Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-05-10
SANTA FE COUNTY
SUED AGAIN
Chicago Man Wants to Col
lect on Defaulted Interest
Coupons
WATER APPLICATIONS REFUSED
Irrigation District to Be Organ
lied by Farmers Around
Logan.

Suit was brought today in the dis
trict court for Santa Fe county by
George H. Taylor of Chicago, against
the board of county commissioners of
Santa Fe county, for s., 400 defaulted
interest coupons and $313.92 interest
on these, on refunding bonds issued in
1885 to take up warrants owed by
the county.
Water Applications Refused.
Territorial Engineer Vernon l.. Sui
livan today refused to grant the three
applications for waters on the Rio
Lucero, Taos county, of re Taos Val
ley Land Company, Nal quias Marti-
nez and H. F. Robinson for the Pueb-
10 Indians, upon the ground, that al
though there is surplus water avail
able, yet, a recent court decree dis
tributed all the waters of the Lucero
and the engineer threfore declines to
take jurisdiction.
Will Organize Irrigation District.
photographer J. B. Stewart has re-
turned from a stream measuring trip
to the Canadian in northeastern New
Mexico. He expects to install an au-
tomato gauge on that stream at
Logan. The homesteaders of that sec
ton are about to organize an irriga-
ton district, the first under the ter
ritorial law, and will issue bonds
which will mortgage their land hold
ings, in order to build an irrigation
system on the Canadian that will re-
claim from $4,000 to 100000 acres.
District Court at Taos.
Word comes from Taos that district
court will be in session probably until
May 20 or 21.
Equipping District Clerks Office.
Seligman Brothers Company have
been given the contract to equip the
district clerks office in the new court
house with steel files, filing cases and
other equipment, and the work Will
be rushed to completion.
Educational Trip Concluded.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
James E. Clark has returned home
from an educational trip during which,
in company with Prof. w. R. Patten-
gill, most of the more important towns
of the territory were visited. 'Profes-
sor Pattengill is now on a similar
trip in Arizona, speaking tonight at
Tucson. He will return to devliver
the commencement address at the
New Mexico College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts at Mesilla Park on
May 10.
Incorporation.
Incorporation papers were filed TO-
cay by the Cimarron Water Company
Of Cimarron, Colfax county, capitaliz
cd at $6O,000 divided into 600 shares
but beginning business with $4,000
The incorporators and directors are:
George H. Webster, Jr., of Cimarron
10 shares Elmer E. Studley, of Ration
9 shares, and William C. Hoffman, Of
Cimarron, share.
Insurance Company Coming In.
Application for admission papers
was made today to Superintendent o.
Insurance Jacobo Chaves by the
Southwestern Surety and Insurance
Company of Denison, Texas.
Board of Pharmacy Meets.
The territorial board Of pharmac.
met at Las Vegas yesterday and will
meet at Ration today and tomorrow
and at Tucumcari on Friday. At La
Vegas the following applicants wer
examined for certificate: Fred J. Gey
er, Las Vegas; Henry Swain, Wagol
Mound; S. P. Redman, J. L. Grant
and w. L. Powell, Albuquerque; an
&C. E. J. Crawford, Las Vegas.
Penitentiary Commissioners.
The board of penitentiary commits
sioners met yesterday with all tn
members present as follows: J. +
Vaughn, president; Charles F. Easley
secretary; d. t. Hoskins of Las W
gas; Jose Ortiz y Pine of Galisteo .
Smith Lea of Roswell, and Cleofe
Romero, superintendent Routin
business was transacted and tho
ough inspection made of the instit,
ton, which was found to be in exec
lent condition. The advertisement
for bids for supplies for the next 81
months were authorized and the col
tracts will be awarded at the ne,
meeting on June 3. The petitions fc
parole were examined and all passe
or denied with one exception.
rTI,o fo11ouipo rocnIntiona a1a4...
to James Wallace Reynolds, decease,
late superintendent of the New Mex
co penitentiary, were unanimous
adopted:
Whereas on March 10th, 1910 nes
Tucumcari, n NJ, while en- route
Excelsior Springs, Missouri, for rec