Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-10
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Special to the New Mexican


President James S. Sherman, as Sena-
tor Albert B. Fall introduced the first
Dill in the Senate from the New Mex
lco Senators, an act granting the new
state five million acres of public lands.
the proceeds from which are to be ex.
pended for the construction and main
tenance of public roads and bridges.
The act provides that the selection
and location Of these lands shall be bv
a commission consisting of the sur
veyor general, the governor and the
commissioner of public lands of New
Mexico, subject to the approval Of
the secretary of the interior. The
minimum selling price is fixed at
Sl'2o per acre, tracts of more than
40 acres to an individual to be adver-
Used for four consecutive weeks in
some newspaper in the land office dis
trlct in which the land is located and
then to be sold to the highest bidder.
Ihe attorney general of the United
States is directed by the act to prose-
cute in law or equity the enforcement
OF this law as well as of the laws of
the state relating to the management
and sale of thees lands. Senator
Smith introduced a similar bill for
Arizona.
Senator Dupont of Delaware, from
the committee on military affairs, re-
ported the House blli as a substitute
for the Senate bill, granting the Ell
Paso & Southwestern railroad right
of way through the Huachuca reser-
walton in Arizona
Senator Briggs of the Senate com
mlttee on contingent expenses, re.
ported a resolution appropriating s2,.
200 for clerk and $1,400 for a mes
senger of the committee on expenses
OF the department of commerce and
labor OF which Senator Fall is the
chairman
Federal Building Bill.
Washington, D. c., April 10.-Con-
gressman Curry has introduced the
following bill in the House: A Bill
for the purchase of a site and erectionj
OF federal building at Santa Fe, Newl
Mexico. Be it enacted by the Senatel
and House of Representative of thel
United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the Secretary of thel
treasury be, and he is hereby, author
lied and directed to expend the sum
of two hundred and sixty-five thousand
dollars toward the election of a site
and the construction of federal build
ing to be erected in the town of San
ia Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, !
the total cost of the site and the con.
struction of the building not to ex. |
ceed the sum above mentioned.
Favorable Report on Good Roads Bill. |
Washington, D. c., April 10.-The |
Shackleford Good Roads Bill was or
dered favorably reported by the House !
committee on agriculture today. II |
would put highways on the same plane !
with railroads and the government |
would pay for the use of roads over ,
which mail is transported. The prob. |
able cost of measure to the govern
ment has been estimated at from Is to !
1OO,OOO,O00 dollars a year.
End of Gag Law"
Washington, D. c., April 10.-Presi. |
dent Taft, through the civil service
commission has rescinded the social
ed gag rule" imposed on government /
employees and army and navy officers
ana men, which forbade them to petit
tlon Congress when authorized by SUI
perior officers. By new order, su-
perior officers are compelled to trans
NIT all petitions to Congress.
To EquaIize Rates.
Washington, d. c., April 10.-Raif-
reads transporting coal from the Wal
senburg districts in Colorado were to-
day ordered by the Interstate Com
merce Commission to equalize rates to
contemporaneous Nebraska points, but
in no instance to charge in excess of
$3.50 ton. A rate of $375 was held
to be discriminatory
Trachoma Talk StartIes House.
Washington, April 10.-Dr. John Jo-
seph Kindred of Long Island City, a
recognized authority on nervous and
mental diseases, made a medical clin-
ic of the House of Representative to-
day, and caused the official reporters
to experience a terrible half hour.
In his autobiography in the congress
sion directory he modestly says of
himself that "he has in no sense been
q Do1itioiap,' hut that ha wac olaotad