Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-04
Affairs at
The Car itoI
Notary Public Appointed.


Duran of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
county.
Contract Awarded.
Surveyor General Morgan o. Lie
wellyn has awarded the contract for
the survey Of fractional T. 5 N. r. 2
e, Of Bernalillo county, to H. S. Duval,
Territorial Funds Received.
Territorial Treasurer J. H. Vaughn
received the following public funds;
From Charles @. Leach treasurer and
ex-oficio collector of Roosevelt coun-
ty s2,139.76 taxes for 1903.
Land Office Business.
The following is a resume of the
final homestead entries for the month
of January made in the local United
States land Office: 3,S36.71 acres, com
missions, s143.7S; 4,706.l3 acres, s295
fees and s197.52 commissions.
Certificate Designating Agent.
The following certificate designat.
ing agent and principal place Of bus
mess was filed in the Office Of the
territorial secretary: Three Bears
Mining company. principal place of
business Jarilla, Otero county, F. B.
Schermerhorn. resident agent.
Application for Contract.
Surveyor General Morgan O. Lie.
wellyn has received an application for
the survey Of the following four plac-
er claims: Keystone, Ancho No. 1,
Ancho No. 2 and Chicago in the JIG
arilla mining district in Lincoln coun-
ty. The application is made by the
Rock Island Cement and Plaster com
pany.
Homestead Entry.
The following homestead entry has
been made in the local United States
land office: January 20, No. 779S.
r. T. bearing of Moriarty, NV. IA.
NE IA. w. IL, Sc. Ia. Sc. IA, SW.
II, IN santa Fe county.
Land Contest Dismissed.
In the land contest initiated Novem
Der %, 1902. by Ponciano Tafoya
against Alexandra Mora. involving
Mora's homestead entry No. $3.50, for
the w IL Of the wv. IA, of section
30, and the +. IL of the NE. IA, Of
section 80 in T. IL N. r. 3 +. Santa Fe
county, the commissioner Of the gen,
eral land Office affirmed the opinion of
the local land Office. Diminishing the
contest and leaving Mora's entry in
tact. The case was first decided BY
the register and receiver Of the local
office on January s, 1903. Contestant
Tafoya appealed to the commissioner.
G. F.. Easley appeared for the contest
ant, and B. M. Read for the contestee.
Articles Of incorporation.
The following articles of incorpora-
ton have been filed in the Office Of the
territorial secretary: The Bears Min
ing company OF New Jersey, principal
Office at Camden. New Jersey. The in
corporators: MILFORD B. Wolcott, M.
Leon Berry and Dean Clark, all Of
Camden, New Jersey. The company
is incorporated for fifty years for the
purpose Of engaging in mining opera
tions. The capital stock is $2.000.000
divided into 1000, 900 shares or the
par value OF 81 each. The in%corporat-
ors are the first board Of directors.
The Old Governors Copper Mining
and Smelling company, principal Of
fee at Roswell. Chaves county, New
Mexico. The incorporates are John
L. Lenox, Michael ID. Burns, John ID.
Russell, Isihud r.. Rose, Jefferson p.
Bell. James A. Cottingham Of Roswell,
s. p. stanford. Oklahoma City; w. $.
Bourne. Nogal. New Mexico; J. A.
Ryan. Oklahoma City. oklahoma. The
capital stock is 81 600, 900 divided into
1000, 900 shares of the par value of 81
each. The directors are John l. lie.
nox. Michael d. Burns, John ?. Rus
sell and Isibud b. Rose Of Roswell,
The Red Rock Canal company, prin.
cipal Office at Red Rock, Grant county,
New Mexico. The in%corporators arc
Charles u Fuller. David b. Smith
and Francis Harper. Red Rock The
company is Incorporated for fifty years
for the purpose of acquiring water and
water rights. right Of way for canals
bitches, fumes and pipe lines and Il
construct and maintain such. The
capital stock is $1,000 divided into Zoe
shares OF the par value Of $50 each
The incorporators are The first board
OF directors.
The Red Copper company. principa
Office In Organ. Dona Ana county. Thu
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