Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-04-21
GOVERNOR At
HIS DESK
Much Pleased With
Prosperity in
Territory
PUSHING GOOD ROAD WORK
Several Counties Announced
Their Summer Normal
Institute.
Governor Curry returned last eve

Governor Curry returned last eve
ming from his trip with the Albuquer-
que Trade Excursion. leaving the
party at Estancia. He reports having
had very pleasant and lively trip.
He was struck particularly by the
signs of prosperity, growth and ad-
vancement in every portion of the
Territory visited but particularly at
Deming, Silver City and Las Cruces,
At Las Cruces, streets are being ma
cadamized and cement pavements
constructed, giving the town a metro
politan appearance. Much more land
than ever before has been put under
the plow in the Mesilla Valley, and
the construction work on the Ele-
phant Butte Dam project is adding to
the prevailing prosperity. There are
many newcomers in the valley and
frequent sales Of real estate are re-
ported. At Deming there are pros
pects of the erection of a large
smelter and the construction of new
railroad. At Silver City there were
several carloads of machinery for the
Mogollon district. The Burro Noun
tain District near Silver City is loom
ing up as copper producer OF the
future. Governor Curry was pleased
with the great interest manifested in
the Good Roads movement, county
authorities, cities and towns and busi-
nessmen all promising cooperation
and financial support. AS result OF
a conference with the board of COM
missioners of Grant county work
on the wagon road from Sill
yer City to the Mogollon mining
district viii be started on May 1. The
counties of Grant and iSocorro have
given more than $4,000 of their share
of the forestry income toward the
building of this road, and the boards
of county commissioners have PROM
ised further grants of money. In ad-
dition. the Santa Fe Railway Com
pany, the mining companies operating
in the Mogollon District and the busi-
nessmen of Silver City will contrib
ute. The work will not be difficult or
costly, the principal expense being a
bridge over the Gila which may cost
$4,000. Upon the completion OF the
Mogollon road, the road to Magdalena,
will be taken up. At the same time,
the Scenic Highway will be pushed
from Ration southwark. 1t has not
been decided as yet whether 1t will
be run via Dawson, Cimarron, Black
Lake and Mora, or via Springer, Wa
trous and Wagon Mound. From Las
Vegas south it is to follow the Santa
Fe Trail south via San Miguel and
Glorieta. For the present no convicts
will be put to work on the Mogollon
road as the convicts available for out
'of-door work are employed on the
Ration end of the Scenic Highway or
on the Executive Mansion and the
Capitol Extension at Santa Fe. Nor
is there any prospect OF any immed-
late work on the Scenic Highway over
the Pecos Reserve, it being the opin-
ion that Santa Fe and San Miguel
counties should maintain and repair
such portions of the road as are fin
-ished and that the United States
should complete the road over the
Pecos Reserve.
Water Applications Granted.
Territorial Engineer Vernon L. Sui
livan today granted the following ap.
plications for water rights: Frank
Walker of Ration, Colfax county, for
1S IL feet per second, out Of the Una
de Cato, subject to prior rights; ].
Damian Duran, Of Los Pinos, Rio Ar
ribas to divert water for stock pur.
poses out of the Canada de Montoya
to fill several natural reservoir sites.
District Court.
The attention of Judge John R. Nc
Fie was taken up today with the Stew
enson-True trial, involving title to so
acres of land near Santa Clara. Many
witnesses have been summoned and
it may take all day tomorrow to hear
all the testimony.
Teachers Institutes.
Superintendent OF Public Instruc.
ton J. E. Clark has been notified OF
the holding of the following county
normal Institutes: Mckinley county
for two weeks at Gallup, beginning
May 10, with Superintendent
r. P. Conwell as conductor. The four
weeks institute course being intended
only for such counties where the ma
jority Of teachers hold low grade GER
tificates, Mckinley county, which
stands at the head Of all of the coun-
ties, as to the percentage Of teachers
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