Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-05-05
JUDGE COOLEY GOES
TO WASHINGTON
Some Doubt as to
What His District
Will Be
WATER COMMISSIONERS
Big Ditch Company in San
Juan County Files lncor-
poration Papers

Hon. Afford Cooley, Mrs. Cooley
sand their young son have left for
Washington. Mr.. Cooley was recent
ly named as the Judge of the recent
ly created Seventh Judicial District.
While there seems to be little doubt
about the territory included in the
new district, it is the general opinion
that Judge Cooley's home will be at
Socorro and that the Seventh district
will embrace Valencia county and
what is now the north end of Judge
Parker's district.
Judge Cooley has been assistant at
Ftorney general Of the United States
for some time and has made record
as a distinguished lawyer. He took
"a prominent part in the prosecution
of the Chinese smuggling cases re.
Gently conducted in Judge Parker's
court.
Judge Cooley is a native of New
York City, where he received his
early education. He had many hard
knocks in his early manhood, but he
was patient, energetic and persever-
ing. After several years of hard
work as an attorney-at-law by the as
sistance of strong friends he obtain
ed good start and his course has
been since then always upward and
onward. He formerly claimed his
residence in the eighteenth Congress
sional district of New York City. He
was promoted to the position of civil
service commissioner from November
Z, 1906, to August 5, 1908, which
caused him to change his residence
to Washington city. Probably next
to Roosevelt he was considered one
-sof the hardest workers Of the many
that had ever occupied a position on
that board. But he wanted to get
to work somewhere more along the
line Of his profession as a lawyer,
and with his reputation for hard,
earnest work at anything he was
given to do, induced the attorney gen.
eral to appoint him an assistant at
.torney general.
About that time the Department of
Justice was almost overwhelmed
with very important litigation, in
cluding many cases of great public
concern against numerous giant cor
porations. xlzH
Thus it was that by working over
hours Judge Cooley greatly impaired
his health. He felt that he must 20
to the Southwest and promptly tend.
cred his resignation. But the dc.
partment being loath to lose his serv-
ices continued him as assistant at.
torney general and gave him field
work for about year in southwest
ern New Mexico and is now appoint
ed to the responsible position as as.
sociate justice for New Mexico
Judge Cooley had strong friends in
New York and Washington, and the
attorney general, New Yorker
looked not with disfavor upon his ap.
pointment
Arrests by Mounted Police.
Lieutenant J. w. Collier, of the Ter.
ritorial mounted police, today reported
the following arrests by him in Tor,
rance county: David Lafollette at
!, Estancia. for breach of the peace,
lodged in jail; Walter Johnson, on the
charge Of house-breaking at Clark,
held for the grand jury; Juan Padilla,
accused Of assault, arrested at Willard.
Interpretations.
Incorporation papers were filed this
forenoon in the Office of Territorial
Secretary Nathan Jaffa,b y the r. R.
Lee Company Of Leopold, Grant coun-
rty, the capitalization being $4,000, di-
vided into $4,000 shares. The incor.
sporators and directors are: Richard
r. Lee, Of Leopold; Clarence E. Yeag.
er Of Fort Bayard, and William stew
lens Of Pinos Altos.
The Farmers Mutual Ditch Com
pany of Pennington, San Juan county
capitalized at $450, 900, divided into 15,-
1000 shares. The company proposes to
take a twenty-five mile canal out Of
the San Juan river. The incorpora.
tors and directors are: Robert p.
Davis and Earl D. Sword Of Colorado
Springs, Colorado; William s. Wallace
of Grand Junction, Colorado; Edward
p. Sands, Winifred Mitchell A. M.
Amsden and A. M. Edwards of Farm
tngton, San Juan county.
% Territorial Water Commissioners.
The Territorial Board of Water
Commissioners was in session yester-
day afternoon and today, with Hon.
Charles Springer, president, and Hon.
n Oscar G. Snow, present, and Colonel
Yenceslao Jarmaillo, absent. There
4 were also present Territorial Engineer
Vernon L. Sullivan, his assistant, G..
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