The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-31
HOME SEEKERS
RUSH TO PROVO
Forerunners of the Great Uintab
Army Already on the Ground.
WAR VETERANS IN LINE
LAND WILL BE TAKEN OUTSIDE
THE RESERVATION.
(special TO La HeraId.l

n ROVO, July 3O.-Homeseekers are
! beginning to gather in and around
PrOvO-men who are looking to
! make farm lands on the Uintah reser-
/ walton. If possible; if not. in other
parts of Utah About the outskirts OF
/ the town and in vacant lots through
| the residence section tents are begin
! ming to rise. At the same time, many
/ persons from other states are staying
! at hotels and rOoming houses. More
than 300 Of these men and women. most
of them from the Rocky mountain
west, are now on the ground
The big rush viii probably come
Tuesday. Aug J. Excursion rates for
the circus viii bring most of the Utah
/ people here that day D. NJ Carr, the
! first of the registration clerks to ar
rive said this evening that the force
of eight men assigned TO Provo can
| handle 1000 people a day. and that in
case too big a rush took place Tues
day, or at any other time, outside help
! viii probably be used.
Richards Is on the Road.
Commissioner Richards wired from
/ Denver today for a room reservation.
and he is expected in Provo tomorrow
or Tuesday. W. II. Lewis. who has
| charge of the local registration office,
! viii arrive tomorrow evening, as Will
the rest of his force
| The men and women now in Provo TO
register are typical western hOmeseek-
ers. Covered wagons have carried
some over mountain passes and across
| alkali deserts. Others have come i'm
| passenger coaches. Most of them are
| planning TO register. then to move on
! toward the reservation. IF then the
! drawing brings them lucky mum bers,
they viii look up their lands within
| its boundaries If not. they will seek
! other spots on the public domain. Some
Z will hr1Nr fl A. r11la these
| last are from other states. They plan
/ 10 use their homestead rights if they
see advantage in so doing. The places
/ they left did not offer opportunity
Women Come From Colorado.
This is the case with two Colorado.
/ women Mrs J. r Dew, a gray-haired
Colorado woman came to Provo three
days ago with her two daughters. a
Z son and nephew. They are camping
on a vacant lot near Center street
! One of the daughters has used her
! homestead right The rest of the fam
lily have theirs still. They came from
| Colorado Springs
Public lands are pretty we'll taken
up back there" said one of the boys,
| and we made up our minds TO look
farther west. If we are lucky Ia our
drawings We'll go to the reservation
If we are not, we may take up other
| lands in Utah"
Culmer CrOpDer. a nephew of Willard
county's sheriff, came up from the Des-
eret country ia his covered wagon He
/ intends to try his luck, and, If il fails
him. to look TO other places.
There's lots of good land near the
reservation" he said. and I'm going
to take a look around. In southern
Utah many young fellows nave the
Esame idea They're going 10 team II up
here and see what they can do Tor
themselves in the way of taking up
land. Lots of them know the country
pretty we'll, and they'll be able to find
good pieces of ground for water Down
in our country the opening mas gotten
lots of talk and it's bringing many
young men TO think about getting
land"
Will Take Up other Lands.
Those who have met the homeseek-
ers. such men, for instance, as Mayor
William NJ. ROylance, G. F. Decker,
chairman of the council committee on
public buildings and grounds, ana the
members of the Commercial club infor-
nation committee, say that the luck
less drawers in this part of Utah viii
really get the greatest benefit Many
of the newcomers have talked of buy
ing farms or taking up other lands in
case they don't get low numbers 1t
amounts to this-a spirit Of land hun
ger. the desire of men to get homes,
is being reused by the opening
Further than this, the movement to-
ward the reservation has turned west
bound homeseekers from other states
TO Utah Here is a case to the point
Arrival of Prairie Schooners.
A dust covered prairie schooner came
into Provo Friday. One wheel, broken
in some unusually deep nut, was
| held together by two crossed slabs of
timber. replacing its shattered spokes.
Its occupants pitched camp near the
south end Of town, and did il in true
western style. Half an hour after
their arrival their coffee was on the
Z bro nd %hair horses deem
in their nose bags
These raen had come from Colorado.
They had crossed three mountain
/ ranges and found their way into one
of IdahO's newly irrigated districts 1t
did not suit them. They knew of this
! opening They turned their horses
heads to Utah, and will build homes
and plant crops here.
Eastern Men Start For Utah.
So much for the men of the west.
They have already come from 80 Utah.
/ Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and Idaho
Meantime men are looking here from
! 1 the MISSISSIPPI valley Kansas, Mime
, / sofa and Iowa have representatives on
the ground already. Letters come
daily from these and other states
. asking the Commercial clubs commit
tee for information. Somewhat
pathetic is the fact that a number OF
these aEe from civil war veterans, who
/ hope to find a chance here to use the
/ privileges they gained on baIIteneluS
more than forty years ago.
: Provo Doing Its Duty.
Provo is ready to.take care of all it's
visitors Mayor Roylance, the city
council, the Commercial club and pri-
! Vate parties are doing this work. One
hundred tents with a capacity Of five
| cots each. are pitched on Court House
| square. The Sixth ward meeting house
basement is now a big dining hall.
Lunch booths and temporary restaur-
ants are springing up on all sides
Campers with outfits can get fnfOma-
tion at the Commercial club as TO sites
on which 10 pitch their tents
And at the same time the unWelcome
visitors are being anticipated. Gamb-
Iers and blackIegs win be sent out from
the city. The police force has been
enlarged The same is being done with
the fire department.
The mayor and chief of police have
planned their campaign with an idea
of shipping every visiting crook and
gambler from the city. while these and
.