The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-20
Commission Lists 5,772 Names q
Would-Be Homesteaders.
HOT TALKS AT BANQUET
SPEAKERS DISCUSS CRITICISM
OF GOVERNOR RICHARDS.
(speciaI to Nc HeraIdN

! tOody 10 cover the O.GlZ quarter SEC
tons OF land that are TO be entereds un-
! der the drawing. This proved an easy
matter, as six numbers a minute can
/ be drawn and listed. If necessary. The
| remaining numbers IN the box viii be
| taken out and the persons registered
| on the slips viii be notified OF their
/ lack Of luck This Will not take so long
I as the more formal drawing of the
numbers which entitled their possess
| ors to land Since the drawing com
! rnenced some of the clerks have been
/ busy each day in the temporary offices
/ IN the Proctor academy, preparing and
| mailing notices, and large sacks of mail
! matter for all parts Of the country
] have gone from the Office each DAY
| Notices Of the numbers drawn were
| sent out the day of the drawing or the
| day following at the latest
commissioner Richards and Messrs
! How bert and Dern will certify to the
/ documents of the drawing on Monday.
\ and it is expected that by THURSDAY
/ all the work connected with the draw
/ 1ng.wlI be closed up and Commissioner
/ Richards and his corps of clerks VIII
/ leave Their stay here has been pleas
! ant, their relations with the people. Of
/ hcially and socially, being of a most
! agreeable nature
! Commission is Banqueted.
Last evening the Commercial club
ROBERTS
/ in honor of Commissioner Richards and
/ The other members of the committee
/ in charge of the drawing There We're
4 present Commissioner Richards, Irving
] HoWbert and John Dern, Senators
! SmoOt and Sutherland and Governor
! Cutler Congressman Howell was un-
able to attend and sent regretsl: the
/ clerks with Commissioner Richards.
/ and about thirty-fve representative
| citizens. President Irvine of the Com
/ haT 10
! and announced Senator Smoot as the
/ tOaStmaster- A sumptuOuS dinner was
| enjoyed, followed by speeches from the
/ following gentlemen. who were given
| happy intrOductfOns by. Senator Srnoot.
! Mayor ROylance. who expressed pleas
| ure at the manner in which the bust
/ ness Of the registration and drawing
| had been conducted, and stated that
me gathering had been arranged for
( the purpose OF finishing the three
i hundred sandwiches Provo had pro
I Nided for the people who would attend
( the drawing
Concerning Richards Critics.
Senator Sutherland referred to the
silly abuse that had been directed
against Governor Richards from a Ger
tain quarter, stating that Governor
Richards was known TO be a man who
was guided by the bright star of duty
in all his official acts and the abuse
was only such as every honest man is
! subjected to who incUrs the enmity of
d ScOundrel- The speaker had often
wondered how it was that an all wise
Providence had sUmmarfIy removed a
( comparatively truthful man like Ana
MAS and permitted other fellows to live
; and DO business.
Mr.. HOwbert spoke of the similarity
of interests of Colorado and Utah. and
hoped good feelings and reciprocal eff
forts for advancement would continue
between the people of the sister states.
Governor Cutler. after a sarcastic
reference to a Mormon Drew the First
! Number considering there are so few
Of them III the state. spoke of the
! benefits that would come TO the state
from the opening of the reservation
John Oern Speaks.
Mr.. Dern expressed pride in and 10y
atty to his adopted state, and he hoped
! the present wrangling. fer which there
was no necessity, would not continue
He had always, when in the east, spok-
en- of the MormOns as an honorable,
I Industrious and loyal class of people
He had expressed the belief when he
! first came here that in ten years the
! question of whether a man was Nor
mon or Gentle would not be asked in
! Utah any more than the question OF
whether man is a Methodist or a
Presbyterian is asked in other states.
He had been mistaken in the time. but
thought that ten years from now would
bring about the result which he had
predicted and desired. In this he was
earnestly seconded by Senator Smoot.
Who expressed a determination to work
to this end TO the extent of his ability
Drawing Was Square.
Commissioners Richards expressed
pleasure at the reception given him ana
his clerks and at the manner in which
the registration and drawing had pro
ceeded, stating that there had been
, fewer Inconvenience encountered than
at any former drawing. In regard 10
the adverse criticisms that had been
offered, they had not disturbed him in
the least, because he knew that the re
suit would demonstrate they were not
true and if they were made by decent
men they would retract. If they were
not made by decent men he did not care
for them He and the force OF men
who had come with him had known
what they had to do and they had
done it. as directed by the law and that
was all there was to the drawing He
mentioned the statements made BY
him as to the quality and amount OF
land available for entry in the reservs.-
ton He said the reason he had done
so was that he was acquainted with
the land and did not want eastern peo-
people to come in here and expect 10
find a good farm and find nothing but
rock pile. and then say that the gov
| ernment had given out hattering re
ports of the land which were untrue.
Senator SmOot made patriotic ad-
dress, in which he spoke of the growth
of the country and fOreshadOWed
great future for the nation and state.
Vocal selections were rendered by
| Professor A. c. Lund, p. r Irvine, jr-,
| W. d. Roberts, jr., and the Garden
City quartette. Professor Lund also
entertained with some of his clever
| dialect stories
Forfeits Homestead Rights.
The idea that a person who re-
| linquiSheS his claim to land on the
( reservation still retains his homestead
| right is erroneous, according TO Com
| missioner Richards. Such a person for
! feits his homestead right unless
| special law is enacted restoring il TO
him. and if such a law is enacted it win
/ without any doubt not operate bene-
fciaIly to such persons as have re-
] linquished their right for a considera-
/ ton. Under the act OF April Is, 1904 (3S
] stat. 52O any person who, prior TO
! April IS 1904, made homestead entry