Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-02-26
BERRENDO FARMS
IRRIGATION co.
Files Papers Today and VIII
Construct Big Works
Near Roswell
GOOD ROADS PROGRESSING
Suit Filed Against Taos Valley
Land Company and Those
Interested in 1t.

In the Office OF IerrltOrlal secretary !
Nathan Jaffa today incorporation pa
pers were filed by the Berrendo Irrl- !
gated Farms Company of SOB North !
Main street, Roswell, Chaves county.
The New Mexico agent is J. G. Hamil- |
ton of Roswell The capitalization is
S65O,OO0 divided into $500 shares. The
company begins business with a paid
up capital of $4,000. The incorpora-
tors and directors are: John w. Poe
4 shares; l.. B. Tannehill, G. NJ. Rath-
bun, M. S. Murray, A. Hanny, James
C. Hamilton, w. S. Praeger, w. A.
Johnson and E. A. Cahoon, all OF Ros-
well, and each two shares. The COM
pany contemplates the construction OF
large irrigation systems on the Ber-
rendo near Roswell,
Good Roads Work.
Territorial Engineer Vernon l.. Sui
livan is home from road inspection
trip. He reports that the Santa Fe-
Albuquerque highway will be in good
condition for automobiles in another
two months. Not that the work will
be completed but that the worst parts
of the present road will be in fine
shape. Three camps are at work on
the road, an Indian and a conylcts
camp on La Bajada hill and grad
ing camp near Algodones. The
stretch from the top of La Bajada
hill to Algodones will be completed
in May. On the Silver City-Mogollon
road, a grader outfit is at work eight
miles out of Silver City and the con-
vict camp has completed work over
the first hill out of Silver City and will
be moved shortly for work on the
Continental divide. The Roswell-Car-
rzozo road will be one of the finest
in the Territory. The work on Big
miles of solid rock construction, the
road being blasted into the side of the
hill The source has been graveled
and along the entire distance, cement
cutters have been constructed to
carry off the surface waters. Work
is now being done OH hills in the val
ley and by May, work is to be done
on Nogal hill which will complete the
most difficult portions of the road. En-
gineer Sullivan also looked after sew
eral irrigation matters while away.
District Court.
Suit was filed in the district court
for Taos county today by Golden Bar
rett of Denver, owner of five shares
in the Taos Valley Land Company VS.
The Taos Valley Land Company, A. R
Manly, J. B. Manly, L. S. Manly, c
A. Watson, Joseph Slotow, The Tao
Land Company, a pretended corpora
ton, Charles H. Hill and Andrieus A
Jones, setting forth numerous ant
voluminous allegations and winding
up with a petition for an accounting
and the appointment of a receiver.
At the same time, a bill of excep
tions was filed to the order of Judge
John R. McFie sustaining the demur
rer of the defendants in the case 0
Golden Barrett VS.. The Taos Lane
Company.
Certificate of Construction.
Territorial Engineer Vernon L. SUI
livan today issued certificate o
construction to w. C. Mcdonald fo
the completion of irrigation works o.
the Carrizozo ranch. The water fo
the project is taken out of Nogs
creek.
Notary Public Appointed.
Governor Curry today appointe
Leora Jones of Roswell, Chaves coul
ty notary public.
The 1909 Tax Collections.
The collections of the taxes of 19C
to date, in the various counties, al
very good, considering that only th
first half of the taxes has fallen du
The collections for the entire Teri
tory average AZ per cent. The shoy
ing is indeed a creditable one an
indicates that a very large percentag
of the 1909 taxes will be accounte
for by the end of 1910. Following
the standing of the various countit
OF the Territory on percentage ba
is, up to and including the Janual
collections:
Mckinley So per cent.
Colfax, Luna and Grant 49 per Ger
Taos 4S per cent
Chaves 46 per cent.
Eddy and San Juan counties
per cent.
Otero and Bernalillo A per cent.
Quay 43 per cent.
Torrance, Dona Ana and Curry
per cent.
Lincoln and Union Al per cent.
Valencia and Socorro 40 per eel
Roosevelt 80 per cent.
Socorro, Rio Arriba and Mora
per cent.
San Miguel "a per cent.
Santa Fe 33 per cent.
Guadalupe 20 per cent.
Sandoval % per cent.