Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-12-21
FINANCES IN
FINE SHAPE
Almost Million and Half Sur
plus in Twenty Six County
Treasures.
SMALL L-POX At DES MONIES
Sixteen Cases in Small Settle.
ment That Was Opposed to
Vaccination.

Governor Mills and Territorial En-
gineer Charles D. Miller were much
pleased with the work done on the
Scenic Highway in the Santa Fe can
on upon their trip to Monument Rock
yesterday with Warden Cleofes Ro-
nero who made arrangements to
move the convict camp to the Santa
Fe-Las Vegas road near Glorieta. The
road up the canon has been completed
to the switchbacks over the Dalton
divide tying up with them on the
second level. This now affords con-
tinuous road of more than fifteen
miles and to within a few miles OF the
Pecos. That portion of the road con-
structed this summer and fall is six
teen feet wide, superbly constructed,
with ingot iron culverts. The road
lies entirely on the south side OF the
canon without crossing the river once.
The old river road crossed the stream
twenty-three times. Much credit be-
longs to Governor Mills, the Good
Roads Commission and Warden Ro-
nero for pushing the work which Will
be resumed next spring when the
switchbacks will be cleared OF debris
that has fallen into them the past few
wears that the road has been neglect
ed. The road will then be pushed
through to the Pecos by July there
to connect with the main road up and
down the river.
Territorial Funds.
Territorial Treasurer M. A. Otero
today received from Oscar Lohman OF
Dona Ana county $1O,241.74; from the
trustees of the Las Vegas grant $12O'
Tax Collections for 1910.
On December 1, fifty per cent OF the
1910 tax duplicate was due. Accord
ing to statistics prepared by the office
of Travelling Auditor Charles V. SAT
ford. in some counties like Grant and
Luna less than six per cent OF the tax
es are delinquent while in counties
like Santa Fe more than AZ per cent
are DUE The following is the per-
centage of the total duplicate, that
has been collected in each county:
Bernalillo 2231; Chaves 11.S6; Col
fax SO.33; Curry 1904; Dona Ana
1882; Eddy 14.54; Grant 44.01; Qua
dalupe 2S.17; Lincoln 4.5S; Luna
44.52; Mckinley 1891; Mora 2S'1l;
Otero 34.64; Quay 1881; Rio Arriba
9.6s; Roosevelt 1918; Sandoval 1898;
San Juan 26.17; San Miguel 24.24;
Santa Fe 1884; Sierra 1926; Socorro
1911; Taos 1854; Torrance l733;
Union 22S5; Valencia 31.67.
Sent to Reform School.
Sheriff Charles l.. Ballard will leave
tonight for Springer to place in the
territorial reform school there How
ard Howell, who will serve two years
for arson and Roscoe Spriggs year
for burglary Howell is the son OF
prominent residents of Roswell and
set fire to a number of places in that
city for the pure fun OF it.
Recruits for the Penitentiary.
Sheriff Seeundino Romero OF San
Miguel county will arrive in Santa Fe
this evening on Santa Fe train No. l.
with a dozen or more re ruits for the
penitentiary. Sheriff Charles l.. Bal
lard and deputies today placed the
following in the penitentiary from
Roswell where they had been SEN
fenced by Chief Justice William Il
Pope: V. c. Musgrave, four years Tor
horse stealing. Musgrave is brother
of the notorious leader of the Mus
grave band. He has appealed his case
and is to the fore at the penitentlary
only as a Jail prisoner for safekeep'
ing. Park M. Edmonson, one year to
eighteen months for cattle stealing
John Hart, cattle stealing, one year
to eighteen months; Amado Guertas
six months to one year for assault
with deadly weapon; Bat Harris, a
negro, six to ten years for murder IN
the second degree, his victim having
been W. M. Merchant of Eddy county;
Jasper G.. Davis, one year to twenty
months for cattle stealing; James Ma
gill; two to three years for burglary
Donaciano Aguilar two to three years
for forgery; William J. SatterWhite
Eliza White, one year to twenty
months for horse stealing; Charles
Garner, two to four years for horse
stealing. Five more were booked fol
penitentiary service, but they appeal
ed their cases.
Did Not Believe in Vaccination.
The territorial department of edu
cation has been notified that eigh
teen cases of smallpox are reported
at Des Moines, Union county Des
Moines, last year, most bitterly Tough
the compulsory vaccination law ant
through the representations of its on
ly paper, the Des Moines Swastika
many people refused to have thei
children vaccinated
Notary Public.
Governor Mills today appointed Eli
jah W. Hubert of Picacho, Lincoll
county, a notary public.
Bio Balances in County Treasures.
Almost million and half dollar
were in the twenty-six county treas
uries of New Mexico on December /
according to Travelling Auditor Chas
v. Stafford, the largest sum on record
Four counties had more than $4,000,
each in their county treasures, ant
there wasn't one that had less thai