The daily sentinel., 1905-08-10
Totals for Eight Days.
Observation-Disclosures

liSl ul5ul ( GorN5o people registered
for free homes in the Uintah reser-
tered at Provo, lO.G32 at Grand juno
ton. 1,153 at Vernal and 9l4 at
Price.
For the eight days Provo leads the
Grand Junction Office by 5G4.
With these figures in hand and the
average increase for the last three
days, a fair estimate of the total
registration at all the points for the
entire period would be $1,000.
When the doors of the registration
offices closed at 4:30 o'clock yester-
day afternoon for the night, and the
tired but good-humored clerks made
the count of the days registration,
It was found that 2,23T names had
been housed each to itself, in the
little manila envelopes.
As expected by all, the registration
yesterday broke the record for the
Grand Junction office. the total for
the day exceeding that of Tuesday,
August l. the first day of registra-
tion. by PA.
During the eight days, 1862 peo-
pie have made application for free
farms in the promised land of the
Uintah at the local Office.
With only three days of the reg
tstration period remaining, a big en-
rollment for today, tomorrow and
Saturday is expected, and the H.
600 mark will be easily reached.
Yesterday was the busiest day the
clerks have experienced since coming
to Grand Junction. They We're kept
on jump all day long. Late in the
afternoon there was a long line of
people in front of the Auditorium
made up of men and women who
came in on Nos. 8 and l03, which
reached the city nearly two hours
late, and when the doors of the of
fees were closed at 4:30 o'clock there
were about 25O people waiting to be
registered. Many of these kicked
strenuously because the office did not
keep open until all in line were reg
lstered. The clerks had allowed the
doors to be opened at $3.50 in the
morning and only took 20 minutes
for lunch consequently they had
put in hard days labor.
All who were in line when the
doors were closed were given num-
bered tickets emitting them to the
same places in the line this morn
ing.
Reports from Provo regarding the
registration at that point on Tues
day state that 1893 was the total
for the day, or 9G7 above Grand
functions total for that day. Tues,
day was the poorest day at the Grand
Junction office, while it was one OF
| the best days at the Provo Office. II
was expected that the registration
| for yesterday at Provo would go
above the 1000 mark.
At Price Tuesday only l2l people
registered. Many of those were for
eigners from the coal camps who
nave naturalized but n short time.
Nothing has been heard from Yer
nal. The Offices at Nernal and Price
| will not register total exceeding q
| 500.
This morning the offices We're op-
| aned promptly at $ O'Clock, one noun
| earlier than the usual time. LONG
| before Z O'Clock line began TO TORN
md by the time the doors We're op'
sned. over 400 homeseekers were III
| line. -,. ,.
THE trains last night brought IN
| 500 or ZOO people. consequently al
morning the registration was brisk
A line was in formation until abouI
! II o'clock. The trains last night go
ing east took over 1,200 people Wht
.ame in Tuesday night and yester
iay at noon. to their homes.
The 2.23T people who registered
Yesterday We're handled smoothIy an,
easily. by the corps OF clerks an'
the employees at the Auditorium a
40 time was there a rush inside th'
building. The people passed in l'
-egister 20 at a time and then leI
the building through the exit on th'
west. Very few people have haa an!
complaint to make regarding ll'
manner in which the registration u
being conducted and these rev com
olaints are practically groundless.
Is somewhat remarkable that sue,
large crowds can be handled VIII
uch little friction.
The railroad have agreed TO con
-inue i'm force the SIS round trip ta,
and consequently large crowds WI
. continue to come in on every iran
from the east. With the $l' ra,
| In effect for the remainder oil th
week. the registration al this pom
will be much heavier that 1t Wo4u
nave been had the rate been calle
off after August s. The eNcurslo
tickets have 3O-day limit.
II is urged that all the people o.
Grand Junction and the county "A
expect to register, but VINO nave a.
iaved the matter to this time req.
ter tomorrow so that the rusn Sa'
] urday the last day, will not be s
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