The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-25
Methods Likely For Opening.

! Untn President Roosevelt issues his
proclamation il viii not be known Of
{ ficialIy what method will be adopted
, in opening the Uintah reservation. but
there IS no reason to believe that the
/ regulations will be radically different
| from those which have governed the
| opening of other reservations In or
} der that prospective settlers may gain
! some idea Of the regulations which
[ have obtained in other openings in re
{ cent years, the following excerpts are
/ made from President RoOseveIt'S proc
/ lamatlon opening TO entry and settle
/ ment the Rosebud reservation. South
/ Dakota. July %. 1904 The period of
! registration in this ease was for eight
4 cen days. and ten days were allowed
I TO lapse after the fiuad registration be
/ fore the opening OF the reservation.
J By substituting for "Chamberlain :
/ D, commencing at a m, Thursday.
/ July ., 1904. the words "EernaI
/ Utah, commencing at a m. Friday
Sept. l. 1905. in the first parag oh
! of the following excerpt from the presi-
Dental proclamation governing the
Rosebud reservation. prospective ap-
i pllcants may gain d fair idea Of the
/ conditions governing in the Uintah
/ opening. The excerpt follows.
/ The order in which during the first
sixty days following the opening. the
! registered applicants will be permitted
/ 10 make homestead entry of the lands
/ opened hereunder, will be determined
by drawing for the district publicly
+ held at Chamberlain. s D, commenc-
ing at O'Clock d m. Thursday. July
%. 1903. and continuing for such periOd
dS may be Necessary to complete the
same The drawing will be had under
the supervision and immediate observ-
aHCe Of committee of three persons
l whose integrity is such as to make
their control of the dra wing a guar
/ anty of its fairness. The members of
this committee viii be appointed by
the secretary of the interior. who will
prescribe suitable compensation for
their services. Preparatory TO this
drawing the registration officers viii,
at the time Of registering each appli-
cant who shows himself duly qualified.
make out a card. which must be
. signed by the applicant. and giving
/ such d description. OF the applicant as
+ will enable the local land officers to
/ thereafter Identify him. This card
I viii be subsequently sealed in a sep
araue envelope which viii bear no other
Distinguishing label or mark than such
as may be necessary to show that il
is TO go into the drawing. These en-
velOpes viii be carefully preserved and
remain sealed until opened in the
course Of the drawing herein provided.
When the registration is completed. all
Of these sealed envelopes viii be
brought together at the place Of draw
ing and turned over to the committee
in charge of the drawing. who. in such
manner as in their judgment will be
attended with entire fairness and
equality OF opportunity shall proceed
TO draw out and open the separate en-
Velopes and to give to each incIosed
beard a number IN the order in which
the envelope containing the same is
/ drawn The result of the drawing will
be certified By the committee TO the
! officers Of the district and will deter
mine the order in which the applicants
may make homestead entry of said
lands and settlement thereon.
Notice of the drawings. stating the
name Of each applicant and number
assigned to him by the drawing. VIII
be posted each day at the place Of
drawing and each applicant viii be
notified Of his number and of he dav
upon which he must make his entry
by postal card mailed to him at the
registration The result of each day's
drawing will also be given to the press
10 be published as a matter OF news
ApDlicat tons for homestead entry OF
said lands during the first sixty DAYS
following the opening can be made only
by registered applicants and in the
order established by the drawing
once notified that he viii be allowed
] to fiie on a given date, the land