Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-05-06
Original Home.
stead Filings Dur.
ing That Month
DESERT ENTRIES INCREASE
Almost Three Times az Many
as in March..Many Settlers
Proving Up.

That the month of April was busy
month in the local United States land
Office is revealed by examining the to-
tai business transacted for the month.
Although there were not as many or
iginal homestead entries made last
month as in March, the number OF
desert entries was more numerous.
Totalling up the homestead and des-
ert entries and comparing them with
those of March the filings exceeded
last month by 44O acres
In March 391 original homestead en-
tries were made; forty-one final en-
tries and nineteen desert land entries.
In April there were three hundred and
forty original homestead entries,
while the number Of final entries run
up to flfty-three and the desert en-
tries are fifty-four.
Since the first of the year the busi-
ness has been on the increase at the
local land Office and at the rate the
land seekers are coming into New
Mexico 1t will not fall much below
the above figures for some months to
come. New original homestead filings
as we'll as desert land filings are be-
ing made every day and the final en-
tries will become more numerous
from now on than ever before. For the
past two or three years there have been
many filings by actual settlers and
they are beginning to make final
proofs on their homestead claims.
From all indications the local land Of
fee force will be rushed for sometime
to come. Although extra help has been
added recently the clerks have been
compelled to work overtime in order
to keep up with the increased bust.
ness.
During office hours one will find all
the way from three to twenty at the
land Office every day who are there
yeither to make final proof or file on
an original homestead or desert claim
and many newcomers are there seek
ing information regarding filings.
lands, etc.
$40 Original Homestead Entries.
The total number Of original home
stead entries for the month of April
was $40, covering 54,40O acres. This
by counties in the jurisdiction of the
local u s. land Office gives the lead
to Guadalupe, 1t having 1903 entries
credited with total acreage Of 16,-
4S0; Torrance county IS second with
G3 entries, covering 10000 acres; San
ia Fe county comes third with So en-
tries, covering $3.50 acres; Mora coun-
ty is fourth with 80 entries and 6.240
acres; San Juan county has twenty
four entries; San Miguel, twenty
eight; Valencia county, seventeen;
Colfax county, FIVE; Rio Arriba county
four; Bernalillo county, three, and
Sandoval one
So Final Entries.
There were f1fty.two final entries
made during the month of April,
which Is eleven more than in the
month Of March The entries by coun-
ties are as follows: San Miguel, ten;
Mora, nine; Torrance and Guadalupe
seven each; San Juan, four; Socorro
Santa Fe Colfax and Bernalillo, each
were credited with three final entries;
Valencia, two, and Sandoyal county
completes the list with one entry.
So Desert Land Entries.
During the month OF March there
were only nineteen desert land entries
as against fifty-three during the month
Of April The last months filings
cover $3.50 acres. which is over six
thousand acres more than in the
month of March. The filings by coun-
ties is as follows: San Juan, 80; Val
encia. II; Torrance Q; Colfax and
Taos, each got one filing to their cred
it. The filings in Valencia county were
large on account Of the large flow Of
artesian water in the Suwanee neigh
horhood, which was struck last month.
Only One Coal Land Filing.
There was only one coal land filing
in the month of April and 1t was cred.
tied Ia COlfaY county