Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-19
THIS IS A BUSY LAST DAY.
o,,r Two thousand Names to Come
Dat Of the Big Box Which Has
Held Such a Great Number,
THIRTY THOUSAND STAY INSIDE,
VillBc Taken 0nt at the End and Each
Unlucky Person Notified That He
Has Drawn a Blank.

Provo Act l9.--Today rs the last day
of the drawing. There win bc drawn
SOME over 1O0O numbers. which viii
dsrogo Of an the land subject TO entry
I'M thc reservation.
The remaining numbers Of the 10000
and over who registered viii not be
drawn Win the Formally which has
characterized the drawing Of numbers
for which there was land, but the num-
b,s Ut each person registered win he
taken from the box, and the person
notified that he has drawn a blank.
CLERKS HAVE BEEN BUSY
TN, clerks have been Busy each day
issuing notifications and large sacks
of mail goes from the Office I'm the
Proctor academy to the fortunate ones
and win continue to go after today TO
those less fortunate The work con-
u5rtcd with the drawing Is expected TO
be closed by next Thursday when Gov
enor Richards aud his corps Of clerks
VIII leave the city.
The work of the registration ard
drawing has been conducted IN q very
satisfactory manner to all concerned,
and the acauaiutances formed by the
gentlemen from Washington and the
citizens are OF nature that will be
mutually valued both IN "a social and
a business sense.
HOUSING BANQUET TO RICHARDS.
Last evening the Commercial club
gave o. banquet az the hoted In honor
m commissioner Richards and the 9TH
er members Of The committee attended
10y The committee. Senators SmOOt AID
sutherland and some 80 representative
citizens Presid MT Irvine Of the COM
morcial club babe the guests welcome
ana announced the selection Of senator
Snoot as postmaster. After. sump-
iuous dinner speeches We're made By
The following gentlemen Senator
Smoot Mayor Roylance, Senator Suth-
crllnd, living Howbert of the commit
Tee. Governor Cutler, John Den of the
committee, and Commissioners Rich
ards Each Of the speakers spoke In
i'lcltous manner and many compli-
lnents were extended to Commissioner
richards for his strict attention to the
duties Of the drawing his impartlality
and fairness
commissioner Richards stated that
Do and his force Of clerks knew what
Wey mad come to do and had done IL
ana ne did not care what adverse crit
l,sWs had been made, because the work
lu1l had been done would disproye them
ana they would all have to be retract-
'd " they had been made by decent
men ana II they had not he did not care
TOT Them he had been somewhat
amused by some Of the criticisms, and
n'a sent several cartoons 10 his child
ron SO that they might see what kind
O. O. father they had.
DRAWING WAS FAIR.
Mr. John Dern was happy in his re-
i."N. lie made complimentary mem
Uoh OF the work Of the Pioneers, to
whom credit was due for their accom-
llshments IN this state. Mr. Dern said
~ had been n citizen Of this state for
u years that his interests were here
Hhd that he intended 70 remain here.
ne hoped 10 sec II progress as much
rs any man in the state Ever since
n' nad been here in Utah, he had taken
Neal pains to denounce false reports,
ana Intended 10 do so and hoped in the
lr'E near future to see the unwarrant-
with ~ ''
10 speaking Of the drawing Mr.. Dern
expressed himself that no fairer way
could possibly be devised than that
sleeu upon by Commissioner Richards
n,l MS two associates II was impos-
SUN Ia be unfair as every man had
IN equal chance and he believed even
We tribune itself would acknowledge
Messrs, A. C. Lund, r, r, Irvine, Jr,
w. H. Roberts Jr, and the Garden City
quartet rendered some beautiful vo-
Gay selections and Prof Lund gave a
number Of inlmitable dialect mono
"sues' which were greatly enjoyed
COMPLAINTS are made by some OF the
people that have been on the reserva-
YOU that the surveyors stakes are not
EF,U.e They were told that the stakes
..il peen driven into the ground, Thlsif
,ur makes II almost necessary for per-
slns selecting lands to take surveyor
On ne ground to obtain a description OF
office 'N'N
the people who drew the first mum.
u'Is nave now practically all left for
reservation 10 make their selec-
IONS and people are leaving for the
deviation daily for that purpose.
gentleman IN salt Lake connected
WIN a prominent educational lnstitu-
,'u was made the subject OF a prac-
9ssal Joke by some Of his associates.
,."e{ had a gentleman in Provo who
., also connected with the same instl-
,lIon send the Victim a notice that he
c,l drawn No q signing the notice "a
,NgN clerk The gentleman had no.
d.l mat tho publication OF numbers
c,uNu ava not give him No. 7, and OF
,o'iu,,s1 thought the newspapers were
~ iNei' Yesterday he sent a telegram
~, a. owen which the telegraph
ttssenger brought on the platform, and
ou9ed o. Commissioner Richards TO
~, !sned Tor and by him delivered to
~ p"en Clerk" Mr. Richards looked
we address and said. Don't want H.
tts'er heard Of him. You may ind
s,,. around the bulletin board" II is
p,5 70 say that the messenger did not
Gn ,l MT owen" and IL the gentleman
bss not yet know he Is the victim of a