Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-07-22
CHARGED WITH
STEALING CHECK
Mounted Police Are
Working on Sew
eral Cases
NUMBERS IRRIGATION CO.
Judge McFie Hears Import
ant and Interesting
Grant Suit.

A telegram received from Governor
Curry this afternoon from Estancia,
SAYS that he will be home this even
ing over the New Mexico Central from
his trip to Mountainair. He also ask
ed that the date for the lecture on
the Philippines by former Governor
Reynolds be postponed. 1t had been
set for this evening.
Territorial Mounted Policeman j. B.
Rusk of Chama. is on his way from
Espanola this afternoon with Francis
GO Macs of Los Pinos. Rio Arriba
county, who is charged with stealing
"a letter containing a check sent by a
son in Wyoming to his parents at Los
Pinos. The check was for $1O0 and
Macs is charged with having forged
the endorsement and cashed the check
at saloon in Alamosa, Colorado, and
converted the proceeds to his own use.
Captain Fred Fornoff was notified
early this morning by telephone of the
hold-ups and murder at Las Vegas
last night and left this afternoon for
Lamy and Las Vegas to investigate.
There is suspicion that the three men
who blew up safe Chama on Mon
day night, may be the same men who
are implicated in the two hold-ups at
Las Vegas last evening.
Mimbres irrigation Company.
Incorporation papers were filed to-
.day in the Office Of Territorial Secre-
tary Nathan Jaffa for the Rio MINI
bres Irrigation Company with head
quarters at Deming, Luna county. The
capitalization is 100000, divided into
5000 shares. The incorporators and
directors and their holdings are: A.
G. Spalding Of Point Iona, California,
149 shares; l.. G. Fischer of Chicago,
1893 shares; Frederic Ullman of Chi
acago, / share; Walter Page of Chi
cago, share; e. H. Bickford of Lake
Valley, / share. e. H. Bickford is
designated as the New Mexico agent.
Important Grant Case.
Judge John R. McFie. in the district
court chambers, this forenoon, heard
the interesting case of Will Spiegel-
berg VS.. Aniceto Abeytia, ct. al,
suit to quiet the title to the Caion del
Rio grant, west of Santa Fe, the suit
being brought especially to determine
the conflict of the La Bajada grant,
southwest of Santa Fe. to the extent
of 10000 acres with the Cajon del Rio
grant.
This afternoon, hearing in the case
of Prescott, ct. al. VS.. A. R. Mandy
and the Taos Irrigation Company, had
been set. Large interests in Taos
county lands and water rights are in
volved in this case. as well as claims
by defendants for an aggregate of
100000 in damages.
On the scenic highway.
Territorial Engineer Vernon L. Sui
livan and Engineer John d. Merri-
wether Of the Good Roads Commis-
sion, were engaged today in making a
survey for a road to connect the two
portions of the Scenic Highway in the
Santa Fe canon.
Mountainair chautauqua.
Governor Curry is expected to
return tonight from Mountainair,
where he addressed the Mountainair
Chautauqua assembly yesterday. Ru-
pert r. Asplund, assistant superintend-
ent Of education also. is home from
Mountainair, where he made two ad-
dresses in place of Superintendent of
Public Instruction j. E. Clark, who
could not be present. One address
was on the Means of Culture and Edu-
cation in New Mexico and the evening
address was on Tests Of Education
Mr.. Asplund says that the Chautauqua
grounds are delightfully."- located and
that nothing is being left undone to
welcome the visitors and to make
their stay pleasant. Unfortunately,
the attendance at the Torrance county
teachers institute is only thirteen in
sead of fifty as had been anticipat-
ed. Ex-Governor Reynolds, of one of
the Philippine provinces, was also at
Mountainair and delivered an address
on the Philippines, ana the Hilton
Trio gave two delightful concerts.
County Finance in Tip Top Shape.
The sum Of $1.1O6,9S1.59 was on de-
post in approved repositories on in
cash on hand to the credit Of New
Mexico's twenty-six counties on July
/, according to the monthly financial
statement of Travelling Auditor
Charles v. Stafford to Governor Curry
made today. This IL, their relative