Show I I DREARY VIGil PROVES USELESS Two Hundred Men and Women Have Long Wait in Street for Nothing Los Angeles Calif Com Feb 19 More than mon men and women who havo have been waiting wailing In line lino since midnight Wednesday to lo file on tho the Ir Er farms at Yuma which will viii be thrown open March 1 I learned tonight that they had spent spoilt days das and an nights In the street fronting the government land office for nothing Secretary of ot the tIme Interior department wired tho the land office oll ce officials hero to today tiny day that he had changed the plan for Cor forgiving forgivIng giving away awny the government sov rumont land and I that Instead of ot permitting entries of ot first come first served It would be bea ben a n simultaneous distribution This Thin means moans a mad mod rush and much excite excitement mont ment on 01 em the entry day da o The secretary r advised time the land office omco to engage a n large lorge hall and there distribute tile the 72 farms to those who manage to get In first between the hours of at S and 9 0 I on the tho morning of o March arch 1 Much dissatisfaction was expressed among the prospective settlers In line when Receiver Robinson announced the time decision The only ones who were pleased were those who had offered as aa a much ns os 1000 for preferred places in line and were refused |