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8A.NTA FE S KV MEXICAN, ' SASHIJl Fit, Pi. U,
WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1907.
SANTA FE S KW MEXICAN.
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aX TROST, Editor. JOHN K. STAUFFER, Sec'yTrsaa.
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF SANTA FE COUNTY-
fhe New Mexican la the oldest ne wspaper in New Mexico. It la Bent to
frry postofflce in the Territox nd hu lirge and growing circulation
tunong Khd intelligent and progressive people oi urn Southwest
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UNION(JfaflLABft
AN IMPORTANT LAND SUIT.
The action yesterday taken by At
torney General George W. PricharJ
after consultation with and by direc
tion of Acting Governor James W.
Rayuolda in instituting a suit for the
annulment of deeds by the Territory
to about 6,000 acres of public land and
now held by the Rio Grande Lumber
Company under and by virtue of such
deeds is extremely timely and very
proper. The contention on the part
of the Territory is that these deeds
were fraudulently obtained by con
spiracy and are therefore absolutely
illegal and the tracts named in them
should become again the property of
the Territory. The lands were a part j
of the donation of one hundred thou
sand acres to the Territory of New
Mexico by the United States for im
provement of the Rio Grande and un
der the law granting them were to be
sold to actual purchasers only in
tracts of 100 acres each at not less
than $1.25 per acre. Although these
brought $3 per acre it is considered
by many that being timber lands they
are much more valuable.
About 70,000 acres of public land
in the Territory donated by Congress
. for Territorial institutions and other
oublic purposes have been disposed
jf during the past five years in no
case at less than $3 per acre and in
some cases at a higher figure. Every
transaction is minutely described in
the records of the officials having
charge of these matters. As far as
the officials are concerned there is
absolutely nothing to conceal and
nothing has been or is 'being con
cealed. The suit filed yesterday is
strong proof in that direction.
If the contention of the Territory
that the practice and the method by
which the Rio Grande Lumber Com
pany obtained these lands are illegal
and fraudulent shall he sustained by
the court then in such event other
cases in which it is alleged and charg
ed that similar proceedings were had
will doubtless be taken up and there
will be no shirking and no delaying
by the Territorial administration in
such cases. On the other hand it
must be remembered that the deci
sions of the courts have not yet been
obtained and that the defendants claim
that thev committed no illegal or
fraudulent adts but acted within the
laws as they understood and inter
rupted the same. The case is of
great interest and will therefore be
watched by many persons interested.
Tt is un to the courts to decide and
newspaper controversies thereon
should cease if possible. However,
this may not be the case as a few
yellow sheets of the Territory are very
likely to lie about the matter and en
deavor to arouse public prejudice con
cemlnsr it. This has been their hab
tt for years and it is therefore but
sensible to expect that they will con
tinue their nefarious and dirty work
in this instance.
the Territory of Xew Mexico and
which suit was brought by the com
plainant for a correct and complete
accounting of the moneys pertaining
to what is known as the "convicts'
earnings fund" during the time he
was superintendent of the Territorial
penitentiary. In. this case a cross bill
was filed by the Territory of New
Mexico which therefore became inter
ested in the suit. The New Mexican
does not propose in this article to
take up the subject of the report
made by one Francis M. McMahon,
an expert accountant employed by ex
Governor Hagerman at Territorial ex
pense in the same matter. That will
come in .due course of time and will
be treated without mincing matters,
and "that the people may know" all
about it. Referee Safford's report is
now before the court and up for judi
cial action and1 decision. It is a re
markable document and one to the
contents of which great attention, the
utmost of care, hard and laborious
work, and careful consideration
was given by the referee. The report
became a public document as soon as
filed and hence a copy of it was se
cured and is published today that the
people may read and judge for them
selves. More will be said upon this
question in the action of the court
and its decision shall be announced.
The people of New Mexico have the
utmost confidence in Judge Parker be
fore whom the case is pending. He is
one of the 'purest and cleanest mem
bers of the judiciary of the country,
federal, state and Territorial, and his
record as associate justice ot the
Territorial Supreme Court and as a
district judge for nearly ten years is
of the highest in every respect.
tlio plunder pursued under the false
cloak ot good government and reform.
"The tax payers are becoming suspi
cious of the reality of supposed econo
my and comfortable balances.
"They have had their eyes opened
by consulting the facts as shown hy
the official records, and, the former
fond love for all of this supposed man
tle of honesty and reform as admin
istered by the Hagenmau regime has
changed to one of contempt and disappointment."
The temperance movement of late
years has become very strong in the
South. In Texas' saloons must keep
closed from 12 midnight,, until 5
o'clock In the morning; no saloon can
do business during the 24 hours of
Sunday, and other restrictions have
been placed upon the liquor traffic.
The legislature of the state of Ala
bama has recently adopted restrictive
laws and the state of Georgia is get
ting ready to follow suit. This Is
true advancement in the right direc
tion.
In his examination recently in the
United States district court in Chi
cago before Judge Landis, John D.
Rockefeller showed much better judg'
ment than did ex-Governor Hagerman
before the referee in this city in the
Sargent contingent fund case. Mr,
Rockefeller gave his testimony, but
did not tangle himself up. The ex
Governor declined to testify and hence
got himself into a beautiful tang'
The difference between the United
States and the East Indies is remark
able in many directions. For in
stance In the East Indies about 22,
000 people are killed annually by
snake bites while in the United
States about 100,000 are killed each
year by drinking antidotes against
snake hites.
Those supplies at the Territorial
penitentiary which former Superin
tendent Arthur Trelford in an official
report stated amounted to many thou
sands of dollars are dwindling and
dwindling as the official Inventory is
being taken. This is usually the case
with fake reform assertions and re
ports.
The more the fake reform yellow
sheets stir up the political situation,
the more will the fake reform hoi
lowness and mockery be shown up.
Let " 'er go Gallagher." Tne public
spirited and decent newspapers of
New Mexico will fight it out on this
line.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
MAX. FROST,
Attorney at Law.
Santa Fe New Mexico.
G. W. PRICHf .iD,
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
Practices In all the District Courts
and gives special attention to cases
before the Territorial Supreme Court.
Office: Laughlin Blk., Santa Fe, N. M.
BENJAMIN U READ
Attorney at Law.
Santa Fe, . New Mexico.
Office: Sena Block, Pa'.acs Avenue.
WILLIAM H. H. LLEWELLYN,
Attorney at Law.
Las Cruces, New Mexico.
United States District Attorney.
A. W. POLLARD,
Attorney at Law.
District Attorney, Luna County.
Deming , - New Mexico.
BONHAM & WADE,
Attorneys at Law,
Practice in the Supreme and Dis
trict Courts of the Territory, In the
Probate Courts and before the U. S.
Surveyor General and U. S. Land
Offices. Las Cruces, N. M.
E. C. ABBOTT,
Attorney at Law.
Practices In the District and Su
preme Courts. Prompt, and careful
attention given to all business.
Santa Fe New Mexico.
A. B. RENEHAN,
Practices in the Supreme and Dis
trict Courts. Mining and Land Law
a Specialty. Office In Catron Block,
Santa Fe, N. M.
CHAS. F. EASLEY,
(Late Surveyor General.)
Attorney at Law.
Santa Fe New Mexico...
Land and Mining Business a Specialty.
THOSE HAGERMAN DISPATCHES
The Albuquerque Morning Coyote
Journal is jumping about like a crazy
coyote, howling and whining, that the
New Mexican and the Albuquerque
Citizen have published private dis
patches sent by ex-Governor Hager
man while in office with the intent
either to influence legislation unduly
and improperly or to keep himself in
office. Between the editorial office
and ,the editorial mud slinger3 of the
iheet and the liar who represents it
in ftiis city as correspondent it' is' in
sinuated that these messagef were
either stolen from the telegraph office
or furnished by Acting Governor Ray
nolds from the files of the executive
office. Both insinuations are false.
Even if the dispatches were on file in
the executive office they are certainly
not private. . The principal item in
the case the editorial mud-slingers and
the lying correspondent here of the
Albuaueraue Morning Coyote do not
touch upon and that is that the excel
lent fake reform governor paid for
these dispatches at government rates
evidently treating them as govern
ment business when nine out of ten
of them had no more to do with the
business of the United States than
they had with the man in the moon
or the mystic alleged Inhabitants
of the planet Mars. In the meantime
the Albuquerque Citizen and the Santa
Fe New Mexican will pursue the even
tenor of their ways and will continue
to show up the fake character of the
Hagerman alleged reform administra
tion and the lies and slanders of the
Albuquerque Morning Coyote Journal.
A FIRST CLASS APPOINTMENT.
As good an appointment as could
have been made was the one an
nounced yesterday by Acting Governor
James W. Raynolds of Arthur Seligman
of this city as a member of the Ter
ritorial Board of Equalization vice E. I
V. Chavez who declined to qualify and
in addition resigned the appointment.
Mr. Seligman is a Democrat in politics
and as Mr. Chavez is also a Democrat
the political complexion of the Terri
torial Board of Equalization will not
be changed. Republican administra
tions in New Mexico have always re
spected just claims of the minority
party and have treated the same very
fairly in matters of appointments.
Mr. Seligman is in the prime of life,
a leading business man and a financier
of great ability and success. He was
a member of the Board of County
Commissioners of Santa Fe County six
years and part of the time its chair
man. Although the New Mexican is
strongly opposed to him in pontics it is
just and fair to state that he has
made an excellent record in the official
positions held by him and that under
his administration as chairman the
county had the best, the cleanest,
the most efficient and the most suc
cessful administration in its history.
He is fully qualified for membership
on the Territorial Board ot Equaliza
tion, having made property affairs,
tax methods and the revenue laws of
this Territory and of several of the
states a thorough study for years and
being fully conversant with them. He
is a hard worker, conscientious and
courageous. The appointment will
meet with the approval of the good
citizens all over the Territory and
will be especially commended by Mr.
Seligman's friends who are many in
this city and county and also 1n con
siderable numbers in the Territory.
Fake reformers and the yellow
sheets in their way say that they are
tired of the New Mexican's fight for
good government and justice and fair
ness to the citizens of the Territory.
Correct! That Is why the fight has
been, is being and will be made hereafter.
The more the affairs of the late
Hagerman administration are investi
gated the worse they show up and the
more do they become apparent that
all the claims set up by the fake re
formers and protestations by the yel
low sheets In their pay were and are
mere humbug and yellow sheet slush.
The archaeological and historical
objects in New Mexico are attracting
a great deal of attention from scien
tists all over the country. Many of
these are coming to the Sunshine
Territory for investigation and exam
ination. It all helps.
A 'professor of the University, of
Chicago, asserts his belief that the
human soul looks like an oyster. What
he bases his belief upon he does not
state, Chicago university professors
are proverbially smart.
In the recent -.hearing in which
John D. Rockefeller was a witness in
the United States court in Chicago it
does not seem as if he earned his wit
ness fees. He had so little to tell.
It would be a mighty good thing
for the progress and good name of
this city were the backbiters and
knockers within its gates to get lockjaw.
At any rate it will not hurt' the
Japanese to take a good look at Uncle
Sam's battle ships. Seeing is believing.
REFEREE SAFFORDS REPORT IN
BURSUM SUIT.
On other pages of this issue will
be found the official report of Referee
Charles V. iSafford to the presiding
judge of the Third Judicial
District Court for the county
of Socorro In the matter of the
suit entitled, Holm O. Bursnm versus
WHO ARE THE GRAFTERS?
Under the heading "Who are the
Grafters " the Albuquerque Citizen
gives a few plain and undeniable de
tails of fake reform official doings very
interesting and timely. The editorial
reads:
"The annual appropriation provided
for contingent expenses for the at
torney general's office, $300 including
the year 1907. Former Attorney Gen
eral Reid served about four months
of the present fiscal year and- succeed
ed in distributing on behalf of the
Territory, the sum of $295.41, leaving
the munificient balance of $4.59 with
which to defray the expenses of the
attorney general's office for the re
maining eight months. . .
"In this connection It is also inter
esting to note how these would-be re
formers were taking care of the tax
payers by securing increased appropri
ations for the heneflt of their official
pockets.
"For instance the $2,000 -for the at
torney general on the revision board
Increased to $500 for contingent ex
penses. Yet these very same ipeople
were out early and late on the curb
stones and in the subsidized press,
shouting economy, denouncing graft,
charging dishonesty to all . . persons
who happened to refuse to approve of
I "Why, oh why, did I not burn those
dispatches?" 'Lamentations of the
fake reform ex-Governor.
The New Mexican Printing Com
pany has on hand a large supply of
writing tablets and scratch pads suit
able for , school children, lawyers,
merchants and also for home use,
which will he cleaned out at 10 cents
a pound and cheaper if ordered In
larger quantities. These tablets are
made ifrom the odds and ends of the
best paper obtainable, and you are
getting double your money's worth
when buying.
, GEORGE 6. BARBER,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Lincoln, Lincoln County, New Mexico.
Practice in the District Court and
Supreme Courts of the Territory.
Prompt Attention Given to All
Business.
FRANK W. CLANCY,
Attorney at Law.
District Attorney for Second Judicial
District.
Practices In the District Court and
the Supreme Court of the Territory;
also before the United States Supreme
Court in Washington.
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
JOHN K. STAUFFER,
Notary Public.
Office with the New Mexicau Print
ing Co., Santa Fe, New Mexico.
ROMAN L. BACA,
Real Estate and Mines.
Spanish Translator, Notary Public.
Office Griffin Bldg., Washington
Ave., Santa Fe, N. M.
OSTEOPATHY.
DR. CHARLES A. WHEELON,
Osteopath.
No.' 103 Palace Ave.
Successfully treats acute and chronic
diseases without drugs or medicines.
No charge for Consultation.
Hours: 9-12 m 2-5 p. m. 'Phone 15C.
CONY T. BROWN,
- Mining Engineer.
Secretary and Treasurer New Mexico
School of Mines.
Socorro New Mexico.
CORBET & SMYTHE,
Civil, Mining and Hydraulic Engineers.
Assaying and General Contracting.
U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyors.
East side Plaza. Santa Fe. N. M.
H. B. HOLT,
Attorney at Law.
Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Practices In the District Courts as
well as before the Supreme Court of
the Territory.
NEAT LUNCH COUNTER.
The Boa Ton Lunch Counter has
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tory. They handle everything In the
eating line from both eastern an'J
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ou that thy know the buslneas.
When fi need of anythirg m the
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Invitations, In lets, call on the New
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The New Mexican Printing Com
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and best arranged book bindery In the
Southwest T'u best kind of work
only turned out. Prices very low aw
satisfaction guaranteed. If you havv
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pamphlets or need any other binding
call for figures, samples and prices of
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The company Is anxious to serve you
and will give you satisfactory rates.
Butchers' shipping certlBcates, such
as are required by law, printed la
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Prlitlig Compaiy -
" (Homestead Entry No. 8161.)
- Notice for Publication.
Department of the Interior,
Land Office at Santa Fe, N. M.
July 9, 1907.
Notice Is hereby given that Luclan
ita C. Villanueba, widow of Nicolas
Villanueba, deceased, of Galisteo, N.
M., has filed notice of his intention
to make final commutation proof in
support of his claim, viz.: Homestead
Entry No. 8161 made November 23,
1904, for the NW 1-4, section 26, Town
ship 12 N., Range 11 E, and that said
proof will be made 'before the regis
ter and, receiver at Santa Fe, N. M.,
on August 21, 1907.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on, and cultivation of, the land, viz.:
Juan Villanueba,' Tomas Villanueba,
Ambrosio Pino, and Francisco Gon
zales, all of Galisteo, N. M.'
MANUEL R. OTERO,
Register.
THE FIRST JATIOpt BAJVfj
OF SANTA FE-
Trre oldest banking Institution In New Mexico. Established In lb70
RUFUS J. PALEN, President. JOHN M. VAUGHN, Cashier.
LEVI A. HUGHES, Vice President ALFRED H. BRODHEAD,
Assistant Cashier.
Capital Stock 11 ,000.
Surplus and Undivided Profits 103,5001
-j Transacts a general banking business In all its branches. Loans
money on the most favorable terms on all kinds of personal and cc I
ateral security. Buys and sells bonds and -tocks In all markets for
Its customers. Buys and sells domestic and foreign exchange and
makes telegraphic transfers of money to all ports of thi clvillzid
world on as liberal terms as are given by any money transmitting
agency, public or private, Interest allowed on time deposits at the
rate of three per cent per annum, on a six months' or year's ter n.
Liberal advances made on consignments of live stock and products.
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The bank executes all orders of its patrons In the banking line, and
aims to extend to them as liberal treatment in all respects, as Is con
sistent with safety and the principles of sound banking. Safety De
posit boxes for rent. The patronage of the public Is respectfully so
licited.
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