Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-09-28
GOVERNOR At
| SOCORRO
Makes a Rousing
Address on
Statehood
H. C. KELLEY ACQUITTED
Survey of Santa Fe Alhu-
querque Road Is
Completed.

Governor Curry liked Socorro and
the fair so well that he failed to return
this noon as had been expected and
will not be home until tomorrow.
Il firmly believe the next session of
Congress will pass an enabling act for
New Mexico's admission to the union,
said Governor George Curry at Socor-
70 yesterday in a splendid speech at
the formal opening of the S0corro
county fair.
The governor gave his reason for
this belief at some length and present
ed convincing array of evidence
which was enthusiastically received by
the big crowd. President Tafts per
sOnal assurance that he would use
every possible bit of influence for
statehood this winter and his state
ment to the governor that he believes
statehood next in Importance to tariff
revision lead the governor to believe
that New Mexico this winter has a
friend at court whose aid makes sue
cess sure. The governor made good
rousing speech which was vociferously
applaued. The Governor was pre-
ceded by w. E. Martin, president of
the fair association, and H. 0. Bursum
who introduced the Governor in a well
coming speech. The Governor will re-
main at Socorro until Tuesday night
to enjoy the festivities. SocorrO was
blaze of brilliancy, last night, the
electric illumination of the business
houses, the streets and park being on
a magnificent scale so that the whole
city is almost as light as day. The
business houses and many residences
are also gorgeously decorated with
flags and bunting aud SocOrro has
never before presented so gala an as
pect Thousands of people are at So
zorro to attend the big event and the
fair will beat all former records by a
good margin. ...
Magdalena sent down a lively train
load of visitors and more are com
ing The Santa Fe First Regiment
band is making the welkin ring with
its splendid music.
Arrested BY Mounted Police.
Mounted Policeman Fred Higgins
of Roswell reports that he arrested
Frank Armstrong for a statutory
crime alleged to have been committed
upon a girl under the age of consent
at Chickasaw, Oklahoma, and that
he delivered him to the sheriff of
Grady county, Texas.
Incorporation.
The Watrous Mercantile Company
of Watrous, Mora county, filed incor-
poration papers today, the capitalizI-
tion being $4,000 divided irto 800
shares. The incorporators and direc-
tors are Herbert w. Clark, 60 shares;
Stephen B. Davis, Jr., so shares; W.
IT. Reed, 50 shares. of Las Vegas.
Santa Fe-AIbuquerque Survey Com
pleted.
Good Roads Engineer C. Fl. Neal
has returned to Santa Fe having COM
pleted the survey of the Scenic High
way from Santa Fe to Albuquerque.
He is now engaged in plating the sur
vey. The road will be 65 miles long
and the steepest grade will be seven
and half per cent over La Bajada
hill, the present grade being thirty
per cent. The road will be on the
east of the Rio Grande the entire
distance.
Kelly is Acquitted.
H. c. Kelly, the Las Vegas insur-
ance agent who was on the carpet
before Insurance Commissioner jar
cobo Chaves, at the Capitol, has been
acquitted, the evidence offered not
being sufficient to convict Kelly of
the offense of rebating on a life in
surance premium, with which he was
charged