The daily sentinel., 1905-08-02
Quick Work in
Registration Office

tional homeseekers arrived in the
city TO try their luck in the great
drawing for lands in the Uintah res
erNallon. Every train that came in
Yesterday afternoon. last night and
thls morning was loaded with these
homeseekers. and reports from all
points indicate that large increases
will be made TO the registration
crowds with the coming of every
train
Long before o'clock this morning
people were on the ground near the
Auditorium in order to yet as near
the front OF the procession as possi-
Bile. When the registration Offices
closed yesterday afternoon. every
man standing in the line was given
a numbered ticket emitting him to
hold his place, identical with that of
yesterday, in the line of today. In
this way the man who is standing i'm
line when the offices close does not
lose out and be forced to run chances
of getting position as good as his
previous one on the next day.
When the offices opened this morn
ing at 8 o'clock there We're about
400 people waiting. and additions
We're made every few minutes. How
ever, the force of government clerks
at their little tables in temporary and
indiyidua1 stalls in the big Auditor
ium lose little time in giving atten-
ton to each homeseeker.
The doorkeepers (two old soldiers)
admit 20 people at a time and it only
requires three or four minutes for
these 20 to show their affidavits made
out before the notary, answer a few
questions, sign their names and pass
out the west door of the Auditorium
Consequently it is an easy matter for
the clerks to handle $500 people
daily. Every man and woman who
comes to the city need have no fear
that he or she might not have an op-
portunity to register, for in the 12|
days of the registration the clerks
can easily handle at least 10000
double the number expected to regis
ter here
The offices were closed yesterday
afternoon at 4:3O o'clock Over 1 =
200 people registered before noon.
and about 200 in the afternoon. maxi
ing the total registration for the
first day about 800. Hundreds of
railroad employees from various points
in the state registered yesterday. and
many women entered their names
upon the registration books.
1t is expected that the registration
today will equal and probably eX-
ceed that of yesterday. 1t is con
servatively estimated that from 49,
900 to 10000 will register at Grand
Junction during the two weeks,
Although the streets were crowded
last night, there being 900 or 5000
strangers in the city, no disorder of
any character was reported. Fif-
teen police officers patrolled the city
during the night.
The city officials and the Chamber
of Commerce have the situation well
in hand, and are being commended
by the thousands of visitors that have
thronged the city every day for the
past four days for the admirable
manner in which the registration
crowds are being cared for.
Grand Junction has undoubtedly
made a most favorable impression on
the incoming thousands. No regis
tration for the opening of a great
| reservation was ever conducted in
more orderly manner. In order
| to prevent big crowds from gather
/ ing and thereby allowing picllpock-
cts to get in their work, Mayor Bunt-
| ing refused to allow a socialist speak
er to talk upon the street or travel
| ing religious evangelists to preach in
| the business thoroughfares. Several
suspicious characters were arrested
yesterday and last night by the Off
GERS Immediately on their arrival
here and made TO leave town. The
detectives and police keep sharp
| lookout for all crooks.
The visitors are finding plenty of
comfortable rooming and lodging
houses. and no matter how large the
! crowds may grow, Grand Junction
can easily accommodate the home
seekers. The reasonable scales of
prices prevailing in all lines have
called forth the heartiest commenda-
tion.
There are perhaps forty notarles
public in the city, and 1t looks as if
nearly every one is getting goodly
share of the business. The notaries
can only charge a fee OF 25 cents for
making out ahdavits. Nearly every
notary has out workers and solici-
tors. Nearly every one offers some
inducement in the way of refresh
ments. carriage rides into the coun-
try and various other pleasures. No
tary public signs are conspicuous in
every portion OF the business dis
trict. Hundreds of proxies for old
soldiers in all parts of the country
have been received by local notaries.
Many of the homeseekers from
other points in the state who reg
istered yesterday left for their homes
last night. but as the incoming home
seekers increase the crowds in town
are growing larger every day,
The city authorities had their
hands full this morning in running
down a case where man. represent
ing himself as a United States land
attorney. was fleeing people out OF
sums of money in excess OF what they
should be charged. .,
The individual is named j. a. WI
son, and he even did not have no
tary's commission; but, under spe-
cious excuses of locating his dupes
ON lands. he secured anywhere from
les cents to 50 per individual. As
sistant District Attorney Coles work
ing in conjunction with the city au-
thorities and Sheriff Sruthers' noIl,
fled him TO cease work or he would
be placed under arrest.
Persons should guard carefully
about being charged over 25 cents
for the necessary work Of n notary
b There IS nothing needed which viii