Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-04-11
WANT ROAD
STRAIGHT NORTH
And That's the Kind Ber-
nalillo County Is Going
to Get
MANY MORE CATTLE SHIPPED
Territorial Treasurer NJ. A
Otero Has Many Checks For
Treasury.

This was a dull day at the Capitol,
as the governor was in Las Vegas,
the superintendent of education, j. e.
Clark, and the land commissioner, R.
P Ervfen were away on the Find Far
mington trip; Territorial Engineer
Charles D. Miller was also in Las
Vegas, and Adjutant General Brookes
is on a tour of inspection with
Colonel w. S. Barlow; and Attorney
General Clancy is still in Washing
ton.
For the Treasury.
However, territorial treasurer the
genial Ex-Governor NJ. A. Otero, was
busy receiving money for the treas
ury. The receipts were as follows;
J. B. Reagan, treasurer OF Roosevelt
county. $5S5.73; C. H. Chenault,
treasurer of Quay county, $54O.26;
Jose Torres, treasurer Of Socorro
county, $63715; Celso Lopez, treas
urer of Santa Fe county, $S19.90; and
Walter B. Wagner, treasurer Of San
Juan county, $1844S; Jose R. Lucero
clerk of the third die4r'nt. $422.99;
John Joerns, clerk of the fourth judi
cial district, 1864. Cleofes Romero,
warden of the penitentiary, convicts'
earnings, $1,04152; Charles V. SAT-
ford. bank examiners fees, $25;
Game and Fish Warden Gable, $11.75.
Land Entries.
The following We're the land entries
at the Santa Fe office yesterday;
Jesse S. Soles, Mountainair; William
A. Bess, Levy; John Grenks, Gibson;
Ventura Baca, La Jara Joseph w.
Mcpherson, Eldorado, Oklahoma; Sill
verio Rael, Arroyo Hondo; Jose Ma
tias Zamora, Guadalupe; Fannie L..
Brown, Santa Rosa; Jose PABLO Ia
mora, Halls Peack; Rumuldo Sisne-
ros, Cuba; Joseph A. Christie, Chi
cago, III.
Ell Canine Real,
The difficulty with the territorial
engineers office regarding the route
having been promptly Strengthened
out, it is announced that men and
teams will get busy this week, prob
ably in day or two ON the building
north to the Sandoval county line.
County Superintendent A. B. Stroup,
who went up to Santa Fe the last of
the week, says that the original sur
vey outlined by former Territorial
Engineer Vernon l.. Sullivan took
to the sand hills four miles north, and
mission thought the route would be
satisfactory. On receipt of the reso-
luton of the county commissioners
of Bernalillo county standing pat for
a road straight north, the engineer at
once revised the instructions to ass.
istant engineer C. H. Neal, who is at
of the work. There is now no obsta
Gle in the way of immediate construc
ton, and the shovels and scraper will
move briskly from now on.
Lands Open to 32o-Acre Homesteads
The classification or designation Of
lands entered under the 32O-acre OF
enlarged homestead law devolves up
on the United States Geological Sur
vey. Areas are recommended by tha
office as being subject to entry undel
that law provided they are found tt
be not susceptible of irrigation from
any readily available water supply
Since the passage of the enlarged
homestead act in February, 1909, tht
Survey has recommended for desig
nation 1S9,127,77S acres as thus sub
ject to homestead entry in 320-acrt
tracts. During February, 153,41:
acres We're so classified as non-irri
gable. The designation having beel
made by the Secretary of the Interior
the lands are then made subject t.
enlarged entry by the General Lane
Office.
Cattle Sanitary Board.
The territorial Cattle Sanitar.
Board at Albuquerque, yesterday
transacted routine business. ThougI
this is season of buying rather tha
shipping, heavy shipments have bee
recorded according to figures compi
ed by the cattle board The shown
OF this year is far in advance of tha
made during similar period a yea
ago. The cattle shipped numbere
37,505 as against 22,26O in the sprin
quarter of 1910; horses shipped nun
bered 2,425, while last years shown
for the spring quarter was 1857 Du
ing the last three months 377 brand
have been recorded.
Lands Withdrawn in San Juan
County.
New Mexico land aggregatin
1,576,064 acres were withdrawn toda
from all forms of disposition by Pre-
ident Taft on the recommendation {
Secretary of Interior Fisher, pendin
a field examination and classificatio
as to their coal value Facts alread
gathered by the geological survey i
dicated that these lands contain val
able coal deposits. They are
northwestern New Mexico, just soul
of the Colorado lines, and in clos
proximity to the coal lands underl