Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-07-11
PLENTY Of LAND
FOR H0MESTEAOERS.
Santa Fe District Has Over
Eight Million Acres
Unoccupied
NEW COMPANY INCORPORATED
National Guard Preparing For
Encampment at Las Vegas
July 18.

SAAAy 49, .
Governor Mills has appointed Anto-
nio Lucero of East Las Vegas, san
Miguel county, a notary public.
For the Treasury.
Territorial Treasurer M. A. Otero
has received the following sums for
the treasury: Jose y Torres, treasur-
er of Socorro county, s1,275.35; Game
and Fish Warden Thomas P. Gable,
$1O.75.
New Company.
Articles of incorporation were filed
in the territorial secretary's office by
the U. 8. Potash Fertilizer and Deyel-
opment Company whose office is at Al
amogordo, Otero county and J. r. De
Mier is named as the statutory agent.
The company is incorporated at $oO0,-
900 and the paid in capital Is $4,000.
The incorporators are E. w. Carpen-
ter, A. U, Humes, J. E. Martin, A. P.
Wintermute all Of Delaware, Ohio,
each owning $50 shares; A. B. john
son of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, $50 shares and
John R. De Mier of Alamogordo, ESQ
shares.
Encampment July 1s.
The New Mexico National Guard is
preparing for encampment at Las We
gas July IS, and many of the boys are
looking forward with pleasure to it,,
even if there will be a good deal OF
work. The guardsmen who have not
yet obtained their khaki suits would
do we'll to get fitted out as the wealth
er may be rather warm and the khaki
is required. The encampment begins
a week from today and companies
from all over the territory will be rep
resented at camp.
Those who wish to take the vaccine
treatment against typhoid will be at
the armory Thursday night.
Messenger Wanted.
The Weather Bureau in this city
is in fix. Its present messenger,
Vernon E. Small, has resigned There
is no available. name on the Civil Ser
vice list and the vacancy must be
filled with a temporary appointment.
There is no money available to adj
vertise and no applicant who wants
the job. Director G. E. Linney is
anxiously scanning the town for a
young man to act as messenger. II
there is any ambitious youth of that
kind and he sees Mr.. Linney first,
he might land the job which is con-
sidered quite a desirable one.
Land Office.
Despite the large business transact
ed by the Santa Fe land office during
the past year, statistics which are fur
nished today by Receiver Fred Muller,
show that over eight million acres of
land are still open for settlement in the
Santa Fe district, one of six land dis
tricts in New Mexico It would seem
that the Sunshine State may still have
a slogan to bring many more home
steaders.
These are over eight and a half
million acres in the Santa Fe land
district which are subject to entry
in the following counties:
Bernalillo 116,S40 acres
Colfax 42,9SO acres
Guadalupe 595,760 acres.
Mckinley S6S,9S0 acres.
Mora 184,450 acres.
Rio Arriba 52S,205 acres.
Sandoval 668,90O acres.
y San Juan 1,434,280 acres
d. San Miguel 623,510 acres.
Santa Fe 354,440 acres.
Socorro S81,560 acres.
Taos 466, 480 acres.
Torrance 1880 acres.
Valencia 1,003,250 acres.
Total S,54s,525 acres.
OF this total, the surveyed land
is 6,386,125 acres and the unsurveyed
Is 2,162,400 acres.
Other Items.
Other details of the years business
are as follows:
NonAAuoSU AOAcSIcdu QIoOAS, ooA ,
excesses, &C.: isolated tract sales, "a;
original desert land entries, 239; final
desert land proofs, 8; cemetery pur.
poses, 1: mineral entries, Q; simultan.
eous bids, 2; original homestead act
2O2; final homestead proofs. 357; sold
iers additional homesteads, 8; home
stead declaratory, 6; coal declaratory
II; mineral applications. s; adverse
mineral appl.ss i; railroad selections
Is; state selections, 36.
Total entries made from July /, 1910
to June 80, 1911, were 2,136.
The total amount of money received
during fiscal year ending June 80, 1911
was $96,339.21.