The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-06

Enlarged observation-disclosures. IL;
original II
desert Observation-Disclosures. IL
Hihrial entrles ..,'..,......--.,. j
Coal certificates ...........- ....E...... 80
In addition to the agricultural laml
taken the land office broke all records
for coal case certificates. THIS prohabl: !:
was caused by the allowing recently Ly
the government of eighteen entries ncu~
Sunnyside of an appraised value o:
$500 The rotal amount Of coal Ian!
were s220000. These were the apprais
ais OF the land In 1909. when most OF the
entries were made. The certificates,
which were allowed In March were let
land at present is said In be worth oN er
n million and half dollars.
From financial standpoint the .apd
office Jared we'll during JEe mont talk
Ing I'm $3.50 in fees and commissions and
5000 for the sale OF public lands.
The list OF entries on agricultural lands
a 'prophcsy which was made recently
that the present spring would bc n big
one for Utah in The line of settlement.
The Commercial club publicity bureau
ing out great deaf OF literature. This
brought flood OF inquiries regarding the
state. Immediately people became in
terested Then the Chicago and Omaha
land shows were held and the people
were shown By attractive displays wba
the state possesses in the way OF posi-"
bilties,
The state had not counted on any re-
suits from the shows before spring, but
the rush came right after the first of
the year with increasing force. January
Then came February. The shortes, month
OF the year, and broke by long margin
all previous records for that month in
point of business. and March outc!assed
acres OF land. The outlook is that April
will far outciass March. and May Will
be better still
To See Is to Believe,
The people come here at first to see
what the state possesses in the way OF
ports of liberal land terms When they
see the land they Immediately become
citizens OF the state.
The larger part of the entries are made
under the enlarged homestead net which
grants to the homesteader 800 acres OF
dry farm land and does not require resi-
dence at any time. These terms catch
the hardestto please and they. become
Informing friends OF tho wonderful pos
sibilittes here and the liberal terms. No
other state In the union can boast OF sim
liar terms because of the fact that the
nonresident features of the enlarged
homestead act applies alone to Utah:
The result In the western part Of the
grain fields where are now, only broad
stretches of seml-arid land. There is
no chance OF getting water on the land,
but II has been fully demonstrated that
the growing OF grain is possible.
f. d. II. Thompson. register OF the
land office. said Wednesday, that the
business OF the land office Is going far
beyond all expectations. and he believes
the cause is the exploitation which is be-
Ing carried on. He says clerks are kept
busy answering inquiries regarding tho
lands OF the state
The largest rush OF the month for the
land office was that of March %. when
I6 900 acres OF land was taken In four
minutes time. This land, included IN
full township near Modepa. on the
main line of the Salt Lake Route. was
considered especially good and when It
was opened for entry over 400 persons
virtually fought for IL