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Show IK if RESERVATION . OPENING. I i J Hero aro a few interesting facts, ; jg II concisely stated, taken from tho Den- j 9 I vcr Post, regarding tho opening tho : rt Uintah reservation. W; Registration for homesteads begins W I August . m Registration for samo closes Aug- 1 ij ust is. ryi Public drawing for claims, August J yj Reservation opens August 28. ;j 18$ Selection of lands by thoso winning J H claims begins August 28. Wd Entries by thoso having won and ; E selected homesteads begins August 28. ! ffl Where. t .Jjffl Registering stations will bo cstab- j lishod at Grand Junction, Colo., Provo, ' , lm Price nnd Vernal, Utah. f Si Drawing will dako placo at Provo, b Utah. E: How. . Mj Register, which costs you nothing ml unlo3s you draw a winning number, i P when a registration reo or ?1C is ! Kf charged. J & In ordor to register, you must ap- 1 " $ pear in person at ono of tho above- j!J named registry stations, fill out a ; jfl! formal application blank and rccoivo fi; n certificate of registration, which Hf must bo retained. Ro propnrcd to provo that you nro ffl "duly qualified" that Is, that you aro m a bona fldo citizen of tho United (j ffc States, that you aro ovor 21 years of J nf ago, or If under 21 that you aro tho i IS head of a family. Slnglo women, wld- JH ows, nnd deserted wives havo tho i m samo privileges as men. J ffi You need not appear In person at il tho drawing at Provo. ir you wrn a claim, you will bo notified, and tho 7vlB notlco will sot tho day nnd date by fllM which you will havo to select your SI'S claim and Inform tho Vernal ofllco of JM I Sits situation. This Is called making Other Uintah Facts. Open to settlement, 1,000,000 acres. Number of homesteads, 1G0 acres If 20,000 persons register, only one out of three can win. Cost of claim to those winning in drawing, per acre, ?1.25. Time in which to pay for land, five After fourteen months' residence, you may pay for the homestead. Cost to Irrlgato the Uintah lands, $8 to $10 per acre. Unappropriated water rlgnts on rivers may bo taken up by settlers after claims are selected. Somo water rights aro open to entry. Federal government fixes rates to bo charged for water by canal corn-Enough corn-Enough water available, It Is believed, be-lieved, to water every men of land that will bo opened for settlement. Choicest lands already taken up by Ute Indians. A'loujt one-third of land to bo opened for settlement Is considered of poor Igrado for homesteads. Fruits, vegetables and grains may , bo grown with ease. Crops will not grow without irriga-Valuablo irriga-Valuablo gllsonlto beds, olatorlto deposits de-posits and other minerals aro known to bo on tho reservation, but the best and practically all of these claims have 'been taken up by tho Raven and Florence Mining companies. Mineral claims cannot bo filed upon for sixty days lifter the reservation Tho altltudo of reservation ranges in height from 4,300 to 7,500 feet abovo tho level of tho sea. Tho lowest low-est lands lie on tho cast side, tho higher lands on tho west side, toward Tho Uintah reservation occupies parts of both Uintah and "Wasatch counties, Utah. Vernal, tho county seat or Ulntan county, has a population of 1,000. Vernal Is 300 miles west of Denver and 200 miles east of Salt Lake City. |