Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-01
Town is Very Quiet and Few Arrests
Have Been Made Eight thousand
Strangers in Provo


Especial to the 'NewsO
Provo, Aug. lat 2 o'clock this aft
prnoon. 1880 were numbered in line at
,he Proctor office, or these LIS had
been registered At the Parker Office
the force did not work so hard and the
registrations amounted to ZOO out Of a
total Of 1850 numbered in line The
manner In which the work is being
rsrrled on has done much TO preserve
prder and keep the crowd In a good
natuIed mood. one gentleman, who has
been present at number OF reserva-
lion openings, remarked this morning
that It was the most orderly and In
telgent crowd OF people he had ever
seen on such occasions. At the present
rate Of registration, over 1000 ought to
be accommodated here during the day,
Provo, Aug. 1.-The people crowded
around the polls as early as 10 and
o'clock last night eager to get good
places for registration. At that hour
they were given numbers according to
their positions IN the line and dismissed
I'm this morning. when they reappeared
and took their places.
Registration began at o'clock AT
this time there were 1871 in line at the
Parker school and a similar number at
The Proctor academy, At the latter
place the men were more gallant than
at the former and permitted the women
to enter first. regardless of what time
they arrived.
WOMAN FIRST.
The first TO register here was Mrs.
Isabel Miller OF Elsinore, widow Of
rharles Miller, who If reasonably sue
tessful, proposes 10 go on to the res
trvauon and start a home for herself
md family Mrs Miller is IS years Of
age and has resided at Elsinore 20
Fears. As she emerged from the booth
commissioner ". A. Richards took
mapshot photo of her. which he will
undoubtedly preserve as "A souvenir Of
the occasion.
SOLDIER NEXT.
~ the Parker school the first TO reg
fter was George Jaggers, one of the
soorkeepers, 70 years OF age and a vet
ran OF the Civil war II Is estimated
mat registration will be carried on al
lhe rate Of one person a minute for
tach clerk, and as there are .9ur at
tacn polling place this win amount to
practically 800 an hour. The lineup at
tach place is being constantly added to,
70 mat the number shows no appre-
taole dimlnution, A great many have
rome IN on excursion specials and ex-
Wv 70 register during the day, 30 as
70 set away at night In all probability
nney VIII be able 10 do this. The polls
NV remain open till reasonable hour
phlsht, SO as To make Il as convenient
possible for all concerned Registra-
.pu VIII continue till Aug. 10, on which
gay me polls Will close precisely at
" m. u Is not anticipated that any
III be deprived of the privilege Of reg
klration, as It IL believed all who apply
VIII be handled in this time
FEW ARRESTS MADE.
AZ things considered, the town is very
llet and few arrests have been made.
IS estimated that there are 5000
nteGgers In the city among them
tIInoer OF fortune tellers and other
sSMIs. should any Of those become un-
LS ample provision has been made
nauule them and place them whore
Wy belong Thus far, however, no
,n'uuy conduct has been INDUCED IN
we officers are congratulating
1''nseIves on their good fortune.
RTtHII AnT,cgt mr. -.
commissioner Richards was busy
LvSHoay after his arrival i'm Provo
oNlg over the ground and preparing
ltslsluuon, and answering a large
H1unl or correspondence which await
mnu mere In an interview with the
loWs' representative he talked In
N uuslE OF his experience in opening
,svorlIor reservations, He spoke OF
rlnt.H incidents connected with the
an opening, which have already
Yen threshod over In the nress among
sI me letter OF the Wasatch stake
s,ucncy' which created n mild fnrore.
,L.uIssloner Richards states ne knew
49, we authors Of the letter meant -
,o,, uley would give Information 10
hor, seehefs that would be helpful TO
ros ~ selecting land and that there
uuDhhg wrong about IL. Also that
evi.tu selected Provo as a place OF
,hhaI9tlon and the place OF drawing
het ~, suggestions from anyone. ana
reiae was no necessity for having
nut ono ,a',on office IN Grand Junction,
less,au nad peen placed there "a a con-
,9aloh TO the "knockersi nlfbough
s,,uokers' Is not the word uscd hv
sstH1 s,ssioner Richards. lie further
Ryln, mat there was no necessity FOR
n n1h ~ u drawing al all for the openlne
ARE, nllih reservation That other
rltbo,,' eserv1tlons had bean opened
zero a q drawing. But conditions
anu me claims that the Power