The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-03-02
State Capitol News
TO SELL STATE LAND
NEAR ALBUQUERQUE
Three Tracts To Be Dis
posed OF May 700
er Capitol News

SANTA w. March 2-The state
land Office hat three tracts
OF and In B%ernaliilO county. lying east
and south OF Albuquerque. viii be OF.
fored at public sale on May 20. One
tract contains 502 acres, the minimum
price icing SIS m acre, plus ffO0 FOR
the fencing. A second tract contains
73.a acres, having "a minimum price
Of 81 an acre. There are no Improve
ments on his tract The third tract
contains 47e.b acres. M improvements,
FOR n minimum OF 50 an acre.
District Court Meets.
The March term Of the district
court for the county Of Santa Fe has
been convened here. Judge Reed HVll-
oman presiding. on o Of tho
lack Of funds available, Judge Hollo-
man has asked the grand jury to eN-
pcdite 10 work as much as pssiblc.
The Instructions TO the grand jury
contained nothing OF % special nature
aud we're htief One murder case VIII
Doe tried ~ this term, Charles "
Barker ia foreman Of the grand jury.
santa be Hotel Plans.
Directors ur the Santa te Buildings
company, incorporated. which VIII
build the ncN hotel here. In addition
to selecting the site Tor b building,
have awarded contract 10 the urm OF
architects, md have decided that the
structure viii be- IN the ue'y-oid santa
re NIN If OF AlNNNifNAMNN INV AAHNAH
tDcts. T. ~. ana W VI. Hupp, are VN-
prcted to have the preliminary plans
roudy within 30 days. An order FOR
500. zoe hollow tile has been placed
with the state pcnitentiary. 30 that
this much Of the material VIII ne
available for construction work 10 De
commenced, when Tho plans are rrhdA
The site selected h. the one upon when
stood tho Fonda. the leading hotel 100
the pioneer DAYS. ana ia at the end Of
the old Santa Fe trail. The site ~
d~iugoualll across from the southeast
corner of the plaza. with r. frontage or
500 feet on san Francisco. 500 on
ShtIht aud 2hU on water. Across the
street ON Sun Francisco Will bee erected
the GYUu.Uu post office, Tor which an
appropriation iH now available. IN"
hotel viii ave 100 rooms, 90 with
bath and will have also cigh: store
rooms. four on san Francisco q four
on shelby. The adding 0f the store.
rooms VIII be- for the purpose ut In
Oroasiug the revenue.
SEEKS More Water.
Application hus been nlcd with tho
state engineer hN Douglas q. wright
Of Springer. To- appropriate one u
onc-hult acre feet Of water per acre
hN tho diversion uf one Second foot Of
water from the Heepage in the arroNa
extending from Springer Lake %
ditch The water Will be used Tor tho
irrigation OF 100 acres.
More Road Projects.
Project statement has been sub
mlttcd hy the state highway rommin-
sion tor the approval "t IN" secretary
Of agriculture, on federal aid project
No a.. Nsuug he cUuHtrDctIuu ut
10 miles Of road on the silver city
Mogoliuu road. The estimated cost "f
m. prnieci. BE- 500. 900 Another pro-
j,Dt statement Submitted covers led
oral aid No. iN. covering Is miles On
tl. EosWsll-Curlshu road. 100 'huNDs
county. The estimated cost IS SEQ
600. This luttor project b. one that
can not no built unless the state road
bond ISSUE of 81 GOO. 600 Is authorized
o., tny VOTERS 900 the usNt general cleo.
ton. 800 November
Highwu, Engineer Quits.
James g. Harvey, district engineer
for th, state highway commission
with HEADQUARTERS iu Santa re. has roe
signed To- accept service with % con
Tlguuu company. ito Is forming a
u~urtuDrEhtp with GUY ; Exon OF is-
unuulu. Frank Smith, assistant dis
triut engineer t.pm Ration, viii De- pro-
NOTED 10 succeed Mr. Harvey.
Cavalry For Carlsbad
Returning from u VISIT To the IDcnH
valley where be went to look after IN"
matter of organizing several troops
that will go into forming the squad
ron or cavalry ihdl mas neon "'II
ixed for New McNiCo by the war de-
partmput. Adiutuut General James
Huyu announces that troop u has been
authorized for carlsbad. Captain frcd
". West first Of the officers OF the re-
organized national guard 10 receive "a
commission viii Dee the troop COM
maudDr Tile machine u troop VIII
he organized iu Albuquerque about the
middle Of the week.. General liaoa
says.
Can't stop Train =
Santa re train so. Z cannot be
stopped ut iAguna. superintendent W
NJ. Mathis. OF the Albuquerque III
Vision has advised the state corpora
tlou commission StockWou living no
that vicinity had appealed to the COM
mission To trN tu have a nag stop 'stah-
llsrrd az inuuuu for this fast train.
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