Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-03-23
CLEOFES ROMERO
GIVEN PLUM
Appointed Superintendent of
the Penitentiary by the
Governor
CORPORATIONS FLOCKlNG IN
Santa Fe Irrigation and Improve.
ment Company Increases
Capital.


From almost dozen candidates fo
the place, Governor Mills has select
ed Sheriff Cleofes Romero of Las We
gas, for the superintendency of th
penitentiary, and Mr. Romero is max
ing arrangements to take the place
without delay. Governor Mill:
was induced to tender the place tt
Sheriff Romero because convinced O
his business ability, of his good rec
ord as a peace officer and because o.
his strictly temperate hahits. He has
known Mr.. Romero for many years
in fact, ever since Mr. Romero was
boy and is certain that he has made
the right selection for TIE place. Mr.
Romero is in the prime OF life, in fact
still a young man, has served nine
years as sheriff, several years as dep
uty sheriff and also as deputy United
States marshal and there is not flaw
in his official record He is a son of
County Treasurer Eugenio Romero
and brother of District Clerk Secun-
dino Romero and a power in San Mi
guel county Republican politics. Mr..
Romero has a family which he will
bring over to Santa Fe, the two broth
ers having married sisters, members
of well known and prominent French
family and who are popular socially
in the Meadow City
The salary of the superintendent is
$2,400 and of the matron place that
by custom goes to the wife of the SUI
perintendent, $500 year. In addition
the superintendent and family have
their home and living, use of teams,
etc, and the place is therefore con-
sidered one of the best within the
gift of the executive. 1t is said that
there will be a number of changes in
employees at the penal institution as
soon as Mr.. Romero becomes acquaint-
ed with the routine However, R. C.
Garret is to be retained as assistant
superintendent, place which pays
$1,000 year and keep.
Notary Public Appointed.
Governor Mills today appointed 7.
S. Hunt of Las Cruces, Dona Ana
county, notary public
Increased capitalization.
The Santa Fe Irrigation and I'M
provement Company filed certificate in
the office of Territorial Secretary Ma
than Jaffa of increase of capitalization
from 100000 to 100000, the shares
being of the par value of 81 each.
interpretations.
In the Office of Territorial Secre-
tary Nathan Jaffa today incorporation
papers were filed by the Miller Land
Company of Wagon Mound, Mora
county. The incorporators and direc.
tors are: Nelson A. Miller, SO shares;
Trinidad G. de Baca, 40 shares; Katie |
S. G. de Baca 1 share
The Republic Realty Company of
701 Douglas Avenue, Las Vegas. San
Miguel county. Capitalization $685.
600 divided into 25O shares. The New
Mexico agent is Stephen B. Davis, Jr.,
and the incorporators and directors:
Fred w. Browne, 100 shares; J. M.
Lyon 100 shares; ]. H. Springer, so
shares, all of Chicago, Illinois. |
The La Candida Lumber Company,
OF Deming, Luna county, capitalized
at 81 100000 divided into 10000 shares.
Ihe lncorporators and directors are:
W. e. Brock of Parral, Mexico, 1896
shares; Josephine p Ely, Ralph G.
Ely, James w. Dymond and J. J. En-.
gelman of Deming, each 1 share.
Civil Service Examination, u
V. nj. Campbell of Denver, district
secretary Of the civil service commits.
sion of the United States, arrived in
Santa Fe this noon and will tomorrow
hold civil service examination for
stenographers and clerks in the fed.
eral service. There is quite a large
class that will take the examination.
Reform School,.
Regent M. w. Mills of Springer.
was in conference today with Cover
nor Mills regarding the New Mexico
Reform School at Springer recently
opened. The school has twenty in
mates and these are busy laying out
and planting truck garden of two
acres adjoining the school and for
which water rights have just been
The school also has
thirty acre tract with water rights
not far from the school. MIR. Mills re- 5,
ports the school in good condition
and analrs running smoothly
Women for School Directors.
Following upon the opinion of At
torney General J. M. Hervey that
women can serve as county school
superintendents and under which sew
eral women were elected to that posi-
tion in New Mexico Attorney General
Frank w. Clancy is about to hand {
down an opinion that women can also
SprUp cohO01 diraotnro ,