Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-09-12
the PUBLIC DOMAIN.
liver a Million Acres In This Terri
ky Entered During Fiscal Year.
INTERESTING FIGURES PRESENTED

During the fiscal year ended June 80.
1908. tbore were entered under the
federal land laws 1.0S2.12S acres of
the public domain in New Mexico, an
area exec sdins that OF The state of
Rhode Island asd almost equaIing that
of the state of Delaware. or his area
46s,196 acres were taken up under the
homestead act, representing over 1900
entries. Under the desert land act
74.5S5 acres were taken up; under lien
selections. 377 $3.50 acres; under the
mineral land act, 2,40s acres; under
Communication, $50 acres. while the
territorial selections amounted. to 167.-
COS acres. The Roswell land district
leads with 635.319 acres taken up: the
Clayton district Is second with 262 ,49S
acres; the Santa Fe district third with
12O,S22 acres. while the Las Cruces dis.
trct is last with GO 4s9 acres.
Among the counties Chaves leads
with 354,l31 ceres segregated from
the public domain; while Union Is sec
ond with f47.iA9 acres and Eddy a
close third with 1i7.440 acres. Then
come the other counties In the follow
ing order; Roosevelt. 1f4.262 acres !:
Colfax. 50 .565 acres; Quay. 44.262: Lin
coin, 34.250; Taos. 80. $50; san Miguel.
S4o25; otero, 29,350; Mora. 2lG65:
Grant. 1901; Leonard Wood. 1885:
Socorro. 1887; Valencia 10. $50: San
te Fe. 5,S59: Dona Ana. $3.50: Sierra.
51S9; Rio Arriba. 4.ig9 Bernalillo. g..
S3l; Luna, 1894: Sandoval. 2.477; San
Juan. 2.0i0: Mckinley. 1876.
As 10 homestead lands taken up. the
order OF the counties Is not quite the
same Roosevelt leads with s6.642;
Chaves coming second with 67.i49
acres, and Eddy third. with 49.5li
acres Then come the other counties
as follows Union, 47.03s; Quay. A..
70S; Colfax. 2S.s06; Otero. 1928;
Mora. 1905; Lincoln. Is. 445; Grant.
15.150 San Miguel 15.145: Leonard
Wood. 1900; Socorro. 1888: vaien.
cha. 9.l7l; Santa Fe, 5.5ss; Sierra. T..
OO9; Dona Ana. 1890; Rio Rrriba. a..
2s2; Bernalillo. 3,G7l; Luna. 2.400:
San Juan. $50; Mckinley. 1895; Ia,
os, 500; Sandoya. 30S
Leonard W BOD lies in three districts
those OF Clayton, Santa Fe and Ros.
wei The following counties lie In
two land districts: Colfax. Mora and
San Miguel In the Clayton and Santa
Fe districts; Roosevelt in the Clayton
and Roswell districts; Socorro In the
Santa Fe and Las Cruces districts
Valencia in the Santa Fe and Roswell
districts; Otero in the Las Cruces and
Roswell districts or the other coun
ties Union and Quay are In the Clayton
district; Bernalillo. Mckinley. Rio Ar
riba. Sandoval. San Juan, Santa Fe and
Taos. the Santa Fe district; Dona Ana
Sierra. Luna and Grant In the Las
Cruces district; Chaves. Eddy aud Lin
coin In the Roswell district
Although the land entries during the
last fiscal year amounted to over a
million acres. yet almost fifty million
acres of the public domain In New
Mexico still remain open to entry
Nevertheless, the time is measurably
distant when the splendid public do
main will have passed into private
ownership or be included In forest oil
other reserves.
If the present rate OF the segrega
ton OF the pubic domain is kept ur
II will be less than fifty years before
New Mexico must put up the sign
mo more free homesteads