Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-06-16
IMPORTANT LAND
OFFICE CHANGE
New Mexico.Ari.
zona Field Divi-
sion Divided
new DISTRICT CREATED
Chief F. c. Dezendorf Trans.
ferred to Phoenix-.-Suc-
cessor is Named.

The Sixth field division of the Unit
ed States General Land office, when
now comprises the territories OF New
Mexico and Arizona, has been divided
and new division created to be
known as the Twelfth. The new divl'
sion comprises the territory OF New
Mexico while the Sixth is the territory
of Arizona. Captain F. c. Dezendorf
present chief of special agents OF the
present Sixth division, has been trans
ferred to Phoenix, Arizona, the head
quarters of the new Sixth division,
and Leroy O. Moore, present chief OF
special agents of the Oakland, Califor-
mia land Office will come to Santa Fe
as head of the new Twelfth division.
These changes become effective July
/.
New District Made Necessary.
Reasons for making this change as
announced by Fred bennett, commits
sioner of the General Land Office at
Washington, are that the present New
Mexico-Arizona division is entirely
too large and too hard to cover from
one office. The expense of looking al
ter the affairs connected with the gen.
eral land Office will be cut down by
reason of dividing the district; The
work has increased very materially IN
this division which makes it impera-
tive for additional assistants. These
reasons were submitted to Secretary
af the Interior James Rudolph Gar
Held and met with his approval follow
ed by an order to proceed
Captain Dezendorf left for Flag
staff, Arizona last evening and after
conducting Investigations there will
proceed to Phoenix, Arizona, and
there make preparations TO establish
his headquarters by July tirst
He will be given a number of expert
enced experts and will push with Wig
or alleged land fraud cases in that ter
ritory. At present there are severa
intricate cases in Arizona and Captain
Dezendorfs knowledge Of the facts
make 1t almost necessary that hi
take the cases in charge.
Special Agents Assigned
Special agents under Captain Dee
endorf assigned to the Phoenix offic'
that have been selected are Raymond
H. Satterwhite, of Phoenix, who re
signed as chief clerk in the Arizon'
surveyor generals Office to accept
place in the land Office department
Edward N. Quin, of Utah, until recent
" a clerk in the Boise City, Idaho
land office; George H. Sweet, until re
Gently connected with the land otiic
in Santa Fe but who resigned to er
gage in private business, and A. +
Cheever, special agent at Roswell III
der the Santa Fe Office, who will b
transferred on the recommendation 9
Captain Dezendorf. Two other assis
ants have been selected and will n
port at once, they being Werner Gil
son and Winfield B. Johnson
Mr.. Moore, who succeeds Capital
Dezendorf, Is native Of South D'
kota and has an excellent reputatio
with the Interior Department. He ha
been stationed at Oakland for som
time and has made that Office q goo
official.
Transfer in Nature Of Promotion
The transfer of Captain Dezendo
to Phoenix is In the nature Of a pr
motion. His duties there will not
so strenuous as they have been hel
and as some of the most importal
alleged land fraud cases in the Sout
west are to be prosecuted there tt
selection of Captain Dezendorf for Il
Phoenix station Is indeed comp
ment.
That his work has been appreciate
cannot be gainsayed and no better 9
idence OF Captain Dezendorfs hit
standing need be cited than the e
preston of Fred bennett cOmmissio
er Of the General Land Offices, wh
in his letter to the Captain, said:
This Office appreciates the energ'
ic manner in which the field work b
been prosecuted with the small nu
ber Of agents available and hop
with the increased force proportion
additional progress will be made"
In bulletin issued by the Genel
Land ONCE recently the work Of CT
tain Dezendorf and his assistants "
placed at the top Of the list Of
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