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Show HISTORY of prominent citizens, of the iistences to bed etc, correct, Cire BOO i+ tet , 4 1t 2 “ 1 we is prectieable to bring to the site of the Old Lexicen '€S9, the weter necessery for the erees that were or ec, ond thet seic quentity of weter will be sive St, ot thet point. Surveys to be meade by t! ited Stetes Reclemetion service io determine n the »exicen side of the Kio Grende, which cz G surveys to be subject to the fporovel of the 1b. Under those considerstions, the ext rseés the Blephent butte Dem projeft, as expleined orsement to be subjected to the epproval of ne welegetes heave ne instructions. whstever cs ine iy mes a thorcurchniy thoroug ae nvention Hell by tine ee Oe from oe 2 ie Reals, — Le *e, the undersigned cc Rio Grande Velley, heartily the ad Stetement end presentation, wea aS mece Re él oe mhnt SE a“ eo my nit hi ist Af “eo »Joleg n on apn ee Le / fi, = Gyeds Ae wt CAFE ee of 8 g lt be 4. %ee Ly Ot ele <A > otvee om ee we es se CEL ‘ - <nd by senting the Mexicen “epublic, ~ne sid Rilo Grende Velley, subject ; Government. a; ar * mRade ait Bete ve eee enerne ® er te 38é James B. McCreary, of Kentucky, H. R. 376, Dec. 18, 1889; Charles P. Wickham, of Ohio, H. R. 4613, January 13, 1890, in the house; Senator Ran- reported by the surveyor general but not acted upon by congress, 111 in num- ere to Ir;: congress he hed no tim € to meke « comparison of the two pro go store the waters of the Rio Grende. ‘The Internet ionel De Ject end the Zlenhaent Butte Dem project, but assumef, for act purposes, that the Date given by Mr. Hell in his report Unator reed FCBvEI ey et Convention Hell, in regerd to flow, sediment, eveporat ion _ 885 Antonio Joseph was born in Taos, N. M., August 25, 1846. He received his early education in the private schools of New Mexico, at Taos and at Santa Fé. Later he attended Webster College, St. Louis, Missouri. March 11, 1881, he married Elizabeth M. Foree, of Clark county, Missouri. Mr. Joseph held several county offices, was a member of the territorial assembly and was elected delegate from New Mexico to the 49th, 50th, 51st, 52d and 53d congresses, which position he filled with great credit. His political record was most honorable. For many years he lived at Ojo Caliente, of the hot Springs at which place he was the proprietor. He died at Ojo Caliente, Taos county, in 1910. His remains are buried at Santa F%. ea Ser som, December 10, 1889, S. 1042, and Senator Wolcott, Dec. 16, 1889, S. ego in the senate. 887 On March 6, 1890, the territorial bureau of immigration unanimously passed a resolution looking to the sending to Washington of a delegation of prominent citizens to urge action on this subject. Pursuant to this resolution, a commission of fifty leading citizens, appointed by Governor Prince, was named, twenty-five of whom accompanied Governor Prince to Washington. The governor was elected chairman of this committee and Ira M. Bond and George H. Cross were chosen as secretaries. This delegation called upon the president, every member of the cabinet, the assistant secretary of the treasury, the commissioner and deputy commissioner of the general land office, and the Mexican minister, and had specially satisfactory interviews in relation to land grant titles with the president, secretary John W. Noble and secretary James G. Blaine. They were also accorded hearings by the senate committees on territories, private land claims, and public lands, and by the house committees on territories, education, private land claims, and irrigation. Everywhere the Suggestions of the delegation were well received; and their request to dent Harrison that he should still further aid in securing the passage Presi of a bill was so effective that, on the lst of July, the president sent to congress@ Special message on the subject. (Messages, ete., Richardson, vol. 1x, P- 15). This was accompanied by a copy of the correspondence between the department of state and the Mexican government, and a report from the secretary of the interior. The latter embodied a list of the New Mexican land grants rock, A ne * n November,18,19C4 ig Belegetes ete Se A and a committee lexicen k a¢-simule of Resolution approving the Construction of the Elephant Butte Reclamation Project NS = : ‘ dopted . by Delegates Ado Tg . National 5 e from e Irrigation : S Mexico, = Congress, oe Texas, and El Paso, : : New mm Texas, . Re Mexico at ce : E . 1y November, 2 the array eee Mexico which L. Bradford Prince, at the time governor of New Mexico, was chairman, was sent to Washington for the purpose of procuring the passage of legislation looking to the establishment of a court or commission with power to dispose of the question of land titles in New Mexico.**7 On April 28, 1890, Mr. Wickham, from the committee on private land claims of the house, as a result of the deliberations of Texes, Peso, undersigned Pe hee Be Sg Oea WLS Ae localities in New El the Ae rn be disturbed and their prosperity retarded by these old contentions. I express the hope that the differences of opinion as to the methods may yield to the urgency of the case.’’ At this session of congress, the delegate from New Mexico, Antonio Joseph,** introduced a bill providing for the establishment of a land court. Other bills *** for the same purpose were introduced by representatives from the states. Public meetings were held in various ot ad Thirteenth AN 1904f " MEXICAN a. NEW “ OF . 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