Show opening of uintah lands attracting an army of people to the points of registration for the drawing in august grand junction colo july 31 eight private detectives nave arrived in grand junction to assist the local authorities to keep order in the rush of land seekers for uintah reservation lands I 1 N bunting has issued la matlon announcing the appointment of many special police officers and it is intended to give lawbreakers and criminals who come here during the period of registration the closest attention gambling has been prohibited echt reg straton officers from tho general land office at washington are here a like number at provo and three each at price and vernal captain A H head of the force said today 1 I think we can register 2000 applicants a hay here or tor the eleven working days the oace will be open we expect no difficulty in registering all who have come or will como many coffee houses and tents are being put up for the benefit of the soon ers estimates upon the number that will come fluctuate between and but the steady inflow of early arrivals warrants the expectation of a big rush everything will be in readiness for the opening of the registration tomorrow in all there are abent homesteads to be distributed containing all kinds of land all registrations must be mado in person it the necessary requirements each as being eligible to a homestead etc are fulfilled all persons registering will be given numbers these numbers will then be thrown together and will be drawn at provo utah beginning august according to commissioner W A richards those who think that they aro going into a paradise will be mistaken there Is considerable good land but much 0 it Is dry and little better than other public land that can be obtained without the excitement of a rush after the registration and drawing Is finished the first fifty successful persons will be given a day lo 10 enter their land at the land office at vernal the second day the second fifty will take their turn at entering lands that they are presumed to have selected by personal visit and so on until the whole allotment is exhausted after sixty days of this procedure if there Is any land left it will be open to any one and for entry under any of the united states land laws mineral or otherwise it la expected that the mineral claims will be thrown open at once ater the other land Is taken but this is unsettled yet according to commissioner richards statement |