Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-08-05

Utah are 20 be subject 10 the location
OF the white man on and after Az
gust Is. By proclamation Of the pres.
idout. under authority OF congress.
registration for the right 10 locate In
n rotation % be- determined by lot,
will begin at Vcrnai Provo and Price,
Utah, aud Grand junction, Colo, on
August 1. and continue until o'clock
D. IN. August H. Every native born
or natnfallzed American over the age
OF "a years, who has not ayailed him
self Of the homestead right 10 take
up 100 acres OF the national domain,
aud " not now the owner Of 100 acres
OF land. now has chance 20 do 90.
aud every woman Ol the same e'ii'
zenshlp and OF the same aEc, who Is
the head OF q family or unmarried.
has the same privilege.
The reservation now 20 be opened
comprises 2.i25.0O0 acres, walled In
on three sides by the uintah and Wa
satch ranges. and deb0uching on Ia
eastern slope 20 the Green river. whose
tributaries drain a.
or the area 100000 acres have
been placed In q permanent forest re-
serve which guards only the timber
and does not stop the mine huntersi
10000 have been reserved for the IN
dians tO craze their hands on $3.50
acres taken tor tho Fort Ducheane
military reservation: ii2 600 have
been allotted 90 the indiana la sever.
atty, aud this leaves open 10 the set.
Element nf the whites 100000 acres.
OF ihia latter, throo.ioarths q prac'
tcally vnlueloas but the other fourth
IL to be ranked as choice, highly do
Elrahle valley lands, susceptible OF
irrigation and Ot making farms that
In n few years will rank with the
highest priced lands OF the western
irrigated world.
In point OF fertility there Is no
amer land In the country. it will pro-
duce anything Fruits, such as plums,
peaches. apples, pears and cherries
will yield enormous crops. just az
they do IN the valley OF the Salt
Lake ana In those OF the Grand and
Gunnlson In Colorado. The climate
and farming conditions are tho same.
Alfalfa will yield on n par with ila
huge crops IN other irrigated sections
OF Colorado and Utah.
OF the 10000, who, Il can safely be
said, will enter the drawing. fully
$4,000 will. therefore. come from west.
ern states. The nearneas TO the
points OF registration will encourage
Denver and Salt Lake people 10 reg
lister, whatever their occupation In
life.
Il IL report that one mining com.
pany interested in gilsOniie miuing,
has standing oficr Of 100000 r0i the
FIRST right drawn, in order that Il may
locate a valuable tract that viii come
open 20 location after the drawing.
This company dld no, share Ia the
benehclency OF the lobby wSsn Il was
giving away millions TO two other
mining companies. and 40 has 70 buy
It's ground. Thia will be considered
the grand prize OF the lottery, and a
cash sale In this way would obvlate
even the location OF or entry upon
the ground by the lucky winner OF
the frat chance. There are known 20
be other extremely rich prizes aside
from the fact that any tract secured
will be worth considerable money 81
the end OF few years, and entail In
the meantime only some minor prl'
vatlona.
There will be great rush. a
greater one, from indications. than
any Of the Oklahoma openings fresh
In public mind. The lands are worth
three TO Que over even the splendid
farms OF the Oklahoma reservations.
Already the vanguard has begun 10
arrive at the centcra OF entry. A new
land ONCE was established two weeks
ago nc Vernal, Utah. and there the
people are going 10 struggling
string from all points OF the compass
and by all manner OF conyeyances.
II Is here al Nernal that the final
entries upon the reservation iandb
must be made. Registration for the
allotment or drawing, may DO made
at Price and Provo. also In Utah, and
Ia Grand Junction, In Colorado, hut
after the registered one haa been
awarded his number o. right TO locate
IN rotation, he must Journey to the
United States land ofiice at Vernal.
and make hia homestead entry the
same as In any other case In hllng
upon government land He Il given
time to hunt out the piece OF land he
wlshos to locate and fhls, II wise, he
will do only after personal Journey
over the territory and selecting his
tract
Entries IN the rotation determined
BY drawing, beginning at Provo.
Utah, on August IA. can be made for
sixty days after tho drawing. and this |
time win permit everybody who so.
cures the right 10 fle, time 20 look up |
his location. Some. the early num- |
bers. possibly the FIRST 90 or 100, even |
the first 300. will find ready buyers |
for their righis e. cash at prices of
hundreds aud even thousands, for
there are not few, particularly OF |
tho Mormon church and the mining |
companies, who have their eyes upon |
tracts that thoy are willing TO pay |
well for the right to select over the /
chance OF another getting them.
Transportation for the thousands /
Is rapidly being solved. Tho Denver /
a Rio Orande railroad the available I
route into the registration points aud /
the edge OF the reservation, will solve |
the problem OF journey 10 within a
short distance and new railroad,
built by the non-iayored but only at.
tgactiye gllsonlto mining company OF
the section. will carry passengers 20
within sixty.two miles OF the land OF.
ice.
The regulation Zee for fllng home.
stead Is SIC, but IN the case OF this
kind this fee "a only payable when
the actual entry Of land Is made. The
payment OF this fee gives the settler
a right OF FIRST claimant 90 the en-.
tered 100 acres OF land He "a pre-
sumod BY the law 10 be making HIS
home upon tho land aud dOlng what
he can toward farming and utilizing