Insane migrant fugitive taken to asylum after Mexico prison cruelties
Cornell Rees alias C W R Dobyns, chased over a year and jailed six months in Monterey Mexico awaiting extradition, went suddenly insane from Mexican prison cruelties. He was brought to the asylum after a suicide attempt in Raton and had been arrested for trying to wreck a Santa Fe locomotive.
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Las Vegas
Cornell Rees
C. W. R. Dobyns
Monterey
Mexico
Raton
Governor's Mansion Bonds and Purchase Agreement
Ex-Governor M A Otero and Major R J Palen of the Capitol Improvement Board meet Texas owners in J M Herveys office to finalize a 5500 dollar purchase for the governor's mansion site within legislative allowances. Governor Curry will consult architects Rapp and Rapp at Raton and plan convict labor on site. Capitol bonds of 50000 were sold to Otis and Hough of Cleveland for 49062 50 with accrued interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Otero
R. J. Palen
Capitol Improvement Board
J. M. Hervey
New Mexican
Curry
Raton
Rapp
Trinidad
Colorado
Santa Fe
Territorial Penitentiary
Otero
Otis and Hough
Cleveland
Refunding Survey Deposits for New Mexico Claims
Surveyor General John W. March reports a circular from Washington on refunds of mineral claim deposits for survey costs. The Interior Department affirmed a June 30 1908 decision denying assignment of deposit funds but reversed part of the Dunphy ruling allowing repayment of unearned moneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. March
General Land Office
Washington
New Mexico
Secretary of the Interior
BE. M. Dunphy
Water rights approved for La Luz and La Lua streams
Territorial Engineer Vernon L Sullivan approves water rights for H. P. Cameron in Otero County for 960 acres on La Luz stream at an estimated cost of 700 dollars. W A Coe of Alamogordo seeks 80 acres on La Lua stream with an estimated cost of 299 dollars.
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Vernon L. Sullivan
H. P. Cameron
la Luz
Otero County
W. A. Coe
Alamogordo
la Lua
First County Tax Rolls Report From Socorro County
Traveling Auditor Charles V. Safford reports the first tax rolls for the present year were Socorro county. Leandro Bean is the assessor. The rolls appear neat and largely correct without close examination. The county's taxable property value is about the same as in 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles V. Safford
Socorro County
Leandro Bean
County of
Socorro
Notaries Public Appointed by Governor Curry
Governor Curry appoints Roman De La O of Las Cruces Doha Ana county Juan C. Gurule of Vallecitos Rio Arriba county Charles O. Hyer of Hyer Santa Fe county Myron B. Keator of Tucumcari Quay county as notaries public for their counties.
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Curry
Roman de la O
Las Cruces
Doha Ana
Juan C. Gurule
Vallecitos
Rio Arriba
Charles O. Hyer
Hyer
Santa Fe
Myron B. Keator
Tucumcari
Quay
Homestead filings rise in Guadalupe county and Roy eyes county seat
Commissioner Hardie in Vaughn reports 150 homestead applications since March. A Ford hotel fire at Duran destroyed four buildings causing about 10 000 dollars in loss with no fatalities. A survey of officials includes Justice Department examiner Easterling’s New Mexico trip. Dispatches note a fatal cloudburst near Gold Hill and residents returning to Alamogordo with new equipment. Roy anxiously anticipates county seat status as irrigation and farming expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hardie
Vaughn
Guadalupe County
Ford
Duran
Charles F. Easterling
Department of Justice
New Mexico
Las Vegas
Fourth
Judicial District
Washington
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
New Mexican
Board of Regents
The
University of New Mexico
Doctor Wroth
ROY NEW MEXICO A rapidly growing town in Mora county
Roy New Mexico is a fast expanding settlement on the Dawson Branch of the El Paso and Southwestern system. Since opening to homeseekers on January 1 1907 about 800 homesteaders and desert entries have filed and new arrivals continue. The town now leads the county in size and population with modern business houses rising despite money stringency and vast areas of land offering investment chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson
el Paso
Mora County
Mora County County Profile Highlights Rich Agriculture and Rugged Terrain
Mora County spans 3542 square miles with about 13000 people as of 1900. It leads New Mexico in agricultural value and features mountain ranges with peaks over 14500 feet, deep canyons, timbered hills, and drainage to the Canadian River system including the Mora and Pecos rivers.
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Mora
Pont
Santa Fe
Taos
Bernaldlo
Rhode Island
Delaware
Bernalillo
Rocky Mountains
Pecos River
Pecos
Santa Cruz
Rio Grande
Mora Drain Shapes Rocky Mountain Stream Flow
The Mora drain runs about 40 miles along the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains and plays an important role in determining the stream flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountains
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Governor's Mansion Bonds
Lordsburg
Gold Hill
George Hughes
J. R. Yale
Alto
Kansas
Herbert Loomis
Stockton
Simon Newcomb
Mayence
German Empire
Wiliam Phillips
Sun Publishing Company
L. B. Bennett
C. Hendrick
Journal Publishing Company
Sun
Phillips
Hendricks
Roy
Cassimero Gonzaleo
Roy, New Mexico
Adobe
Roy, N
A, P
Duncan, Prop
A. 8. Bushkevits
Max M. Bushkevitz
A. Bushlevitz
Sec
Treas
Great Western
Roy, Moraco
A. S. Bushkevitz
John Florence
Re de Mora
Danes
Peele
Roy Land and Live Stock Co
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