Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-08-15
OFFICIAL NOTES.
Internal Revenue Decision--Cour Of
Private Land Claims.
HOMESTEAD CONTEST DECIDED.
on AN INSPECTING TOUR.

on AN INSPECTING TOUR
A. r.. Frederi ks, inspector of post
offices. with headquarters at Las Vegas,
Is In Santa Fe on official business. He
has just returned from a trip inspecting
postofices In Rio Arriba and Taos
counties.
INTERNAL REVENUE DECISION.
In response to an inquiry. Interval
Revenue Collector A. L.. Morrison has
received notice from q. w. Wilson,
commissioner of internal revenue Of the
treasury department, that retail liquor
dealers should be informed hat they
cannot compound beverages such as
Tom and jerry egg nogg' and
punches in advance of orders thereof.
even though they are not put up In bot
ties or jugs for sale, without involving
themselves In special tax liability as
rectiiers in View Of that decision OF the
United States court"
COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS
The United States our Of private
hand claims mel at 2 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon at Santa Fe, and took up the
hearing of the sitio de Navajo grant
claim, a case that possesses many in
tteresting features because of the fact
that the land claimed lies entirely with
In the CebOleta grant In Valencia coun-
~. wthich has hitherto, under decree of
this court, been confirmed, and since
said decree, has been patented and par
tltioned to numerous private owners
Hon. NJ. $. Otero and others are claim
ants OF the Sitio de Navajo grant. They
are represented in court by Colonel r.
W. Dobson. Ex-GovernOT Prince APP
pears for certain owners OF the Cebol-
leta grant, and f. w. Clancy for other
owners OF the same grant, while United
States Attorney NJ. @. Reynolds and
Assistant Attorney w. H.. Pope are
looking after the interests OF the gov
eminent.
HOMESTEAD CONTEST DECIDED.
The register and receiver OF the
United States land office at Santa Fe,
received from the general and office a
decision in the contest case of TOWNSHIP
OF cerrillos w. james NJ. Rodgers. af-
nrming the decision of the local land Of
flclals In behalf of Rogers. The latter
made a homestead entry on lands In the
suburbs of Cerrillos and when 1t came
TO make final proof A. l.. Kendall, clerk
OF the Cerrillos board of trustees, filed
his affidavit of protest, claiming that
the land was within h corporate limits
OF the town. The M officials found by
the evidence In the case that the town
site of Cerrillos has failed to show that
It has or ever had any right under the
laws Of the United States to the tract
In dispute; n the entry and proof of
Rogers be accepted, that certificate is
sued to him and that the contest
brought by the tow of Cerril-
los be dismissed. Tn commissioner
states that the Cerrillos TOWNSHIP Is on
private land-the Dlkins patented lands
and that none of the public and en-
braced within the corporate limits has
ever been entered under the townsite
laws. The town will nave the same on
troll over the territory embraced with
In IT'S corporate limits after patent as
before, and the issuance OF patent on
This entry win not interfere with,
abridge. impair or ~jeopardize the rights
of the municipality or of any individual
The land comprises 160 acres situate
southwest of CerTillos, lying mostly
within the corporate limits of h town
and Is valuable. Hon. c. Il. Easley. at
torney for Rogers, wired him to com'
and make his hnal proof. Patent viii
be applied for at once.