Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-08-18
REGISTRATION ENDED
FOR uN,NrAH LAND DRAWING
Over Thirty.ssvsn Thousand Names
on the Llst-esslnnIns Of
Drawing at Provo
AUGUST 18th.


Denver. Aug. l3.-About $4,000 peo-
pie registered for the drawing for Uin'
tab reservation lands which com.
'mences Thursday. The totals for the
four registration places are as follows:
Total. 37.657. Provo. 1883; Grand
Junction. 1887: Price. 1886; Vcrnal.
1876.
At Grand Junction yesterday 1.73G
persons registered; ut Provo. 1851: at
Price. 143: ut Vernai, 93.
A Grand Junction dispatch last
night says:
At three minutes to 0 o'clock this
evening a tall. sturdy farmer walked
into the registration oiiice and Clerk G.
B. Strong. In less than two minutes.
registered the last applicant at this
place for o homestead In the Uintah
reservation. The big doors OF the audi.
torium closed and registration ended
promptly at @ o'clock.
The clerks were ready for business
this morning promptly at 1880 and tn.
once remained open until p. M. dur
ing which time 1.73G persons were reg.
istered. giving this city total Of Is.
3S7 In eleven days.
The number surprised great many.
as 10000 was the estimate at the start.
and many wagers were made that r..
900 would not register Mt this point.
The clerk viii have considerable work
to do tomorrow and ut 1910 Monday
afternoon they will leave for Provo To
assist In the drawing. which com.
mcnccs August 18th.
As fast Us the envelopes arc drawn
from ths large pile they will be opened
and numbered and the lucky ones no
titled by postal card. This work will
require large forcc of clerks and
there will be no limit to tho number
drawn each day. Every man register.
Ing will receive a number. no mnttcr
whether he In the last one or not.
Two Of tho local banks have made
arrangements to send notices to the
successful applicants by telegraph. for
which they charge 81. including tho
prepaid telegram.
There was no one nt tho doors to-
night when Doorkccpcr Dodgin closed
tho once and no complaint can bc
made by amy ono possessed OF proper
papers OF inability TO register. There
wcrc scores Of non.rcsidcnts who failed
to get their names on the list. rs they
did not comply with tho laws. Every
day the clerks had from fifteen to
twenty letters to return to the vctcrnnx
Some sent papers with no agents
name. others sent tho agents name
on blanks sworn to In tho town
where they resided. forwarding them
to tho clerks to register. when the
agent probably lived In some eastern
state.
Two persons sent SIC money orders
md their discharge papers. without
power Of attorney blanks. and some
tn Sastfh al nj nj
their names. One lawyer In Illinois
rcmiitcd Sc In money. with no papers,
and asked the clerks to register Bob.
Hiram and Luther Clark.
Several four.horsc outfits left to-day
for vcrnal over tho wagon road. some
having eight passengers. who paid 81
each TO ride md their share Of tho pro
visions. They expect to make the
journey In i've days and be on the
ground when the drawing commences.
Many others left for the West on tho
trains to-day and but few will remain
In this city TO await the result Of the
drawing. The notnrics are richer by
about $1,000. divided among thirty Of
them. and the city generally was ben.
efittcd by the crowds coming hero to
register. Most OF the eastern people
left town tonight and tho town will
seem quiet for some time.
The furniture men have plenty OF
cots and bedding for sale cheap and
are about tho only ones who lost
money on the AFFAIR. rs the strangers
did not remain In the city long enough
to make the demand for sleeping nc.
commodntions extensive. About .
dozen notaries will go out Of business
and resume their former work.