The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-27
LAND SEEKERS
WAIT IN LINE
Score of People Prepared to Stand
for Three Months or More
for Teton Homesteads
ACREAGE THEY HAVE IN
MIND NOT YET OPENED
But the Belief Is That 1t Will Be
Restored to the Public Some
Time Before the Opening Of
the Next Irrigation Season

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Twenty one men and women are in
line at the door of the United States
lond office in the Miller building
awaiting the opening of public land
under the third unit of the Teton.
The land has not yet been restored
to entry by the government and 80
| far as officials here know there Is no
particular reason for the lineup at
this time. There are some two or
three thousand acres of land to be
| restored and there is an assumption
| that 1t will come back to the public
the coming spring. There is also a
belief that Its restoration will come
automatically with the announces
nent that water is ready for delivery
to land holders under the Tieton
ditch. II there is nothing more to
the situation than appears at present
the lineup will continue for another
three months
There Is No knowledge
H. Y. Saint and Captain Stcinman
of the land office, Engineer Swigert
and Chief Clerk Gullickson Of the
reclamation service, United States
Jones and others who might be en-
pected to know something about the
restoration Of the land are in ignor-
ance concerning 1t. The first man In
the lineup was J. e. See of 400 South
First street, laborer, and the second
was Howard J. Bruff, a laborer of Ii
North Second street. Neither Of these
men wound talk. One of the men In
line said. John H. Brun, the attor-
ney, started this thing. I don't know
whether he knows anything or not
We all know there is land to be re-
stored and II we wan<s any Of it. nov
that the lineup las started. We must
Estay with it. expect that we viii
have a long wait"
Make an Agreement
There were twenty-one people ir
line last night and they had Lfrtved
at mutual agreement each to re-
spect the right of the other. Ale,
Miller has placed two rooms at the
north end of the hal. of the fifth floor
of the Miller building at the dispose
of the land seekers These rooms are
opposite to the rooms Of the land Of
flee. One will be for the women II
the lineup and the other for the
men. Last night the men were ar
ranging for decentralization of a tele;
phone and for cots and such com.
forts to tighten the tediousness Of then
Iwait.
Names of the Walters
Those who signed the agreement
are the following: John See. Howard
Bruff, II. F. Ayres, II. II. Jones, Johr
Ward, Orval Wilcox. Mrs. S. A. Graf
ton, S. p. Fairbanks. c. Il Riggle
Viola Seiber, Frank Riggle. G. G.
Moore, ]. III. williams, w. r.. Parker
r. A. Grant and lady, Frank @. Kap
pelman, Charles r. Shelton, JOSEPH
Pivard, c. II. Bruenn and f. I. Beers
Those in the line last night SPOKE
enthusiastically of the manner II
which Alex Miller, proprietor of tn,
building had acted to insure thei
lcomfort. and they pledged themselve
ito act in every way within their pow
err to make their long stay in thu
building as little as possible of al
Inconvenience to Mr.. Miller.
The Line liz Growing
| BY 10 o'clock last night there wer
I27 people in line, most Of whom wer
4 wide awake and In cheerful spirit
over the prospects No one expresse,
4 la desire to rid himself or herself o
Iany inside information as to the rea
son for being lined up, but confidenc,
Twas everywhere shown.
The hallway looks like u roomin,
house during the time of a rush, will
facilities Inadequate to accommodate,
all with rooms. Those in line wer,
so pleased with the generous action o
Alex Miller the owner of the buildin;
in which the land office Is located
that they last night prepared the fol
lowing document for general publica
ton:
Thanks for Hon. Alex. Miller
Whereas. a great number of home
seekers are present waiting In lin,
at the United States land office dooi
at North Yakima. Wash; and
Whereas. because of close quarter
for such a number the executive com
lmittee Of said lineup has caflec
upon the owner of said b1ilding II
which the said land office Is located
seeking to rent from him two vacan,
offices for the convenience of the ap.
lplicants, especially for the women In
line; and
Whereas. the said owner, Hon. Al
exander Miller. upon learning of such
need and desie of his fellow citizens
freely granted the use of such vacant
offices for such purpose. refusing
rental for same:
Therefore. We. the. people of said
l"llne-up' do hereby, Wish to express
our appreciation OF Mr.. Miller's kind
ithoughfnmess by publicly thanking
ing him.
(Signed) THE LINEUP.