Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-13
IMPORTANT RULING
BY TERRITORIAL
ENGINEER
DELAYS DEVELOPMENT or
MANY IRRIGATION PROJECTS
Sweeping Decision Made Yes
terday, Upon Advice Of Al
torney General Effecting
People Of North PecoS Valley
[spselal Corrr.pondenc. to Morning sonrnslI

Especial Correspondence to Morning Journsil
Santa Fe. ~ NJ, Nov. ia
sweeping rejection Of all pending ap-
plication for water rights on the Pecos
river today by Territorial Engineer
Vernon L. sullivan upon an opinion
by the attorney general puts the peo-
Die Of the Pecos valley from Fort
sumner north, in the Same fix as the
people in the Rio Grande north of
the Enele dam The rejection is on
the ground that the reclamation ser
vice has already appropriated more
than twice the normal flow of the
pecos for the Carlsbad project 1t
will delay Il not hinder altogether,
the development of the Pecos valley
north OF Roswell, and involves such
magnificent projects as that OF Lake
triton, near Fort sumner. The APP
plicants whose filings have been re-
iected are a. A. Jones' II. B.
Jones, Fort Sumner and Peeos Land
COMPANY Fred II. Miller. Baldwin
Gibbany, j. M. Miller, Robert p. Err
vein, Triton Lake, Land and Water
company, George w Prichard, DR. j.
McCanne, l.. NJ Disney, w NJ. Reed,
district engineer of the reclamation
service and the Pecos Water Users
association There is no water sub
jeet for appropriation, this being on
the theory disproved in the case of
the Rio Grande, that all the waters
at the head of river reach the lower
course
Big Project Approved
Territorial Engineer Vernon L. Sui
livan today approved the application
of the Red River Land and Water
company Of Red River, Taos county,
for an application of 629 second feet
OF the flow of the Red river for the
reclamation of $4,000 acres in Taos
county, at cost of about half mil
lion dollars The individual appli-
cants are. oliver u. Liddell and
Leroy r. Means of Denver and the
late George b. Paxton of Red River.
The first application in the project
was made as far back as 1902. The
amount of water asked for is cut
down as follows
This application Is approved sub
iect TO prior rights and for use upon
the following described lands, and is
limited to the amount OF water
when bcneficially and economically
used, on these Lands, and shall not be
in excess of that many second feet
II Is further proyided that al plans
aud specifications shall be made sat
isfnctory to the territorial or state
engineer, and that the construction
work shall be done to his satisfac-
ton"
Territorial Funds.
Territorial Treasurer NJ. 4. Otero
today received from b, j. Reagan.
treasurer OF Roosevelt county
$1.O60.75 w. H. Merchant of Eddy
county, SS7642; Game Warden
Gable, $sS375
Postoffice Changes.
The following postoffices have been
esta blishcd: Brackett, COlfaN county,
to be served from Dorsey, twelve
miles northwest, ana at Lyden, Rio
Arriba county, re-esta blished to be
served from Chamita, Ella H. Con-
over is appointed postmistress OF the
latter and Porfirio Bernal of the
CORNER Sarah r. Boyd has been ap-
pointed postmistress at Mount YER
non: Maria T.. Ortega at Ranches
de Taos; James W McMichael at
Flora Vista, and Fred Boomer
strong at Ute Park Special mail SER
vice has been established from san
Marcia to Miligan, Socorro county,
3 miles.
Notaries Public Appointed.
Governor Mills today appointed
Ricardo Chavez of vaughn, Guada-
lupe county. and Charles G. Richie OF
Santa Fe, notaries public.
Trouble al Santa Clara Settled.
The trouble between the Pueblo In
dians on the Santa Clara reservation
and the settlers who had been grazing
cattle on the reservation under per-
mits OF the forest service has been
settled. The Indians have surrender
ed the cattle they impounded.