The daily sentinel., 1905-08-04
FOUR POINTS
Official Reports from the
Various Registration
Towns Shows this
City Leads
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Official reports from the four
points of registration for Wednesday
the second day of registration, show
that more people registered at Grand
junction than at any other point on
that day. the registration here eX-
ceeding that of Provo by 400.
Had it not been that Barnum &
Bailey's circus was in Provo on Tues
day and several hundred of its EN-
ployes registered, this city would
doubtless have led in the first days
registration. Consequently it can be
seen that, in spite of the many things
that are now working against Grand
Junction, she is getting the greater
portion of the registration.
Reports from Provo regarding the
second days registration state that
there was no line at the offices after
10 o'clock in the morning. and that.
like Grand Junction, the greater por-
tion of the days entries We're made
in the forenoon. The greater num-
Der of those who registered were
Salt Lake City people and people
from the many mining camps near
Provo. The crowd in Provo We'd
nesday was nothing like as large as
that on the previous day. Still the
town is well filled with strangers and
many are coming in on every train.
The total registration for the second
day was 1000 less than the total
for the first day.
Al Vernal Wednesday. the second
day, only $50 people registered. II
is stated in Nernal that Grand June
ton has caught the greater major
ity of those from the east. many. of
whom would have gone to Vernal
had this city not been a registration
point.
1t is now estimated that the total
registration at Vernal for the -
DAYS will not exceed 5000. Nernal
claims that she will be compensated
for the loss in registration by the
steady influx after the drawing, Con
siderable excitement has been caused
at Vernal by Land Agent Hall stop
ping all registered applicants from
entering the reservation although
armed with registry receipts from the
Vernal office. Hall stated that there
are people appearing on the reser-
vation with typewriter receipts in
imitation of the government form,
These are supposed to have been is
sued by some one for a consideration
to people who are trying to get on
the reservation for the purpose of
prospecting.
Few people are registering at
Price. only IT'S names being entered
on the books Wednesday, making a
total of only 3GG for the two days.
There has been no line at any time.
and the clerks have an easy time car
ing for the homeseek ekers. Very few
women have registered. Only few
people from the east or any distant
point have registered at Price Quite
number of people who registered
at Provo and Grand Junction have
appeared in Price en- route to the
| reservation. Hundreds of people
have outftted at Price, Vernal and
Moffat, and. after getting the neces-
sary receipts furnished to those who
have registered, have entered the res
ervation.
The total registration yesterday in
Grand Junction. as SHOWN by the Of
| fetal report, was $40, of which mum
| her Ar registered in the forenoon
and 433 i'm the afternoon. No one
was in waiting when the Offices closed
| at 4:3O pm. The total for the day
was much larger than was predicted
| by many early in the day. There
| was a steady stream OF people enter
/ ing the Auditorium during the hours
| the doors were open. Many women
/ registered yesterday.
The trains last night and TINS
morning brought in about 300 home
| seekers who were busy early TINS
morning securing the necessary pa
pers. ,-. ,.,,
Numbers came in last night, while
/ only a Sew came in the night before,
the registration today should exceed
| that OF yesterday.
This morning. when the doors OF
the Auditorium We're thrown open
more than 100 people We're In wait
ing and again there was steady
stream of people armed WIN Wy
Droper papers pouring into the Audi
| torium all morning
While there has been no large
crowd in town for the last TWO DAY 81
IL is evident that the people VINO 40
come in come solely for the purpose
of registering Hundreds Of Grand
Iprction people and residents OF the
surrounding country nave feSistel eu
during the past three days. IL Nas
noticed today that large portion ION
of those registering TINS llol l.Iii7 /,
and this afternoon were Mesa county
people. ,-,7t.r t,e
crowds quickly and easily me
force is sufficiently large
The noon trains from lue e"a'
brought in a large crowd.
Ii is amusing TO hear the reIlal L.
of many when they alight rom wv
train regarding the securing OF ag-
commodations. Nearly every one 10
under the impression that the town
is crowded and that it Is nara 10 Sc
cnre I9 sleeping quarters or enough to
eat Many start out almost on a r. run iL-
10 look up quarters. and when they .iy
learn that there is more than alip'e