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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-10-03
I AND WHAT THE TERRITORIAL. ROAD COMMISSION IS [

he building good roads with a view to connecting up a complete system of highways
.,rn,boutN New Mexico has been commenced in an active permanent economical and sub
smnualw way.
The creation of "a permanent good roads commission composed of the governor OF the uw-
tv as chairman the commissioner of the land office as secretary, and the territorial e%>
ner as supervising engineer, has proven " be a very wise and practical plan of legislation
while this commission thus ar has had no money to work with excepting county and personal
aoranona md such balance as has remained in the Ell Canine real FUND yet has succeeded
ompEh "a gt deal
Tho scenic highway or FL Canine real has been eomp1ccd from the Colorado state ht
soh through Raton. This piece of road is a marvel in its solid construction and scenic beauty,
IT masses over the Ration mountain yet its maximum grade is but per cont All dangerous
racacalve everlasting and which also adds beauty to the road Concrete cutters and eufr7
rs work has beer done entrcyb convict labor the convict camp being located at present
r. 700 anvont ms North OF shoemaker h road is tng worked south as rapidly as possible
n viz connotv with that portion of the Seen highway already constructed at Las vegas a@
asn we'll known the purpneh to carry this central Highway right through the territory "
M pao Texas A second convict m is now located in Santa Fec canyon, connecting pa mat
portion Of the road built several years ago through the mountains between he %S ana no
cna rws This umk 10 being done in ohr that thu. road already built can be racml
md utilized AS soon as this section is completed the convict camp viii be moved to -
nor win not be used on uB. latter section south of La Batada hill IT is expected I" ON
.o to santa r~ Anuumcruue scuon Of the. road during the coming winter entering u-
nnroro oyer ubat is known as the North Fourth street road Surveys for this section OF
the scenic highway have been completed
or two hundred miles of road has been surveyed and double that distance has been
Investigated ana mapped out since the creation Of inc ufH'E" su iF ~
Tbes survey parties are nov in the field
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-10-03

tical and the construction work is
good. The project is located in a sec
ton of ColfaX county where the ram
fall is very good ana the soil eXc"p-
~tionally fertile. Fruits, alfalfa
grains and sugar bcets are the princi-
| pal products which yield a~bundantly
and are Of fine quality.
Tho Urraca Ranch company,
through its manager. Mr.. Geo. II.
webster, Jr.. has completed Unc OF
the fines small irrigation projects III
the territory. The water of the
Cimarroncito which. being a noun
! tain stream and fed by the melting
| SHOWS and springs, is OF the purest
quality. is stored in q reservoir some
little distance from the stream for the
| irrigation of certain portions Of the
ranch. The soil is similar TO that OF
| fhe Maxwell Irrigated Land company,
being rich in potash, ~phosphoric acid,
! and nitrogen and fairly well supplied
| with humus. The texture is largely
sandy loan underlaid with clay.
The first project Of any size TO be
| built in santa Fe county is now beng
| constructed by the Santa Re Land n
Development company. This proJoct
contemplateg the storage of n wa
| tors of the Hondo Arroyo which o
flows down ven sand n gravel beus
and is lost in evaporation and sccpaGc'
This project viii be of great value TO
! Santa Fc. as 1t Is only six miles DIS
itant. The town has never had
enough agricultural land to supply II
with the necessary products.
The reconstruction Of the Carlsbad
proicct By the United States reclama-
lion service has just been completed
and with IT 10000 acres of the fertile
soil Of the Pecos valley win be re-
! claimed. The soil is a sandy loan
running in some instances to an adobe
which is wen adopted 70 fruit culture
The Farmers Development COM
pany has just completed its hrst reser'
voir and canal system and Is placing
its lane under cultivation n irrlEa-
ton. Some thirty or more FARMERS
have commenced farming during TINS
last season and considering that II Is
The Grst year and a poor SEASON lht9
have done remarkably well These
farmers would do credit TO an Older
| irrigation district.
The citizens Ditch and Eden cana
and the Land and Power company
| have both commenced construction
but owing to the size of the proJte'
and the condition of the money mar
ket the work has not been pushed a.
rapidN as is desired. These project'
win mean q great deal to san Judf
county.
The Oasis Development eomp4li!
has commenced construction on ~
otero county project, this project VII
be built under the provisions OF th'
Carey act and will develop an irri
gated district in q territory now IN
tirely undey eloped. The soil undo
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-10-03

The artificial application OF mois-
ture to the soil for producing greater
crop growth is irrigation.
The result of irrigation in New
Mexico, through the combined efforts
of the engineer, the capitalist and the
farmer, will change the valleys of our
territory from the barren and uncul-
tured wastes of today into vast gar
dens. bringing forth in luXuriant
growth the products Of the soil, max
ing beautiful, progressive and happy
homes for many thousands OF sturdy
citizens.
That the territory should take every
means at hand to encourage and has
ten this development goes without
saying: and this is exactly what New
Mexico is now striving to do.
one OF the most important steps
taken by the last territorial lcsisla-
ture was the providing of means for
the collection OF data as to II flow
of streams by IN appropriation OF
$500 for such work. The United
States geological survey contributed a
Ike amount and the Atchlson, Topeka
and Santa Fe railroad, Approaching
the value OF such data in assisting in
the development of the water re-
sources of this country, contributed
$1,000 more. so that the territorial IN
glnecr nor a $4,000 FOR the work.
The gaglng stations heretofore in
stalled are being maintained and new
ones are being installed.
In many places automatic registers
of the Friez make, which automaticdi-
~ register the height of the water
continuously and ut all times both
night and day, are being Installed on
the principal streams. Thus New Mex
leo Is taking the lead in up-to-date
and acurate methods in investigating
one of its greatest esources.
THE FILINGS FOR WATER
RIGHTS FOR PROPOSED lKhICA-
TION PROJECTS MADE IN THE
OFFICE OF THE TERRITORIAL
ENGINEER WITHIN THE LASl
TWO AND ONE-HALF YEARS II
THEY WERE ALL BUILT AMI
COULD FURNISH WATER FOR
THE LAND INTENDED TO BE IR-
RIGATED. WOULD COVER OVER
FOUR MILLION ACRES OF LAND
\ great many of these projects arc
over estimated and many viii not be
built. Yet "A very large area VIII bl
reclaimed from these projects now
contemplated and under construction
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-10-03

foF more '''' " qV"'''' = y"
Jury the iofeI'oSl Sclo'''S III -NH'''
''" 49,
No'A u "''" oo'o'' ' '''l'
some times '"I'ou ny Us "''" wv"
name archaeology. FOR more IMAM
twenty Years it was telt even 10y tho
eor.u,o., \,.t,,u .cbnl,rs that tb,rp
49,.
""9 Nv
classic lands. The} t"uhded mhInil'-
cent schools OF research in Rome,
,rbens and Icrusalnm-but thov cnuld
, - .u,.ut
"'' % ~"
ties worth the attention OF Americans.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-10-03
INSTITUTION WILL PROVE ONE
OF THE NATIONS TREASURES
The Southwest Offers a Field Without Equal for the Study
of The Men Before Us; How the Management OF the
School and Museum Proposes to Garry on the Work
and Its Meaning to the Territory.
BN CHARLES H. LtMMIS
Editor of out West and Member Of the Bord Of Regents F" McSh"
Museum

home Of the untcachable Scnator
Gcvcrldgc has not in general done as
wen tor science as New Mexico has
done.
On the scientific side, there is moth
Ing in the United states which car
have precedence Of this institution in
New Mexico, The board Of regents Is
composed Of welt known men.
Tho director, IN. Edgar l.
Ilcwctt, is without question the
foremost man In the field of science III
the United states today. The meet
ns or the regents IN July ut the Pu-N'
WAS perhaps the most interesting
meeting of a scientific board ever had
In me west. The work being done by
he American school has certainly
neNcr been surpassed by scientists Ia
Athens. Rome or Palestine or amy
other country as to scientific results
so other part OF the United states
compares with New Mexico in roman
Tie history Eut what have you got
out Of IT," out here in California We
have saved by the monograph huh-
drcds OF our songs. In Washington
lt ilit ildlAhiirl AhA'9' hhl N''F
thousands Of specimens of Your an
Equities. IN santa Fc you had -
tumble of unidentified curios
This movement OF the American
school means that you viii have IN
New McNico q museum of the history
of the last thousand Scnrs of this won
dcrful territory. ana that with 1t, a
.schoal for the study Of American an
tiouitics in which New Mexico Is
richer thai any other portion of the
United States. That means that the
German on Frcnchmau. or English
mup. or Bo-tuuidu, or New York youth
who wishes 60 TT himself for the study
of American antiquities will come 10
New NcNico TO AXE his COURSE. II
means that tourists, instead of rush
ing through to the coast, viii stop IN
Now Mexico to see the museum ana
the ST. hool and the ruins which ar" De
lue made accessible. Fer this l. q
movement in which science Is mixed
with business. Automobile roads ana
expeditions to The prehistoric RUNS
of Now Mexico and other things of
material brnctt To the territory arc
ju>t as much a part 90 the plan az
the specimens iu MUSEUM eases.
This YEARS work is the most import
amt ever done ia the southwest. Next
year promises to bc Of still larger IN
p|ortancc ENcry patriotic New Mex
lean ought To help in this work. Ever,
arti,l, relating 10 the carly history Oh
tho territory should be deposited In
the Museum of New Mexico with h
name ct the donor II whatever data
are obtainablc. This j. the only way
in which the history of the territory
can be saved. aud il every New Mex
lean takes advantage Of their oppor-
unity. the territory can have an in
sutution without parallel IN America
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-10-03

For "a period Of time which ty.e it,-
Ear into the past dry farming has
been practiced I'M New MtNieo prob
ably first bY the Indians. especially
the pucblos and Napljos. and Inter hy
the Mexicans. Their principal crops
were Indian corn and beans and while
they did not depend soi'ly on thcs
products for subsistence SGT they
were an important part Of their food
supply.
Tho Indians aud MeNicins confined
their planting To the %loWlands of the
canyons and valleys and usually see
lected the sandy soil 40 the mouth of
an arroyo. They thus took advantage
OF the property which sand has o.
forming a natural mulch. and were
thereby enabled to get along with q
minimum Of cultivation. such locu-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-10-03
A REVIEW OF PRIVATE
PROJECTS UNDER WAY

The Maxwell Irrigated Land com
pany has completed a large portion OF
its irrigation system in Colfax county
and is prepared TO deliver water for a
numbe of thousands OF acres. This
is largely a Hood water project the
main supply coming from the Yer
mcjo and Canadian rivers. Rein
forced concrete is used wherever prae-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-10-03
What the Future Holds in Development
of Irrigation and Our Water Resources
NEW MEXICO'S OUTLOOK ASIAN
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY

We are Just Now Taking Our First Lesson in Irrigation But
We are at Last Wide Awake to the Importance OF Learn
ins That Lesson Well; Hundreds of Thousands OF Acres to
Be Reclaimed by Economical and Scientific Use OF Water
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-10-03
BY VERNON l.. SULLIVAN
Territorial Engineer Of New Mexico

The artificial application OF mois- tal ana he mu"t" ~"
tue to the soil for producing greater good ne proJeet IS hV"u" ~ :" ~
,mn ,rortb "a irrir,ton ton of Cofax county where tn. rain
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-16
NEWS OF THE FOUR COUNTIES BORDERING FRANCISCO BAY
Ex-SUPERVISOR is
BEFORE GRAND JURY
Julius G. EikerenkOtter Said to
Have Overdrawn Road
Account $1,000

SAN MATEO, Jan. 15.-Ex- Supervisor
Julius Caesar Eikerenkotter of the first
district Of San Mateo county, including
South San Francisco and the territory
bordering on the San Francisco county
line, was under investigation today by
the grand jury. Expert White, who
has been examining the financial ac-
counts of the county, reported that
Eikerenkotter had overdrawn his road
account $1,000.
j. I. Casey. Eikerenkotters success
sor as supervisor from the first district.
has refused to pay any of the incom-
ing bills contracted by his predecessor
The full report of the expert will not
be returned before the grand jury
until Monday. At that time the report
of the financial committee Of the grand
jury will also be returned. f. A. Levy.
chairman of that committee, was not
present today. The report of the com
mittee on roads and districts was re-
ceived.
George R. Sheath, foreman of the
grand jury, will confer with Attorney
General Webb at San Francisco tomor-
row morning regarding the engage
ment of a special prosecutor to take
the place of District Attorney Bull
lock.
The grand jury today investigated
the county poor farm and found irregu-
larities which will be later gone into.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-16
PACIFIC GROVE GIRL
SETS WEDDING DAY
Miss Lille Smith and Harry
Winston Will Wed and
Live in Berkeley

At a dinner given by Mrs. James
Harper at her home in Pacific Grove,
Monday formal announcement was
made of the engagement of Miss Lille
Smith to Harry Winston. Miss Smith
is an Oroville girl who for some years
past has made her home at Pacific
Grove, where her parents built sum
mer residence. She is the daughter of
the late j. J. and Mrs. Smith, her
father having been very prominent in
the politics of the state. Her sister,
Mrs. M. E. Carleton, and her brother,
CHARLES S. Smith, both reside in this
city Winston is also of Pacific Grove,
put lately removed his business inter-
ests to Berkeley, and it is in the col
lege town the young couple will re-
side Their marriage will take place
the latter part of this month. 1t is
to be very quiet affair with only rela-
tiVes present. Miss Smith is being
much feted by her friends since her
engagement was announced, and prior
to her departure for San Francisco,
where she will be the guest of her
sister.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-16
WIFE AND CHILDREN
Go WITH AFFINITY
Mrs. Alice Slavich Deserts Hus-
band and EIOpeS

Mrs. Alice Slavich. a pretty matron
80 years old, disappeared on Thursday
with her four children and an affinity
named Fred Scheatz, seafaring man.
Her husband, Nicholas Slavich, proprie
tor of the Baltimore restaurant, Lar
kin and Ellis streets, and a lodging
house at 625 Sacramento street, is
heartbroken and has asked the police
to help him trace the whereabouts of
his erring spouse and the children. To
add to the mystery, S1avichs brother
In law, Rodney Mccain, has also disap
peared, after taking two of the chill
dren. Jessie and Anita, on Thursday
morning from a school near Ingleside,
which they attended.
Scheatz had been living at the lodg
ing house, which was conducted by
Mrs Slavich, for the last two or three
months, and is young and good looking.
He had been paying marked attention
to his landlady without the knowledge
of her husband, who was at his restau-
rant most of the time. Mrs. Slavfch
took $10O from q bureau drawer,
handbook showing deposit of $3.50 in
the Hibernia bank and the children's
bankbooks.
Slavich does not believe that his wife
and her affinity have gone far, and
Captain Anderson has instructed the
detectives on the case to make a care
full search of hotels and lodging houses
in this city. He has also sent descrip
tions of Mrs. Slavich and Scheatz to
chiefs of police of the bay cities.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-16
CAPTAIN WALTON MAKES
NO DEFENSE IN DIVORCE
Decree Granted for Desertion
and AIimony Is Arranged

Captain Austin Wilson Walton
made no defense in Judge Grahams s
court yesterday when the divorce suit
of Marie l.. Walton was called for
trial. He was. however, represented
by counsel. The proceedings were
short and formal, and Mrs. Walton Sc
cured her decree on the ground of
desertion. She testified that her hus-
band. who is a United States inspector
of hulls told her in 1907 at their home
in San Mateo county that he did not
intend to live with her any longer,
and that he thereupon left her. Cor
roborative testimony was given by Mrs.
Annie McDermott, mother of Mrs. Wal
ton. Mrs. Walton says that she has
been supporting herself by news
paper work
BY an arrangement arrived at out
side the court, the decree carried with
1t alimony in the amount of 1888 a.
month. This is half of Walton's salary
The three children will be supported by
were awarded
Isak Mier Lachman was granted di-
vorce by Judge Sturtevant from Mary
Lachman on the ground of desertion.
Suits for divorce were filed yesterday
by Edward G. Warren against Sigyn
Warren. desertion; e. l.. Tubbs against
Elizabeth Tubbs, habitual intemper-
ance; Joseph Guenther against Carl
Guenther. desertion; A. Griffin against
Tillie Griffin. desertion.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-16
MRS. MARTIN MAKES
JAIL LIFE HIDEOUS
Convicted Dynamiter in Prison
Gives Fair Imitation of
Insane Person !.

OAKLAND, Jan. 15.-Between fits oi
intense application to the labor OF
writing her biography and preparing
the grounds OF her appeal to the su-
preme court, Mrs. Isabella J. Martin
dynamiter, convicted OF blowing ur
Judge Ogden's house. screams and
makes the night hideous at the county
jail
Helpless inmates suffer alike with
the Jail attendants. There is no re-
course, as Mrs Martin already has
been sentenced 10 life Imprisonment
and the jail has no facilities for soil
tary confinement
Jailer p. White. hemmed in like one
OF his charges within the narrow walls
OF the temporary jail, said that there
was nothing 10 be done to abate the
nuisance.
Growing daily more wan. White
moves uneasily about during the mo-
ments OF quiet when Mrs. Martin has
Z lucid interval
If she was really crazy" explained
the Jailer, she would never stop when
she starts. Mrs. Martin grows weary
Of voicing her feelings and that seems
10 show that she is taking insanity
An insanity showing would be a valu-
able thing for Mrs Martin or for any
one facing life Imprisonment. I dc
not think Mrs. Martin Is insane, but
she gives a very fair imitation.
u think I know now" continued the
turnkey. why Pete Claudianes was
so willing to take his medicine after
he was convicted Of -1ynamiting the
Gallagh6 house. Pete asked for SEN
tence as soon as the verdict was in.
Life imprisonment at San Quentin is
hard. but Pete was wise in choosing
that 10 staying in this jail"
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-16
'DUNHAM SUSPECT
S[llSOWN HISTORY
L. I. Hatfield Obtains Permit
to PeddIe Pamphlet With
Story of Life

OAKLAND. Jan. 15.-L. T. Hatfield
who was arrested in Texas and brought
to California on suspicion that he was
the notorious San Jose murderer Dun
ham, arrived in Oakland this morning
and applied to the mayor and chief of
police for a permit to sell a pamphlet
history OF his life and experiences in
prison. He was granted the permit.
Hatfield tells dramatic story of the
sufferings which he said that he en-
dured at the hands of the Texas police
while the officials there were attempt
Ing to compel him to acknowledge that
he was Dunham.
was chained to the floor In the
jail and put on exhibition as a mur-
derer,' he said. Then l was shipped
away in close confinement 30 California,
thousands of miles from my home, and
when my innocence was established
beyond doubt I was turned loose in
a strange country with the odium at
tached TO the suspicion of murder still
lowering over me. without cent in
my pockets. Had it not been for as
sistance which some travelling showmen
gave me L would have been in desperate
straits.
The California authorities treated
me with infinitely more consideration
Inan their Texas colleagues, and they
seemed to assume that 1 was innocent
as soon as they saw me. l have been
offered a contract with lyceum cir
cult to lecture on my experiences a s
a murder suspect, and later 1 may
accept the offer. For the present /
will try to make living by selling
pamphlet histories of my life and
troubles"
Hatfield says that several prominent
attorneys have interested themselves in
his case and are preparing to file dam
age suits against the Texas authorities
for their inhuman treatment of him
while he was in prison. The former
suspect is a large man and at first
glance he bears a slight resemblance
to the photographs of the fugitive
Dunham. AS soon as the local detec-
tives examined him closely, however
they declared that in many essential
features he differed from the descrip-
tion of the San Jose murderer.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-16
EMPLOYING PRINTERS
LAUNCH ORGANIZATION
Assured of Cooperation of Two
Other Branches of Trade

To foster a better feeling among the
members of their own branch of the
trade and to Join as a united body with
the two other branches, the employing
printers of San Francisco organized
last night in the Merchants exchange.
officers were elected. constitution
and bylaws adopted and. amid the we'll
wishes of all present, the new Franklin
printing trades association of San
Francisco was launched
George A. Tracy. representing the
employees, and George l. Alexander.
whose views were representative of the
stand taken by the printing supply
companies. assured the organization
members OF their hearty cooperation
The following officers were elected:
Supervisor Charles A. MurdOck, pres
ident; /. o. Upham, vice president;
George B. Goodhue, secretary, Grafton
d. Phillips, treasurer: executive COM
mittee-George f. Neal, John Kitchen
Jr.. F. III. Abbott.
In harmony with the policies pursued
by other similar bodies, the new organ
ization will fight, and. its officers say.
fight hard for home industry. In their
efforts for better trade conditions the
members of the association feel that q
vigorous campaign against allowing
thousands of San Francisco dollars to
go to eastern printing houses is most
important. An effort to prevent cut
throat competition will also be made.
The organization asserts that present
connection conditions lead to financial
suicide.