Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-01-10
EDITORIAL NOTES.

|. NHltt tue htndtt Is lIylHk 10 prove
that the Rio '"ande Is a dry stream
the government is trying to establish
the claim that the river is navigablc
A description OF the undeveloped no
sources, mineral and agricultural. OF
New Mexico. would make larger and
more reliable book than the Beverldge
report
Bradstreet, the man OF facts and
figures, tells us that the year which
has just closed WAS tho best year OF
all" That Is to say II was by far the
most prosperous year that the country
has ever known.
During the war with Spain this terri.
tory sent i.i95 volunteers. OF this
number 535 were members OF Colonel
Roosevelt's regiment, and the remain
der were parts OF the First Territorial
regiment and the Thirty-fourth infan-
try.
The El Paso News has changed
owners. Felix Martinez and j. NJ.
Hawkins having sold the paper to G..
w. Kindrick. The News is one Of
the best papers in the southwest. and
under the able management of Mr..
Kindrick it will be greatly improved
At the port of New York since
January l, 1902, the exports of gold
aggregate S26,6lS,S70 and silver SAL
$50 800, against s51,S64,ifO gold and
| siS 1861, 1874 silver in 1901. The decline
in silver exports is In part explained
by the payments in London of the
Chinese war indemnity, which
amounts, all told, to s3l5,o00,000.
The st. Louis Globe-Democra is op.
posed to the admission of New Mexico
on account of the character of the
population of the territory" There
Is large per cent of Mlssourians To-
Gated in this territory and the Globe
Democrat probably refers to them.
That paper has insisted for several
years that Missouri is hardly capable
Of self-government, and the boodler
exposures in st. Louis gives proof in
that direction.
owners of property are growing less
numerous in Massachusetts each year
in proportion to the population of the
state. In 1890 there were 271, 707
persons assessed for property against
$50, 1888 for poll tax only. In 1902
there were 331,S54 property owners
against 59s,o56 without property. The
former were nearly 10000 less than in
1900, and the latter nearly $4,000 in
excess OF the plumber existing two
years ago
To Arizona United we stand; di.
vided we fall
New Mexico has been trying to get
statehood since 1850.
This city is the best site in New
Mexico for extensive lumber mills.
| The battle for statehood for the
territories began in the senate this
afternoon.
On New Years day New Mexico had
1858 900 cash In it's treasury. During
1902 the territorial debt was reduced
ss4 900.
Thomas b. Reed was truly a great
man. He left a simple will in which
there was no provision for cutting any
body OFF.
New York city's bill for printing,
stationery. and supplies 1t not far from
81 100000 year. Her total budget is
close TO 500, 900
Ex-Governor Murphy, of Arizona, has
returned to Phoenix from Washington,
and says that the odds are against the
passage of the omnibus statehood bill.
A Virginia woman who hunted forty
three years for her husbands grave,
has just found it. 1t is to be hoped
that. being positive, she will now quit
worrying.
New Mexico was named by Espejo
in 1881. On all the old maps II is called
the kingdom OF New Mexico and joins
FLORIDA on the east" There was no
Louisiana then.
Since 1896 tventy-seven states have
been admitted into the union. Only
one % these states, Utah. had larger
population than New Mexico at the
time of It's admission.
New Mexico last year was fourth in
railroad building. Indian Territory,
Oklahoma and Texas only exceeded
this territory In number OF miles OF
new road constructed.
The output of precious metals for
the past year is not far from that OF
the previous year. which was record
breaker. All things considered, the
yield is very encouraging.
i The last session OF the United States
senate was devoted to the woes of the
Filipinos. This session is to be used
for villifying and slandering the people
OF New Mexico and Arizona.