Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-06-16
CHAvEz'S WORK
IS RECOGNIZED
John F Roche of New York
Says He Saved Citizens
Money and Worry
NE INSPECTS Big PROJECTS
Engineer Miller Visited For
Sumner, Roswell and
Carlsbad.

Carlsbad.
Governor Mills has appointed Dirk
Ernest Seligmanof Las Cruces, Dona
Ana county, a notary public.
convicts Return.
Richard w. Smith, acting as depu
ty warden, brought two convicts tt
the penitentiary. They escaped re
Gently from the road gang. Mr.. Smitf
has been engaged for some time II
laying the cement floor Of the new
addition to the penitentiary.
Homer irwin Arrested.
Mounted Policeman Gomez has re
turned from Moriarty where ne at
rested Homer Irwin and took him t
Estancia where he turned him oVel
to the care of Sheriff julius Meyer. !
seems that Homer had little IroJai
war of his own recently, and assault
cd some one. using the medium OF
deadly weapon instead of hexameter
Institutes Good Work.
Superintendent J. E. Clark Oh tne
department of education was ehthu
.siastic today in discussing the WORK
Of the Santa Fe County Institute now
in session at the high school. line
teachers are in earnest and am
bitious: they are doing good work ano
the conductor of the institute, MIS-
Brumbach is a leader who can get re-
sults. was very we'll pleased with
NV visit to the institute and am sure
any one spending Is minutes in the
room and hearing the lectures ano
discussions would be impressed most
favorably."
Praises Insurance Department.
Insurance Commissioner Jacobo
Chavez will leave Sunday for new
York city where he will attend to
some official business.
Mr.. Chavez has received the follow
ing letter from John F. Roche, con-
sulting actuary of New York which
will speak for itself: my dear MT
Chavez: Your letter of the 9Th inst
at hand and l desire to thank you 1or
theJcourtesy you have shown me ana
for the complimentary things you say
regarding my report. The American
Bankers Company was taken in hand
JUST IN TIME by your good self and
the actions of your department In re-
gard to this company undoubtedly saw
ed much money and no little worry to
the citizens of New Mexico become
.cognizant of the protection thrown
around them and their interests by
he Insurance Department OF New
Mexico. l have received letters from
Messrs McCulloch of Pennsylvania,
Hottabaugh of Idaho and Cunning
ham of Montana. They all give due
credit to your department and ac'
knowledge themselves indebted to you
for this examination of the American
Bankers Assurance Company OF Do
yer, Delaware"
Made Inspection Trip.
Engineer C. D. Miller has returned
from a Carey Act inspection trip in
the vicinity of Fort Sumner going
over the Urton Lake project released
by the reclamation service and which
has been filed on by the Urton Lake
Land and Water Company of Santa
Fe and the Alma project which has
been filed upon by D. ]. McCanne of
Denver. This inspection was made for
the purpose of ascertaining the char
.acter of the land according to the
requirements of the department OF
the Interior and also to compare the
two respective projects as to feasibi-
lity and value to the Territory.
/ This inspection also will have
bearing on the approval of these two
applications which will be formulated
under one project and then segregat'
ed under the Carey Act provisions.
The Urton Lake Reservoir and the
Alma Reservoir were inspected, the
lands lying on both sides of the Pecos
from Fort Sumner south and the land
lying under the Triton Lake Project
towards Kenna, N. NJ, also were in:
spected. &
The Territorial Engineer visited
Roswell going over the site for To-
cation of bridge to be built by the
county commissioners on. Berrendo
Greek about three miles north Of Ros-
well.
Irrigation matters were also taken
up in Artesia on Cottonwood Draw
and other creeks in that vicinity on
which APPLICATIONS have been pending
for a long time and several approvals
and reflections will be made by the
department within few days. Carls-
bad was visited on irrigation matters.
The project of the Clark Land Invest
ment Company on tAe Delaware River
was Inspected. Construction work Is
progressing very rapidly on that pro-
ject and a concrete dam across the
Delaware is being completed. The
u. s. Geological Survey has corps
Of men investigating the feasibility Of
a third reservoir in connection with
the Carlsbad Reclamation project.
About 5000 acres Of land has been
subscribed being assessed at about
fifty cents per acre to pay for this
preliminary investigation. II it is
found feasible the project store addi-
tional water and bring under cultiva-
tion = large acreaee under this pros
ject.