Graduation Class Plans May 2 Commencement at Allen Hall
The graduating class announced their May 2 commencement in Allen's Hall with invitations and a detailed program listing speakers, songs, and diplomas. The Seventh and Eighth Grade program at the Opera House follows on May 22 with an eight o'clock start and a small admission fee.
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Gecoc
Allen’s
Roch M. Allen
Ohn M. Goodding
Agne
T. Irvin
Gracie V. Locke
Owen K. McCarty
Bessie M. McDonald
Lena M. Ricketts
Helen D. White
R. A. Waldraven
Owen McNarty
Mrs. Young
Genevive Glass
Ruth Allen
Harry Wooos
W. F. Higby
Agnes Irvin
Bessie McDonald
Harry Wosrds
Euia Woods
Helen White
Ilard Belknap
Opera House
Ruby Estes
Willard Belknap
Blanche McQuillan
Milo Baughman
Trene Funk
Winnie Douhict
Edith Chittenden
Ava Towner
Ruth Martin
the Little Huntsman
Maude Wright
Vera Glass
Marguerite Giennart
Paul Thompson
Julia Pax
Ross Thompson
Harvey Tay
Lommie Smith
Memorial Day Committees Named for G A R and Odd Fellows
Memorial Day exercises will publish a program next week with committees for soliciting flowers led by Winnie Wynn and others. Music committee includes Mrs. E B Holmes and Chas Voorhees. Hall decoration by Lucy Hoff and others. Transportation by Newt Bowman Frank Allen and Farmington Transfer Co.
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Odd Pellows
Winnie Wynn
Pearl Blake
May Chittenden
Winnie Douhilt
Grace Locke
Agnes Irvin
Ida Estes
Morie Craig
Bernice Nail
Frances Rice
E. B. Holmes
C. W. Bowne
G. C. Bero
Chas. P. Voorhees
Robi. E. Sawyer
Orval Ricketts
Lucy Hoff
Miss Cassonguiy
Bessie Duff
Steve Pase
Gust‘Bero
Newt Bowman
Frank Allen
Farmington Transfer Co
The Beet Crop as a Reliable Farmer’s Crop
An Iowa observer extols beets as a dependable crop compared with hay and grain. He notes eleven observed crops with costs covered and only one year below average, despite weather and disease challenges.
Father of My Country at Pearly Gates Cartoon
A humorous tale shows George Washington Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt at Saint Peter s gate. Washington and Lincoln cite being called father of their country, while Roosevelt declares in bold style that he is present, prompting a punchline about telling God he is here.
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George Washington
Pearry Gate
George
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Saint Peter
Heodore Roosevelt
Butter Production Totals by State and Census Year 1909
The census year 1909 saw 1 620 766 009 pounds of butter produced on farms and factories in the United States valued at 105 000 000 dollars. Wisconsin tops the states, with Iowa and Minnesota following in order, and other states including Pennsylvania Michigan Ohio Illinois New York Texas and Indiana trailing behind. About one and a half billion pounds valued at over 400 million dollars move along the butter route.
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Census Bureau
Wisconsin
Towa
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Ohio
Illinois
New York
Texas
Indiana
Feverish Washington in the President’s Campaign
An anxious office holder complained of a delay in an expected appointment, and a Congressman urged patience until the President could decide. The scene reflects the feverish conditions the campaign has created across the government and its departments.
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Washington
Mexican unrest tests U S restraint amid Titanic distraction
The piece notes Mexico's crisis and U S reluctance for intervention as Americans focus on the Titanic tragedy. It argues the Mexican government seems ineffective and revolutionaries disregard U S lives, while border tensions strain isolationist policy.
Harriman Invasion Linked Rail Line Building Described
In Fruita Colorado on May 15 the first track of a proposed link between the Oregon Short Line and the Southern Pacific is under construction from Thompson Utah to Durango Colorado and Farmington New Mexico. An engineer in charge says the line is not for coal to the Denver and Rio Grande but is part of Harriman’s Oregon Short Line equipment and a step in invading western Canada.
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Fruita
Colo
Oregon Short
Oregon Shore Line
Western
Carade
Harriman Lines
Our Possessions and Alaska Civil Government Debate
Congress pursues a Alaska legislature as a remedy for colonial governance. Davenport of Oklahoma argues for clearer laws in Alaska while Morse of Wisconsin clarifies Philippine governance questions. The Philippines debate dominates, partly due to history with USS ships and canal politics.
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Aaska
Davenport
Oklahoma
Alaska
Philippine Islands
Morse
Wisconsin
Phiippine
Philippines
Unee Sam
Panama Canal
Emigration Tide and Farm Aid in Public Land Debate
The passage of expanded homestead laws and liberal land policies is said to curb emigration to Canada and boost farm prospects. Support grows for farmer protection, tariff relief, and practical agricultural research, with past doubts about fruit growing largely fading in states like Kansas and New York.
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Agricultural Department
Washington
Congress
Kansas
Nebraska
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Western Reserve
Oregon
Californ Phteensie
Lemons and tariffs reshape California fruit trade
The article traces how lemon cultivation and curing techniques evolved, showing imported fruit later undercut domestic growers and how tariffs shifted the market. It contrasts 1769 Crosby ads with modern California and Florida advertising spending, and notes growing fruit consumption and health trends boosting fruit imports.
Three Year Homestead Bill Stalls in Congress
Washington reports disappointment as House and Senate conference committees fail to agree on the three year homestead bill. Western legislators remain determined to push the measure, but outcomes look uncertain as Congress remains gridlocked this session.
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Enterprise
Washington, D.C
House
Senate
Congress
New Mexico Democrats Name Delegates to Baltimore
In Davis May 14 the first New Mexico state Democratic convention elected eight delegates and eight alternates to the national convention in Baltimore and instructed them for Champ Clark.
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Davis
N. M
New Mexico
Baltimore
Champ Clark
Government to Build Fifty Dams on Navajo Reservation
Government officials prepare to construct about fifty dams on the Navajo reservation to store water. Water holes dry up in the hottest summer months, and the new dams would provide more accessible water for herders and livestock.
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Navajo Reservation
Senate approves numerous bills in county affairs and licenses
Special to Enterprise Santa Fe New Mexico May 6 1912 The senate finance committee reports on the county salary bill setting yearly pay for Treasurer Clerk and assistant and Sheriff at 750 dollars. Commissioners and Probate Judge 300. County Superintendent 1000. Surveyor 0 per day. The deputy sheriff pay tied to days worked. Senate passes House Bill No 9 bee bill and sends to governor. Senate passes House Bill No 112 on townsite adjudication to fix Mogolia property issues. Senate substitutes for House Bill No 30 to curb houses of assignation and prostitution. Senate Bill 725 local option and high license measure is set as special order. In the House county court bill passes 3 to 5 after amendments. Evans explains jurisdiction transfer to county probate court, juror pay 2.50 per day plus mileage. requires practicing attorney for probate judgeship, applies to seven counties Bernalillo Budy Chavez Rio Arriba Curry Quay San Juan. Evans cites economy and reduced litigation as benefits. New books advertised: Barrett 90c, Rand McNally 60c, etc. Instructions urge teachers to attend institute June 3–13, 1912. signed J L G Swinney County Superintendent Aztec New Mexico April 27 1912.
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Senate Finance Committee
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San Juan
New Mexico Water and Federal Building Bills Move
Washington May 14 Congress discusses a bill to promote well drilling on New Mexico deserts and another authorizes 14800 to the state for a constitutional convention. A Rio Grande National park proposal includes the Butte reservoir. Bills seek federal buildings at Las Vegas Las Cruces Documenri and Deming. The House approves a constitutional amendment to elect U.S. senators by direct vote.
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New Mexico
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Senate
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Fall
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Rio Grande National Park
Las Vegas
Las Cruces
Eleventh Annual San Juan County Teachers Institute
The Eleventh Annual session of the San Juan County Teachers Normal Institute will meet at Aztec High School from June 3 to 18, 1912. Examinations are June 11 and 15. Institute manual free. institute fee two dollars. Professor J Howard Wagner returns to lead. Miss Edna Baughman assists. Reading Circle books available for credits toward third grade certificates.
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San Juan County
New Mexico
Teachers’ Normal Institute
Aztec
J. Howard Wagner
Edna Baughman
Laplata
Wagner
Baghman
Land Decisions on Heirs in Patent Issuance
The department issues patents to heirs when there is no widow or minor children under section 2292 R 8S, or if a will purports to devise the entryman's interest. Local courts determine who the heirs are and their individual interests in such cases.
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Department
Heirs Right to Additional Homestead Entry Cited
Upon the death of an entryman with no widow his heirs may make an additional homestead entry under Section 2 of the enlarged homestead act. Cited cases include Alice C. St. John 38 LD 577 and Lillie E. Sterling 39 LD 346.
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Alice C. St. John
Lillie E. Sterling
Understanding the entry in the land office process
The term entry records an inceptive right to unappropriated soil, reserving land from others. It is an executory contract between the entryman and the Government, binding until patent issues or title passes. Upon patent cancellation land reenters the public domain and remains open to settlement.
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Land Office
General Lana
Practice in Prior Retirement Dispute Outcome
The General Office avoids hearings on conflicting settlement claims while the township plat remains filed.
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General Ant
Desert Lands Amending Entries Under Good Faith
The rule allows amendments to entries at the land denarement’s discretion for lands not originally applied for when there is manifest good faith and ignorance or misinformation prevented initial entry. It applies where conditions could not have been foreseen and to entries affecting the increase of water rights in land reclamation.
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Yoser
Federal statute on desert land entry rights death rule.
The law notes federal provisions do not mediate rights after a desert land entryman dies. Succession falls to the state where the land lies, and the land department will handle the case accordingly.
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Land Department
Nervy San Juan Pushes Broad Gauge Rail Line
The Daily News lauds the nerve of the San Juan congress as it proceeds to build a broad gauge railroad from Durango to Gallup New Mexico to create a southern outlet. It notes historical railroad discrimination and hopes for a hopeful future with local effort and perseverance.
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the Daily News
San Juan
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