Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-03-16
THREE DIVORCE
SUITS FILED
District Court Is Kept Busy
With Jury Trials and q
Other Matters
NATIONAL GUARD INSPECTION
Appointment of Superintendent
of Penitentiary VIII Soon
Be Announced

While it is generally understood
that Governor Mills has about made
I'D his mind whom he will appoint SUI
perintendent of the penitentiary, the
announcement will not be made for
day or two as the chief executive
wants to be certain that he is select
ing the right man for the place. New
candidates for the place are being
mentioned but it is understood that
they have entered the race too late.
Incorporation.
Incorporation papers were filed to-
day by the Model Groc cry Company
of Clovis, Curry county. The capi-
talization is $4,000 divided into 4Ol
shares. The company begins business
with $4,000 and the incorporators and
directors are: Edward T. Massey, Tex
leo. 10 shares; S. A. King and Charles
A. Davis of Clovis, each 10 shares.
Secretary Kept Busy.
Territorial Secretary Nathan Jaffa
found it necessary to decline the invi-
tation to deliver the commencement
address to the high school graduating
class at Roswell as his office is being
kept very busy and as Governor Mills
plans to be absent On visits to Ration,
Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Roswell and
other places in the Territory during
the next two months Mr.. Jaffa has
received word that the appropriation
for the Territory this year as draft
oIroi int tr,ot upt
purposes, the sum being the same as
for legislative years, the appropriation
being based upon the theory that a
territorial legislative session will be
held next spring. However, if the
statehood bill passes in the form that
it is before the Senate, the greater
part of the appropriation will be COW
cred back into the federal treasury.
District Court.
The petit jury in the district court
yesterday afternoon acquitted Teodoro
Ortega of raising a disturbance. To-
day the case against John Block for
assault while armed is set for trial.
The cases against the Montoya broth
ers of Buckman both under seven
teen years of age, and charged with
raising pay warrants, were dismissed
upon payment of costs by defendants.
Hearing in a civil case occupied the
attention of the court this forenoon.
Three suits for divorce were filed in
the district court yesterday and in
one the fair plaintiff, we'll known in
Santa Fe, requested that it be kept
out of the papers" Quite a number
of other cases have been filed lately
among them the following from San
Juan county: Vane NJ Williams VS..
Ona Williams, who were married on
June 10, 1908, at Aztec. Desertion is
charged and divorce is asked for.
j. D. Clark VS.. H. D. Abrams, the
plaintiff asking for $3.50 commission
for selling defendants hardware store
to the Gibson Lumber and Hardware
Company for s15,0O0
From Rio Arriba county the follow
ing suits were filed:
Francisco D. Luna, Jr., and Fran
cisco D. Luna, Jr., trading as Luna
& Son, VS.. Ismael Esquibel, to re-
cover $5S9.96 on a promissory note.
A petition for writ of habeas cor
pus was filed by Patricio Salazar and
Ramon Salazar charged with murder
ing Secundino Valdez, a Navajo In
dian, and confined without bail in jail
at TERRA Amarilla
From Torrance county the following
suits were filed:
Epimenio O. Garcia ct all, VS.. The
Dominion Construction Company. et
al, claims for work and labor aggre
eating $2,S0470.
Perfecto Jaramillo VS.. Alexandra
Mansegur, a suit in replevin for 400
head of sheep and $500 damages fol
wrongful detention
From Santa Fe county, the follow
ing suits were filed:
The Kleine Optical Company of Chi
cago VS.. A. M. Dettelbach for $249.7'
for reels for a moving picture ma
chine.
Joe Granite VS.. w. R. Strasser, al
appeal from justice of the peace cour
at Cerrillos, and involving claim TO
$49S0.
National Guard Inspection.
Captain Frank R. Mccoy of tn
Third cavalry at Fort Wingate, Nc
Kinley county, has been detailed b.
the war department to inspect tn
National Guard of New Mexico an
will come to Santa Fe at the end O
this month to begin the work by il
specting the local company. TIL
dates of inspection of the other con
panies have been published by th
New Mexican
Will Muster in Light Artillery.
Captain E. A. Lohman of the Nev
Mexico Military Institute at Roswell
has been detailed by Adjutant Gel