Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-10-30
Plan of albuquerque Federal
Building Will Soon Be
Read For Bids.
MASSACHUSETTS HAS TWO
IN THE SUPREME COURT
New York Has President and
Three in Cabinet Church Be-
comes Active In Politics.

washington, ID. c., Oct. 30.-The
reclamation service placed $2U0,000
TO the Hondo irrigation project in the
Pecos division, now completed, and
100000 to that at Carlsbad, which
will be completed in time to irrigatae
the next seasons crop. And now the
bids for the construction of the Leas-
burg diversion dam, opened by Engi-
neer Hall at Las Cruces are in the
hands of the secretary of the interior,
and his decision will be given early
next week and it is believed that dirt
will begin to fly on this dam by the
middle of November. Owing to the
increased cost of all materials and the
scarcity of labor it is learned that
Delegate Andrews is trying to get an
other 100000 set aside, making 1900,
900 for the dam. This must be com
pleted first and is but the preliminary
10 the 100000 Elephant Butte dam.
The plans for the Albuquerque pub
lie building will shortly be ready to
insert advertisements in the local pa
pers for the erection of that beautiful
eqlnce.
Delegate Andrews may get a public
building for Las Vegas the coming
winter and for Ration and Roswell in
the sixtieth congress.
New buildings and other improve
ments badly needed at the Albuquer
que and Santa Fe Indian schoo
should be estimated and given Dele
gate Andrews before his return tc
Washington.
President Roosevelt has made some
important changes in his cabinet
George b. Cortelyou, now postmaster
general, becomes secretary of the
treasury, succeeding J.. NJ. Shaw o
Iowa, who retires. He has a presi-
Dental bee in his hat, w. H. Moody
now attorney general, goes to the SUI.
preme court to succeed Associate Jus
tice Brown, retired. With Associate
Justice Holmes this gives Massachu
sets two members of the highes
court in the world, an unusual dis
Jinction. Bonaparte, now secretary o.
the navy, succeeds Moody as attorney
general He is relative of the great
Napoleon; is a leading Catholic o.
worldwide reputation. Metcalfe o
California, now secretary of commerce
and labor, steps up higher and sue
ceeds Bonaparte as secretary of the
navy. George Won L. Meyer sue
ceeds Cortelyou as postmaster gener
al. He is a prominent philanthropist
of Massachusetts and of the country
He has been ambassador to severa
countries, now being at Russia. Os
car S. Strauss of New York, a grea
Hebrew philantropist, steps into the
cabinet as secretary of commerce anC
labor and joins the highest circle o.
statesmen in the world. He is a golC
democrat. Thus New York has the
president and three members of the
cabinet which is unprecedented.
Most Rev. Father Stafford, pastor o
st. Patrick's church of Washington
who has visited the Pope severa
times, has written letter on the po-
litical situation in New York which
has caused most profound sensation
Dr. Stafford was educated for the
stage and can make $500 or more 9
night recitlng the leading character.
IN Shakespeare, which he occasionally
does for the edification of his thous-
ands OF friends 1t is said that DR.
Saffords 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
lhe leading millionaire Hebrew oI
New York in the cabinet. which vii
capture the very large Hebrew vote
and with the Catholic vote will elect
Hughes by large majority