Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-23

Of az good values to actual settlers aud
q prosperous and progressive commur
ity Is rapidly developing east Of the
city
Further. the board, through a COM
mittee consisting Of ID. J. Leahy, re-
Gently dispatched from Washington
secured from the president a direction
10 Chief Of the Reclamation service
Newell 70 begin work on the Las We
gas reservoir as soon as money was
available. Also the wholesale timber
Strengthening on the grant has been
stopped. and the pasture lands have
been restricted TO grant residents.
The regrettable feature about the
present movement is that II tho grant
ls 20 be plunged again into endless
litigation this splendid progress viii
bc stopped ana grant business be
plunged again into dire confusion. re-
tarding the progress Of the community
for years IN order that a few disgrun-
tied ones shall be pleased.
There is naturally a good deal Of
feeling IN the community that an out
attorney should be imported to
a position that no member Of
the local bar viii support. but this
feeling Is unjust to MI. Field. as ali
who heard his conservative and abs
address last night viii agree. The To-
lawyers perhaps would not take q
case that would 50 inevitably work s0
much harm to the community, but for
n further word should be- said.
Mr.. Field began his address by saying
that he felt comDlimented at being
asked To "stralghten out the rights of
the Las Vegas grant community when
we're so many lawyers of recoE-
nized ability IN Las Vegas. >" He un-
derstood however, that local condi-
prevented the local lawyers from
accepting service. II the gentleman
had investigated these local conditions
a little further, he could have learned
every lawyer an the Las Vegas bar
with possibly n exception has IN
yestigatcd this question and has de-
cidcd that tho board of trustees is ie-
organized and is acting legally.
Every effort made to induce local
attorneys to take up the case
failed. There can be 40 doubt,
however. that Mr.. Field Is acting
In h strictest legal capacity In
agreeing 10 take up the matter II tho
proper arrangements are made with
him ana that he believes tina a legal
wrong which even at this late day
be righted. has been done In the
of administering the grant.
Mr.. Field said last night at the out
that this was not a political ques
lion and II anyOne attempted to make
.egal capital u of II he couldn't have
anything 10 DO with It. He said that
[ was his opinion hat the court has
authority over the grant, ana prob
ably intimated though ne didn't say
so, hat the trustees should be elected
the people. He held hat there
we're " classes Of titles on the grant
one the title TO the individual who had
improved n segregated "a parcel OF
and, and the other the title Of the
community to The common and unoC-
'nplcd lands. He cast a damper On
he feelings Of many Of his hearers
declaring that The lands could not
be- divided up among the people nor
could they sell the lands and divide
he money. He believed, however. the
ommon lands could he sold and the
money applied 10 some public pur-
lose lie dismissed the ''tenants-in-
Common" theory when he declared
here were no heirs 10 lands on the
grant The speaker said ne had a
hoory as to he best name 10 test
he question. but couldn't be eNpectc !
% develop II publicly. He compli~
nontcd the trustees on their work and
laid that every act that they rad per
IN good faith and every title
hey had given should be ratified.
After a good deal of dispute and
many fluent speeches In Spanish. O.
committee of nine was appointed to
lcvisc mean for employing Nh. Field
q the opinion of many the present
movement, Ike several that preceded
4, viii end Ia talk.
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The two National Guard companies
rom Albuquerque with The band. the
from silver city, Las Cru
'cs ana Santa Zee, arrived this after
IN q pouring rain. Quarters have
been prepared by the local
company. A trolley line runs from the
'ity TO within a hort distance of the
grounds.
\ great deal OF interest is being
here In the National Irrigation
congress 10 bc held in Sacramento
IN September. Colonel TWltcher
= doing the major part of the boost
NIX and Is especially seeking 90 inter
80 an the newspapers of the territory
u urging q large delegation from New |
dcNico II has boon proposed that Al /
'uquerquc and Las Vegas join iu
.quipping an irrigation tioat for tine
lig irrigation parade,