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Show OPENS IHMENSC MLLARB TRACT With the opening under the enlarged en-larged homestead act of more than 250 square miles of land in tho Millard Mil-lard county district between Lund and Modena on the Salt Lake Route yesterday yes-terday at 9 o'clock, one of the biggest big-gest Innd rushes In the history of the Salt Lake United States land office is on. The land, Which is said to be suitable suit-able for dry farming, was surveyed some time ago and plats were formally for-mally presented to the land office by the surveyor general a month ago. Tho law provides that the plats shall bo on file a month and then the land tlirown open for entry. Since the filing of the plats hundreds of people peo-ple have visited the land and selected homesteads. Not all tho land is to be opened under section G of the enlarged homestead home-stead act, which includes the non-residence non-residence features, but a large pare Is. Tho rest Is Included under section sec-tion 2, which grants to the homesteader home-steader 320 acres, but requires residence. resi-dence. Expect Rush on Section 6. It is on the section 6 land that the rush Is expected. This land Is all the way from a few hundred j'ards to several miles from the railroad and Is said to contain a good growth of sage brush, which Is an indication that 5t lc fnnrl -fnr Hrv fnrm5n? Tl i; Eald yo be free from alkali and other substances which might hamper successful suc-cessful cultivation. The designation of the laud is tho 'largest ever made by the government in the state, It is said, the total acreage acre-age amounting to more than 150,000 acres, included In eight townships. As soon as the surveyors began the surveying of the land last spring people peo-ple began to select homesteads with the result that many thousands of acres have been Inspected and aro ready for tho filing process which look place yesterda. There will be many who take up land under section 2. having planned to reside on the ground in pnrts where wator for culinary purposes and for limited irrigation ir-rigation can be found. Strong Demand. it has been possible for people to settle on the land, before it was surveyed, sur-veyed, under the squatter's right, but thoy could g't but 1C0 acres each and there woro many more favorable places In the state for the taking of land under these conditions. With 320 acres In each grant an no residence resi-dence required, the conditions are changed and there is a great demand for the land. This was brought about by the surveying which has made possible the taking up of land under the squatter's right In tracts of 320 acres. The law requires tho squatters squat-ters to .fil their entries when tho land is designated and thrown open for entrv. The h.ud io bo opened is said to bo very level, corresponding to tho ground all through that part of the country. Its proximity to the railroad makes It especially desirablo. Tho sagebrush Is said to stand several feet high in many places and the rainfall rain-fall is said to average over twelve inches each year, which is sufficient for drying farming. Must Plow Tract. In tho parts of the district opened under section C of the law it is not possible to got water for culinary purposes pur-poses and for that reason the establishment estab-lishment of a residence on the land Is not required. Two years Is given to cultlvalo forty acres and five yoars to cultivate half tho tract, totalling 1C0 acres. The government does not require re-quire the cultivation of the enllre U20 acres, although it Is said the law Is laid down under the supposition that the entire tract is to be plowed to conform with scientific dry farmlug on semi-arid land. Above Lund, near MUford, on tho Salt Lake Home, is another large tract of Innd, Including S0,000 acres, which was dosigned las spring. Of this, practically all tho choicest has been taken up. Homesteads have been established as far as twenty miles from tho railrond. The most of tho homesteaders are Salt Lake City people. With, this land taken, the government govern-ment Is providing the new tract, which Is Bald to he bettor than that near Mllford, inasmuch as the sagebrush sage-brush is bigger and the rainfall great or. Tho soil is a sandy loam with a sprinkle of gravel. About fourteen mlle6 east of Lund a trnct of tho land was opened some timo ngo and a number of Salt Lalw City people have takou tracts there. Tho new designation is said to bo of land of a similar oliaractor. Doocrlptlon of Land. The land to bo opened under ecction ' G of the enlarged homestead act is described de-scribed iis follows: . All of sections J . '19, 21i, 125, 2U, !0, 31 and parts of sections 115 and 24, township :,2 south, range J4 west; all of sections 1, u, 1, o c, 7, S, 0, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 38, 10, 20 and 30 and parts of sections 21, 21, 25 aud 2G, ! township 35 south, range 3 7 west, part of section G, township 35 south, range 14 west; all of sections 1, 3. S, 9, 40, 11. 32, 13, 14. 15, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 2S 29.-31, 33, 34 and 35 and parts dt sections 7,. 17 and 20, town- ship 35 south, range, IS west; all of sections-3. 4. 5. G, 7; 3, 9. 30, 15 17, 38, 19, 20, 21 and. 30 and -parts of sections sec-tions 11, 13, 14, 23. ,20, 29 and 31, township 35 south, anse 15 west, all Salt Lake meridian: - The rest of the townships and three others adjoining are opened under section sec-tion 2 of the act, requiring residence. .nn |
