Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-12
FILINGS ON 636
HOMESTEADS.
Over 100, 600 Acres Located on
Reservation Only 0ne.HaIf
Respond TO Cali
NO TOWNSITES SOLD AS YET.
Every body at Sea on Problem of lrn
CATION Spectators Quccryjng Stu.
alton eel Settlers Organizing


Special Correspondence.
Nernal Ulntah co., Sept "A, the
I close Of office hours dt the land office
here today 636 homestead filings had
been made on rntah reservation
| hands ont Of total of .l304 numbers
called, out of the mn names called tn.
| uaN 22 made filings Approximately
| 100000 acres of land has now been
| located pretty nearly all of which has
! been made ON the north and east Sides
! OF the Duchesnc river As yet very few
! nave located on the benches south Of
/ lhr river although there are many
! thousands of acres of fine land there,
] which VIII, however boz more extensive
| 10 ilrigdte than tine north side except
| possibly the Bluo Bench country. which
! win bo irrigated from Rock Creek.
! Although the main portion of the big
! tracts on the north side have been Io-
! catod there sJilI remains here and
| there good locations aul parties with
! nigh numbers are oui scouting around
/ mo reservation locating these isolated
/ tracts on men maps and expect to file
| ON them When their turn comes Here
| and there throughout the reservation,
! sandWisheh I'm among the Indian dllot-
| ments are o. number of pieces of good
| lana, which have been left To the last,
hocauro of the fact that the locat0rs,
would b' surrounded with Indians
AS the Hl.ng proceeds it becomes
evident that the figures given out by
the Cutah County Bureau Of Iufor.
nation relative 10 the Irrig1blp lands
Of the reservation was not far wide Of
the truth The bureau published a
statement that there were 10000 acres
az land ON the reservation susceptible
of irrigation outside the Indian aIlnt-
lneuts 100000 acres of which was ON
the north and 10000 on the south Of the
DuCh,sue river Added to this is 5000
acres. which lies ON the old Cucom
pagmo reservation, south of the Un'ah
reservation, which Is one of the finest
tracts In the entire basin.
one peculiar situation has developed
i'm connection with the opening and that
is because of the fact that the
lots Do the different toNmsltes have not
yet been sold everybody Is in the afr
regarding where the main town of She
new country viii be, and the new
towns that were TO spring into exist
euoe are suspended for the time being.
No one seems to know. not even the Of
icials Of the Land office, where and
how these lots win be sold, whether
they VIII be auctloued Off ON the
ground or az the office here in VernaL
II is generally believed that there will
be quite crowd in attendance when
these lots are sold, and no doubt many
ar those who have secured farms
VIII also bid for town lots, ON account
OF the better school facilities that will
be afforded In the towns.
There have been several meetings
held lately by the settlers of the rec
servatlon, for the purpose of getting
together for mutual protection. There
seems TO be a general feeling of un-
Ct3ineSs among locators on account OF
the many filings that have been made
by persons and companies for the wa
ter ana these meetings are for the pur-
pose of getting the people into some
KIND of an organization for mutual pro-
lection,
Some people are endeayorlng 10 ere
ate an impression that these COMPANIES
In some instances are acting as agents
of the Mormon Church for the pur-
pose Of creating an excitement, and
thereby profting themselves, through
fees, in protests suits, etc
At a meeting held last night long
set Of articles Of Incorporation, styled
the Uintah Power and Water company.
was presented, with a long list OF Off
GERS, and among which was, of course
an attorney II was noticeable that
those most interested In the incorpora-
ton were attorneys with no interests ON
the reservation whatever After a
rather spirited debate, the whole mat
ter was laid over tor future action
much To- the disgust Of some of the
most active boomers OF the scheme.
DR.. Elliott Harris Of New York was
o. rather disappointed applicant last
wednesday, He came all the way
from New York 20 file on farm hay
ing registered at Grand Junction ON
his way east but arrived here a few
hours too late, having been delayed by
% Washout on the Rio Grande road The
following morning after the day he |
should have filed, he went TO the land |
Office and pleaded TO allow his entry 10 !
be made but Register De Noisy could |
not see his way clear to admit IT, so he |
was barred
There is talk Of calling a mass meet |
ing Of the citizens Of the whole Uiutah |
basin to adopt resolutions, expressive !
of a general sentiment in favor Of /
memoraiizing Congress, I'm regard 10 /
an extension of the time when settlers |
on the reservation must establish their |
residence. from six months TO nine |
months or a year The time, as now |
nNed under the law, VIII make Il nee |
essary for locators to establish their
homes on the reservation al one Of the
hardest times Of the year, I'm February |
and March No doubt a strong peti-
tlon Will be framed and sent to the
Utah delegation In Congress, covering |
the matter
The inhabitants Of this section Of the
state were startled yesterday by a To-
cal crash which sounded like "a terrific |
explosion. II occurred about o'clock |
In the morning The report was 80
loud that people rushed out of their
houses to ascertain the cause. Some
We're under the impression that IL was
lu earthquake so severe was the far
hat accompanied H. IL rs quite gen
orally believed that it was az one Of
The Silsoute mines, and that another
terrible dust explosion had occurred
Many thought &c was at the Parlette
mine. south OF Myton, Up to the pros
ut writing uo word has reached here
hat explains The mysterious shock