El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-21

| and 1,s00,6s6 acres entered from June
| 80, 1909, to June 80, 1910. 1.-The popu-
1 lation now coming into the territory
! is of an excellent class" he says
| The immigration movement to New
| Mexico which set in during 1906 con-
| tinues with little abatement as re-
| CARDS the dry farming districts aud
| Is increasing rapidly to the irrigated
| districts and TO the towns, the COVER
| nor declares. The greater portion OF
| it has come from the central and east
| ern states, although a considerable
| number Of farmers and investors have
come from the irrigated regions north
and west Of New Mexico, while there
has been some immigration to the Las
Cruces and Pecos valley districts from
| the southern states.
Unfavorable conditions in a large
portion of the dry farming area, he
says, checked the immigration to these
I districts, and from approximately 16.-
600 homestead entries IN 1907-8 there
were only approximately 5000 entries
in 1868. Up to this time a severe
drouth has prevailed this season over
the central. eastern and southeastern
counties; yet in spite of this there has
been a total of 9775 original entries
during the fiscal year.
Room For Many Homes.
There remain open to entry in New
Mexico approximately 100000 acres
of public land. Most conservative es
Inmates Indicate that from 100000 to
100000 acres are adapted to some
form of farming.
In the Las Cruces district, the gov
ernor says, the unappropriated public
lands are as follows:
Dona Ana county, 2,0SS,384 acres
grazing and mountain land.
Grant county, 2,917,144 acres agri-
cultural. grazing and mountain land.
Luna county, 1,607. 039 acres agrical
tural, grazing and mountain land.
otero county. 2.271.2S2 acres agri-
cultural grazing and mountain land.
Sierra county 1.164.2Ss acres grazing
and mountain land.
Socorro county, 4.319,469 acres agri-
cultural, grazing and mountain land
Quay county has 306.556 acres of un-
appropriated land, Eddy county has
S.17S,421. Chaves. S.716,5o7, and Lin
coin, 1,S6s,OS7.
The number of personal inquiries for
ton bureau during the past year
shows an increase of more than zoo
percent over the previous year.
Territorial Finances
During the past year the territorial
rate of taxation has been reduced to
IL mills from IA. IS the year previous
nearly "a percent reduction. Prop
erty returns for taxation are made Oh
a basis not exceeding 20 percent of
actual value.
No deficiencies have occurred in any
of the departments.
The territorial bonded debt has been
decreased, interest payments promptly
met, and the credit of the territory
generally improved
During the year ended June l, 1910,
$SS,000 provisional Indebtedness bonds,
$4,000 current expenses. and 5000
certificates of indebtedness have been
paid and retired leaving a total bond
ed Indebtedness June 1, 1910, of
s1.0O1.5OO.
The territory has no debts or obli-
cations of a floating character and is
strictly on cash basis
The disbursements for the year were
S1,074,s63 IS, and the balance on hand
June /, 1910. was S4S5, 149.14.
Territorial Institutions.
The property holdings of the terri
tory, both for institutional and other
purposes, have been increasing fr5.u
year to year. and an inventory taken
under date of June 80. 1910, shows
that these holdings. based on con-
servative valuations, aggregate ST.
837, 065. II.
me territory has other properly
holdings in lands, held in trust for the
benefit of the various territorial insti-
tut1ons and for other purposes. These
lands were granted to the territory by
congress and amounted to 5,5S9,2O6
acres There still are 5,512.545. 90
acres; valued at the lowest price a.
which they can be disposed of So per
acre, they represent a valuation OF
S16, 537, 635. IS. The revenue from these
lands amounts to over 100000 per au-
mum. Last year actual receipts from
this source reached s1O9,Ss6 s2
County Finances
On July 1, 1909, there were aggre-
safe balances in the hands of county
treasurers to the credit of various
county and school district funds
amounting to $1,032. OO9 80. During III.
year following there was collected and
received by these officials from al
sources the sum of s3.4S2,7Ss OF, and
Tor the same period Of time there was
disbursed by these officials for all |
purposes total of. s3,0s1,375.21. leay-
ing balances July 1, 1910. aggreeat-
Ing the sum of $1,423,417.25
During the past year the several
counties nave materially increased |
their outstanding bonded indebted
ness. This Is also true with respect 10 |
school districts.
me aggregate county bonded in |
debtedness amounts to s336O $50.
which includes 100000 Santa Fe coun- |
~ railroad debt and about $4,000