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Show THWART PLANS Loyal Americans Can Don't Permit the Theft of the Uintah Reserve. 1 Church Scheme Has Been Revealed in Letter of the Wasatch Strike Presidency. Now that the President 1ms Issued his H I proclamation providing for the opening H I of the Uintah reservation, and fixing tho H dato at August 2S. it behooves tho Gcn- K tiles to act at onco to thwart tho plana of the hierarchy to steal the reserve as outlined In the letter of tho "Wasatch stako presidency to tho several other stako presidencies of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Places of Registration. Registration for theso lands will com- nienco at 0 o'clock a. m. on - Tuesday, t August 1. at the following places: PROVO. Utah. PRICE. Utah. VERNAL. Utah, t GRAND JUNCTION. Colo. 1 Registration will clo.o at C o clock p. in., Saturday. August 12. To obtain reg-1 reg-1 lunation each applicant must appear at 1 onu of the registration places in person, H 1 as registration by mall will not bo per- 1 mlttcd. Soldiers May Have Proxy. v Honorablv discharged soldiers and1 snll- 1 ors of the Civil war. the Spanish-Amerl- cm war and the Philippine Insurrection, 1 who are entitled to the benefits of section 1 2301 of tho Revised Statutes, as amended H by ihe act of Congress of March L 1901. L may register through an agent of their H own selection, to which agent the soldier H or sailor must give a duly-executed power H of attorncv on a blank form provided by H the Commissioner of the General Land of- H tico, but no person can act as agent for H more than one soldier or sailor. Tho full H text of this law Is as follows H Text of the Law. H. Section 2304. Every prlvato soldier nml offl- H ccr who has served In tho army of tho I'nltcd Vj State's durlnr tho recnt rttlwlllon for ninety B rtnys. and whn wan honorably discharged and has remained loyal to tho Government, includ-L includ-L ins the troops mustered Into tho ocrvlcc of 1 j tho United States by vlrtuo of the third stc- fafl tlon of on act approved February 13, 1K3, and M even wninan, marine and ofllccr who has H served In the navy of tho United Statos or In the marine corps durlne the rebellion for L ninety days, and who was honprabiy dls- H charged and has remained loyal to tho Gov- H crnment, and every prlvato soldier and officer H who Ki served In the army of tho United H States durlnK the Spanish war. or has served. 15 curving or Fhall havo served In the said nrmy during the mippreesion of tho Insurrec-K Insurrec-K tlon in tho Philippines for ninety days, and K ivho was or ohall bo honorably discharged; H apd every seaman, marine and officer who has H served In the navy of tho United States or in H tho marlno corps during tho Spanish war, or H who has Bcrved. Is servlnc. or shall havo H' nerved In tho said (orccs durlnK th Mipprcs- B1 slon of thn insurrection In tho Philippines for ninety days, and who was or nhall be honor-H honor-H ably discharged, shall, on compliance with H. the provisions of this chaptor, ax hereinafter l modlned, be entitled to enter upon and re- H eclve patents for a quantity of public lauds H not exceeding: 1M acres, or ono quarter sec- H tlon. to be taken In compact form, according H to legal Mibdlvlslone. Including the alternate H rOMrved sectlcn of public lands along tho line of any railroad or other public work not H olherwlw resco'cd or appropriated, and other lands subject to entry undr the homestead H laws of thn United States, but such homestead H stttlor shall be allowed six months after lo- H eating his homestead and filing hln declarator' H statement within which to make his entry and H commence his settlement and Improvement. H Section 2305. Tho time which the homestead H rattler has served In tho army, navy or ma- H rine cor? shall be deducted from tho tlmo H heretofore required to perfect title, or If dls- H charged on account of wounds received or dls- H nblltty Incurred In the lino of duty, then tho B term of enlistment ehalIbo deducted from thn Ht time heretofore required to perfect title, with- H out reference to the length of time he may have served; but no patent shall Issue to any H homestead settler who has not resided upon, H Improved and cultivated his homestead for a M period of at least one year after he shall havo H commenced his Improvements; provided, that Hl In every case In which a settler or. the public H land of tho United States under the homestead laws died whlln actually engaged In the army, H navy or morino cons of the United States as H private soldlex. ofllccr, seaman or marine, H during the war with Spain or the Philippine H Insurrection, hln widow. If married, or in H case of her death or marriage, then his minor 1 orphan children or his or their' legal repre- H tntattves, may proceed forthwith to mako final proof upon the kind so held by tho dc-B dc-B ccasod soldier and settler, nnd that tho death H fit such soldier while so engaged In tho Ecr- B lce of the United States shall, In the adinlnlH- H tratlon of tho homcstcail laws, be construed to Hr' be equivalent to a performance of all rcqulre- j nientE an a residence and cultlvutlpn for the full period cf Ave years, nnd shall entitle, his r J widow, it unmarried, or In caso of her death Hr ( or marriaco, th'n his minor orphan children ol hla or tbelr legal representatives, to mako final proof upon and receive Government pat- !nt for said land: and that upon proof )ro-H' )ro-H' i duced to the officers of the proper local land fl offlco by tho widow. 1C unmnrrlcd, or In case Hi I of her. death or marriage, then Ills minor or- 1 phrin children or hla or their legal repreeenta- Ht lives, that tho applicant for patent la tho HL widow, If unmarried, or In case of her death i H or marriage, hln orphan children or hln or I their i legal representatives, and that such sol-H sol-H Ofer, sailor or marlno died while In tho Mr- B vjee of tho United States as hereinbefore de- H rcrlbcd. the patent for such land shall Issue. Drawing at Provo. The order in which during the first sixty flay b following tho opening tho registered applicants will bo permitted to mako 1 homestead entry of the lands will be de- l termlncd by a drawing for the district 1 publicly held nt Provo. Utah, commonc- 1 Ing at 0 o'clock a. m. Thursday. August 1 17, 1005, and continuing for such period ns may bo 'necessary to completo tho B.irao Following the drawing the inak-1 inak-1 ing of entries , will begin August 23 at j Vernal, Utah. How Drawing Will Bo Made. The drawing, according to Information from "Washington, will bo under tho su-porvlelon su-porvlelon of three persons from the Gen-oral Gen-oral Land office, who will be designated j by the Secretary of tho Interior. One of these gentlemen will, It Is believed, be tho Cornnilssloncr of the. General Land Identification Card. Preparatory to this drawing the rcgls-1 rcgls-1 tration officers will, at the time of rcg- 1 Istcrlng each applicant who shows hlm- self duly qualified, make out a card, which must bo signed by tho applicant, and giving such a description of tho np-nllcant np-nllcant as will onablc tho local land of-flccrn of-flccrn to thereafter identify him. This i-ard will bo aubscciuently scaled In a sep-arate sep-arate envelope, which will bear no other , distinguishing label or mark than such l j as may bo necessary to show that it Ik f to go into tho drawing Theso envelopes 1 will be carefully preserved and will ro- 1 main sealed until opened In the course of L tho drawing provided for. H'' When Begistration Is Completo. r ' "When tho registration is completed all 1 of theso scaled envelopes will bo brought together at the place- of drawing and turned over to the committee in charge of the drawing, which, In such manner H''- ois in its judgment will be attended with Ulro fairness and equality of opportu- nlty. shall proceed to draw out and opon the pcparato envelopes and to give to each Inclosed card a number In the order in which the envelope containing tho same is drawn. The result of the drawing draw-ing will bo certified by tho conimltlco to the officers of tho district, and will dc-tennlno dc-tennlno the order In which tho applicants may make homestead entry of said kinds and settlement thereon. Notice of tho drawings, stating tho name of each applicant and number assigned as-signed to him by tho drawing, will bo pouted each day at tho plnce of drawing, and each applicant will bo notified of his number and of tho day upon which h must ma-ke his entry by a postal-card mailed to him at tho address given by him at tho tlmo of registration. Tho result re-sult of each day's drawing will also bo given to tho press, to bo published as a. matter of news. Applications for home-, slead entry of said. lands during tho first f lxty days following- the opening can be mado only by registered applicants and in the order established by tho drawing. Must Present CortlflcRte. Onco notllled that ho will he allowed to fllo on a given date, the land-socker, to obtain the allowance of a homestead entry, en-try, must personally present tho ctTtifl-cato ctTtifl-cato of registration theretofore Issued to him, together with a regular homestead application and tho necessary accompanying accompany-ing proofs. Persons who make "homestead entry for any of theso lands opened will bo required to pay therefor at tho rato of 11.25 an ncrc upon making final proof, "but no payment, pay-ment, other than tho usual fees and commissions, com-missions, will bo required at tho time the entry Is made, Tho regular land offlco feo is 311. Disposition of Lands. The total area of the Uintah Indian reservation res-ervation is 2,Uo.W) ncrcs, of which l.OlO.CXO acres has been placed in a permanent forest for-est reserve, 2oO,W) acres has been reserved for Indian grazing lands, 3S40 acres for tho Fort Duchcsno military reservation and approximately 112,000 acres has boon allotted to tho Indians, which leaves only 1,069,000 acres available for entry. Only non-mineral land can bo entered during tho first sixty days, and it Is considered con-sidered that not moro than one-half of tho land subject to agricultural entry will be doslrablo for homestead entries, tipon all of which irrigation will bo noccssary. Americans Should Register. Every American citizen In Utah who has not exhausted his rights' regarding public lands should register his or her application for theso lands. The fact has been mado notorious through tho letter of tho Wasatch stako presidency of how the hierarchy proposes to mass men at tho registration offices, hence It Is the duty of every loyal American cltlzon to aid In thwarting the plans of tho hlcr-arch hlcr-arch and his band. Tho Tribune will gladly furnish any ono with any information regarding tho opening. |
