Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-29
To BE
LET next week
WORK WILL Be RUSHED
Delegate Andrews 10 Trying 70 Get
Another $4,000 Set Aside Fer Dam
Owing to Increased Cost Of Mater
lals.

Washington. ID. G.. Oct @a,~The
reclamation ssEvlee placed s9oo.s'o 10
the ts0ndo irrigation ptol.ct 10 the
pecns division, now completed. and
ssno sa0 10 that al Carlsbad which
all be- completed in time 10 irrfgate
the neat season crOp. Aud now the
bids for the construction of the Leas-
hurg diversion dam. opened by Nm.
gineer Hail at Las Cruces. are In the
hands of the secretary Of the interior.
aud his decision will be- given early
text week aud II is believed that dirt
viii begin 10 fly on this dam by the
middle of November Owing 10 the
Increased cost uf all materials and the
scarcity Of labor IL Is learned that
Delegate Andrews Is trying to get an
other si00,000 set aside: making $500, !
0oo for the dam This must be com
pleted first and - but the preliminary
10 the $1,000. 400 Elephant Butte dam.
The plans for the Albuquerque build
Ing are now In the local papers for the
erection of that beautiful edifice. Dele
gate Andrews may get u public build
Ing for Las Vegas the coming wiater.
and for Ration and Roswell In the Six
tieth congress.
New buildings and other improve
men,s badly needed az the Albuauer'
que and Santa Fe Indian schools; esti'
mates for which should be given
Delesate Andrews before he returns
to Washington.
President Roosevelt has made some
important changes In his cabinet.
George ID. Cortelyou, now postmaster
general, becomes secretary Of the
treasury. succeeding l.. N. Shaw OF
Iowa. who retires. and Who has a
presidential bee In his hat. W. II.
Moody. now attorney general. goes TO
the supreme court to succeed Asscci'
ate Justice Brown. retired. With As
sociate Justice Holmes this gives Mas,
sachusetts two members OF the high
est court In the world; an unusual
distinction. And Bonaparte. now sec
retary Of the navy. succeeds Moody as
attorney general He Is a relative OF
the great Napoleon. Is a leading Cath
olic of world wide reputation. Met
calfe OF California. now secretary OF
commerce and labor, steps UP higher
and succeeds Bonaparte as secretary
Of the navy. George Won L. Meyer sue
ceeds Cortelyou as postmaster gen
eral. He Is a most prominent philan-
thropist of Massachusetts and Of the
country. He has been ambassador 10
several countries, now being at Rus
sia. Oscar s. Straus Of New York, a
great Hebrew philanthropist. steps In.
10 the cabinet as secretary Of COM
merce and labor, and joins the high
est circle of statesmen In the world.
He is a gold democrat. Thus New
York has the president and three mem
bers Of the cabinet which is unprecs-
dented.
Most Rev. Father Stafford. rast1'
of st. Patrick church of Washington.
who has visited the Pope several
times. has written letter on the poll
tical situation In New York which has
caused most profound sensation. DIR.
Stafford was educated for the stage
and can make $500 or more a night
reciting the leading characters In
Shakespeare on the stage. which he
occasionally does for the edification
of his thousands OF friends. Tt Is
said that DR.. Stafford's letter will
cause every priest in New York state
to vote for Hughes. Just when the
manager for Hearst is claiming $4,000
plurality for Hearst In New York
state. the president puts the leading
millionaire Hebrew of New York In
the cabinet, which will capture the
very large Hebrew vote. and with the
Catholic vote will elect Hughes by a
large majority.
IRA NJ. BOND.
REsE RvATION THROWN