The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-18
THOUSANDS SCAN
LISTS OF NAMES
Salt Lake People Show Great Inter-
est in Uintah Drawing.
HERALD OFFICE BESIEGED
LUCKY MEN LEARN NEWS FROM
BULLETINS.

Awaiting the turn of the wheel that
brought lands to some and to others
only disappointment thousands of Salt
Lake people crowded the streets to
watch Herald bulletins yesterday. AS
fast as the names were read from the
platform in Provo they were licked
over the wires to The Herald office and
Immediately flashed before the up
turned eyes Of those who blocked side
walk and street.
Nearly all of them had taken a
chance in this gamble for homes-some
because they wanted to till the soil if
they got it, others hoping to speculate
on the governments gift to the FORUM
ate. And so pretty much everyone in
the crowds was anxious. The con-
tagion that always spreads where men
may try their luck with odds against
them had taken hold of them: and they
waited just as men wait when the bail
is gliding in the groove about the rou-
Iette wheel.
1t was an ever-changing, thoroughly
mixed crowd. Men and women of all
sorts rubbed elbows. Some Of the up
turned faces were worn from years of
work and some showed no knowledge
of life's battles. Rough clad working
men, street car employees and police
men off shift jOstled for places with
clerks and men of business. An oc
I casional politician or lawyer strayed
into the throng and fingered until he
Z had read the last name. And now and
! then the frOu-frOu and face whose
bloom powder and rouge had height
ened, braVed the sunshine's ravages
/ long enough to allow DerusaI of the
lists.
Crowd Reaches Into Street.
Salt Lake people Jared well and the
number OF names that belonged 10 this
city was large enough to keep every
one interested. As some of these
! names became noised about the city
The Herald telephones became busy
and inquiries poured i'm thick and fast
I The questiOners had many things to
ask.
who holds 1862" and Did John
Smith get a number" are samples of
what the editorial rooms got. while
downstairs the man in the business Of
flee answered a steady string of calls.
Nearly everyone who rang up had some
friend whose name he wanted selected
from among the hundreds that had
! been wired in.
Meantime some of those on the side
walk were getting good news John
James. former county clerk, happened
along in time TO see his name opposite
! number $50.
Il told you Ia get within the first
he said to a friend 20 whom lis sqste
! prophesied success a week ago.
what are YOU going 60 do. take Up
a farm?" he was asked
4 guess ! can do well enough up
( there might start county clerks
office" he said.
Coincidence in Numbers.
I Ray Mayor who checks off the
/ electric cars at the corner was waiting
/ for car number % and talking with
/ friend in front of The Herald windows
( Car b came along and he was just
about to turn away. when an eXclama-
: ton from his friend called him back
1 His name opposite numbe 81 faced him
on a bulletin.
Frank c. MoyIe of 1876 Fourth street
was on the ground when his name came
out with number . as its place. MOyle
I is an eX-sOldieT and he registered by
! power of attorney He viii go to the
/ reservation and pick himself a piece Of
! land within the next few days.
Maps began to come into evidence
+ before the day was old and the men
on the sidewalk punched in groups
about those who held them. Some OF
I the lucky ones had no idea Of how to
select lands and these began to seek
/ information at once
An old German woman labored
heavily into the crowd when the after
noon sun was at its hottest. A little
/ girl dragged along at the and Of each
of her long arms She stood patiently
! for more than an hour and scanned the
( names; then turned away. There was
no smile on her w~inkled face.
The name of Police Captain John b
Burbidge was among those in the low
numbers. Captain BuTbidge is in Port
( land now. but the news was wired him
/ by friends in the department. In the
+ list of Salt Lake people who had num-
/ bers beneath 500 are men and women
! Of all sorts. Few of them are home
1 seekers for the sake of homes. Some
Will hold their farms, but among the
winners We're heard expressed inten-
( tions in more than one quarter Of SELL
ing out just as soon as possible and for
1 as much as possible.
Prisoner Draws No. 34f.
{ Walter Kerr. of Woods Cross. held at
the county jail in default of 81 900 bonds.
has some consolation in his plight for his
ticket emitting him 20 file in Uintah was
No 341. Kerr has been in jail only Il few
! days. He was arrested earlier in the
! week for attacking Deputy Sheriff Bur-
/ lingham on the street. following a dis
agreement.