Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-12-19
WRITE TO BUREAU
Of IMMIGRATION
Settlers Ask Many
Kinds of Ques-
tions.
IN REGARD TO TERRITORY
Every Indication That Next
! Year Will Be Banner One
for New Corners.

0 The daily mail received by the
/. Bureau of immigration demonstrates
Q that New Mexico and its resources
!. are attracting much attention and the
, eyes OF thousands of people are turned
/ towards this Territory. Many of them
f write letters to the Bureau and good.
, ~ percentage comes to settles here.
Letters taken at random from recent
correspondence received, are at times.
very interesting and again rather fun.
ny. People generally know very lit
tie concerning the Sunshine Territory
and evidently desire to learn much.
! The letters herewith published are In
the above direction:
Secretary Bureau Of immigration,
st. Louis, Missouri
Dear Sir-Haying heard so much of
New Mexico, write to get some in.
formation | desire. | am going to
make New Mexico my home, that is
II can find profitable employment In
your state. | have position, which
pays me good salary and would not
like to leave my position here when
probably, | would not get situation
III your state. If you can send me
literature map OF the state and also
send be report of the Governor of
New Mexico for 1908 and illustrated
bulletins descriptive of the resources.
climate, minerals and where found
and ii you can please inform me the
best place to go for placer mining and
prospecting of gold and silver. think
| If you can give me the information
desire, | can induce at least twenty
people ito go to New Mexico. If YOU
are no longer secretary, please pass
this on to the other secretary. Await
ing an early reply, I remain.
Yours truly,
GEORGE G. MUELLER,
! 1916 Outger Street.
| P. S.-Please inform me how to go
about getting a section of govern.
ment land and what are the require.
ments on homesteads, that Is how
much do you have to pay per acre and
how many acres Is one person allowed
to have on such land and also where
! is this land located,
Yours truly NJ.
Green River, Utah.
Secretary Bureau of immigration.
Dear Sir-On my return from the
Estancia Valley, had business in the
land Office, until train time, or would
have called on you, but will say that
was very much pleased with my
trip, and while there located man
on desert and homestead entries. |
expect to have quite number to send
there this winter | expect to be In
Santa Fe sometime during the first
of the year and will call on you.
Thanking you for favors already re-
ceived, am, Very truly,
E. T. MERRITT.
Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Secretary Bureau Of immigration.
Dear Sir-I take pleasure In for
warding you check for my subscrip-
ton to your always most welcome and
interesting paper. Many papers come
to the Post Library and Reading
Rooms, of which am officer In charge,
but none OF them is more welcome
than the New Mexican. The interest
of the New Mexican Is the interest OF
Santa Fe News that continue eeter
long years of absence from her seen
erv and delightful cline. Many OF
the old soldiers of the 18th have seen
duty at Fort Marcy. They never tire
of singing Santa Fe's praises and wish
the old posts establishment. Among
the number l may mention an old ac-
quaintance of yours, Superintendent
John J. Ryan, of the commissary.
| trust that 1906 will be even more
kind to New Mexico than 1905 has
been. May 1906 see New Mexicos
bright star adjoining the starry ban.
|ner.
Wishing you all happiness and with
regards to all old New Mexican
friends. Believe me,
Yours sincerely,
| REC. r. P. O'KEEFE,
Chaplain, 18th Co.
Lake Odessa, Michigan.
Secretary Bureau of immigration.
Dear Sir-I want to 90 to New Mex
leo for my health. am treating with
a natural clarivoyant medium who
has helped me greatly. My sisters
people wish to move there with me.
The medium nurse wishes to find work
in a Sanitarium. He is one OF the
best nurses in the world. MY sister
and brother-in.law also want employ
ment. They are not particular what
they do if they can make good liv-
ling. Will you kindly write to me send
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