Show i n on Opening of Uintah I dian Reservation Fortunes Great and Small A it Many When en Presidents President s AlloWs Mineral and ul tural Wealth of This Vast t pJ Domain to be Develop a aI I t H t Facts About Uintah Reservation c 1 The amount of l nd Is apP ima tel SOS acres of a little littleover e over will be e required for t tIt I It 8 estimated that the reservation will support population of 9 lot I IThe The climAte compares with that of SKIt Salt Lake valley with witha and 58 derees 4 a mean verge average temperature of between 45 The reservation averages tift fifty mlle mIe In width eighty eight miles in 4 length The best beM land In the reservation is found In the bottoms and benches in the eastern portion and is of light Ioni for grains t tand and vegetables of aU alt kinds Little is definitely known of oC the resources of oC the reserva resena but there are abundant evidences of hydrocarbon and kindred de deposits deposits posits Prospectors believe that gold and copper are to be found The registry lists and will be open to all qualified residents of the United States male mIe or female orr oer the Age ge of 21 years Jears and per perSons t sons under that age who are heads of families J t 4 44 4 4 4 4 44 1 T IS SAFE to 58 sy that no federal 1 J I government enterprise or I undertaken in the hIstory or of U i istatt hood has meant as much to her heras I a as the con coming opening of the ration eIthe In point of I diate or prospective value alue and Certainly there has be 1 none Which has tj so generally aroused the in tf rt st of as has thi throwing Pen to of acres of land Uld of d r There has I n hardly a week during th past six mouths months in the pub has not made inquiries of the press I or 01 the federal o regarding the pha phaes or of the opening When ii 1 is taken into consideration that the of the rESer reservation tion means means with within ith jn in the next few years an expenditure fo r the h nd iid alone or of over 1 x lid d probable acquisition in during a like period of tens or of an 8 some idea of the immensity of tIll tIu proposition and of Its Import to c can n be gained Description of Reservation Some q q the big tract f bout to be opened will iII be apropos ways and means ineas of r registering tiling and settling on the reservation ti ts are re The Uintah Indian reservation ill be thrown open for settlement tp q 1 1005 is H a tract of about ity miles and eighty eight inn miles Ion bug in north Utah Here are aN I found some of the high highest t in the I state stat indeed ther the reservation is iR bor on all tour Cour sides by mountain I the no north th p ly the Uintah i ion on the west by the Wasatch and on I IthE thE south and east by rugged spurs of 1 these ran ranges es i Timber lands are found in the north I ern cm and western lw portions and in the I mountainous dl generally pine cedar abounding In the lower I benches and bottom lands there are I Immense tracts suitable for stock mO k farming while hile in iii the vicinity or of Sand nd Farm reeks jn in the upper Du country countr it c le t lud str ft ff TI The Indians have mYe already demon del tO on a mall scale Je what the bot bottoms bottoms toms are of producing and have ban the Salt lak vall valley farmer fanner has been able ahie to do Aside ide from the and grazing lanos Janos there Utere is good re reason son to believe that with the n rn of Park Pit ity to the reservation there wilt will some someday day be developed mines of cC great value Already there has bas been talk of gold copper prospects while hile the hydro I arbon resources have ben been long known knon to exist reel oal has nas been taken from portions or of the reservation and u used for Cor years Water to be Han HarJ in Plenty The cost of reclaiming the ly arid or of the ill be slight as PI lenty t of ter it Ia at I hand ad it can be edsil easily utilized amid I C in gravity ditches wherever I desired the n mention of the unlimited o iter supply another of the great pos for this section of the state stater r tomes mes to light Railroads are sue sur Ed through the reservation and ith railroads will come Incentive to 4 build When this iuie ime man many believe it wilt wll be in a will hive have the adan advantage e of cheap water ater waterpower power In the course ourse of an Interview on the United Stat States Civil ChU Engineer Hubert D Pa Page e who he sur led K a lar large t of the r reserva ra raHon lion Hon for the government and aho no has bas Issued ma mus And Information to the reservation in iA said Mid The Thc or of the reservation are wonderful It seems to Me e that the of a life time are here The Theland land Lind is suitable for men into with small pluck and vitality to ce I hemsel yes valuable and homes A men man with a family Should have at ka t or Its equivalent and sni the themore more he has the belt better r of course It may be e eighteen months before on on can aHu from his ero crois and lie should hould have sufficient f funds to buy the aries f for r that length or of time me The out n t should consist of a s an of oC ho horses harness and w wagon on cow and chickens nd JIO IQ to OO Mr Page also expressed an opinion that there would be a demand for labor Jabor of buildings canals breaking imp o of lAnd He ad advised d dall all b however to be prepared for b by that meaning nb that sort rt of oC currency will m help belp along the ft fe few months of settle nent Way to Get In InHere inHere Here ar are a t for Salt Lak pra and ad in the central mart of the state regarding the best t nay to go to lo Vernal for the purpose of r Salt Lake to 10 Price via fa t the Rte Rio Grande We Ve tern fht railroad tart lure is From Price tl Ii YE Vernal a distance of ninety miles Uie hp stage stag fare round tri trip is It It fa kes two days to make th ernal trip The map issued by Mi Ir Page In addi to a mpr of oC the r reservation pro prospects t c climate i ate ete c has hs some valuable advice for travelers b by team desiring to go to Uintah ration This follows by t the so south th should come via in Price from the east via fa Vernal and from the w west st via ta Heber The road from frum Price is traveled by freighters and a stage line which carries the United States mail express and ano p passengers There is alp alfiP a tel phone line from Price to Te The I Ista sta stage e rare fare from Price to Port Fort Duches Ducheane j jis is 10 a aIn I In going from Ht Heber ber take the road i ite to te Daniels canyon and keep the lower I reed across tb the reservation to the Duh Duehesne ne river then follow the road across Blue bench Other roads are I usually steep and unused and are suit suitable suitable able only for light rigs or saddle horses Haying Having landed at Vernal where is located the States government land office the proceeds to register The There re is no fee attached attach to this the applicant declaring simply his intention of participating in the federa distribution Advantages in Bein Early o One J point must be borne In mind first person to re register ister has absolutely no advantage over the last excepting that being belliS first tirs on the ground he ma may have an aim opportunity of looking over tHe re erva lion for the purpose o 0 familiarizing him himself with the tract he would like to enter ent ITe He fa may gain an intelligent idea of where it would be bt heat t to locate in case he SHOULD be I one of the first half dozen but b being in first fint to register b by no means en ensures ures that he will be tJi lucky one whose hOS right it Will be to make the initial en entry entry I try When a turn urn comes he may make his oh tile the land he wants wanta in any amount from fort forty to acres so bug as Itis It is Q and conforms to the legal subdivisions of the govern n mont nt sections When the land is alt all exha exhausted those who are unlucky enough h nOt to have ha had their names or of oC course coune get left or literally ta take e to the hills foi there ther wilt It t l land to bit bu ca Methods Likely For Opening UntIl P President issues his hi I prod proclamation am HUon it will il not be known oC lly what hat ethod will be adopted lii In opening the h reservation but there is no to believe that the ther r regulations will be radically different from those which have governed the opening of other reservations In or order order der that prospective seH settlers rs may gain some me ideA of the regulations which have obtained in other openings in re recent I cent years th the following excerpts are made from Pr President proc proe proclamation opening to entry and settle mont the Rosebud rt reservation South Dakota Jul July The period of registration In this ease case was for foi eight Comm day and ten daYs were allowed to lapse after the registration be before before fore the opening of th the rt B By substituting for Chamberlain S SD SD D commencing at 9 i a n Thursday JUly S S 1 the words Vernal tab commencing at 9 i a m in Frida Friday Sept 1 isi HS In i the first paragraph of the f following excerpt from the governing the Ro Rosebud ebud reservation prospective ap ma may gain a fair air idea of the conditions governing in the Uintah opening The follows The order in which bleh during the sixty da days following the opening the registered applicants will be permitted to make homestead entry of the lands opened hereunder will be by a drawing draing for the district pUblicly h held ld at ChamberlAin S D commencing commencing ing at t a mo Thursday July Jul S S 1904 and continuing for such suh period as may be to complete the same The drawing will be had bad under the and immediate ace aice of a committee of three persons w WhOSe integrity is sue such as to make I their onti l of f the drawing a guar guaranty ant anty of its The members of this committee be appointed by bythe bythe the secretary of oC the Interior who will prescribe compensation for their PrePAratory to this drawing the r officers will at the time qt r r each cant who bo SOS duly qualified make out a a rd which must be I signed by bJ th the and giving iving such a or of the applicant as aswill I will m enable the al land officers to toI thereafter him This card cardwill rd I will be subsequently in a sep separate separate arate envelope which will bear no other distinguishing label or mark than such I as m may be to show thAt it itis itis is to go Into the drawing These The een en elopes will wUI be carefully preserved and I remain sealed until opened in the course of the drawing herein provided I When the is or of these se sealed led envelopes will Sill be i brought together at the place or of ling I ing and turned over to tb the committee e I itt ht the dp wing who In iii such I manner as In fn their judgment wilt will be attended w with h Ure fairness SS and equality or of o shan shall prOCeed to dra draw out and open the separate in en envelopes and to give to each card a num number er in the order in which the envelope e cOntaining the same is drawn The result of the drawing will willbe willbe be certified 10 11 the to the of the district and will deter determine mine the order in the applicants may make homestead entry of said lands and settlement thereon e of the drawings stating the name or of each applicant and number assigned to by time the drawing Will Willbe bt be po posted ted each eRch 8 day at the place of oC drawing and each applicant will be notified or of his number r and of lne he dB day upon which he lJ must make mak his hilS entry by st a postal card mailed to him at the address given by him at the time or of registration The result of each days drawing will wUl also be given to the press to bE published as a matter of news Applications or entry of said lands first sixty d days Js t tie e opening can an be made only b by registered applicants and ana in order b by the drawing Q notifIed that he will be allowed to hUe le on aghen a given date the land I ACRES Of LAND I Ifor for I fi fiB B r I y o f i Nr Op the ear J iii b li B iGo r I I t r 11 t 5 I U M T 1 I I I t tK t K C 0 1 N L Lc c i 1 j jEc Ec EcI L I I f H 0 1 V T q 5 I I h or I I 41 cir 1 U T A I I N T r Ta I a z 0 A I I 1 I 1 I Is II H I s ne I C r D 0 N NJ J rJ L 1 K f 0 1 t I Geor c RO Per kiJ I Mi Hydraulic O d P fl cus 1 z c a i 1 N I seeker to obtain the allowance of a I homestead entry must personally pre present sent th the certificate of registration theretofore issued t to him together with a regular homestead application and the necessary accompanying proofs and mAke the first pa payment or of I 1 per acre atre for the land embraced in his application together with Uh the regu regular Jar lar land office fees The regular laud land office fee is 14 The price for land on the Rosebud reserva reservation reservation tion was 1 an acre The price on the Uintah reservation per a acre re Is 1 It ItIs Itis Is believed that the inItial payment re required aill ill be about iO O cents cent An acre atre Therefore to obtain a homestead entry where JG 68 acres are arp de desired the applicant cant would have to pay down 04 leaving 8 to bl be paid to the govern government government ment on easy terms tenus An discharged soldier or sailor Milor ma may file his declaratory state statement statement ment through his agent who can rep represent resent but one soldier or sailor as in inthe inthe the matter or of registration Should conditions which have gO gov governed previously govern here it is re rea reasonable to presume that the registry period will begin about the first week in August closing of course Sept I 1 Whatever the d dates tes the they will be short shortly ly made known knoll as the general belief is that the presidents proclamation will be issued before July 10 |