Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-07-20
NEW MEXICO
|NHER|TS ESTATE
Escheats to 1t Be-
cause There Are
No Heirs
.ANOTHERREsERVO|R PROJECT
Engineers Office lnstals the
First Automatic Water
Gauge in West.

Governor Curry will leave tonigh
for Mountainair to address the Chau
tauqua there tomorrow.
Governor Curry today appointed
Randolfo Aragon of Anton Chico, to
be county commissioner for the thiro
district of Guadalupe county, II
place of Cecilio Castillo who died re
Gently
Installed Automatic Gauge.
photographer J. B. Stewart return
ed today from trip that covered
the stream systems of the entire Ter
.ritory except that of the northwest
,ern portion. Mr.. Stewart reports a
normal flow in all Of the streams
,gauged. In southwestern New Mexi-
.co, good rains have commenced to
fall, just in the nick of time to pre-
vent heavy losses by the stockmen
On the Gila, the first automatic water
gauge, a Friez improved instrument
was installed, the first to be installed
by the government in the west. The
installation was quite difficult it be-
ing in a gulch twenty feet deep. Some
sof the rock of the bluffs on each side
had to be blasted away. The gauge
registers the flow of the water every
minute. 1t is necessary to change
the recording sheet once each week.
Water Application Approved.
Territorial Engineer Vernon L.
Sullivan today approved the water
rights application of John w. Glidden
of Maxwell City, Colfax county, for
II second feet out OF Tenaja creek,
subject to prior appropriations and
rights. The creek is a tributary of
the Canadian. The height of the
dam to be constructed is 40 feet
length at bottom, 125 feet, and at top
1886 feet. The reservoir is to hold
4,973 acre feet.
Taos and EspanoIa Teachers lnsti-
tutes.
Assistant Superintendent of Public
Instruction Acasio Gallegos has re-
turned from trip to Taos and Espa-
nola, where he addressed the teach
ers' Institutes. Tomorrow he will
leave for Las Vegas and Wagon
Mound on similar mission. At Taos
he found great interest on part of the
native born teachers. The enrolment
is SO and Professor j. N. Miller is
conducting very successful insti-
tute. At Espanola, 20 are enrolled,
two of those attending being gradu,
ates of st. Michael's College and two
of Loretto Academy. Mrs. George
Dixon who conducts the institute has
awakened much enthusiasm among
the native teachers and it is very like
-ly that every one attending will pass
the examination.
Territory Falls Heir to Estate.
For the second time, in the history
rof the Territory, it has fallen heir
to the estate of an intestate, the
first time, it having been in Chaves
county. However, before taking the
necessary steps to have the property
escheat to the commonwealth, an ef-
fort will be made to find the missing
heir, son Of the deceased, whose
whereabouts are unknown and for
that reason the following letter from
l.. G. Eblen, probate court clerk OF
Aztec, probate clerk of San Juan cOun-
ty, is published.
Aztec, N. NJ, July 16, 1909.
Hon. Attorney General, Santa Fe.
Dear Sir-On or about the 9th
day Of October, A. d., 1901, one Au-
gust Schwarze died without leaving
any last will or testament and died
intestate and was at the time Of his
death the owner Of both personal and
real property. On the 4th day Of
November 1901, Stephen ]. Pace, OF
Pennington, was appointed admins
traitor Of said estate by the probate
county Of San Juan county, N. M.
On the 18th day of July, 1909, said ad,
ministrator made and submitted final
settlement of said estate and was
by the court discharged.
He, the administrator, paid over to
the court $2S4.99 in cash, final settle
ment The following described land
is the property of which he died pos
sessed, to-wit: NE Ia NE IA, S IL
NE IA and NE IA Sc IA, of Sec. II,
T 20 N, R 13 W, N. M. P. M.
The deceased had only one heir, a
son, but he has not been heard OF
since some time before the death OF
his father.
It seems that under the statutes
this property escheats to the Terri
tory. Will you please advise us as
ito the legal process to be pursued in
sthe premises. Very truly,
l.. G.. EBLEN,
Probate Clerk.
Grazing Lands on Reservation.
The Department Of the Interior asks