Las Vegas Optic, 1909-09-03

main outlet ditch from the reservoir twenty feet in width. The total length of ditches and laterals will be in the neighborhood of -f fifty miles. The present plans for the project do not provide for the Irrigation of any lands west of the Galllnas river. It will take the Camfleld engineers about ninety days to per- -f feet the plans and specifications or the project, which when finally completed will represent an outlay of between $500,000 and $600,000, ' and have them ready for filing wj.h the territorial engineer. When these are approved by that official there will be but one obstacle standing in the way of the immediate commencement of work and that obstacle is the filling of A. A. Jones already referred to for the -f flood waters of the Galllnas. There is no conflict whatever, as to the water rights of the other streams mentioned. -f Now to sum up the situation: If the question of priority under this filing is litigated, then construction may be postponed for some time. Therefore It Is to be hoped that it will not be neces- sary to resort to legal proceedings to do away with the Jones' filing. Mr. Jones was seen by a representative of The Optic this -f morning and when asked whether he intended to oppose the Cam- field project insofar as the right to the waters of the Galllnas was concerned, made the following statement: "I am not prepared to make a statement at this time regard- -f ing my plans, but I have no doubt but what the matter will, In the near future, be solved in a way that will be of the greatest benefit -f to the community as well as to the individuals directly ' Interest- ed." ,

Is evident Dr. Cook will have quick opportunity to submit his proofs. John H. Bradley, the wealthy New Yorker, who financed Dr. Cook's expe expedition, - dition, expedition, says it is untrue that the dash to the pole was the outcome of a fishing expedition. He now states the expedition was perhaps the most care carefully - fully carefully planned of any previous polar attempt. He says the secrecy main maintained - tained maintained was to avoid unpleasant con controversies - troversies controversies in case he failed. Expedition Carefully Planned That the journey was well planned is shown by the quantity and nature of the supplies Bradley's schooner schooner-yacht - yacht schooner-yacht deposited in Greenland for Cook. These included ten thousand cans of provisions, 10,000 boxes of matches, 5,000 gallons of gasoline, 1,000 gallons of alcohol, two barrels of gum drops, which is currency lor the Esquimaux instead of money, guns and knives for trading, hickory lumber for building sleds and sheds, and great quantities of staple gro groceries. - ceries. groceries. In all there were sufficient provisions to last the party three years. '1 As an Indication of the care with which the expedition was plan planned, - ned, planned, aluminum stoves instead of heavy iron ones, usually used by ex explorers, - plorers, explorers, were taken along. . ? j .

Is completed is about 17,000 acres, of which 8,000 acres Is now held In private ownership. The contract provides that Camfleld must furnish water to all lands which are to be reached from his ditches and laterals and he cannot charge for water furnished to persons now owning land more than $35 per acre for "a perpetual water right of not less than 1 1-4 acre feet of water per annum. This supply, together with the average rainfall will make an average waterfalj of about 34 Inches yearly. Camfleld agrees to begin work on the reservoir within thirty days after the territorial engineer shall have favorably passed upon his application for the use of the flood waters of the Galli Galli-nas - nas Galli-nas and Sapeljp rivers and the Sanguijuela and Pecos arroyos and after all conflicting rights to the flood waters of the Gallinaa river shall have been disposed of.

Mrs. Felipa B. de Martinez, wife of Ambroslo Martinez, died this morning at 4 o'clock at the family residence on the West side after an illness of one month. Mrs. Martinez was a na native - tive native of Las Cruces, but had made her home in Las Vegas for many years, where she was well known. Besides her husband, she leaves six children, Mrs. Pedro dama Duran, Esther, Man Manuel, - uel, Manuel, Clemente, Louisa and Reuben, to mourn the sad death of the 1 loved one. Mrs. Martinez was forty-six years of age. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock from the Church' of Our Lady of Sor Sorrows, - rows, Sorrows, Interment being made In St. Joseph's cemetery. The fui-.eral will be under the direction of J. C. John John-sen - sen John-sen & Son.

ready cabled to Copenhagen offering ruptcy against the firm was filed by Cook $4,000 a week for a ten weeks' James A. Anderson and two other lecture in his houses. European creditors whose claims aggregate agents of three other vaudeville $2,511. The "petition gives the liabil liabil-managers - managers liabil-managers have also cabled princely of itles at $200,000 and assets $100,000. f ers. Another result of Cook's success j Robert B. Oliver was appointed re-

to deliver. The timber will be -f cut from the Coconino national forest of which Flagstaff is the -f f headquarters. -f This school of forestry, which -f Mossiman has gone to attend, is -f -f established by the Forest Service -f with the end In view of perfect- -f f ing the forest guards and rang- -f ers in their work, it being the"

The contract, which was duly signed upon motion of Don Eu- genlo Romero, one of the grant trustees, seconded by "Felix Es- quibel, another member, provides' that the lands to be conveyed to Camfleld are lands under controf'of the grant board which are with- in the lands reserved for reservoir nurnoses. Th total ore nr

iherc are now but tw;o confikag claims to the flood wnterj or the Galllnas. One of these is $he filing of the United States, which will be obtained .by the grant beard without difficulty. The other -Is the filing made by A. A. Jones, of this city,, for the use of such -