Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-04-22
SPECIAL DAYS
IN THE SCHOOL
Education Department Issues
to Superintendents and
Principals y
SANTA FE DREDGING COMPANY
New Incorporation With A. B.
Renehan as lis Agent In
This City.

Governor Mills returned today from
Albuquerque where he attended the
dedication of the Masonic temple last
night The governor had a pleasant
visit and met many old friends in
the Duke City.
Board of Osteopathy.
The territorial board of osteopathy
will meet at Albuquerque on Mon
day. DR.. C. A. Wheelon will attend
from this city, he being the secretary,
Land Entries.
The following were the land en-
tries yesterday at the Santa Fe land
office. Balente Luna, Alamo; Christie
pher F. Hottigen, Duran; Ira 0. Min
or, Cuervo; Donaciano Mares, Altar
que.
Bureau of immigration.
The annual meeting of the New
Mexico bureau of immigration took
place at Albuquerque in the offices
of the bureau this afternoon. In ad-
dition to the regular business to come
before the session the biennial cleo
ton of officers will also take place.
New Company for Santa Fe.
Articles of incorporation were filed
ir the territorial secretary's office to-
day by the Santa Fe Dredging Com
pany, which is incorporated at $1,000,-
600 consisting of million shares at
81 each. The paid in capital is $4,000
and the shareholders are James A.
Wood, 1900; J. H. Vaughn 100; A. B.
Renehan 100. The local Office is in
the Capital City bank building and
Attorney A. B. Renehan is designated
as its agent. The incorporation pa
pers state however, that the company
may have a sub-office in Kansas City,
Mo. The object of the company is to
deal in mines, lands and developing
mines, in southern Santa Fe county.
Land Office Ruling on Refusio Grant.
Las Cruces, N. NJ, April 22.-The
register of the Las Cruces land office,
Jose Gonzales, has received a ruling
from the general land office in regard
to the land in the Refugio Colony
grant which will be of interest to the
people of this section of the country,
it being an extract from an act passed
by congress at the last session.
1t recites Llat in all cases where
persons have made claim or claims
to land in Dona Ana county, by virtue
or under color or bona fide claim of
right or title derived from the Mexi-
can land grant, known as the Refugio
Colony grant, and which grant was
confirmed by the final decree Of the
court of private land claims, render
ed in 1902, and where such person or
persons in. good faith and for valua-
BILE consideration have purchased
such lands and occupied and improv-
ed the same prior to the rendition of
such decree, in the bona fide belief
that such lands were embraced in
and a part of said grant and which
lands were excluded therefrom by the
final survey of the Refugio grant or
dered by court of private land claims,
and where said persons, their assigns
and successors in the interest have
used, improved and continued in the
actual possession of the same accord
ing to the lines OF the original pur-
chase and where no valid adverse
right or title Except of the United
States) exists, such occupants, claim
ants or purchasers may make entry
and the commissioner or the general
land office shall cause patents to is
sue for the same, after having such
I lands surveyed under existing laws,
on payment of the fees and commits
sions required on original homestead
entries, upon first making proof of
the facts as required in this section,
under regulations to be provided by
the commissioner, joint entries being
permissible by coterminous proprie-
tors to such an extent as will enable
them to adjust their respective
boundaries; provided, that the right
to make entry herein given shall not
extend to lands containing gold, sill
er, copper, oil, coal or other valuable
minerals; and provided, that when
ever 1t shall be made to appear by Pc
tt1on from the occupants of such land
that injury to permanent improve
ments would result from running the
lines of the public survey through
such permanent improvements, the
commissioner may recognize existing
lines of subdivisions.
The commissioner OF the general
land office is also authorized to rem.
der to the claimants under this act
such assistance as he may deem
necessary in the matter OF the prep
aration and submission of proofs here
under and all actual expenses incur
red by clerks of the general land of
flee by others detailed by the commits
sioner in rendering the necessary as
sistance to such claimants, including
per diem allowance in lieu of sub
stance, may be paid from the approp
ration for the expenses of inspectors
Circular Letter.
The department of education has
issued the following circular letter tt
county superintendent and superin
tendents and principals of city ant
town schools,s dwelling on specia
days to be observed in the schools il
New Mexico and also referring to th
convention of the National Education