Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-23

U ANt ~tittAthN Nf IHnu mlNfr the ANN.- T
I 0oo acre grant for irrigation purposes
which meeting was held on october
O. 1905. the said commission. by
unanimous vote. directed that no APP ,
/ plications for the selection of rtser- .
voir ar irrigation land then pending .
before IL should be considered or Sc
lections ordered made until said .
board secured a full and complete /
statement of the balance Of such lands .
available for that purpose. and the 1
secretary of the commission was di-
rected to prepare and submit full .
and complete statement of such lands .
at the next meeting of the board. The /
commissioner of public lands was eN-
ofiicio secretary of the commission of
irrigation COR board of controD and at .
the time of such meeting there We're
pending large number of applca-
4 tons for the selections of lands under
the control of the board some of them
having been pending a year or moro.
At meeting of the United States
land commission held November o
1908, on the recommendation of its
secretary, the commissioner of pub
! lie lands being secretary of the United |
States land commission. the said .
board ordered the selection of about
5000 acres Ia be selected from the
grant of lands for irrigation ad reser-
voir purposes, and On the same day
the commissioner of public lands di- {
Iected the locating agent to proceed !
at the earliest practicable date and
I nuke dnpicatlah Tor the same. This /
Selevlioh ana location was upun the /
apphcauon OF Mr. BurSum of Socorro I
county, VINO desired a paSturagc per- /
mn on the same, ana many of the APP
plcatlons which had been there much !
0 L.. L. 4.
longer than his were never acted upon.
Ihe matter ot the legality of the /
| SeNeia. transactions which had been
carried through or Initiated by the
'"iI'loiN lof the sale OF timber ana
othei !andS' was lliSt called to my no
/ nee IN fehfuaIE' lSO7, when Mr. Holt
OF Las cruces came To Santa Fee ana
/ requested the deliVerH Of the deeds to
81 l. acres OF land which had been
contracted Tor b! him and his assoc
ClatrS anu the territory, Is fully set
loilh IN mouse document No. IS0 a
copy oI Whlch Is hereto annexed, This
Ilallel was presented to me by Mr..
Neeh' commissioner OF public lands,
soon altel } took Office, and mas
lhuch as 1t has been asserted by q fed
era oitcial in high position in the
territory that there has been a per-
SlsIeht euolt originating in the gov
persons IN the territory of New Mex
leo, notably Bonham and Holt | beg
10 call your especial attention to my
letter OF February T. 1906, to the hon
etabIe secretary of the interior in re-
gard to this matter, which does not
appear IN house document No. $50.
"c,,t, II, \, Al N. ,ooc
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!" 'i' liouoraDIe secretary ol the IN
terror washington, -, g.
Sir have the honor to submit to
You the following facts for your con-
sidelGtion and advice
ON %. about tha ed d,,.of s.,,,+.,,-
Der 1901 ATassrs Ronh,r, ana uni,
for themselves and thei, assnriatns
submitted to in. bnard Of ir,.igation
Of tbe tatrito,, nf Nov, NIo>i,n ~, an
plication (ronv of which g. bcrCto ~.
tached ma,.l,ed Gxhihit A. asltIa co..
tbe Observation-Disclosures "f tb.' .,'''S s,i''etio,
fot. nurcbaee of cnttstn lands a,,t ~
tbe innds gr,ntad Nv, cnnoroyy ~, me
TERRITORY nv act nf Inne - tSoS ..fo,
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for rase,,,ni,., f,. i,,i,,,ti,, ,,,,.,,,,.,. ;,
ana ,,fo, he i,,,n,.',,'s,, ~ ~ o n
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