Show A BOOM I 1 IS N UTAH LAN LAUD A I 1 I 1 14 4 4 e unoccupied Tract sAre B being e i settled up i 4 1 1 I 1 V LAND OFFICE RECORD BROKEN BROKE RO K E I 1 1 I 1 A V I 1 entries during marcet were 4 40 01 ier per cent above last I nat year attempts to extend the dry farming A taking up the bench lands irrigation 1 and hallway projects Prole ct stimulate za settlement yc 4 I I 1 1 never tn in the history of the local I ik and office were there so many homestead and desert entries made as at present the record for march which la Is usually the heaviest month of the year showed an increase ot of about 40 per cn tover that of 0 any previous march and april apri ot of this year Is starting out at a ball which it kept up until the close wll make mak e it the heaviest month in the busl ness ot of the local office i 1 there are several causes behind this rush tor for land one belne being the developing ot of so BO many irritation irrigation schemes hemea Bc aud it Is noticeable that bunches of entrieri are belne being made in one neighborhood these are confined to no particular locality and run from cache on the north down to wayno wayne and washington counties numerous entries are belue made in the vicinity of parowan carowan Pa rowan in iron county and it Is alleged that these en entries tries are not the outcome ot of any irrigation project but are stimulated by the better belief of the inhabitants in the coming of the railroad irom front here to the coast which they feel certain Is in going chrol through agh that county K Z many blany entries are being mafle made on the higher bench lands and running up into the foot foothills bills and these are generally above the line of probable dirig allne lg canals in some localities attempts SM are being made to extend the dry farn tannins ting area and ana many ot of the foothills are capable of such euch culture it Is certain that the lands of utah aro are becoming more imore valuable in the eyes of the homei home i Beck seek erand whether they can be made to produce crops just at present will not deter the homesteader I yesterdays ENTRIES 1 the land entries yesterday were its as col ollowa lows I 1 at aaonzo B meyer mayor ot of beaver desert entry no tor for the south bouth halt half ot of the northeast qu quarter arter ot of section 34 3 township 29 south range ranee 7 I 1 I 1 west T anderson anderaon ot of beaver desert entry no on the north ot of the northeast quarter northeast quarter of 0 the northwest quarter ot of section 34 south halt half ot of the southeast quarter of 0 section 27 and the southwest quarter ot of the southwest quarter ot of section 26 township 29 19 south range 1 7 west f 11 joseph C taylor ot of loa wayne brayne county proof of publication ot of final notice motice on homestead entry no tor for the east half ot of the southwest quarter and west halt half of the southeast quarter ot of section 31 ad township 21 27 south range 5 3 east ia 0 william thompson jr of beaver homestead entry no on the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of 0 section 29 township south range ranee 7 west 1 A y ola N lundquist Lundqu of 0 murray utah bom homestead estead entry no on lots 3 and 4 section E G township 3 south rangel range 1 west j nathan T maxfield Mox field of tyman utah homestead entry no on lot 4 south halt half of tho the northwest quarters quarter a and nil northeast quarter ot of the southwest quarter of section 4 township 28 29 south ange range l 3 east i 4 john 11 warren of terrace box elder county homestead entry no on the eart balf bait of 0 the northeast te rand tho the east halt half of the southeast quarter of section 12 township 1 11 21 north range 16 west 4 robert hampton burke burho of beaver homestead entry no on the west half of the southwest quarter south cast quarter of 0 the southwest quarter and southwest quarter of the southeast louth east quarter ot of section 34 township township 29 south range charlap chadic I 1 la dubols dubois ot of bornest homestead dad entry no on lots 3 and 4 section C U township 11 south range 1 east I 1 solomon anell of 0 Fa inlew san pete county proof of publication in homestead entry no 51 2 10 on the east half ot of the northwest quarter of see sec lion 35 township 13 south range 4 east jacob bushman ot of fairview san pete county proof ol of publication in homestead entry no on the east half of the tha southeast quarter the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter and the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter ot of section 27 1 township 13 south range 4 east cast 1 I A HOMESTEAD CONTEST i testimony was heard yesterday ly bi register Rf groo of the land office in the contest case of T J frank williams vs henry C atwood affecting homestead entry on lots 3 4 and 7 and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 1 township C G south range I 1 west the entry was made by atwood on december B S 1893 and wit williams malies affidavit stating that the requirements of 0 the law have not been net met and that the entry had been abandoned tor for more than six months at one time |