The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-05-29
Two Hundred and Twenty-Five
Applicants for Lands Under
the Teton Canal
BULK OF APPLICATIONS
MADE FOR TWO UNITS
Over a Hundred Thousand Dol
lars Are Tied Up in Certified
Checks in Connection With the
Preliminary Proceedings

Two hundred and twenty-five fl
ings, approximately, several of them
by women, were made Saturday by
applicants for homesteads from the
public lands under the Teton
reclamation project. Averaging the
amount of money accompanying each
fling at $500, there is tied up, in
certified checks, total of 800. 900.
The bulk of this money will be re-
turned to the owners, as but "A of the
applicants can be successful, provided
it appears that there has been filing
for each tract. The fact of the matter
is that Farm Unit b. in section %.
township 1S north, and range IL east.
and Farm Unit H, in section 22. same
township and range, were SO popular
with the applicants that a very large
proportion of the filings are on these
two pieces, they being popular in the
order named. Three-quarters of the
filings were either on those pieces or
on the farm unit tracts lying right
along with them. There were some
| filings in section 6, township ~,
range II.
Land Is Well Covered
AS nearly as could be learned last
evening the filings fairly covered the
available land, but it will be ascer-
| tanned later whether there are appn-
cants for all the tracts. If there are
any which have not been pre- empted
| under the provisions made by the gem
eral land Office they will be restored to
| entry at a later date and notice there
of will be given.
Many of the applications were made
by mail, the morning mail, Saturday,
of the land office people being a small
bag full But in the evening mail
there was not an application. The
land office officials had a man at the
postoffice who Immediately on the
stroke of 4:30, opened the department
mail box to get such applications a.
were therein at that time. He found
none and the only conclusion possible
was that the majority of the people
were afraid to trust in such precise
matter the mail service but instead
had carried their applications in in
person or had sent them by mes
senger.
Had Strenuous Day
There was a wide patronage of the
land Office by those directly interested,
the system of delivering the filing in
person appearing to be thought the
best. The land office officials were
kept on their feet throughout the day
and even the elevator men in the
Miller building contended that the day
had ben a strenuous one. Filing be-
gan directly after 2 o'clock and con-
tinued until very close to the closing
hour
Two men who had promised to file
failed to do so. They arrived at the
land office after o'clock and found
that it was necessary to see the land.
They Immediately started out, saying
they would have attorneys make out
their papers, would go themselves into
the Tieton and return before closing
time. They failed to make it. They
tried hard but had not allowed them
selves sufficient time, and when the
doors were locked. according to regu-
lations,. they were not there.
Drawings on June 5th
The lands filed on Saturday We're
those In expectation of chance at
which 40 people had been in cline
up" before the doors of the land Of
flee for three months. beginning De-
cember 26, which line-up was aban-
doned after a long wait when it be-
came clear that the government had
no intention of opening them for
entry under any of the old regulations
Drawings, as have hitherto been
announced. will be made on the land
filings on June 9Th next. under a sys-
tenn previously explained.