Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-04
NEARLY NINE HUNDRED.
This Number Registered at Provo
Yesterday.
Especial to the "News,D

Especial 70 the news, :
Provo Aug, 4-The registration yes
terday was very quiet affair." al
though It exceeded the previous day by
70, making the number registered yes.
terday 500 and a total at the close OF
the day Of 4,55s, The applicants were
mostly from Utah towns, Salt Lake,
Ogden, Bingham Park city and other
places north and south, most Of them
coming In on the morning trains, and
leaving during the day, There were
also persons from the east and from
adjoining states. Some Of these are on
their way to Portland. and others are
here to remain tin the drawing, when
they will go on the reservation II their
numbers arc favorable.
The registration offices open now at
o'clock in the morning, and win close
at $50 IN the afternoons till the end
OF the registration, unless crowd
should make II necessary TO keep open
later which does not now seem prob
able, In spite OF the fact that there
Is so little doing at the registration Of
fees during the day there is a crowd
waiting at the time OF opening IN tho
morning, probably because the appli-
cants have nothing more exciting to do.
DINNER AT OLMSTEAD.
Last evening Commissioners Richards
and his corps Of clerks, together with
Senator Smoot. state Senator Loose
and some other prominent citizens.
We're the guests Of Mr. l.. l.. Num- for
dinner at Olmstead The party went
MP on a special train In the evening,
returning at II o'clock. The visit was
a very enjoyable one, and the Washing
ton visitors, who had not previously
been at Olmstead were delighted with
the trip, the beautiful little village and
the invigoratlng mountain hreezes The
dinner also was greatly enjoyed. and
the big electric plant, which was q SUR
prise TO many OF the visitors, clio
tied most favorable comments.
PROFESSOR" REGISTERS.
Prof" Robert Allen Mulhatten.
pamist, chairyoyant, pyslognomist. as
tr0loger, rOsecrucian, etc, is here
and has registered for the drawing He
says he is going ON the reservation n
he draws a chance for land and II
not he is going to prospect He is quite
a prospector, himself he says, but not
as good as his brother. The "profes-
sor' Is well known I'm every state and
almost every town Of any size I'm all
the Rocky mountain and coast states.
He has been making periodical visits
10 Provo for % years, and claims 10
have been IN Utah 40 years ago. which
is probably true The most remarkable
thing about the man Is that he has
lived so long and 81 apparently no
worse for the hard life he leads than
he was % years ago.
He claims 10 have been a professional
pedestrian and that is no doubt true.
lie walks Ike one. and as he has TO
do a great deal OF walking, his ability
stands him IN good stead In the days
Of his pedestrianism he trained John
Wilkes Booth and other we'll known
men In the exercise, according TO his
story. He has remarkably good
memory and viii tell the same story In
the same way not only several times a
day, but after an interval Of years.
VIII he go on the reservation? n is
not probable. If he does he VIII not
remain long In any part Of It when
prohibition prevails. He Is opposed 10
prohibition in principle and practise,
and believes springvIlle would have
been a much more prosperous city II Il
would license the liquor traffic.
TRIBUNES GOOD WORK"
A visitor from Colorado and a Provo
man were talking over the registration
yesterday at the Hotel Roberts The
Provo man expressed surprise that the
number Of applicants was 50 small
compared with other openings. Tho
Colorado man said. 1T doesn't SUI