Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-27

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cost one OF you i single cent or /
minute OF time, and / don't suppose
you know when IL was done. Steadil!
Mr.. yeeder, Captain Fort, Mr.. Alphon
50 Hart and myself have been fighting
your battle In the courts. First | dc
cided your rights and was then EN-
ployed BY your county commissioner
10 fight this battle TO the end. ant
through five different courts your hat
Tie has been fought and II has beer
fought out for you my friends, wher
your rights were In danger, when yot
were about TO be turned out OF youl
homes. and In tho end, In the supreme
court of the United States il wa de-
cIded that this grant belonged 10 The
town of Laa Vegas. What does 4
mean when 4 says y belonged ID tht
town Of Las Yegas2 Does Il mean thii
town over here recently organized
does II mean the town of Los yigiies
or The upper town ~ Id1H Alamog d
sapeilo Or Tecolote. IN that what II
Inenas? II takes il lawyer 10 deter
mine that question, You have yoai
opinion about II. but right &C the ban
of this court. not BY You. but by t't
Judge, that question must hi letter
mined. And | will tell you whas they
meant when they said town ri L.as
Vegas. they meant the community ii
Las Vegas, they meant the people ri
Las Vegas from end 10 end, from sife
To side. they meant yon men who are
here, they meant the men who are mt
here; that II what Tx meant by 9ha
town OF Las Vegas and | bell aia that
that ID the view of Judge Mills. / am
not authorized 10 speak for him, |
think him d good lawyer, and / know
ho Will decide with you for that Ii The
law Of the land and IL he does decide
that way, and he has decided that
way already, how can you be more
safe than In his hands.
This grant question has been III the
courts for more than fifty years, and
now when II Is settled and YOUR rights
determined 40 yoi want To nnsettle
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A word about the reservoir. nm.
derstand Don margarine Romero is
opposed TO constructing tho reser.
yoif. and do not want To- misunder,
him on that subject. / want to
ask You, turning to Margarito Ro.
merol, are you opposed ID the making
q this reservoir Mr.. Romero an.
sWerod yes | am opposed To II \ IIe
makes answer that he is opposed 10
the reservoir. The board OF trustees
are trying to have this reservoir
constructed and have procured the
government 70 make d survey of tho
reservoir site about five miles from
This Town There IL every reason
@ believe that II We do not re into
9 state Of confusion here, that the
government will build this reservoir.
Y y not proposed or Intended to take
water from the sapello or Call
that any person III entitled il.
Neither the hoard nor the government
'euld do that II they wanted 10 do so
ami they fa not want III take any
water already appropriated by sci.
lers. Those of You who have taken
water through bitches arc cntftl.
q 70 II by law and cannot be dis.
nrbed In Your rights These rights.
his appropriated water. cannot be
aiken from yot and no one wants
q take them. There Ii however, Il
arge amount Of waste water from
he overflow In time of freshets.
ihich. without interference with the
lights OF any settler. can be taken,
arricd into this reservoir which i'll
! proposed to construct. and thereby
en- thousand acres Of land or more
mn be brought Into cultivation, III
lope you are all In favor OF this.
I means that $500. 900 VIII be paid
nj here. within the next eighteen
months for labor. and everyone who
wants % work will have n chance 10
'et employment and make something
the support Of himself and fam
d.
II Is than that. 10 means
hat 10000 acres Of land may be open
Q actual settlement and cultivation.
MY friend, the president Of this
meeting. says you cannot get any Of
bis land, He II mistaken. II the
eservoir Is constructed the land nm.
irrigation II likely 10 be sold on
en- years time. payable in Install
nents, onetenth each year. which
viii enable almost any man III In
and economy 10 buy land un
ief the reservoir
Ny friends. look over into Arizona,
shore The people are moving with