The daily sentinel., 1905-08-11

The 1900 mark was reached and
passed yesterday at the registration
| Office in this city. The total for the
day was 1851, which. added to the
total for the eight preceding days,
runs the grand total to l2,1S3.
Today's total will equal and prob
ably exceed that of yesterday, and
tomorrow will be a good day; con
sequently the total registration for
Grand Junction will exceed $4,000,
and will probably reach $4,000.
The Offices closed promptly at
4:30 yesterday afternoon. No one
was in waiting at the time the doors
closed.
The greater number of those reg
istering yesterday registered during
the forenoon and during the last two
hours of the afternoon things were
pretty quiet at the Auditorium.
The trains for the east last night
carried the greater portion OF the
homeseekers who were in town yes
terday to their homes.
Provo still Leading.
No report as to the registration at
Provo yesterday has been received
though a special states that the to-
tai for yesterday would be in the
neighborhood of 1000.
AT Provo Wednesday .955 people
registered Grand Junction leading
that point for that day by nearly 800.
On the whole Provo is still ahead OF
this city and 1t is very probable that
Provo will lead in the final wind-up
by more than 500.
Grand Junction has run remark
ably well compared with Provo when
it is considered that all the points
are in favor of the latter city.
Teamsters Must Make Affidavit.
Senator Smoot of Utah, who took
up the matter of securing the admis-
sion of teamsters travelling with reg
istered parties to the reservation, re-
ceived a telegram yesterday from
Captain Hall at Fort Duchesne, stat
ing that he had instructed the sol
diers to permit such teamsters to en-
ter the reservation. They must, how
ever, go before a notary public and
make affidavit that they are going on
the reservation for no other pur-
poses than that as teamsters, giving
their name and the names of the
persons for whom they are driving.
The telegram further states that reg
istered applicants for land going into
the reservation for the purpose of in
spection will be permitted to take
members of their family with them.
Richards Don't Know.
whether people are permitted to 90
on the land lately withdrawn from
entry and set apart as forest re
serve, for the purpose of prospect
ing. Commissioner Richards was
asked the question yesterday at Pro
vo He stated that he did not know.
He had nothing TO do with the for
est reserves, the reclamation service
or the geological survey, and he dia
not want to say that men could or
could not go on the reserve to pros
pect. Mr.. Pinchot was in charge OF
the forest reserves. and his rangers
were in immediate charge of the
land embraced in this reserve. Com
missioner Richards was of the opin-
ion, however, that this forest reserve
was like any other forest reserve,
That is as far as he cared to state
The only logical conclusion 10 De
drawn from this, provided 1t Is ike
other forest reserves and the same
rules govern. is that men can 90 on
the reserve and prospect, and locate
mines. as they can do on other for
| est reserves.
Maps Not Completed.
The maps of the portion of the
| reservation subject to entry are no.
vet completed: that is, maps showing
| the portions of land allotted to In
| dians. reserved for the reclamation
service. selected by the Raven Com
pany, etc Until they can be oD-
| tained persons who go on the reser-
vation 10 select land are at great
disadvantage. The land they select
NAV be a portion of that withdraw
from entry. OF course, they can Ee
a general idea of the lay of the land
but so far as selecting a quarter set
! lion for homesteading. provided theN
numbers are drawn early and they
have choice of the best land, that Is
a matter Of a great deal of uncef-
LaInty. -,
The maps with the sections OF land
that can be entered viii be mere ne ~ =.
week There will not be enough LOT
general distribution, but at the time
Of The drawing each persons VINO
draws a number that entities him 10
Iand-the numbers for which ther'
ie sufficient land enable the holder TO
gat a ouarter section-will be sup
nlied with one of these maps. ana
he can then go on the reserNa'l2il
md make his selection between lle
time he draws and the time ne -
: rooufred to enter the land at Neih'l'
This time will be at least ten day
, those having high numbers Will nave
lonper time. The date when en-
E tries begin at Vernal is August Is,
and the first III settlers will have
from the 17th to the 2Sth to select s.,
their land. III entries being made
each day at the land office Thosg
Who go on the land between now ana
b the time of the drawing Will nav
some advantage in the general know +
edge obtained of the topography o'
i, the country, character oI soil GU
1 hut that is about all.
Marked by Stakes.
4 ... q. .5,rapfowp that tluSI