Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-10-11
NEW STATE IS
WELL ADVERTISED
Thousands Will Hear, Thro'
c. D. Miller, of Its Irriga.
ton Resources
HOMEsEEKERs STILL COMING
Receiver Muller's Report Shows
a Fairly Good Business in
September.

SSHSSAAASAs
Thousands of people deslrous oi
finding the ideal state in which to
live will hear of New Mexico WITHIN
/ a few days, thanks to the territorial
engineers Office, which today is send
ing out an immense number OF coples
Of Territorial Engineer c. D. Mlllers
address on '"The Irrigation Resources
of New Mexico"
This is printed in a neat booklet OF
35 pages by the New Mexican Printing
Company, the cover being In req anu
white. 1t is profusely illustrated ana
comprises the entire speech delivered
by Mr.. Miller at the New Mexico
Chautauuua Association on New
Mexico Resources Day, August o.
1911. In it Mr.. Miller declares ne
believes the estimate that there
are four million acres of possible IT.
r;gated area in New Mexico is ultra
conservative
The pamphlets d re being mailed
in a neat envelope on which are the
words, in the left hand upper corner:
"The Irrigation Resources OF New
Mexico. Department of Territorial
Engineer, Santa Fe, New Mexico, ana
IN the lower left hand corner: ASK
About New Mexico, the New state.
Contract for Wood.
Yesterday, proposals for furnishing
fifty cords of wood for the Spanish
American normal school, were opened
by President Prince and Secretary
Jaramillo. There were four bids, rang
ing from So to "a per cord, the lowest
bidder being Adelaide Baca at 81 per
cord The contract was awarded ac-
cordingly.
Has New Name.
An amendment to the articles OF In
corporation of the Futrelie Furniture
Company changing the name to the
Kapple Furniture Company, was filed
in the territorial secretary's Office to-
day. The company is in business in
Albuouerale and Robert A. Kistler is
it's agent.
For the Treasury.
Territorial Treasurer M. A. Otero
has received the following sums for
the treasury: Jackson Agee, treaslr
er of Grant county, $1125.29; B. c.
Hernandez, of Rio Arriba county,
s3,265.75; Vincent B. May, treasurer
of the New Mexico College OF Agrlcul-
ture and Mechanic Arts, refund of ter
ritorial students, $9,S6.31; w. D. New
comb. clerk of the seventh Judicial
district clerks fees, $923.05; Game and
Fish Warden Thomas P. Gable, $500.
Total $5,733.90.
Law Business.
Major Fred Muller, receiver OF the
land office at Santa Fe, has made out
his monthly report for September and
it shows good business.
There were fifty-one original home
stead applications amounting to an
acreage OF 6,91466; fees of $3.50 and
commissions of $259.32. There were
nineteen homestead applications un-
der the act Of February 10, 1909 and
they showed an acreage of 4,592.53
and commissions of $172.20.
There were forty-siX llnal home
stead proofs, aggregating an acreage
of 7,3S8.34 and tees and commissions
OF $zS2.90. Indemnity school land Sc
lections of which there were three, ag-
gregated 1900 acres. There were al
SO three railroad lieu selections of
4SO acres and the purchase money
amounted to $2696. There were four
homestead entries under, the act of
June %, 1910 comprising $40 acres.
There was one final desert land
proof of eighty acres and eight origi.
nal desert applications of 1,059.S5
acres and bringing in $1,010.S5 in
money.
There were two isolated tract sales
of 8O16 acres and one mineral entry
of 1858 acres.
The total receipts for the quarter
are $23,O32.71.
important Decision.
The land Office has received from
the department of The interior the de
cision on the appeal filed by Arch
bishop ]. B. Pitaval from the decision
February II, 1911, Of the commits
sioner of the general land office re
quiring republication for and supple
mental proof under the said ]. B. Pit
aval's cemetery application filed un
der the act OF March l, 1907 GA Stat.
1852 for two disconnected tracts
know as lots l and 2, Sec. 81 T 29 N
RIB E N M, M oanta Fe, N NJ land dis
( .trict, containing .93 and LIS acres, re
spectively.
The decision covers six typewriter
cages, reviewing as 1t does the appeal
The lots in question are in Questa
Rio Arriba county and it was the dc
sire of the church to use one for
cemetery and the other for churcl
site.
The local office recommended tina
these be given for those purposes, bu
the land commissioner decided tina
this could not be done according t
law. Now comes the secretary Of tn
a interior with the decision that it !
perfectly legal to purchase same as a
isolated tract.