Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-10-18
OFFICIAL uqTTERS.
PENSIONS GRANTED.


Pensions have been granted to Agapit
Hurtado, Ell Rito. Rio Arriba county,
a month. War with Spain: John Ryan
Fort Bayard, Grant county, S24 month
Harvey G. Smith, Fort Bayard, Gran
county, $24 a month.
THE GRAZING QUESTION.
Hon. l. B. Hanna, superintendent o
forest reserves in New Mexico and Ari
iona, has been requested by the Depart
ment of the Interior TO make another
exhaustive report upon the grazing
question in the government forest re
serves in New Mexico and Arizona
Mr.. Hanna is at work upon the repor
at present.
WESTERN EDUCATIONAL STATS
TICS.
According to the annual report of the
commissioner of education, the state o
Colorado expended during the past fsca
year $423, 1856 for school sites and build
ings and 81 ,635, oil in teachers salaries
Wyoming spent scr ,597 for sites and
buildings and $190,3S6 in salaries. and
New Mexico $l9,279 for sites and build
ings and 1927, 755 for salaries. The total
enrolment in the common schools was
Colorado 1855, Wyoming 14,512, New
Mexico 36,735.
| The value of school property is now
stated as Colorado $7,12s,24O, Wyoming
$685. ,6O7. New Mexico $S50,000.
NCORPORATIONS.
| The Mansfield Land and Cattle com
huany Of California, teday filed incor-
poraton papers in the Office of the Terri
torial secretary. The headquarters of
the company are at Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, and it's field of operation Grant
county, New Mexico. The incorpora-
tors are William j. Mansfield of Lords
burg, Grant county, who is also the New
Mexico agent with Office at dsburg;
John P. Mansfield, Simon n Mansfield,
Edward j. Mansfield, and #. Wehrle,
Los Angeles, California. The capital
stock is 100000 divided into 100000
shares.
The Aztec Oil company incorporated
today, the incorporators being James
Brown, John Arm, Joseph Hoetferly of
Gallup, Mckinley county. Capital 81 900,
900 divided into 1 100000 shares. The
directors are John Sharp, Joseph Hofe-
fferle, Walter Oliver, Edward Hart,
Frank Alsdorf, Fred Natz, Frank
Kraker, Frank Hofefferle. John Arm.
The headquarters of the company will
be at Gallup.
DRIFT FENCES MUST GO.
The commissioner of the general land
office has ordered the summary removal
of a vast fence that is being erected on
a part of the public range in south
eastern New Mexico, just west Of the
Pecos river. This fence is being built
by large stock company owning 80, 900
head of cattle which it desires shall ex-
clusiveIy Craze on this large tract of
public land. Inasmuch as the law pro-
vides that no fences shall be erected on
the public domain and as such fences
operate to exclude settlers and small
stock owners who have an equal right
with all others to these public pastures,
the commissioner says he will not 60 on
record ca, favoring the erection of such
fences nor for granting specified time
before which the fences shall be re-
moved. He favors summary action and
so recommends to the secretary. 1t is
known that if an extension is granted
this company others will ask congress at
it's coming session for legislation permitt-
ing the maintenance of such fences and
there is strong reason to believe the
secretary will not grant such extension.
although apparently for other reasons.