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Show ss::SntaESERVATI0N- I Wrash and absolutely unrc-M unrc-M So mch as" beon llubUshe(1 m 3b,ei egarains the former Uln- IK paPf ,tg 01,cnlng for tab rcservauo" ubHc ,g "fnd S " l f a"' th. T,'lb-MtVC T,'lb-MtVC the absolutely idiotic cry fl ie !J: United States government of- ft lel charge of the open- So reservation and who coii- 0 h!, inn of allotting the lands iacted he 'ma consiracy wlUl ith to apportion the !J o Mrmons, and that oth- h d no chance. To men and worn- 0 f.h 7nv degree of common sense ? ,acv 0f such statements was ap- tef l. it many people are devoid I Wnsp aml prone to believe lCmhcar. Next It was stated time "Vain tlmt the reservation was a iS Vll-larncas. incapable of re- 1 ton. This statement Is as false the oae about the government and LuormonB forming a conspiracy. nl fact is that there is much of as ci land on the reservation as any- Sm in the world, which only needs , cr to make It a garden spot, nnd L Is an abundance of water in the rivers and streams which abound. The Duchesne and Strawberry are noble jrers each with water enough to ir- ritate' many thousands of acres. Then tee arc ranny smaller streams, such I me Fork, Currant creek, Ited H creek, Trout creek nnd many others. He waters of all those rivers and HI creeks are. easily available, and at II moderate expense can bo turned on lie land. A trip over the reservation hboth Instructive and enjoyable. H From Heber to Vernal Is about 150 B illeS and with a g od pair of horses, Eke tko.;c of W. A. Smith of Heber, B the trip across can be comfortably Bnade In four days, giving time for B observations and a few shots at the prairie chickens and other game B which abounds In places. During the B p&st two or thre- weeks all the roads I leading to Vernal have been thronged I by a great variety cf teams, wagons ud pack horses. Some of the home-rakers home-rakers bring their cattlo and house-bold house-bold effects with them, Intending to settle .upon the land as soon as they lire mado their filings upon it. Vernal, Ver-nal, where the land ofllco is situnted, Is full of strangers, far beyond the capacity of the hotels and vnrious lostelrles to take care of. Nearly ov-irr ov-irr vacant spot in the city proper Is tovered with tn,.t3 where tho strangers strang-ers sleep and o it. The land ofllco of-Wals, of-Wals, Messrs. Do Molso, Colton and "Ptain Whnley. are conducting the ork of filing in a most expeditious fa business-like way and to the complete com-plete satisfaction of tho public. Ver-W Ver-W and the entire valley surrounding 'Is a lovely spot, which has beon wnsformed from a barren waste to Productive nnd smiling region af-wing af-wing homes for over 12,000 people, H Providing grain, fruits, hay and all j Pessaries and many of tho lux-of lux-of life, it is a fair samplo of much of the reservation will bo l il Course of a fcw years- Iu Vcr-hllu, Vcr-hllu, aro f"rtcon compajilcs and Wduais whoso business Is to give orma 0n to settlors and aid them S.f'nS selections of land. Tho 2 chnDovc'opment Company, tho D p " ncaUy Company and Hubert bm. ?.ro 11,0 largest concerns en- I CI 1!U "uslness. Tho Wasatch I dred, n,mcnt Co'npany 1ms had nun-I nun-I re LLh 8llrvc,yors and others on tho I lavp , m , for many months and 1 aan-inF most completo charts and I lave mn ,cnl,ro reservation. They 1 tith h w 0 nro thoroughly familiar I leristw .rosorvatlon and its charac-1 charac-1 ttaerai ? oharnctor of the soil, tho I 'ocat nn ?tm," of 1,10 country and tho 1 They rivers and streams. I v,nni i"8 ln ft Portion to give 1 aoinK r , , 10 nia to settlors and nro 1 vcr' largo proportion of tho business. Besides aiding ir,n ,.,. m f01?,?,1'1 tllGi1' land mul mukiu-heir mukiu-heir filings, they also assist K Ing wntor appropriations nnd survov and erect corner posts and mark th'.' boundaries of tho farms. They or thoroughly reliable and trustworthy concern. Those who had the lirst selections chose tho vicinity of tl,c towmhv of Dora, at the junction of the Dudiesn and Strawberry rivers. The s very good there and water almtidnnt I zzn lio hi(i b-noh i, considered tho most do:, rable location. The soil is as good as the best, but it will be more ex-P- nslve to water tl.au Dry Gulch. J tore are plenty of oiher desirable locations for settlers nnd it is no ex-aggornthm ex-aggornthm to suy tlmt within a very few years tliere will b nno mrms anil a large population on tho former reservation. res-ervation. According to the present law loca-oib loca-oib aro required to establish their i residences on their land and com- EIVIMA LUCY GATES, ,lt eit Lake Opera Co. prior to her departure for Who appears with the Salt Lake uper and can bo put on tho land at very trifling cyst. Tlio noxt ftvomblo spot tor locators SfLaUo For.. who U: on tlio Duchcsno rlvoi at tno uih ChMtov DTduloh what is known as monso Improving it on or before February Feb-ruary 28 next. This date should bo extended about thrco months, as there is llttlo time to do much beforo winter sets in, when ln a now country like that It would be impossible for set-ers set-ers and their families to live. If tho mo was extended to the spring or r mmor it would glvo them a K exceedingly likely that this extension will bo granted. |
