Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-14
LAND is TAKEN UP IN TRICE
N,Ten Thousand Acres Secured BY
Settlers in Three Minutes.
MANY WERE WAITING FOR IT
Gained a. 1nkIinR from the Faet
that Land Was Recently opened
for Homestead Entries-BiE
Rush 90 Opening.
MANY WERE WAITING FOR IT

OGDEN, Utah, Feb 3.-(special) -Close
to 1000 acres OF land IN Iron county Utah.
was taken up under the enlarged homestead
act AZ the local United states land office
one DAY last week IN three minutes. Il
went at the rate Of something like $500
acres n minute
dds indicates the way the 10000 acres
OF land opened to public entry looks TO
those persons who know t. They want Il.
ana are glad Of the chance to be on hand
early to get some OF IT, Before entering on
II they have to swear that they know
the Character Of the land ana have visited
II. There are also a lot OF preliminary for
maIties to be completed, in the way Of fill
ing out blank forms and the like.
Yet so anxious were these men 10 do
this, and such a bonanza did they consider
the land thus opened up that they had all
these formalities completed. and the affi-
fNavits made out in proper form, and were
on hand before the land office officials
showed up 10 open the doors for the days
business
1t was probably the biggest land rush in
the history OF the local United States land
office and II is the largest designation"
OF land ever made in the state by the gov
eminent. The order went into effect at 0
o'clock and opened to entry over 10000
acres OF land in eight townships between
Lund and Modena. on the main line Of the
Salt Lake route
The land Included in the designation
covers $50 square miles. all OF which is de-
clared to be suitable for dry farming and
upon which the government gives excep-
uonally liberal terms to homeseekers.
Two Kinds OF Entries.
The tract Is opened under sections and
& of he .
grants 800 acres OF land and requires resi-
dence. while section grants the same
amount OF ground and does not require res
idence. Under section there are about
5000 acres offered while the rest OF the
tract is offered under section 2. requiring
residence. C t--.
In the general rush a number Of con-
flicts Occurred. several people filing on the
same tracts. To settle the disputes an
auction was held and the homesteads went
10 the highest bidders The losers had the
privilege OF films on other tracts.
Surveyors Are Watched.
The first ntimation that the land would
be opened for entry went out when the
government surveying party went over the
Fground last spring. People began to sus-
pect that the land would be opened and
the selection OF homesteads was begun as
soon as the land was surveyed
The United States surveyor general then
made plats OF the land and filed these in
the land office a month ago. The law re-
quires that the land be open for settlement
under the original homestead laws pro-
viding 100 acres to the homestead as soon
as the plAts were filed, but to get the bene-
fit OF section of the act It was necessary
10 walt until thirty days from the date Of
the filing of the plats.
The filing Of the plsts was the signal
Cor intending homesteaders 10 get busy.
The news of the designation seemed to
spread rapidly and by this morning the
entrymen we're numerous. There was some
pushing and crowding in tie first crowd
at o'clock, but on the whole the crowd
was orderly. During the morning the entry
men continued to file into the office and
make their entries.