Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-07-25
OFFICIAL MATTERS.
Land Office Business

Land Office Business.
The following homestead entry has
been hled in the United States land
Office: Felician angel OF Puerto de
Luna, 100 acres in Leonard Wood
county, being the southeast one-fourth
of the northeast of section 81. 4. 8 N,
x. 23 e.. and the southwest one-fourth
| of section 81, same T. and r. as above
and the west one half of the southwest
one.iourth OF section 32. same T. and
r. as above.
interpretations.
Articles OF incorporation were filed
in the office of Territorial Secretary
J. w. Reynolds for the Empire Min.
ing and Milling Company. with CAPT.
tai stock OF Sl,00O,0OO divided into
shares OF a par value of 81 each. The
principal Office OF the company will
| be located at Hillsboro, N. NJ, and the
ncorporators are Frank +. McConi.
hay, Vicent KAISER and John Gardner,
all Of Hillsboro. N. M. The purposes
| OF the corporation are given To carry
| on and do general mining and mill
ing business by extracting and reduc.
| ing minerals OF every kind from the
Empire mine and ming claim situat.
| ed in the Las Animas mining district
| Of New Mexico, also OF all mining
| claims that may he acquired: to buy
and acquire mills. smelters etc. anu
to erect maintain, operate and mort
gage same; to acquire mines, mill
sites. water rights and all necessary
transportation facilities and to convey
same to others; to acquire construct
and maintain wagon roads pipe lines
reservoirs etc. he corporation Is to
live .ty years.
Contest Cases.
The register and receiver OF the
United States land Office will today
take up the contest case OF Leonard
Skinner VS.. Francisco Monies. The
land involved is 100 acres OF coal
lana, being the sw. one-foprth OF sec.
IL. TON, ROE, in Sapdoval county.
The contest case OF Geo. w. Green
VS.. Solomon Spitz. being so acres of
coal land described as the southeast
one-fourtb OF the northeast one-four,. Il
and the northeast one.fourth OF sec.
8. Tl6N, RIPE.
, Land Office Business.
Saturday the following land sales
. were recorded in the United States
land Office: j. p. Connolly of Santa
Fe. 100 acres Of coal land In Sandoval
county. being the northwest quarter OF
section 8, T. 10 ~, X. 8 r. The price
, paid was 500 per acre. or a total OF
S., 200.
, The following desert land entry was
, filed yesterdaymorning Margaret M
Spratt OF Wagon Mound N. NJ, 16O
acres in Mora CO.. being the east halfo,
, the northwest quarter. and the north
half Of the southwest quarter of sec
ton 33 4. % N. X II Il. Price paid
was $l.25 per acre, or total OF 5000
Territorial Funds.
, Il Territorial Treasurer j. II. Vaughn
has received the following funds
, From Charles o. Leach, collector and
, ex-officio treasurer of Roosevelt coun
ty, taxes for 1902. $9s569; John C
Plemmons, collector and ex-officiC
treasurer of Sierra county. taxes fol-
, 1902, $2,44097; A. A. Keen, public
III
, land commissioner OF the territory
from sale Of public lands, 81 1903. fol-
the following funds: Palace income
/, fund, $50; common school fund. 81,
243,4O; insane asylum income fund
$3.50.
National Guard Equipment.
II Is announced at the war depart
, ment that all acquisitions made by
governors OF the different states and
territories for supplies and equipments
for the organized militia OF their re
spective states or territories will be
: charged to the annual allotment oil
funds under section 1861 OF the revised
statutes, unless II is specifically re
quested that the requisition be made
chargeable to the provisional allot
ment OF the s2.000.000 under the acI
: OF congress approved March 2, 1903.