The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-30
Vast Amount of Reservation
Land to Be Auctioned OFF
at Provo.
SALE WILL BEGIN AT
GARDEN CITY TUESDAY
Property Is Valuable for Graz
ing and Agricultural Pur-
poses; the Details.

The second largest sale Of Indian
lands that was ever held by the United
States government will begin at Provo
next Tuesday, when government Off
cialS Will begin 10 auction 100000 acres
of lands in what was formerly the Uin-
iah Indian reservation.
The sale will be to individuals, in
tracts that will approximate 100 acres
each, and not more than $40 acres will
be sold TO any one person. No bid of
less than so cents IN acre will be con
sldered, and purchasers will not be re.
CURED to show any qualifications as to
age. citizenship, or otherwise. Neither
residence on the land, nor cultivation
will be required but patents will be is
sued at once.
The full purchase price on all land
bought must be paid TO the official rep
resentatives of tho government at
Provo at or before 1870 clock on the
second day after the sale is made.
While the principal value Of the lands
will be for grazing purposes, there are
many small tracts that may be made
available for agricultural purposes.
james w Witten, superintendent of
ters at Washington, VIII have charge of
the sale, and Will probably reach Salt
Lake City this morning to confer with
local land office officials, before going
to Provo.
Land Officials on Duty.
A. G.. Andrews of the local office of
the surveyor general, and &. T. Spauld-
ing of the office of the register and re.
ccivel of the local land office, have
been detailed to special duty at the sale,
and will 90 with Superintendent Wit
ten TO his temporary headquarters to-
morrow.
All of the lands to be sold arc in tb ,
Verpal Lar | district, and Receiver Don
r. Cotton of that district and his corps
of clerks will be III attendance at the
sale.
Many inquiries have been received
by the local land Office relative TO the
character and description of the lands
TO he sold. and it is understood that a
large number of persons will attend the
sale from Salt Lake City.
The sales are scheduled to begin at
. o clock zach morning, and if any
lands specified for sale on given day
remain unsold. these lands will be dis
posed of tho following day before the
lands specified for sale on that day are
offered. The land Will be sold in half
section tracts, beginning with the north
half of section L. then the south half Of
that section, and so on with the other
sections in the order of their number,
except where entered lands intervene
and cause sales in smaller areas, or in
tracts embracing parts Of other sec.
tionS.
Persons who own lands adjoining
those TO be sold will have the right TO
designate and bid for any smaller legal
subdivision adjoining their lands, re-
gardIess of their area
The dates Of sale and The lands TO he
disposed of on those dates arc as fol.
lows:
Dates Of Sales.
Tuesday, November LANDS in town
ship north. range | cast: townships /.
and south, range ! cast. townships
| and north, range east: townships /.
3, and south. range east; townships
4 and south. range cast.
Wednesday, November LANDS in
townships and south. range | cast :;
township | north, range west: town
ships !. .. 3 and 4 south. range west
and township ! south. range . west.
Thursday November 3-Lands in town
ships .. and south. range . west /,
townships /. > and 8 south range 3 west :
and The north hall OF township south.
range 3 west.
Friday. November i-Lands in the
south nalf OF township 4 south. range ,
west; township south, range , west
and townships /, 2. 3 and south. range
4 west.
Saturday November 5-Lands in town