Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-10
Marked Interest in Provo Land
Recording Work as Time
Grows Short
MANY MAKE APPLICATION.
Next Reservation Opening Will be In
Noutana-Nhat is Happening 10
And About the Garden City.
Especial to the 'News.")

Provo Aug lO,-The total number
registered yesterday at the Provo reg
istraton Office was 1905. making a to-
tai registration OF ll7S9 for Provo up
to last night The registration here
shows an increase each day over the
preceding day. and IT Is expected this
WIN continue TN the close Of the reg
isTatI0n on Saturday
There is considerable dissatisfaction
with the railroad companies refusing
TO make excursion rates to Provo. The
people here cite the willingness 20 OLE
ways make excursion rates out OF
Provo. and q line Of autos may be put
on between Provo and Salt Lake, $50
that people need NOT patrculze the rail-
roads which have shown no disposition
to offer Inducements for people 10 come
here This Is rather complimentary 10
Provo than otherwise, II the people
could look at 10 that way Induce
ments have 20 Do offered 10 get people
to temporarily leave Provo, but none
are needed 10 make them come here,
MAY TAKE TEAMSTER.
Registered applicants for Uiutah lands
who desire 10 go on the reservation to
inspect the land, may take a teamster.
He must, however 20 before a notary
public and make affidavit that he n
teamster and going for no other pur-
pose, and the affidavit must contain the
names OF the party for whom he acts
as teamster Registered applicants VIII
also be permitted TO take their fam
illes, This matter was taken up by
Senator Smoot, there being some I'M
certainty as to whether other than reg
stered applicants for land would be
permitted TO enter the reservation. The
senator received "a telegram from Cap
tain Han OF Fort Duchesne, yesterday
TO the effect that the soldiers 10 patrol
the reservation had been given nstruc-
tons as outlined above
NEXT OPENING.
The next Indian reservation to be
opened is the Flathead reservation In
Montana. The act providing for It's
opening has been passed and approved,
and as the surveys are nearly an COM
plcted the proclamation Of the president
opening the reservation is looked for
i'm the near future Frank W Parker
field manager and @. r.. Woodwork
representatives Of tho Flathead Reser-
wilton Information agency Of Missoula,
their company giving information I'm
regard 10 the reservation, which con-
tains .l33,60O acres Of land 100000
acres of which Is agricultural land ana
100000 acres timber land The couu-
try Is very rich with a mean tempera-
ture averaging the same as between
Pocatello and Salt Lake. There are
eI33 Indians on tho reserva ton, each
Of whom In 10 receive so acres Of
land, and the rest IL 10 be thrown open
10 settlers The gentlemen who are
here have photographs Of farms and
ranches owned by the Indians, some
Of whom are rich one Bablo, part
white. Is said to be worth $50 600 lie
Is the owner NJ the largest herd OF buf-
faloes In the world The company which
has been organized 20 assist locators
has made "a complete survey Of the
reservation and examined each 40 acres
of land The result Of this cXamIra-
ton is made easily available by the
use Of card system used by the COM
pany which gives the description legal
subdivisions quality OF soil, ctc. ~
each 40 acres together with its value,
which is from $50 TO 5000 an acre. The
company has also secured all the water
coming into the reservation and can
XIV NN lNIIlINfl'' N''A Ni' AN fhN' A''i'l NN''
tiou ON this part 1s ON the land This
work has been done under the super
vision ~ Mr.. Woodwork who was for
rs years the chief land Inspector Of the
Northern Pacific Railway company
The company's methods are endorsed
by Governor Toole and other state on
ciala. and prominent Montana men, and
the great amount Of information COLI
lected by the company win be NJ great
aid 10 settlers in locating desirable
lands Mr. Parker has appointed JOS
cph Duscnbery OF this city, the state
agent for Utah.
TWO NOTARGES FIGHT
Two of the notsries entered into COM
petition al the depot yesterday M land
ng q victim FOR an AFFIDAVIT FOR reg-
istratiou one of them was from Salt
Lake and the other from Provo. After
come Arguments the Salt Lake man
struck the Provo man, who complained
10 city Marshall Henry. and the Salt
I.alSer was arrested. lie put up So for
his appearance with Bail Commissioner
Henry, and win probably leave IL
there. he will have 10 register 10 mon
before he gets even. lie ACKNOWLEDGED