The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-07-22
U1NTAH RESERVATION.
Opening August % information
Eor AomeseekerS.

washington, July 15.-The presldeiiit
TODAY signed the proclamation proVlu-
ing for the opening on Aug rs, ISOo, oL
the more than 100000 acres OF uhallol-
ted lands in the Uintah Indian reserNd-
tion in Utah Such lands as are or may
he reserved prior to Aug. 2S for military
forestry and other purposes, ana sucH
mineral lands as may have oeeh as
posed of under existing laws VIII not DC
subject to entry. 80,
Registration for these lands Will COM
mence at 9 o'clock a. M, Aug L, at
Vernal. Price and Provo, Titan, ana al
Grand Junction, Colo. and VIII cloSe d.
O'Clock o. M, Saturday, Aug. IL. 10
obtain registration each applicant must
appear at one of the registration places
i'm person, as registration by man VIII
not be permitted.
HonorabIy discharged soldiers anu
sailors of the civil war. the Spanish
American war and the Philippines III
surrectfon. who are entitled to the pen
efits of section 1904 of the Revised Stat
1tes. as amended by the act of congress
of March /. 1901, may register through
an agent of their own selectloh' 10
which agent the soldier or sailor must
give a duly executed power OF attorney
on a blank form provided by the COIL
missioner of the general land once Out
than one soldier or sailor.
Drawing at Provo.
The order in which during the first
sixty days following the opening, the
registered applicants will be permitted
togmake homestead entry of the LANDS
will be determined by a drawing for the
district publicly held at Provo, Utah'
commencing at 9 o'clock a. M, Thurs
day, Aug II, 1905, and continuing FOR
such period as may be necessary 70
complete the same.
Following the drawing the making OF
entries will begin Aug. % at Vernal,
Utah.
Persons who make homestead entry
for any of these lands opened Will De
required to pay therefor at the rate OF
SIPS an acre upon making final PROOF,
but no payment, other than the usual
fees and commissions will be required
at the time the entry is made.
The total area of the Uintah Indian
reservation is 2,445,O acres, of which
.01O. 900 acres have been placed in
permanent forest reserve, 100000 acres
have been reserved for Indian grazing
lands, 3,S40 acres for the Fort DucheSne
military reservation and approximately
112, 900 acres have been allotted to the
Indians, which leaves only l,O69, UuO
acres available for entry.
Only non-mineral land can be en-
tered during the first sixty days, and
it is considered that not more than
one-half of the land subject to agricul-
tural entry will be desirable for home
stead entries. upon all of which irriga-
ton will be necessary.
Will Get an Even Chance.
Speaking of recent reports that the
Mormons were attempting to corner
Uintah lands at the time of opening
by Influence with the local land office
officials Land Commissioner Richards
said today:
THE Mormons are not going to con-
duct the opening of the Uintah lands;
neither will any other people or sect.
The lands are going to be opened in
accordance with the law and terms of
the presidents proclamation, and every
man will have an equal chance, be he
Mormon or Gentle. There is to be no
tampering. 1t is to be an absolute
clean, straight transaction. The man
whose name is first drawn will have
the first selection of land, and if he
knows the reservation and is Compel
ent to choose he will get the best tract
on that reservation. Of course if he
is not familiar with the land and makes
a haphazard selection, he must run the
risk. Men familiar with the land are
most apt to get the best lands. The
government will not attempt to locate
any man whose name is drawn; nor
will it indicate to any what lands are