Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-11-05
FRED MULLER's AFFIDAVIT.


lection of $40 acres OF land and that said appli-
cation was thereafter approved and that ar
rangements for the selection of said lands and
the approval of the application were made by
orable N. A. Field.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3Oth
day of October, 1922
(seaD PRICE R. CROSS,
Notary Public.
My commission expires October s, 1924.
c. J. NEIS' AFFIDAVIT.
Mcxicol So
Now comes c. J. Nes of Roswell New Mex
ico who after first being duly sworn deposes
and says that he has read a certain purported
letter dated September Is, 1922, and now being
circulated broadcast in this state for the pur-
pose of defeating Captain Fred Muller run
ming for Commissioner of Public Lands; that the
contents of said letter unknown to affiant
prior to it's publication for the reason that said
letter was never received by affiant; that there
was no occasion for the writing of said letter for
the reason that every transaction which affiant
has had with the State Land Office was always
discussed with the Commissioner as we'll as the
Assistant.
CO.. NE1S.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3Oth
(SeaD JAS. 0. CASEY,
Notary Public.
My commission expires April a. 1928.
NJ A. FIELDS STATEMENT.
Santa Fe, N. NJ, October 30 1922.
Hon. H. B. Woodward, Chairman,
Republican State Committee
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Dear Sir:
In response to your request that I advise you
as to all the information in my possession rela-
tive to the Etchevary lease and the Neis appli-
cation for the selection of certain land, referred
to in the letter which the Democratic State Com
mittee claims was written by Captain Muller,
beg to advise as follows:
July II, 1922 Jim Etchevary made applica-
ton for the selection of 1120.21 acres of land in
Township "a South Ranges 10 and 20 East and
Township rs South, Range 20 East. The appli-
cation approved by this office and sent to
the Roswell Land Office July 10, 1922. On Sep
TENDER %, 1922, a lease was sent to Mr.. Fitch
evary for signature and the same was returned
to this office on October 7, 1922 by Mr.. Clar-
ence Bell, Cashier of the First National Bank of
Carlsbad, New Mexico Said application and
lease were all made in regular form and all with
my knowledge and approval.
At the time of the application Mr.. Etchevary
gave the State Land Office a check for $500
and refund is made to him of $3.50, over
payment, by reason of reduction in the rental
Relative to an application by Mr.. G. ]. Neis
OF Roswell beg to advise that on September g.
1922, Mr.. Neis applied for the selection of GAO
acres Of land in Township "a South, Range 20
East. This application was approved prior to
October 3, 1922, and on that date the lieu selec-
ton list for filing and the REIMBURSEMENT, which
REIMBURSEMENT was by John S. Powers and
Frank Riley, were forwarded to the United
States Land Office at Roswell, New Mexico, and
were received by the United States Land Office
October 6, 1922, as shown by their receipt No.
2678590 The only applications filed for the Sc
lection OF lands in the Roswell District subse-
quent to the Neis application above referred to
were by W. B. Mcknight, for 800 acres in
South, Fl East; by Carl e. Sans for the selec-
tion of 954.44 acres in IA South, 20 East by
George Littlefied for 1921 acres in 5 South,
20 East and by George L. Ulrick for 800 acres in
South, 13 East. These applications were all
made in person by the applicants and no one of
them was represented by Mr.. C. J. Neis or any
other person. The above selections were all made
with my knowledge and necessarily with my APP
prevail and in the regular course of business as
conducted in the State Land Office, and no other
non-mineral affidavits or Accomplishments were
filed in this office in any selection in the Roswell
District subsequent to the date when Mr.. Neis
made his application.
call your attention to the fact that Mr.. Neis
represented Mr.. Etchevary and that the new se4
lection made by Mr.. Neis after the Etchevary
selection must have been the selection Of Sep
TENDER 2, 1922, as shown above. That selection
as shown by the records of this office was made
in Mr.. Neis' name and for that selection the re-
linquishment was filed and the selection made
all with my knowledge, approval and consent
and that Mr.. Neis talked to me in person rea-
tive to this application and that Captain Muller
was not even present at the time Mr.. Neis took
the matter of this application up with me.
For the above reasons the latter part of the
alleged letter charged to have been written by
Captain Muller Is absurd and unwarranted by
the facts as shown by the records of this office
Very truly yours,