Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-07-13


county.
APPLICATION FOR SURVEY.
An application has been made at tn,
Office of the surveyor general for tn,
survey of township IS south, range l.
east, in Otero county.
LAND OFFICE BUSINESS.
The following homestead entries were
made this morning: Sostenos Romero
of Santa Rosa postoffice, 100 acres ir
Leonard Wood county; Josefa s. de
Rivera of Wagon Mound postoffice, 16(
acres in Mora county; Richard Rivera
of Guadalupe postoftlce, 100 acres in
Mora county.
SANTA FE COUNTY TAX COLLEC-
TIONS FOR JUNE, 1903.
The following collections made by
Colonel George w. Knaebel, collector
and ex-o.iicio treasurer of this county,
for the month of June, 1903, have been
made and paid over to the territorial
treasurer, or placed to the credit of the
proper funds: County, $4,97663; county
school, $1,111.72; county license, $21.60;
school license, 1852; retail liquor Ii
cense, 1862; city of Santa Fe, $1,026.72;
town of Cerrillos, $21.5S; territorial
treasurer, $4,272.44; total $11,524.53.
ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS OF THE MIN
ERs' HOSPITAL.
On Friday last the board of directors
of the Territorial Miners Hospital To-
Gated at Ration organized in that
town. The following members of the
board were present: F. A. Manzanares
of Las Vegas, A. G. Dawson of Ration
DR.. A. r. Streicher and J. Leahy OF
Ration. James G. Fitch of Socorro, de-
clined the appointment as a member OF
the board. f. A. Manzanares of Las
Vegas, was elected president, and A
G. Dawson of Ration, secretary. The
sum of $4,000 is already available fol
the construction of building. 1t Is
understood that plans will be called
for and as soon as approved, construc-
tion work will commence.
DECISIONS. AFFIRMED.
In the contest case Of Casimiro Cha
con, contestant, from Vallecitos, Rio
Arriba county, against Demetrio Ri
bera, contestee, which has been pend
ing before the secretary of the interior
on appeal by contestee from the gen.
eral land office since 1901, the secretary
Of the interior rendered an opinion af-
firming the decision of the general land
office and the decision rendered at the
local land office, which decisions were
both for the contestant, Chacon. Tha
contest involved the homestead entry
Of Ribera for the Sc. IA, Sc. IA, Sec.
II, and the NE. IA, NE. IA, Sec. IA. 7.
35 NJ, r. 8 E., Rio Arriba county. 1t
was contested by Chacon on the
grounds of prior and better rights as
we'll as under the small holdings act of
congress. The homestead entry Of RI
bera remains suspended and he will
have the right to protest against the
acceptance of Chacon's final proofs
when he offers to prove his small hold
ing entry. Benz. M. Read, ESQ.,, APP
peared for the contestant, and A. B.
Esq. for the contestee.
CONTEST FOR COAL LANDS.
The contest case Of 8. 8. McGlbbin
versus Thomas P. Gable for 1870 acres Of
coal lands In township 10 north, east,
|n Sandoyal county, and upon which
the contestant and the contestee have
fled coal decIaratory statements, is in
progress here before the register and
receiver at the local land Office here to-
lay. w. d. Childers, Esq, OF Albu-
luerqua, and G. f. Easley. ESQ, OF this
,Ity, are the attorneys for McGibbin,
Ind Judge w. H. Pope for Gablo. The
contestant claims that Gable has not
improved the land described In the de.
statement according to law,
,ut that the contestant has done so.