The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-06-24
UiNTlH RESERVATION
PARADISE FOR HomgsTEAoERs
Registration at VernaI, Utah-Draw-
ing to be Made in September.

Denver. June 21.-The Republican
prints the following interview:
The Uintafl reservation lands which
vii be opened to the public for draw
ing are the finest that have ever been
offered to the people of this country.
enthusiastically exclaimed G. J. Car
penter. president OF the Grand juno
ton Board of Trade, yesterday after
noon. Mr.. Carpenter is in Denver max
ing arrangements with the Colorado
Midland and the Denver & Rio Grande
railroads regarding the transportation
OF prospective settlers to the reserva-
ton.
There will be so 600 persons regis
I tered for the entry in September" con
,inued Mr.. Carpenter, and of these
some Ii 900 will make fortunes; that is
TO say, from 81 500 to s25 900 each
According TO Mr.. Carpenter. who is
officially representing the Grand juno
tion Board OF Trade. the opening of
the reservation, while not of the SEN
sationai sort Ike that of the Oklahoma
lands. belonging to Uncle Sam, will be
the most profitable to those who draw.
/ OF any that have ever been given out
/ by the government.
When the Grand Junction Board Of
! Trade learned that there was TO be a
drawing. il was resolved Immediately
that on account OF the unusually yalu-
BILE nature of the lands, an attempt
/ be made to prevent anything like a
rush and that. instead there be a
drawing which would insure everybody
fair chance.
With this view In mind, letters were
sent to President Roosevelt and the
secretary OF the interior. with the re
suit that the drawing system was es-
tablished. Registration may be made
any time between July 18th and Sep
| tember ist at Vernal. Utah.
Nernal is 40 miles northwest OF
Grand junction. The most practicable
route from Denver is by the Colorado
Midland or the Denver & Rio Grande
to Mack. from whence there is the Tin
tab railroad. a narrow gauge route and
an automobile stage.
Persons who register must do so In
person, but need not be present for
the drawing The land is of incal-
eulable value" is the way Mr.. Carpen-
/ ter puts IL. He has been all over it
and knows every inch OF the ground.
THE land is every bit as good as the
/ Grand valley" he continued. and
you know what that means with val
/ ues ranging from 81 600 TO 1880 an
acre. People can raise all Colorado
+ fruits there. apples. pears and peaches.
Then there is gold, although nobody
I knows how much. This is all outside
OF the giisonite beds. the value OF
which is inestimable. Gilsonite sells
I for $50 ton and the vein is three feet
wide and 500 feet deep. as has been
+ learned. without finding the bottom,
and miles in length.
| why. in Nernal they just throw
I the gilsonite. which is a form Of hard
ened petroleum. on the street. and
t leave il for paving. II makes the fin
/ est roadbed In the world. Then talk
about water, The Duchesne river Is
+ larger than the Grand. There is
/ plenty of water for 750. .000 acres. Trib-
utaries of all sorts just flow In all di-
rections.
"There are 100000 acres waiting
I for the hand OF the husbandman and
OF these. 250.O00 are ready now. The
river will supply the rest with water.
/ Outside OF the wonderful agricultural
and horticultural possibilities and the
gold. there is copper in plenty. Talk
about opportunities, Why, it is a para.
disc; that's ali"