Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-09-26 | Page 11 | Land Rush Forestalled

LAND RUSH I Congress President to Parrel Par Par- 1 eel rel tc Out Land lu in North Port Per Por- ct cat t b by Lottery Washington Sept 2 25 The The The spectacle of ot an time old old land rush at it the tie OpenIng openIng open- open Ing log to settlement of oC the North Platte Plate forest reserve In Nebraska on October 1 wont toh today when tho the Sen Sen- ato ate passed tho tile House bill bi empowering the President to proscribe the lottery later method of or parceling out tho the land President Taft TaCt restored acres of oC the reserve to the tile cla class HI of oC lands lundA subJect sub SUL to entry effective e on October 1 n It was waa di discovered co that th thore re was wa no method teth- teth meth I od of or opening re restored land to settlement settle ment except b by the old method setto- setto of til- til rl- rl lowing osing settlors to rush In Time Tho interior department thought that method too dangerous T Tho Timo 10 new law will wi apply to tho thu oP open opel nIng n- n I ing Ing of or all ni restored land