sl.25 Per Acre on Final Proof
MILLION ACRES OF LAND AVAILABLE
only Non-Miners Entries Can he
Made First sixty Days-An Agri-
cultural Lands Must BE
IrriRated.

To-Day blkueu Nit IlbNldllldAAbAA ktN'ANAAAo
for the opening on August 2S l9o5, Of the
unallotted lands in the Uintah Indian res
ervation in Utah Such lands as are, or
may be reserved prior to August S for
military forestry and other purposes and
such mineral lands as may have been dis
posed of under existing laws will not be
subject to entry. Registration for these
lands will commence at 3 o'clock a. m
Tuesday. August l, at Vernal Price and
Provo. Utah, and at Grand Junction, Colo,
and will close at 6 o'clock p. m. saturday,
August u,
To obtain reservation each applicant must
appear at one Of the registration places in
person as registration by mail Will not
be permitted
Soldiers May Employ Agents,
Honorably discharged soldiers and sailors
of the civil war the Spanish American war
and the Philippine insurrection, VINO are
entitled to the benefits of section 2SH OF the
Revised Statutes, as amended oy the act
of congress of March l. 1901, may register
through an agent of their own SELECTION
70 which agent the soldier or sailor must
give a duly executed power Of attorney on
a blank form provided by the commis-
sioner of the general land office. but no
narson can act as agent for more than
one soldier or sailor.
The order in which, during the hrst Sixty
days following the opening the resls'eIeu
applicants will be permitted TO MAKE
homestead entry on the land Will be oeter-
mined by a drawing publicly held at PROVO
! Utah commencing at O'Clock a. H. Au-
| Gust II 1905. and continuing for such perlou
/ as may be necessary to complete the saii'e'
Entries to he Made August Is
EolIovying the drawing the making OF
| entries will begin August %, at Nerhal'
! Utah. ..,.- g..
Persons who make homestead entries los
! ony of the lands opened will be required
to pay therefor at the rate ol Sl-O - -
| ocre nnon making final proof, but no pay
uant other than the usual fees and COM
| ,,issions will be required at the time the
enr,s my ,o,ai !, ~ srea ef tldl 1rntah Indian res
.r,,atior is 2445O0O aclas, OF which 1,OlOOW
acres have been placed in permanent
forest reserve, 25O,OOO acres have been re-
served for Indian grazing lands 4'UVo Seies
for the Fort Duchesne military reserNalion
and approximately 112OOO acres has peeh
oilotted TO the Indians. which leaves only
os9 900 acres available for entry only
non-mineral land can be entered during
the hrst sixty days and it is considered
that not more than one-half of the land
subject to agricultural entry will be de-
sirab HE for homestead entries, upon all OF
which irrigation will be necessary
President Writes TO Moody.
, President Roosevelt mas determined that
the scandal growing out of the cotton
report leaks in the department OF agrlcul-
ture shall be probed TO the bottom. He
holds that the man or men responsible LOT
the leaks are even in greater degree culp-
| able than they would have been mad they
, stolen money outright from the govern
rnent He proposes that Assistant Statis-
tieian Holmes, against whom serious allega-
tions are made shall be punished II It
shall be found possible to secure his ar
rest and conviction under present laws.
, The president has followed the work OF
, the Investigation conducted by Secretary
Wilson with keen interest. The general re-
l suits have been presented to him. together
: with such recommendations as Secretary
Wilson had to make. The president took
prompt and decisive action. He referred
4 the matter to the Department OF Justice
I with instructions that 1t should be given
immediate and careful attention. In ae'
cordance with that order Solicitor General
Hoyt is now making thorough inquiry
into the case To reinforce his formal or
5 der. President Roosevelt wrote the follow
ing pointed letter to Attorney General
! Moody
! Ny Dear Mr. Moody: / most earnestly
hope that every effort will be made TO brint
{ Holmes to justice In connection Win Win ~, ~,
! papers yourself. The man is, IN my Juds
| ment, far greater scoundrel than II n'
| had stolen money from the government, a.
| he used the government 20 deceive outsld
= ers and TO make money for himself and fo
u others Sincerely yours
+ 0'Nsis' '''''f fTHEoDoRE ROOSEVELT.
u Commander scott Guilty.
u rrh, co,1rf-Y7a a rffa1 record in the case D
y Commander b. o. Scott. L. S. n, has beef
received at the Navy department Com
: mander Scott was in command Of III
u cruiser Detroit, was found guilty Of drunk
u enness on duty, suffering vessel Of th
5 navy to be run on shoal and placed 4
( great danger, and neglect Of duty. He wa
&c charged also with failing to obey lawfu
order Of arrest and with conduct TO IN
"a prejudice OF good order and discipline, bu
81 these charges could not be proved. Tn
Sc offenses are alleged TO have occurred o
- board the Detroit at Puerto Plata, on Ma
" Il. The court sentenced Commander scoi
&c TO dismissal from the service, but unar
= imous recommendation TO the clemency {
. the reviewing authority was spread upo
IN the record Rear Admiral Royal B. BraC
10 ford, commander-in-chief Of the nav'
" forces in santo Domingo waters. howeve
e. approved the findings Of the court and -
d. ferred the case to the secretary OF II
'h navy for transmission 10 the president fC
'e his action.
Chanee Going to Europe.
Lieutenant General Chaffee ana the part
" OF army officers who are TO attend II
French army maneuvers, viii sail fro
New York, August 10, on the steam'
~ Kroonland, and go 10 Antwerp. when,
they viii proceed TO Paris. They will r