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Show 564 LEADING FACTS OF NEW MEXICAN HISTORY his arrival in the capital. Those who listened to the addresses at the inaugural ceremonies believed that they could hear the roar of the breakers which would wreck the ship of state. The address of Albert B. Fall, attorney general, was particularly pointed and acrmonious. But Governor Curry put on the velvet glove. He was conciliatory and made it plain to all that he was a republican, not only in form and by word, but was convinced of the righteousness of the principles of that party. He immediately engaged in the work of building for the territory’s future, and made politics and politicians a matter of secondary importance. He appointed James M. Hervey attorney general, interested himself in the work of law revision 7° and the building up of the national guard. During the previous year the total acreage taken up by homesteaders was somewhat larger, so that there were made during the fiscal years prior to June 30, 1908, more than 30,000 original entries, homestead and desert land, covering a total of more than 5,000,000 acres. More people came to New Mexico during his administration than during any two decades preceding. The honds of the territory commanded a higher premium than ever in its his ‘78 During the Hagerman administration a commission to revise the laws had been provided for by legislative enactment. Governor . the personnel of this commission. Of the members doing Curry most made of the change cot sy in this revision were James M. Hervey, Julius Staab and Benjamin © ead. Benjamin M. Read is the son of Benjamin Franklin and Ignacia (oe Read, and was born at Las Cruces, New ‘Mexico, in 1853. His father was is native of Baltimore, and came to New Mexico in 1846. Mr. Read received : education at St. Michael’s College, Santa Fé. He was private sector e Governor Marsh Giddings, in 1871. He was a teacher at St. Michael’s ¢0) wit in 1875, and had charge of the schools of Santa Fé until 1880. He was are secretary to Governor Lionel A. Sheldon, and while filling this position : of was admitted to the practice in 1885. He was elected to the pe representatives from Santa Fé county in 1900 and was chosen speaker, @ ia tion territorial, have been Seventeen established during new the pace with banks, past nine the growane ad eight © national year. *“The development of the coal-mining industry has increased oo It is estimated that during the past year the coal mines of New naingly: — have os a \ Bre : 7 : “rominent New Mexicans \s Grant. 2. John Chisholm. of s 2 oO. the Nineteenth a; J, Hagerman. Century 4. 5 ©. Lea ee have kept de pursuits PP banking business. Fe de and of a branches aah ‘‘ Mercantile other ; which he filled with credit. He was appointed a member of the ae sion to revise the laws in 1907. He is the author of Guerra Mevice AE The Santa Fé, 1910, and Historia Ilustrada de Nuevo Mexico, Santa Fe, — latter work has been translated into the English language. : Curry, George, Governor, Report of, to secretary of the interior; Archives, office of secretary, Santa Fé, N. M.: ‘‘New lines of railroad are be eing: built an into undeveloped coal fields, rich mining districts and timber eer the through farming sections, bringing in thousands of settlers and hasten development of the Territory in general. th in all Te ne LOPES PREIS EP PAE ey ae ee ae wee $8 epee i = een < ae ee ee ee ee ee ear ee Se ee SG. Sie ek ee ek e PO nd Ps en | bare oh ek to. a oe ee law and |