Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-09-24
TERRITORY GETS
BIG ESTATE
San Juan County Land Own
er Dies Without Leaving
Any Heirs
BALANCE in COUNTY FUNDS
Total Over Million Dollars,
Governor in Las
Vegas.

Governor Mills is in Las Vegas to-
day on business matters and expects
to return tomorrow
Notary Public Appointed.
Governor Mills has appointed Hen
ry Churchill of Cutter, Sierra county,
a notary public. He also signed the
three years professional teachers
certificate of Boyd B. Rose.
official Election Returns.
The official election returns from
Curry and Roosevelt counties are still
missing in the Office of Territorial
Secretary Nathan Jaffa The returns
from Otero county have been receiv-
ed They are as follows: Republican
Albert B. Fall 737 votes Democratic
J. Lee Lawson 5S1, George E. Moffett
706 Socialist, A. K Gore 263, A. w
Garrison 226. Independent, J. NJ
McNatt 224, Byron Sherry 256, George
B. Bent 3.
Judge Roberts Files Oath.
Supreme Court Clerk Jose D. Sena
today received and filed the commits
sion and oath of Judge Clarence ]
Roberts of Ration, appointed associate
justice of the New Mexico supreme
court.
Who Pays the Taxes7
According to Travelling Auditor
Charles V. Stafford, the assessment
| percentages for 1910 in Torrance
county are: Railroads 1921, agricul
tural lands and implements 14.21
sheep 1885, merchandise Gil, horses
and mules 4S9, banks POI, grazing
lands 2.S5. wagons, implements and
harness 223, cattle 1.75. household
goods 1,61, timber lands and improve
ments 70, all other classes 9.25.
Estate Escheats to Territory.
Commissioner of Public Lands Rob
ert P. Ervien advertises for sale at
public sale on October "a, at Farming
ton, 100 acres of land which have
escheated to the territory because OF
owner who died recently leaving nc
heirs The land is extremely valuable
is located half mile from Farming
| ton, is under ditch and seventy acres
are under cultivation, part of it il
orchard. No bid of less than $3.50 ar
acre will be considered and as adjoin
ing land is held at $400 an acre, more
than 100000 are expected to be realiz
ed for the territorial school fund. A
certified check for $1,000 must accom-
| pany bid and one-third must be paiG
in cash while the rest may be secured
by mortgage at SIX per cent per an
mum, which will give the school FUND
a nice income as the average income
from other territorial investments il
only slightly over four per cent.
State of County Treasures.
According to reports to Travelling
Auditor Charles V. Stafford, the bal
ances in the twenty-six county treas
uries of New Mexico on September 1
amounted to the enormous sum OF 81,
194,75382. Chaves county led with {
balance of $151, ,663.57, accumulated
on account of the sale of bonds fol
the new court house. Then came
Luna county with $94,761.72, also il
part funds for new court house. BeT
nalillo county stood third with $86,
S11.63 while Santa Fe county had onl.
$21, ,090.65 to it's credit. Valenci;
county was fourth with $S2,509.70, ant
Socorro fifth with $76,460.59. The bal
ances in the other county treasurie
were as follows: Colfax $42,198.35
Curry $44,61775; Dona Ana $751;
1929; Eddy $26,416.SO; Grant s69
1929; Guadalupe s23,29O.55; Lincoln
$64, 4,247.sS; Mckinley $12,1S765; Nor;
SIG, 6,0S6.S9; Otero s26,64S.02; Qua.
| 34,3OS.93; Rio Arriba $42,715.7S; San
doval $2S,9O7.23; San Juan $40,