Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-08-25
GREAT LAND DRAWING
THE LOTTERY OPENS AT PROVO
Twelve hundred and T~enty-ons
Names the First pay-utAh Men
Get More Than Half Of the First
Drawings.

sses"~s hhS 0oy-Sk1H NSb
. Get More Than Half Of the First
Drawings.
Denver. Colo. Aug. ls.-A special to
the Republican from Provo. Utah. last
night. says:
Twelve hundred and twenty-one
names OF applicants for homesteads on
the uintah Indian reservation were
drawn from the boz to-day by the COM
mission consisting o. W. A. Richards.
commissioner of the General Land Of
nee. Irving HoNiert of Colorado
Springs. and John Dera Of Salt Lake
City.
Colorado and Utah shared honurs in
point OF numbers drawn. as Was To DO
expected.
Itoy Daniels. a young farmer. twenty
one years OF age. secured the inst
chance. He is native of Provo and
has already started for the reservation
10 choose his homestead.
Estimates OF the value OF Daniels
chance run as high as $4,000. Two
numbers. one at Ogden. and one at
Price. Utah. are high ON the list. One
Of them. Daniel Bureh of Ogden. has
No. ls. and claims 10 have refused an
offer OF 5000 for IL. The other.
Charles e. Clapper OF Price. a Utah
volunteer. has No. 81. He holds II al
1900 and will leave Immediately for
the reservation To open a store.
The drawing was attended, by little
excitement. There was a large crowd
present when the drawing began this
morning and Daniels. winner OF tho
frst choice. was carried through the
streets on tho shoulders OF shouting
thfonE.
Interest began to lag early In the
day. however. and In the afternoon
only few persons witnessed the draw
Ing. Many of those who registered
and remained In the state to await tho
outcome Of the drawing went TO Salt
Lake and Ogden to pass the intcrvcn'
ing time. so that tho crowd here was
confined almost wholly TO residents OF
Provo and near by towns.
Commissioner Richards and his asso-
eiatcs appeared on tho platform where
tho drawing took place early In tho
day. An army ambulance with the en-.
vclopes In mail pouches and guarded
by detail Of government clerks fol-
lowed at s:t5.
The bales Of tickets were placed on
a long table. the proclamation OF tho
President was read and the 1850 en-.
yclopcs placed In the big box. or
wheel which was rcvoiycd n few
tines to mix the tickets.
Following are tho names OF Colorado
people who drew among the first 200.
No. .-Noah n. Baibock. Angora.
No. G-Oscar II. Hayes. Grand juno.
ton.
No. winfield s. Richards. saiida.
No. s-Barry Brady. Denver.
No. lo-Erncst N. Steele. Divide.
No. le-Roy Il. Miller. Fruita.
No. l5-John Il. Richards. Colorado
Springs.
tion.
No. lT-Colcman II. zimmerman.
Grand Junction.
No. 2o-John l.. Atkinson. Mont
rose.
No. ee-Arthur X. Collins. Denver.
No. 25-John C. Hough;on.- Denver.
No. &c John c. Holton. Colorado
City.
10. e7-John C. Payton. by Amy
Campbell. Lawson.
No. 3e-Emma A. Edwards. Grand
Junction.
No. IO-Alfrcd T. Moore. Denver.
No. 42-Clemson Bailey Hciser. Den
No. 45-Christopher c. Murray.
Grand Junction.
No. 4G-Catherine NJ. Wright. Fort
Collins.
No. 47-Chnries E. Bremen. Colorado
City.
No. 4s-John Z. Sheehan. Denver.
No. 49-Herbert II. Vogan. Brecken-
ridge.
No. 52-Samuel II. Sands. Pueblo.
No. 5i-Harry L. Munger. Canon
City.
No. 57-Albert Mason. Erie.
No 61-Sflns Wright Denver.
No. 63-Eugene II. Smith (soldier).
agent Clem Z. Motz.
No. 65-Robert L. French, Cripple
Creek.
No. 66-Samuel d. Rush. Pueblo.
No. 71-John 8. Redmond. Leadville.
No. 73-william l.. Breny. Aspen.
No. 74-Ollie C. Hand. Cedar Edge.
No. 7S-Henry Schranz, Colorado
Springs.
No. s2-Festes E. Riley, Carbonate.
No. s4-Charles l.. Bailey. Denver.
No. S6-Erie G. Strahl. Kokomo.
No. SS-Rolfielde Gravel, Red Clif.
No. S9-Gordon L. Conley, Grand
Junction.
No. 94-John w. Galligan, Ouray.
No. 97-Elisha X. Purde, New Cas-
No. 101-Charles A. Kitsch, Mesa.
No. 1O2-Lottie Scott (widow),
Grand Junction.
No. 105-Bert R. johnson, Grand
Junction.
No. 1O6-Lawrence Andin, Aspen.
No. 107-Daniel ]. Bracken. Pali-
sades.
No. 1o9-william H. Lawrence. Den.
yer.
No. 112-Alonzo H. Johnson. Glen