The daily sentinel., 1905-08-09
Several Thousand Home
Seekers Arrived in Citv

had an opportunity to register.
The accommodating clerks We're
feeling good this morning. and they
waded into that great throng OF
homeseekers with a will. Twenty
people were allowed to enter at a
time and it only took two or three
minutes to dispose of score and
then another 20 We're admitted.
Many residents of Kansas Nebras-
ta and Iowa We're noticed in the
line. Not less than 500 Denver peo-
pie were in the crowd. Many old
miners We're there to register. The
professional men and newspaper men
were numerous.
All of the strangers that came i'm
last night are expressing themselves
as being well pleased with the treat
ment they are receiving in Grand
Junction. Very few instances of
whore anybody in business of any
kind had attempted to hold up the
strangers are reported
Yesterday witnessed the lightest
registration yet recorded at the of
fee in Grand Junction. This was
due mainly TO the fact that the trains
due at noon did not reach the city
until night. However, this will make
no difference in the total registra-
lion, as those who would have reg
istered yesterday are registering to-
lay.
The total for yesterday was 726.
rhis brings the total for the Grand
Junction offices for the seven days to
S,395. Today's total will run the
-Otal to nearly IL, 900. There is lit
lie doubt that the Grand Junction
office will register at least $4,000
people during the twelve days.
Reports from Provo state that on
Monday 1,G27 people We're regis
cred at that office. or just six less
han was registered at Grand June
ion on that day. Up to Monday
night 7.79O had registered at Pro
70. while up to Monday night 1863
people had registered at Grand June
ion. Consequently for the six days
Provo leads Grand Junction by only
I21. II has not been learned just
low many people registered at Pro
vo yesterday. The two offices will
probably keep pretty close together
during the remaining days. with
hings favorable for Grand Junction
leading.
AT Price Monday there were 1S9
people registered, the largest num-
Der registered there on any day yet. |
rhe total for Price up to Monday
1isnt was 9ff. II is expected at
Price that the daily registration af-
Ter Monday would not fail less than !
200
The registration continues very
light at Nernal.
The people of Provo expect that |
he registration this week will eX-
need that of last week by several
thousands The clerks at the Provo !
office are sauguine OF putting up a
bigger total than Grand Junction. !
IL is stated in a dispatch from Provo
hat when a telegram was received
by Commissioner Richards from this
ity stating that the total for this
office for the day was G33, beating
Provo by q. some of the clerks eN-
pressed regret that they had not
ustled a few more applicants in or
Ter to keep ahead of the rival town. !
At the four Offices for the seven
LAYS ending last night about $4,000
people had registered.
A dispatch from Price states that
fhe mail route from Price to the Yer
nal country will be abandoned. Or
lers were received at Price from the
Wells-Fargo Express Company to
send all express matter from this
time forward for the Nernal country
via Mack, Colo. the line over the
Uintah narrow gauge railway being
now open to Dragon, Utah. From
he latter point express is to go on
by stage the same as up TO this time,
from Price. After the llth of Sep
fember the mail route from Price is
TO be abandoned, the railway com
pany having also received this con
tract The new arrangement gives
Ashley valley points and the Uintah
reservation settlements their Den
YER and Salt Lake City mail matter
1 day earlier than by way of Price.
Most of the freighting TO the same
points 20 by Price in preference to
The Mack. Colo, route, which yet is
poorly equipped for the handling of
merchandise and household goods.