Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-14

WAS $4,000, 900 pounds. The stock In.
dustry stands second only to agri-
culture a. q wealth producer and as a
mainstay Of the people u the terri
tory. The vast public range, the
many acres ia alfalfa and the better
Ing of the grade OF stock have placed
the stock industry 81 q prosperous
basis. admitting o. future growth End
improvement,
The commissioner OF public laacs
reports that from January 4, 1903, TO
June 30, 1903. there have been leas-
ed 1888 school sections at rentals
amounting to $4.635.30. The number
Of leases OF common school lands on
file In the department on that date
awaiting approval was 81, represent
Ing a rental OF $1,213. 60. During the
same period, institutional lands 10
the amount Of l5,124.96 acres were
sold at s6i,5S2.32. while -four leases
with d rental of s7s.40 were executed
The receipts Of the office from March
10. 1903, to July %, 1903, amounted
To $7i,1l527 Of which $7i.729,3h have
been deposited 10 the credit Of the
various funds, s96l.12 represents the
expenditures OF the office. while $l,-
424.S0 Ii the amount OF cash on nand.
The report OF the acknowledgement
showed the strength OF the National
guard on June 30, 1903. to have been
sgs. He says:
Great difficulty Is experienced
al the principal railroad towns In the
territory in organizing and keeping up
military companies, on account Of the
opposition Of the labor unions"
The reports OF the district clerks OF
the five Judicial districts, as well as
the clerk or the territorial supreme
court. show that q large number OK
cases was disposed III during the year,
and that the appeals from the lower
courts were comparatively few, ex-
hibiting d confidence In the territory's
Judiciary that Is well deserved.
ast,.. .anorto ~ ma varln.,. aduoa.
tional Institutions maintained by the
territory show an increased attend
ance, In fact, the eagerness OF the
young men and women Of the terri
tory and adjoining. even distant, com.
monwealths TO attend them Is such
that all OF these institutions are
crowded for accommodations. and
large additional expenditures will
become necessary In the near future
for the election Of more classroom
buildings. dormitories and other
much needed structures. The College
III Agriculture and Mechanic Arts Is
gaining national prominence for its
course In Spanish and Spanish stenog
raphy. us graduates IN those branch
q heing In great demand in the col.
onial possessions OF the United States
and IN Mexico, while the University
Of New Mexico is gaining fame for its
Chronological researches. The other
colleges also are maintaining u stand.
ard that places them abreast OF simi.
lar institutions In the older %centers.
Of learning.
The commission OF irrigation re-.
ports that Of the lands granted by
act Of congress-, approved June "a.
Ilsas, for the establishment Of permas
neni water reservoirs. etc, the com
mission has approved contracts In
sulying about 100000 acres 81 land,
and applications are pending lnyoly-
Ing AZ additional 1000 Q acres, Fifty
thousand acres OF arid lands have
been reserved by the commission
under an expected contract for the
reclamation thereof by means OF AT.
tesian water. 10000 acres have been
reserved for sale and for reservoir
enterprises, and the remaining 3O0.0 900
acres. including the 100000 granted
under the said act OF congress for the
improvement Of the Rio Grande, have
been received by the commission for
applicants under rights Of pastarage.
al Of such reservation having been
applied for and rcquisition made for
lis selection upon the United states
land commission.
Governor Otero says 81 statehood
This II a subject Of paramount III.
%terest 10 the people OF this territory
now, as Il has been for the last fifty
years. during which time efforts have