Territorial Engineer Approves Several Water Right Applicants
Vernon L. Sullivan approves E Krause and W E Fletcher to divert Penasco river waters for a power plant in Section 2 Township 17 South Range 13 East costing 100000 with 2000 horsepower for electric lights and irrigation. Oliver M. Lee of Alamogordo gets rights to Kid Bluff Springs Grapevine canon and Sacramento river for domestic irrigation and stock use costing 20000. Lee also gets Sacramento river rights in Sections 30 19 South Range 11 East for power costing 35000 and 80000 for another Sacramento river project in Township 19 South Range 11 East.
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Territorial
Vernon L. Sullivan
E. Krause
W. E. Fletcher
el Paso
Texas
Penasco River
Pecos River
Oliver M. Lee
Alamogordo
Otero County
Kid Bluff Springs
Grapevine Canon
Alamorgordo
Otero
Sacramento River
Brave Engineer Stops Santa Fe Train Amid Boulder
A Las Vegas dispatch reports engineer Heydt at the throttle of westbound Santa Fe train No 7 near Glorieta when a large boulder blocked the track. He applied emergency brakes and halted the locomotive just before collision, saving lives. Heavy rains had loosened the obstruction, and traffic was held for two hours.
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Las Vegas
Heydt
Santa Fe
Apache Canon
Glorieta
Statehood Prize Essay Offer for New Mexico
The National Irrigation Congress board in Albuquerque invites essay submissions on Statehood for New Mexico. A silver loving cup worth 100 dollars, donated by ex governor M A Otero, will be awarded. Essays must not exceed 1200 words and become property of the Statehood League of New Mexico. Submissions to Governor George Curry in Santa Fe by September 29, 1908.
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Board of Control of the
National Irrigation Congress
Albuquerque
M. A. Otero
New Mexico
Statehood League of New Mexico
George Curry
Territorial
J. B. Clark
Santa Fe
W. B. Walton
Silver City
Governor Curry
Cloudburst Causes Major Damage in Albuquerque
An Albuquerque dispatch reports heavy rain flooding streets and cellars as waters up to five feet swamped property. A Santa Fe railroad washout seven miles south blocked traffic with more washouts seen nearby. The rain was the season’s heaviest.
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Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Here
Appointments and Fatal Accidents Reported in West
Da B. Hale is named post master at Grady New Mexico. A Las Vegas cloudburst on the 45th inst. drowned Pedro Martine after sweeping him down a mountainside. Andrew Salazar Mora county New Mexico, a leading sheepman, died from a boiling vat accident after a sudden fit.
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da B. Hale
Grady
Quay County
Las Vegas
Pedro Martine
el Paso
Andrew Salazar
Mora County
New Mexico
Territorial board expands Santa Fe school to include trades
The territorial deaf and dumb school in Santa Fe plans an industrial department teaching printing and shoemaking. Survey work on Fort Bayard reservation is accepted. Florencio Gallegos, 60, drowned near Lamy after heavy rains. Carlsbad Milling and Gin Company organized. A Pan-American Smelting plant to be built in Socorro with $60,000 investment. Albuquerque Eastern railway depot plans capped at $50,000. Professor James B. Clark lauds Las Vegas teachers’ institute and expects a strong school year. Ray club files incorporation at Santa Fe, based in Raton with $3,000 capital.
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Territorial Deaf and Dumb School
Santa Fe
John W. March
Fort Bayard Military Reservation
W. H. Herrick
Florencio Gallegos
Lamy
Carlsbad Milling and Gin Company
Carlsbad
Pan-American Smelting & Refining Company
Socorro
Southwest
Kelly
Magdalena
Socorro County
A. L. Richmond
Albuquerque Eastern Railway
East
Board of Control
Sixteenth
National Irrigation Congress
Albuquerque Hastern Railway
Albuquerqe
James B. Clark
Territorial
Las Vegas
Teachers’ Institute
San Miguel County
Clark
New Mexico
Ray Club
Raton
Colfax County
A. H. Officer
J. van Houten
Charles Springer
Fred
Whitmore
Cimarron
Census of Berlin 1906 Key urban metrics
The 1906 Berlin census reports a land area of 24 percent of a square mile per berm and a June 30 population of 2,060,777. It lists 2.5 square miles of paved streets, 946 numbered and named streets, 101 public parks or places, and 79 bridges excluding railway structures.
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Berm
Roy New Mexico a Growing Town in Mora County
The town of Roy New Mexico on the Dawson Branch of the El Paso and Southwestern system has grown rapidly since opening January 1 1907. About 800 homesteaders and desert entries filed since then with more coming as excursions continue. It is now the largest precinct in the county by size and population with modern business houses and many investment opportunities despite money stringency.
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Dawson
el Paso
Mora County
Roy area may hold fertile homestead land under desert laws
The Roy region offers rich agricultural potential as homestead land under desert laws. Early farming shows crops like wheat oats corn sugar cane kaffir corn milo maize and vegetables succeed. Water is accessible at 30 to 150 feet with drillers reporting reliable results. Roy is poised to become county seat of a promising northeastern New Mexico community.
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Roy
New Mexico
Mora County Profile Highlights Agriculture and Topography
Mora County covers 2542 square miles with about 13 000 residents per 1900 census. It leads New Mexico in agricultural value and hosts diverse terrain from Rocky Mountain ridges over 13 500 feet to forested foothills and canyons. Drainage largely feeds Canadian River and Mora River systems with Pecos and Santa Cruz tributaries in the west.
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Mora
Wagonmound
la Cueva
Cleveland
Guadalupita
Chacon
Ocute
Roy
Lucero
Halls Peak
Holman
Weber
Shoemaker
Watrous
Mills
Ledoux
Mora County
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Taos
Bernallo
Rhode Island
Delaware
Bernalillo
Rocky Mountains
Pecos River
Pecos
Santa Cruz
Rio Grande
Mora Drain Shape and Role on Eastern Rocky Slopes
The Mora drain runs about 40 miles along the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains and plays an important part in determining the flow of streams in the region.
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Rocky Mountains
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Statehood Prize
Census of
Berlin
Cassimero Gonzaleo
Roy, New Mexico
Pirateman Accommodations
Roy, N
A. P. Duncan, Prop
Bushkevitz
Max M
Bushkevits
Lee
Treas
Great Western Commercial Co
Moraco
A. S. Bushkevitz
United States
John Florench
F. A. Roy
Royal Cafe Confectioner
Postoffic
Roy Land and Live Stock Co
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