Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-04-09
OFFICIAL MATTERS.
Homestead Entry.

The following homestead entry has
been made in the local United States
land Office: No. 1889, April g. Ignacio
Gallegos of Blanco, w 1-2 Sc IA, Sec
tion II, T 80 N, R 8 w, 8t acres in
San Juan County.
Final Homestead Entry.
The following final homestead entry
has been made in the local United
States land office: No. 3343, April s.
Thomas M. Denton of Ration, S IL, Sc
IA, NV IA, Sc IA, lot 4, section 35,
T 80 N, r "a E, $50 acres in Colfax
County
Sessions of the U. S. Court of Private
Land Claims.
A session Of the U. S. Court of Pri-
vate Land Claims will be held in Tue
son, Arizona, cenveninP on Tuesday
next There is but one mat .fr 70 adju-
dicate by the court, that is the sur
vey of the Soniota Land Grant. The
court will convene in this city on Mon
day the 18th instant; there will be but
very little done unless the survey of
three land grants located in Dona Ana
County are submitted to the court for
approval by the U. S. surveyor general.
After this is done the business of the
court will be closed. There will be
present at the session Chief Justice
R. Reed, Associate Justice Henry c.
Sluss and Associate Justice Wilbur F.
Stone as well as Matt G. Reynolds, at
torney for the United States with the
court.
Territorial Funds Received.
Territorial Treasurer J. H. Vaughn
today received the following public
funds: From ]. p Mitchell, clerk of
the Third Judicial District Court,
court fees for the quarter ending
March 81, $6093O From Secundino
Romero clerk of the Fourth Judicial
District Court, court fees for the quar-
ter ending March 81, $70S30. From |.
N. Jackson, treasurer and ex-officio
collector of Otero County $11.56 tax
es for 1902, and S71.54 taxes for 1903.
From Eugenio Romero, treasurer and
ex-officio collector of San Miguel Coun
ty, $2.49 taxes for 1902. and $247.95,
taxes for 1903 From Ramon Sanches.
treasurer and eX-officio collector of
Taos County, $21.S2 taxes for 1902 and
s31.35 taxes for 1903 From George J.
Pace, treasurer and eX-officio collector
Of Colfax County, $2324 taxes for
1902, and s3S1.75 taxes for 1908. From
J. A. La Rue, secretary of the cattle
sanitary board, $1,000 to be credited
To the cattle sanitary fund
The Case of klasner VS.. lumbIey Be-
fore Territorial Land Board.
The case of Mrs. J. A. Klasner VS..
w. H. Lumbley involving the priority
right to lease section 16, township II
south, range IS east, situated in Lin
coin County, was commenced before
the territorial land board at 2:30
o'clock yesterday afternoon, continued
until o'clock resumed at O'Clock
and lasted until 1870 o'clock. Ad-
journment was then had until this
morning and the hearing was recon-
menced at 8 o'clock. 1t was in pro-
gress all day. Mrs klasner is a
daughter of Robert Casey, who settled
upon this school section many years
before it's survey and Casey and
daughter. Mrs. Klasner, have had pos
session of it for 81 years. Hon. T. B.
Catron is the attorney for Mrs. klas-
ner and J. A. Wharton of Alamogordo,
attorney for Lumbley. The following
members of the land board are pres
ent at the hearing: Governor Otero.
chairman; Solicitor General Bartlett
and Land Commissioner A. A. Keen,
secretary.