The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-02


the fOrty-first cube and located forty
acres. The crowd watched the chart
breathlessly.
Cusswords Once in a While.
Occasionally an explosive d-n would
cut into the air. and these who heard IL
understood some ones first choice had
been filed on. A crowd OF lOcatOrs. who
passed the dope for 80 cents an acre, held
the boards before the chart, keeping
check on the filings and handing out
their best information respecting unlO-
Gated tracts To their clients as fast as
the latter drew. During the first two
hours there We're no offers made for
early selections. and il was expected
a fancy offer would be offered for the
land located by No. !. but he did not
get bid. Later on il was reported $1,000
bonus had been offered for a tract Sc
not brisk offerings for selections evil
IDENTIFY caused some disappointment.
number of explanations We're given. One
was that the town was filled with agents
OF other tracts, who had been able to
satisfy many OF those with whom they
had talked that there Uas plenty Of land
in Idaho that could be gotten without
the the necessity Of paying fancy bonuses.
The absence of bidders. though. was
generally attributed 10 the indscriminate
nature OF the filings
Some Failed to File.
The sun came out brightly during the
afternoon, but the crowd remained as pas
sive as before. The drawing went on I'M
interruptedly and by o o'clock COO num-
bers had been drawn and about 259 had
filed. a few dropped out after $50 had
been reached. AT 800 quite a number
decided they would not file. These
formed in line across the street from
the scene of the drawing and received
their certified checks. Some of the wise
ones viewed these Withdrawals from the
30 NIT 90 aHrid If co
isfactiOn that it checked the movement
to pull out. AS a matter of fact, after
5000 acres had been filed on. the very
best land had hardly been touched. al
though much of that nearest Twin Falls
and skirting the proposed railroad line
from the Twin Falls tract TO HOLSTER
had been taken, much of il for specu-
lative purposes.
Bonuses Paid.
Up TO this point comparatively few set
tiers on the Twin Falls tract had drawn
numbers. They then began to come in
and as soon as il was discovered that
those who were on the ground and knew
what they were getting did not hesitate
10 take land at some distance away from
the town and the railroad the strangers
began 10 come back and file. A bonus
of 81 zoo was paid TO Yakima man FOR
a quarter-sectiOn taken by the man VINO
drew No. 80. Later a Colorado man paid
81 600 for the filing made by No. SO. and
$500 was paid for high number There
were several transactions at lower fig
ures. These transactions served notice
on the crowd that the sequence of the
selections did not have preponderating
relationship TO the value of the land. The
drawing was continued after dark, but
il will be a day or two before the busi-
ness can be wound up. Ii is freely pre-
dicted that the entire tract opened today
will be disposed Of almost as fast as the
contracts can be written.
Funston Out of Luck.
A great many of those who were dis
appointed in not securing today lands
they had previously examined have gone
back to the segregation to cruise other
lands still open. General Funston is one
of those who believe his number is nailed
10 the barrel. 1t had not shown up at
closing time tonight The general an
nounces ne will come back when the
next tract is opened, To satisfy his ap-
petite for land in Idaho he purchased
some business property in Gooding to-
day.