The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-25
UTAH FORCING !
TO THE FRl|
State Is Now Getting liz ii,
Of H'me-Seeksrs From
East.
LAND OFFICE MAKING
AN EXCELLENT REQal
Demand for Homesteads N..,
Great Things in the y.,,s
Future.

Inc month OF March win g.,
@ any orhef month in the history ~
loca' United States land Office i. y
ol business II the presen, pace {.
up, according to informat,or 3
at the office Friday. Tho h,,e e"sa
20 'ne present time is far ahead :, !
usual business for March i "
homesteaded. fees received ,,s ~pl
made, and the indications az
record FOR business will he ecl,n.., ,ss
d long margin. The month o. -
was a record-breaker In min, a's
ness, there being I'll en,rtss W.,
a total of oyer 10000 acres ~ &
homesteaded, SO far this rron,.
number OF entries is over "ya'n gaa y
OF m the pnon non1h more 10 go before IL Z
me prospects are that the amo,n,
total a good deal closer 10 ina ota0u,a SSa
than TO $4,000 acres, Thor .vvvee sN "a
no doubt at the land offics ,h,, ,hs ~ 70
ord OF February will be far eSesodss es S.s q
Utah Getting Share.
inc unprecedented business n n.
office demonstrates the fac, II t.s. we
SLh people are coming west and 4.
Stah, ior the first time In her bI5s-
IS settins her share Of these hs.;
seekers. Among the entyymen AZ n
oliice lhis month have been do1s,.
people from various parts NJ YSs
who are in the west looking for
to sett e. The enlarged homesssa3 :,
III Titan seems 10 be exactly vss.
are looking for. there being eTesss.
VantaSes on these than can be- fon,a
the land OF any other stata in fhs -.
a demonstration OF the way ~
being homesteaded Is seen In Tie dI,'.;>
between Lund and Modena on tss 80 -.
line OF the Salt Lake Route Win 5.
opening there OF 100000 acres n p
IN that district about a month -
half ago there was a rush whjeS =
resulted In a large part OF the lrzt. Il
inS taken by persons who are ea,s
terms.
Many Tracts Taken.
Twenty thousand acres OF The ~
this district was taken I'D under h. :
larged homestead act when II vas e.
designated and since that there ha, r.
an average of 1000 acres taken ID =
day, ~
Land office officials say ,hep u
been an average OF six entries &
in the district. which has thinn.d T
available iand down 20 q limited Hr-I.
OF tracts. There were some tracts /.
and fifteen miles from the Salt u.
Route line which were not taksa q
announcement was made that the n
Grand Canyon railway was 70 enn
south through the district. When 0I
announcement came, there was a.
for the land and the entire dIstrla =
miles around was homesteaded
There are some sections OF the dsd<
which are mountainous and home;tsz4I
have not made entries on these Z I
said now that practically all Of ths g
trlct has been taken UP. The lasi G
choicest of the district was homaJs1
"Wednesday in the general rush 70. g
district IN which 10000 acres of II
was taken up in four minutes liz
Big Area in Box Elder
In addition 10 the Homestead =
in the Lund and Modena dslEicl4 L.
government has opened the way u ,,
Elder county by throwing opsl
square miles Of land, II was 2n
Captain George L, Hair. OF Tbs ,.
service. Friday. that In the tract l,2
nan OF lIlG IdHU 1de eitutl o1en
up or is not suitable for homess;se;z
The rest OF Il. he SAYS. is suin&
dry farming. He believes that thh
is even better than that in the soas8
end of the state and predicts An ~
settlement OF the district.
In many parts OF Utahs
semi-arid regions, extending over r.,
tically the whole western SIDE o.
state. wonderful changes are pfeI5
during the coming summer. Is -
that In no part OF the United slsS
the change In conditions be so
in such a short space OF time = !.
condition OF land In the dessn
tricts in the western part OF Ol1n. y
The outlook. according to me H
flee officials. Is that the DusihsS y
office will continue TO grow larsg =
rush started in February Win sucs - =
that the record for business was - -
March will break the FebTuaLy r
and IL Is expected April VIII o'saA
March record. -. uus51
The rush this year spsaks " d
for the boosting being done "a
state in eastern lard shows Sr S
means OF literature sem ouI
Commercial club publicity purA1