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SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, THUHSDAY JULY 15, 1909.
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GOVERHDR
CURRY
OJUIE GO
From Mountainair
to Raton and Then
to El Rito
SMALL H16i CLAIMS
Time for Filing With Sur
veyor General Will Not
Be Extended.
From next Tuesday on, Governor
Curry will be pretty much on the go j
until the end of the month. Next
Tuesday he leaves for Mountainafr
-where he will address the Chautauqua
assembly on Wednesday, returning to
Santa Fe on Thursday. On Friday
he will leave with Laud Commission
er R. P. Ervien, Territorial Engineer
Ternon L. Sullivan and Frank P.
Sturges, who will represent the New
Mexican on ,a Good Roads trip to Bar,
ton via Mora. Saturday -will be spen ;
at Las Vegas to inspect the Na . lonal
Guard encampment and to examine ,
the Scenic Highway to El Porven .
in the evening, July 25, a start w
be made for Mora where Sunday will
be spen On Monday morning the;
.party will eave Mora for Watrous
and thence to Springer arming there I
in the afternoon. Governor Curry .
will attend a meeting of the trus-.
tees of the New Mexico Reform!
. School and in the evening will leave
" Springer for Raton. On Tuesday eve-
ning, July 28, the party will leave Ra-!
ton for Santa Fe. On July 30, Gov
ernor Curry will leave for El Rito, Rio
Arriba county, to attend meeting
of the trustees of the Spanish-Amer- One For a Bridge Over the Rio Grande
lean Normal School. This will be his and the Other Over the
first visit to , Rio Arriba county since Red River,
he is Governor. Early in August, a
trip will be taken to Roswell via the special to The New Mexican,
proposed . Carrizozo-Roswell automo- Wasnington, D. C. July 15. Dele
bile toad. gate w H Andrews today introduced
Mechem t Sure of Confirmation. a bill appropriating $30,000 for a pub
Governor Curry today received a liQ bridge across the Rlo Grande at
telegram from Senator Clark, chair- iWamsley's crossing and Hot Springs
man of the Senate cottimittee on Ju-;m Taog county , ani other bill appro
dietary, saying that the confirmation! $ for a bridge across the
f Hon. M. C. Mechem to be judge J
of the seventh Judicial district, isj Delegat; Cameron of Arlzona, today
"cer ' i introduced an enabling act for Arizo-
Torrance County Court Records- , similar m Us tenor to that lntro.
. A large, substantial trunk arrived duced recently by Senator Flint o
toaay irum Aiiuuusui uu, ouuicoocu
to District Clerk F. C. Wilson, con-
vu;v whicri; no; in
Santa Fe instead of the Alamogordo
district.
Attorney B. M. Read in the district ,
court today filed a suit for H. B.
Cartwright & Brother, vs. Mrs. Pa
blo Sanchez of Dixon, Taos county,
on an open account for $263.85.
Small Holdings Must Be Filed.
Delegate to , Congress Andrews
-writes that under no circumstances
yj" ZJSJSlJ
for the filing of small holdings in
.New Mexico, an extension of which
time to March 4, 1910, he secured.
Claims to small holdings must there, :
fore be filed in the office of the Sur
veyor General by that date.
Notary Public Appointed.
Governor Curry today appointed J.;the schedule. I am feeling fine and
R. Darnell of Elida, Roosevelt coun.,could do lt again he said. The
ty, a notary public. j wnite-haired old man was immediately
Blue Print of Gallup-Farmington Road recognized by the crowds as he walk
In the office of Territorial Engin- ed to the postofflce about noon to
eer Vernon L. Sullivan blue prints of present his letter, ending a long
the proposed automobile road from
Farmington to Gallup were completed
today. The road will run via Simp
son's, Ojo Alamo, Tsaye and Togay
"Spring, going almost directly south
for the greater part of the way and
then veering westward to Gallup.
Townships Open to Filing.
The Federal land office announces
that fractional townships 32 N, 7 E.;
24 N. 4 E. and 32 N. 4 E., are now
surveyed and plats have been filed
in the office, the lands being open
to entry under the land laws on Aug
ust 24, 1909. All three townships are
located In Rio Arriba county, one on
the Los Plnos, the other on the Can-'
jllon and the third, near Charaa.
Postmasters Appointed.
Edward W. Doane has been appoint
ed postmaster at Baldy, Colfax county,
to succeed B. W. Gleske.
Charles B. Martin has been appoint
ed postmaster at Luna, Socorro coun
ty, to succeed W. Lee, resigned.
Santa Fe Filing on Public Lands.
The Santa Fe Pacific Railway Com
pany is filing on 97,795 acres of public
land with lieu land scrip in Chaves
county, eighty mile's east of Roswell
in the vicinity of the new town of
Scott. -
2FLYNN OF COLORADO
BEST PAPKE OF ILLINOIS.
Los ' Angeles, July 15. In ten
Tounds of vicious fighting, Jim Flynn
of Pueblo, Colo., bested Billy Papke,
of Spring Valley, 111., -before tha
ciflo Athletic Club last night. -
iTISHSM I
Sill OTHER
Goes Down With
Thirteen of Its
Crew
THREE HERE W
T wo Others of the Flotilla
Collided But Without
Loss of Life.
London, Jnly, 15. The wireless re-
P"s that submarine torpedo boat C
collision with an unknown steamship.
Another submarine C 17 was damaged
in a collision but the crew was
saved.
Only Three Saved.
Cromer, July 15. The British sub
marine C 11 was sunk last night by
the steamer Eddystone, four miles
. Halnalinl.n . UtrhtaMn Th,
crew
Lleutenant BrokJe and Wa,u d
one er
Bonayenture with a flotm of ej M
submarines were proceeding B0th
n Eddystone ran among the
immediately. C 16
endeavoring to
Eddystone but there were
"wrecking tugs were
8ummoned and lt , h ed tnat the
- , , ,
jC 11 can be raised immediately.
'
ANDREWS INTRODUCES
TWO MEASURES
; California.
Positive assurance Is given that no
ov r-
tion next week of Hon. M. C. Mechem
to ibe judge of the recently created
Seventh Judician District of New Mex-
ic0.
REMARKABLE FEAT
OF PEDESTRIANISM
San Francisco, July 15. When Ed
ward Payson Weston today handed
master Morgan of New York, he end-
ed one of the most remarkable feats
of pedestrianism on record. Al-
tknnirVi Wfldtnn wao fmif Havo hoVlfnri
--f j
is not downhearted. "It was a great
walk and but for unforseen difficulties
in the mountains I would have kept
tramp and was wildly cheered.
EMPTIES III
TJJIITST
J. Hill Predicts
Unparallelled
Prosperity
J.
TARIFF AGITATION IN WAY
Signs of . the Depression of
Past Years Are Rapidly
Fading. '
Washington, D. ., July 15. As soon
as the tariff is "out of the way," said
J. J. Hill," after calling on the Presi
dent, "the country'-wiUv enjoy pros
perity equaling or 'surpassing that of
the McKinley administration. Last
month I traveled extensively through
out the west;an found unequalled ac
tivity. The! signs ;of the depression
of 1907 are fast 'fading. Freight cars
will be at a premium within a few
Pa-'weeks and soon there will be no emp
ties in the country." ;, V - i
SETTLERS FLICI6
TO
Showing of Land
Office During
Last Year
URGE fUlLREMD SELEGTIOHS
A Vast Increase is Shown '
in Commoted and Final
Homestead Proofs.
Fred Mnller, receiver of the Santa
Fe land office has just completed his
annual report, showing the business
done by the local office during the year
from June 11)08 to 1909. The report
is gratifyingly astonishing 'in many
ways, particularly in that it strongly
indicates that new settlers are flock
ing to the Territory in larger numbers
than ever. About half a million acres
have been settled in the past year by
those making homestead claims. An
feature of the report Is the large
amount of land taken as railroad se
lections. Under this latter head there
were also about half a million acres.
More commuted homestead proofs aud
more final homestead proofs were re
corded than in any previous year.
That the entire year at the land office
was an exceedingly busy one can be
seen from the report which follows:
Total amount of entries made in
U. S. land office, Santa Fe, N. M.,
from July 1, 1908 to June 30, 1909:
Number of original homestead en
tries 2,747; acres, 474,589.97.
Number of final homestead proofs
334; acres, 49,169.10.
Number of origiual desert applica
tions 148; acres, 22,156.11.
Number of final desert applications
4; acres, 480.
Number of commuted homestead en
tries 287; acres, 47,555.15.
Number of mineral applications 2;
acres, 167.
Number of mineral entries 2; acres
42.
Number of soldiers additional home
stead applications 10; acres 367.06.'
Number of reservoir declaratory
statements 1 ; acres 80.
Number of coal declaratory state
ments 2; acres 639.64.
Number of soldiers declaratory
statements 8; acres, 1,189.15.
Number of railroad selections 2;
acres 441,614.52.
Number of territorial selection 4;
acres, 22,579.62.
Good Showing at Roswell.
Four thousand homesteaders have
filed on half a million acres of land
in Roosevelt, Eddy and Chavez coun
ties, in Southeast New Mexico, in the
past 12 months, according to figures
just made public in the United States
land office at Roswell.
Five hundred of these homestead
ers have filed under the new 320-acre
act. Figuring four to a family this
means that in three counties alone
the increase in population has been
at least 16,000 during the 12 months.
This, of course, includes only fam
ilies that have taken up land. The in
flux of settlers is growing every
month and the end of the year will
see a phenomenal record established
in Eastern New Mexico.
CROWD LARGE AND
ENTHUSIASTIC
Los Angeles, Cal., July 15. The
largest and most enthusiastic crowd
ever gathered here viewed the mon
ster Elk parade, glittering with gor
beous floats and flashing uniforms. The
grand pagneant, two miles long, pass
ed beneath a bower of bunting and
between walls of packed humanity.
The Indian band of Arizona Elks, Spo
kane Lodge, costumed as Continental
soldiers, four lodges of Southern Cali
fornia, in orange suits, representing
the orange belt, attracted great atten
tion. OFFER $25,000
PURSE FOR BOUT
New York, July 15. An offer of a
ptjrse of $25,000 has been made by
Jack McGuigan and Harry Edwards
for a six round battle between Ket
chel and Langford at Philadelphia,
on the American League grounds in
September.
JULY WHEAT ADVANCES
OVER YESTERDAY'S CLOSE.
Chicago, 111., July 15. July wheat
reached 129 today, an advance of 21-4
cents over yesterday's close.
Declines Again,
Chicago, 111., July 15. July wheat
advanced to 129 on the opening:, a high
record for delivery, but declined dur
ing the session to 122 1-4 on proflt-tak
ing. . . Close Wheat July 123 1-2;
Sept., 110 3-4.
H I
NEITHER poen
Latest Outlook Arti
cle by Ex President
Roosevelt
Does Not Believe in Fortunes
for Those Who Have
Not Earned !piem.
New York, July 15. The Roosevelt
article in the Outlook today is en-
titled: "Give me neither Poverty nor
j Riches," and says in part: "It is to
i be wished that those who preach and
! practice the gospel that heaping up
' richeB by the community or individual
. is all and all in life should learn true
i
i wisdom, teaching that it is well ,- to
have neither great poverty nor great
! riches. The movement to secure the
taxation of vast fortunes is a healthy
movement replacing the sullen dis
content, restless and evil preparation
for revolution. The multi-millionaires
are not a healthy development. If
fortune rests on a basis of wrong-doing
they are more dangerous crimi
nals than the ordinary types. If for
tune is the result of great service ren-
j dered, when it passes on to some one
who has not rendered the service, the
government should impose heavily
graded inheritance tax bearing the
heaviest on absentees."
INVESTING IN
TAOS COUNTY
Party of Capitalists Who Will Estab
lish National Bank Pay Santa'
Fe a Visit.
George T. Hedges, J. H. Trewin
and W. L. Crissman of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, and Henry J. Arnold of Den
ver, Colo., r re guests at the Palace.
jTfie Cedar Rapids people have re-
cently made large Investments . in
Hands in the Taos valley and contem
plate an expediture of over one-half
million dollars in that section. Mr.
Hedges is the head of one of the
largest investment concerns in the
state of Iowa, and one of its leading
citizens. Mr. Trewin is an attorney
of repute and chairman Of the Educa
tional Board, and is a warm personal
friend of (Senator D. Oliver, of Iowa.
Mr. Crissman is. a lawyer and capi
talist and the' combination is said to
'be one of the strongest financially
that has entered the Territory. Henry
J. Arnold, of Denver, is well and fav
orably known all over Colorado and
in many parts of New Mexico. He
was instrumental in bringing these
people to the Territory and was the
agent who made the sale. He is
manager of the Temple Court building
and general agent of many corpora
tions, syndicates and individuals. All
of these gentlemen are very favorably
impressed with New Mexico and its
advantages and bespeak for it great
advancement and development in the
very near future and like all investi
gating visitors are charmed with
Santa Fe, Its climate and its people.
, "If the people of our country only
knew," was the pertinent remark of
Mr. Hedges, a statement well worth
considering by all mediums of our ad
vertising. It is understood that these
gentlemen and associates will short
ly establish the First National Bank
of Taos. , .
The New Mexican welcomes these
men to the Territory and wishes for
them a full crop and an early ripen
ing of the fruits of their enterprise.
GOVERNOR OF
NEVAEASUED
Scandal Over Awarding Contract to
Furnishing Mansion of Executive
at Capital.
Reno, Nev., July 15. Because
Ponnells and Steinmetz, of Reno,
whose bid was $2,00o higher than
theirs was awarded the contract to
furnish the governor of Nevada's
mansion, the John Breuner Company,
through its attorneys, filed a suit at
Carson city against Governor Dick
erson, D. M. Ryan, state treasurer; J.
E. Gegers, state controller, and W. G.
Douglass, sectretary of state, as board
of control commissioners, enjoining
them from paying money to Donnells
and Steinmetz, for furnishing the man
sion. Most of . the furniture has already-been
placed in the mansion. Im
mediately on filing the papers a writ
of injunction was served upon the gov
ernor and his associates. The Brun-
er company intimates that the con
tract was given to Donnells and Stein
metz because, the members of the
firm were of the same political affil
iation as the members of the capl
tol commission.
MISSOURI ilHffSliT TUFT
STILL RISIII6
River at St. Charles
Is Five Miles
Wide
WHEAT LANDSiDER WATER
The Manufacturers in Illinois
Moving Stock to Higher
Ground.
St. Louis, Mo., July 15. The Mis
souri river reached a stage of tio.o
and is still rising and the manufac
turers on the Illinois side are moving
stocks to higher ground. The levees
at. Cahokia will stand but a slight
rise. Five thousand acres of vheat
are under water at St. Charles, Mo.,
where the river is five miles wide.
Reclamation Works Withstand Floods.
Washington, D. C, July 15. The
rivers of the West all seem to be on
the rampage, and from every section
conies reports of the "largest record
ed history of stream flow." The en
gineers of the reclamation service
have been anxiously watching the
gauges, as many of the large struct
ures of the government are undergo
ing their first severe test.
The Colorado river at Yuma, Arizo
na, is discharging 150,000 second feet.
Both the Laguna dam and the levee
system are standing the strain ex
tremely well and it is believed they
could successfully resist a flood sev
eral feet higher than the one now
passing, although it is the highest
known on that liver.
The North Piatt river in Wyoming
has been carrying more than twice
the volume of water ever recorded
there before, aud many alarming
stories have been circulated concern
ing the safety of the Pathfinder dam
recently completed by the reclama
tion service. Some apprehension was
felt owing to the long continued high
water lest it should top a low point
In, the . re&ejr voir south of the dam
However, a dike was thrown across
the opening, and as the river is slow
ly falling the danger is now past. The
total flow of the river for the past 45
days has exceeded the normal yearly
flow of the river at that point.
The Lower Yellowstone, Shoshone,
Salt river and other streams in which
dams are under construction, have all
carried floods of unheard-of volume,
but so far no serious damage has been
caused. In other sections the rivers
and canals are bank-full and the out
look for heavy crops throughout the
West is very bright.
SQUABBLE OF FEDERA
TION OF MINERS
Lie is Passed and Discussion is Bitter
Over Seating of Delegate From
Michigan.
Denver, Colo., July 15. The whole
morning session of the Federation of
Miners was occupied in a contest over
seating Edward Hammond of Larium,
Michigan, he not having paid the ini
tiation fee. It is charged that Ham
mond is taking advantage of his own
union and offered an I. W. W. card as
an initiation fee, hoping thereby to
give the I. W. W. another vote in the
convention. The lie was passed and
discussion was bitter.
IF
TAFTA1 DIAZ
Cabinet Giving At
tention to Arrange
ments WILL OCCUR AT EL PASO
Executives to Clasp Hands
Under Canopy Erected
on Bridge.
Washington, D. C, July 15. The
meeting of Taft and Diaz is now defi
nitel assured. The President and
his , cabinet are giving attention to
the arrangement for such a notable
event and exchanges of ideas are in
progress between the two executives.
It has been suggested that the exec
utives clasp hands under the canopy
erected in the middle of the interna
tional bridge at El Paso or in turn
visit each other ashore,
II
STANDS PAT
Insists Upon Corpo
ration Tax Amend
ment to Tariff
AlflRIRH RFTS HIS RRnFR
IIUWIIIWII WklV IIIV VllUbllW
With Pavne H (tSiimmnn
ed to White House for
Confernc.
jt
Washington. July 15. "THE PRES
IDENT STANDS RIGHT WHERE
HE STOOD ALL ALONG AND WILL
INSIST UPON THE CORPORATION
TAX AMENDMENT," is the substance
of the report to the tariff conferees
by Aldrich and Payne today after a
long conference with the President
last night, being summoned to ex
plain the rumor that the amendment
was to be dropped In conference. It
is reported and not denied that the
majority of the conferees objected to
a two per cent tax on corporations,
and the announcement tnat the ad
ministration will be satisfied with
a one per cent, did not remove tho
objections of the House conferees
who are protesting vigorously. Rum
ors of the rejection of the amend
ment when returned to the conferees
after re-draft, determined the Presi
dent to learn whether the sentiment
is strong enough to encompass de
feat. Discrimination in Baggage Transpor
tation. Washington, D. C, July 15. All dis
crimination is not forbidden hy the act
to regulate commerce, but only such
discrimination as is undue. This, in,
effect, was a decision of the Interstate
Commerce Commission announced in
the case of the Herbeck-Demer Com
pany against the Baltimore & Ohio and
the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The complainant insisted that it
was illegal for the defendant carrier
to accord transportation to any
amount of baggage accompanying a
passenger. The defendants. In com
mon with other railroads, transport
150 pounds of baggage on every pas
senger ticket, making an excess
charge for carrying all baggage over
150 pounds in weight. The complain
ant has traveling salesmen who carry
about 1,250 pounds of baggage, on all
over 150 pounds of which they have to
pay excess fare.
The claim was made that if the rail
ways charged for all baggage, they
might as well reduce the charge now
made for the transportation of excess
baggage thereby benefiting the com
plainant It was urged that when a
railroad charged the same amount for
carrying a passenger without baggage
as it charged a passenger with 150
pounds of baggage, it was discriminat
ing against the former in violation of
law.
The commission held that the dis
crimination cited was not unlawful and
that the railroads had a right to stip
ulate the amount of baggage to be car
ried by a passenger on his ticket as
personal property. The question as
to whether 150 pounds of baggage was
a reasonable amount was not consid
ered, i
Gives Colleagues a Pleasant Outing.
Washington, D. C, July 15. Senator
Guggenheim is host on an automobile
trip to Gettysburg, Harper's Ferry and
other nearby points of interest com
mencing yesterday and lasting until
the Senate again convenes. His
guests are Senator Flint of California,
Carter of Montana, and Borah of
Idaho.
Senator Carter Sat Upon.
Washington, D. C, July 15. The
Senate was in session Monday twenty
minutes, when it adjourned until Fri
day. The major portion of the time
was devoted to a discussion of the
unanimous consent agreement not to
transact any business while the tariff
work was in progress.
The discussion arose over the effort
on the part of Senator Carter to have
passed a bill pertaining to the affairs
of the District of Columbia, on the
ground that the bill was "such a little
one" that no harm could result from'
Its passage. But Senators Lodge and
Culberson, standing guard over the
interests of the two sides of the cham
ber, objected, and thus prevented the
action.
The incident served to emphasize the
understanding that no business will
be permitted in the Senate so long as
the conferees, are out, and this Is a
renewed assurance to the senators at
the sea shore that the interests of
their constituents will not be imperiled
by their remaining away.
Reduction In Express Rates.
Washington, D. C.; July 15. A re
duction in 'the rates charged by the
Well-Fargo Express Company between
Denver, Phoenix, Arizona, and Inter-
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