Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-10-25
OFFICIAL MATTERS.
POSTMASTER APPOINTED.

to be credited to the convicts' earning
fund.
NOTARIES PUBLIC APPOINTED.
Governor Otero today appointed An
drew W.. Weist of Cabra, San Miguel
county, and Morris Back of Mora, Mora
county, notaries public.
INDIAN SCHOOL APPOINTMENT.
]. Russell Elliott, of New Lancaster,
Kan, has been appointed industrial
teacher of the Little Water school on
the Navajo reservation in New Mexico,
at $500 a year.
ANOTHER DIVIDEND.
The comptroller of the currency has
declared a third dividend of 10 per cent
in favor of the creditors of the First
National Bank of Silver City, making
in all so per cent on claims proved,
amounting to $6S. 704.
INDIAN SCHOOL RECOMMENDA-
TIONS.
Miss Estelle Reel, superintendent of
Indian schools, in her annual report to
the commissioner of Indian affairs, dis
cusses conditions at a number of schools
which she visited during the past year,
most of them being in Colorado, Arizo-
ma and New Mexico. OF the schools in
this territory she says:
Santa Fe School-A decided i'm
provement is noticeable in the indus
trial features of this school over those
of last year. The teaching of irrigation
il very important in this section, as, in
order to raise anything in the pueblos
in the vicinity, the land must be irri-
gated.
Albuquerque School-This school is
in a generally satisfactory condition. I
the teaching of blacksmithing and iron
work at this school. The harness and
shoe shops were doing satisfactory
work, and the sewing department was
unusually good. I found in this depart
ment three on four times as many girls
learning practical work in mending and
sewing as is the case in many other
schools
DEAF AND MUTE CHILDREN.
Hon. Benjamin M. Read, secretary OF
the board Of trustees of the New Mexico
asylum for the deaf and dumb, Is in re-
ceipt of the official list of the deaf and
mute children in New Mexico of schoo
age, from 8 to 81 years. The list was
compiled under the direction of the di.
rector of the census al the instance OF
the board of trustees of the asylum. The
total number of these children between
s and 81 years Is eighty-three, of which
ty-four females. This number includes
three blind children, who cannot, under
the present law, be admitted to the asy.
lum. There are several others, botf
blind and deaf, of younger age. These
are the only official statistics ever OBJ.
tanned on the subject, and the board o.
trustees can now present in%telligently
the true condition of the asylum, anG
at the same time make such judicious
and equitable disposition of the public
moneys appropriated for this merito'
rious work. 1t is strange that with such
number of deaf and mute children the
deaf and dumb school has never haG
an enrolment of over 1873 children, in.
Guiding blind children and Indians. Ir
the figures obtained from the census
bureau the Indian children who are
deaf and mute are not included.
SPANISH WAR VETERANS.
Map,y trcririao hoxo haar u,o1n va.
Gently from New Mexico and Other
commonwealth at the pension Office as
to the status of claims filed for pensions
by soldiers of the Spanish-Americar
war. Commissioner Evans says thai
the bureau scarcely had time to respond
to all the inquiries, but that the claims
were being adjudicated as rapidly as
possible. He added that some Of the
claims had been delayed by the diff
Guilty in obtaining the necessary official
records at the war department. There
had been filed 34,OO claims on account
of the Spanish-American wal up to
Monday morning, October %. Calls
have been made for evidence in 80, 424 OF
these claims. Medical examinations
have been ordered by this bureau in
1924 claims. The difference between
the number Of claims filed and the num-
Der of medical examinations ordered
practically represents the number of
widows and dependents claims, and
4,237 of these claims have been adjudi-
Gated already. When the division vas
organized having charge Of these claims
all claims of widows and claims for
gunshot wounds and eve disability OF
soldiers were given the right of way,
practically making them special, and
they were promptly ad~judicated. Twen-
ty-ive clerks were assigned to this
work, and, like other divisions Of the
bureau, the work is now practically cur
rent. All classes of claims are treated
alike. as provided by law and the es-
ta%blished practice.
LAND OFFICE BUSINESS.
The following business was transacted
at the local land Office for the week end
ing Thursday, October rs:
Homestead Entries-October 20, Felis
M. Soardo, Gallup, 100 acres, Bernalillo
county; Harry A. Folsom, Gallup, loo
acres, Bernallllo county. October 22-
Pedro Chaves, Santa Rosa, 100 acres,
Guadalupe county; Mathews Periveade
Teritos, Pinos Wells, 100 acres, Valencia
county; Antonio M. Romero, Watrous,
100 acres, San Miguel county; John L.
WATSON, Shoemaker, 160 acres, San Mi
guel county. October 25-Winfield s.
Shippey, La Plata, 100 acres, San Juan
county.
Desert Land Entries-October 9, Jas.
NJ. Owens, Cienega, 32O acres, Socorro
county. October 16-Mrs. Emmie Hol-
brook, Wagon Mound, 100 acres, Mora
county. October 1s-Benigno Ultbatri.
| Wagon Mound, 100 acres, San Miguel
comfy October 19-Angia v. McAul-