Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11
SKETCH OF CAREER or
FORMER LAS VEGAk
tsen. sntrese c. aheytaa. Sheriff Of
Soeorro County.-sn Article ct
lnseees8 tp OaG-Tims Rea1erG

os iosnaeT eaai1ea of a~As Ees*s 81
peaFs in the Last issae of III s4Au,:o !.
Chitfs4tn. accompanying "a We'll 90
eeu'ra tassuhle column eus ~ The sal |
lect:
Hon AnIeeto G. Abeyiia on the first
day of January assumed the duties
u the office of sheriff Of Sooorro
enuhty Mr., AbeytIa was born In III.
3city u Santa Fe. his parents being
Hon. and Mrs, Ahieeto Abeytia- He
was educated i'm 1t MiChaeI's college
In the city Of his birth. After eomplet.
Ing his education he spent five years
in learning the jewelry business He
then engaged In the wholesale and
retail manufacture OF filigree jewtlry
lat Santa Fr. with his brother. Frank
Abeytia. under the firm name Of Abey-
tia Il Brother The firm did an ex,
tenSiE" business until 1855. when II
MAS dissolved. the subject Of this
sketch going TO Las Vegas Al Las
Vegas Mr.. Aheytia organized a jewel
~ firm known as Abeytia L. Mares
but only year later bought his part
ners interest. Still later he incorpor
,a'ed the Mexican filigree Jewelry
company.
About ten years ago Mr.. Abeytia
sold bis interests In Las Vegas. came
to Socorro, and engaged In the gen.
erai merchandise business under the
ttrm name Of A. G. Abeytia a. Garica,
Since entering upon this line Of busI.
ness Mr.. Abeytia has been very sue.
cessfuI. and now commands The nat.
ronage and good will Of a very large
number Of customers aud friends In
Socorro and vicinity.
In politics Mr.. Abeytia has ALWAYS
been stannch republican. and his
!. party has elected him to many posi.
!. lions OF honor and trust. In 1856 h.
, was elected superintendent of public
instruction for San Miguel county. He
;. held this office two years and was
t then appointed chief deputy under
Sheriff and Collector Don Iorenzo
Lopez, Although 1t had been custom.
ary 10 require such deputies to give
b bond In the sum OF not less than 500.
I o""' and although Mr. Abeytia offered
0 TO furnish such a bond, Mr.. IOpez
@ showed his confidence in him by de.
!. Ginning to accept any bond whatever.
n That such confidence was warranted
Is shown by the fact that Mr.. Abevtia
handled no less than $500, 900 OF pub.
e 'ic funds and accounted for eyery
" cent of that large sum. He was next
It Ieiected one OF the county commits.
5, sioners or San Miguel county. and his
d fellow officers chose him the chair.
q man OF their honorable body. The
n difficult duties of this position Mr.
Abeytia discharged. as usual, with EN-.
"otaetioH " all concerned
d The next public position to which he
was chosen was that of agent for Don
Jose G. Montana. who had been elect
= ed assessor of San Miguel county
d here again he managed the public af
h fairs entrusted TO his charge with per
t iect satisfaction to all concerned In
1899 Mr.. Abeytia was elected a mem
her OF the city council of Socorro
and in 1904. was further honored by
g election as mayor Of the city Although
{ ne was prominently mentioned for re-
] nomination for the latter position, he
declined the honor in favor of the pres
ent incumbent, Hon. H. o. Bursum
However. he consented to become q
s. candidate for membership on Socor
Il ros board of education and was elect.
ed. Later. on the death of Hon. Imam
Jose Baca. president of the board OF
trustees of the New Mexico School OF
Mines Mr.. Abeytia was appointed by
N A"A fuSCI ilidu 10 I'LL the yac3n.
y cy' and was at once elected by his
o feiioW-members Of the board to he
e their president. On the 9Th day nj
$ November the subject of this sketch
. was elected sheriff of Socorro countv
q and entered upon the discharge of his
" dutles OF that responsible position on
the first day of January, 1907.
u Early In life Mr.. Abeytia married
Miss Fidelia Ortiz of Santa Fe. Three
children We're born of the union but
: all are now dead. The mother. also
died in 1884 In 1896 Mr.. Abeytia mar.
ried one of socorro's well-known an,
popular ladies, Tomacita Garcia. only
=, daughter of Hon. Juan Maria Garcia
i, one of Socorro's distinguished citizens
/. and Dona Isabel Torres, both now de.
a ceased.