Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-07-29

More than 1000, 900 acres of the
Uintah reservation in northeastern
Utah are to be subject to the location
of the white man on and after Au-
gust 2S. BY proclamation of the pres
ident. under authority of congress,
registration for the right to locate in
a rotation to be determined by lot,
will begin at Vernal, Provo and Price,
Utah, and Grand Junction, Colo, on
August 1. and continue until 6 o'clock
p. m. August IL. Every native born
or n%aturalized American over the age
of 81 years, who has not availed him
self of the homestead right to AXE
up 160 acres of the national domain,
and is not now the owner of 100 acres
of land, now has a chance to do SO,
and every OF the same citi'
zenship ard of the same age, who is
the head of a family or unmarried,
has the same privilege.
The reservation now to be opened
comprises 2,425 900 acres, walled in
on three sides by the Uintah and Wa
satch ranges, and debouching on its
eastern slope to the Green river, whose
tributaries drain 1t.
OF the area 100000 acres have
been placed in a permanent forest re
serve which guards only the timber
and does not stop the mine hunters;
Is, 900 have been reserved for the In
dams to Craze their herds on; 3,S4O
acres taken for the Fort Duchesne
military reservation; 112, 600 have
been allotted to the Indians in sever
atty, and this leaves open to the set
Element of the whites 1869 600 acres
OF this latter, three-fourths is prac
tically ~valueless but the other fourth
is 10 be ranked as choice, highly de
sirable valley lands, susceptible o.
irrigation and of making farms that
in a few years will rank with the
highest priced lands of the western
irrigated world.
In point of fertility there is M
finer land in the country. 1t will pro
duce anything. Fruits, such as plums
peaches, apples, pears and cherries
will yield enormous crops, just as
they do in the valley of the Sal
Lake and in those of the Grand ant
Gunnison in Colorado. The climate
and farming conditions are the same
Alfalfa will yield on a par with III
huge crops in other irrigated section.
of Colorado and Utah.
OF the $4,000, who, it can safely b,
said, will enter the drawing, full,
1900 will, therefore, come from west
ern states. The nearness TO tn
points of registration will encOurag
Denver and Salt Lake people to reg
lister, whatever their occupation il
life.
1t is a report that n mining con
pany interested in gilsonite mining
has a standing offer of 10000 ror tn
first right drawn. in order that il ma
locate a valuable tract that will com
open to location after the drawing
This company did not share in tn
beneiciency of the lobby when it wa
giving away millions TO two othC
mining companies, and so has to bu
its ground. This will be considere
the grand prize of the lottery, and
cash sale in this way would obyiat
even the location of or entry upo
the ground by the lucky winner -,
the first chance. There are known
be other extremely rich prizes asid
from the fact that any tract secure
viii be worth considerable money
the end of a few years, and entail
the meantime only some minor pI
Vations.
There will be a great rush,
greater one, from indications, tina