The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-06
WENT OVER THE
THOUSAND MARK
Increase in Registration at Provo
Yesterday.
SLIGHT INCREASE AT PRICE
DECISION AFFECTING VETERAN
SOLDIERS.
Especial to The Herald.)

lStratlon increased, and by the time the
Office closed 1883 had registered, an
increase Of 40 over yesterday. and a
total registration for the office during
the week of 6,5I4
The Proctor academy office. being
more centrally located, has done the
bulk of the business so far The reg
istration today in the Parker school
was only 156. The fact that the regis
tration is no heavier than can be at
tended TO in one Office has decided Com
missioner Richards to close the Parker
school office for the rest of the regis
tration period, and commencing with
Monday the Proctor academy Office
will be the only one running
Three Clerks to Be Relieved.
Three Of the clerks, Van B. Norwood.
F. =. Machler and r. H Dalton, will
also be released, and viii go to Port
| land on a leave of absence, after which
| they will return TO Washington. There
viii be no lack of opportunity TO reg
lister on this account If the crowd of
applicants should increase so as to
make it necessary the clerks viii work
longer than the regular hours, from
9 o'clock TO 4:30 o'clock, and If addi-
tional help should be needed extra men
will be employed. or clerks brought
here from some of the other offices.
Soldiers Can Use Agents.
Commissioner Richards rendered a
decision that old soldiers could be reg
istered through an agent by the use
of other than the official blanks pro-
vided such blanks were exact copies
of those supplied by the government.
The proclamation provided that hon
orably discharged soldiers and sailors,
entitled to make entry, might present
their applications for registration
through an agent having a power OF
attorney on a blank form provided by
the commissioner Of the general land
Office. A strict construction of this
provision would prohibit the use of
any blanks except those obtained from
the commissioner of the general land
office. 1t having been learned that
there have been furnished to many old
soldiers blanks which have been print
ed by private parties, and which were
exact copies of the government blank,
it was decided to accept them, as to
have refused them might have pre-
vented some of the eX-sOldiers and
sailors from being registered.
Soldiers declaratOry statements can
not be used for registration purposes,
as they are only used in making an
entry
Morning Registration.
This forenoon registration fell below
that of yesterday forenoon, only 6SI
registering by noon today. There were
more people on the streets. however,
than any day of the registration since
Tuesday Mark McBee of Howard,
Kansas, who has been at all the In
dian reserve openings, gives his opinion,
founded on experience. which has been
uniform in all the openings, that peo-
pie from distance will not come till
towards the close of the time set for
registration. The reason for this is
that they want to remain till the draw
ing and by coming late will not have
so long to wait For this reason he ex-
poets quite an influx of people from the
east a few DAYS before the 18th. He
knows personally of a number who win
come from Kansas. with the intention
of registering and being present at the
drawing, and then if they draw a
favorable number to push on to the
reservation through Provo canyon and
Strawberry valley, which is the most
pleasant route into the reservation, and
will enable the prospective settler to
examine the land while en- route to the
land Office at Vernal and be prepared
when they reach Vernal to enter land
they have selected.
Erroneous Idea.
A statement has been published,
based upon what was, probably, a mis-
taken comprehension of a statement
made by a government official who was
here before the registration com
menced. 1t is that an applicant who
draws a number emitting him to the
selection of land in the reservation, and
fails to enter the land at the VernaI
y
of selecting land on the reservation
after the time in which those who have
drawn numbers are required to enter
land under the privileges conferred by
the drawing He would not lose his
right to make homestead entry of other
lands by reason of such failure. but
would be barred from taking any of the
land remaining on the reservation, by
reason of having. had an opportunity
to do that under the drawing, and failed
n a "a of I'm
This question was submitted to Com
missioner Richards, for an official
opinion. He said that he did not believe
that such would be the case, he could
see no reason for it. The disposition of
the land by drawing was only for the
purpose of disposing of the lands in
an orderly manner. and to prevent
violence among those who sought to OBJ
tain rhe land. and if an applicant who
had a right to enter the land under the
drawing did not choose to take ad-
vantage of this right, but preferred 20
wait till all who wanted to enter land
under the drawing had done so, and
take his chance with what land might
be left. he would have the right to
homestead land on the reservation as
well as on any other part of the public
domain.
Clerks Going to Portland.
Ralph c. Clinton. Alex Wilson and
w. 3. Newman. the clerks who were
renewed at Grand Junction on account
of the small number of applicants for
registration. have reported to Com
missioner Richards here. and have gone
to Portland for vacation They will
so from Portland 70 Washington
Some of the notaries public are get
ting busy pushing their trade They
so on the trains to meet incoming pas
sengers at some distance from Provo
and take the applications for registIR-
ton on the cars, SO that the land
seekers, when they come to Provo. need
not trouble the slow nOtarieS who re-
main at their Office OF their stands
on the sidewalk.
Lawyers Leave For Reservation.
Attorney A L. Booth of the city.
Joseph r. Murdoch and William BUYS