Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-12-29
RECEPTION At
MANSION
In Honor of Governor Mills
and Chief Justice
Pope
LAS VEGAS WATER HEARING
Important Project in San Juan
County Meets Approval of
Engineer.

A reception to Chief Justice Will
lam j. Mills, recently appointed gov
ernor of the commonwealth, and to
Judge William H. Pope, who will sue
ceed Chief Justice Mills as presiding
Judge of the supreme court, Will be
rendered by Governor Curry at the
executive mansion on Thursday eve
ming Of next week, January &. NO
formal invitations will be sent out and
the public in general will be invited.
1t will be likely the last general So
cial function to be given by Governor
Curry at the mansion, as it is his in
tention TO close the mansion very
soon thereafter. Land Commissioner
and Mrs. R. P. Ervien expecting to
lc,ye the mansion at that time.
Arrested BY Mounted Police.
Mounted Policeman Fred Higgins
of Roswell, today reported the fol-
lowing arrests to the headquarters of
the Mounted Police at the capitol:
S. Lee Burnett, shooting cattle, held
in $500 bond; Seferino Quelles, Mar
cos Corona and Tomasa Martinez ar.
rested at the Block ranch, Lincoln
county, for horse stealing and held in
$1,000 bond.
County Commissioner for Taos County
Upon the request of the Republican
county central committee of Taos
county, Governor Curry has decided
to appoint Romulo Martinez of Ques'
ia to the vacant county commission
ership from that district. Mr.. Mar
tinez comes very highly recommend
ed.
Petition for Roswell.
In view of the fact that Secretary
of the Interior Ballinger has referred
to Governor Curry for his opinion, al
bills and memorials affecting New
Mexico introduced at the present ses
sion OF Congress, the citizens of Ros
well have sent him petition in favor
of the valuation of bond issue fol
$4,000 proposed for the erection of g
new school building Governor Curry
will recommend the measure favor
ably.
Seven Recruits for Penitentiary.
Jesus Romero, the efficient and pop
ular sheriff of Bernalillo county, to-
bether with Deputies Dick Lewis and
Feliz Galindro, today lodged the fol
lowing seven prisoners in the peniten
tiary to serve the sentences imposed
by Judge Ira A. Abbott: Florencic
Pfeiffer, fifteen years; Procopic
Nuanes, five years; Santos Martinez
two years and Charles Buckman, five
years, all for criminal assault; J. w
Willett, one year, for forgery and lar
ceny of a horse; Leopold Torres, five
years, for murder; John Holstein, one
year for burglary.
District Court.
District Clerk Frank w. Shearor
has computed the costs to be added
to the $z5 fine imposed upon the eigh
defendants in the case of the Costills
Land & Investment Company VS.. Rob
ert Allen, ct al, for contempt of court
the costs in each case amounting tt
$3.50.
Judge John r. McFie in chambers
today signed Judgment in favor o.
Simon Sanders & Co., for $373.2(
against Jennie Berardinelli, and il
favor of Joe E. Lacome, for $1O2.S;
against A. S. Bushkevitz.
The preliminary hearing of A. H
Gossett for the killing of S. Conover
at Lyden, Rio Arriba county, has bee1
set for January 3. 1t will take place
before Judge John R. McFie as com
mitting magistrate. District Attorne.
Alexander Read will represent the ter
ritory and is making out stronE
case, while A. B. Renehan has beer
retained by the defendant
"a important Water Rights Matters.
Territorial Engineer Vernon L. Sui
livan has set January 4, as the dat
for hearing of the conflicting waite
rights on the Pecos river and trib
utaries, in which the important appli
cations of A. A. Jones, J. ID. Hand
the Las Vegas grant and others inter
ested will come up. 1t is expected tina
some twenty or more attorneys an,
parties interested will attend the hear
ing which is one of the most import
ant ever held by the engineer.
The application of Jay Turley o
Turley, San Juan county, for $40 sec
ond feet of the San Juan river, wa
approved today by Territorial Eng
rfeer Vernon l.. Sullivan. The projec
is one of the most important pendin
in New Mexico and is aimed to re
claim 25,000 acres in San Juan count,
Of the water applied for, 800 secon
feet are to be led directly upon tn
land: 800 second feet are to be use
FOR lifting 40 second feet a vertica