Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-02-21
Harvey NJ. Shields 'ass. r.
Will Probably be L o
Appointment
DEATH At PENITENTIARY
Fine Progress Is Being Made on
Santa Fe-Albuquerque
Highway.

resignation OF DdAlel NrOW as COuH-
~ commissioner for the second dis
trict for ColfaX county, who has re-
moved to Independence. Mo. Rev.
Harvey NJ. Shields of Dawson, who is
highly recommended, will probably be
appointed to fill the vacancy. Cover
ror Curry has not yet received any
recommendation from the Mora coun-
~ Republican central committee for
the county commissioner vacancy in
| tIat county and it may be left TO Gov
ernor Mills to fill.
Adjutant GeneraIship.
/ Word comes from Las Vegas that
| Governor Mills will probably appoint
| Captain Brooks adjutant general of
! the territory to succeed General R. a.
Ford
Death at Penitentiary.
John T. Brennan, a convict at the
territorial penitentiary, who was serv-
ing a three years sentence from Col
fax county, for larceny, died Of spinal
paralysis. Rev Father A. Bessett ad-
ministered extreme JUNCTION before
death. The deceased was about So
years of age and his wife had just
sued him for divorce in Colorado.
Good Progress on Santa Fe-AIbuquer-
que Road.
Assistant Territorial Engineer C..
D. Miller has returned from trip
with Engineer Sullivan, who went on
to Silver City, over the Santa Fe-Al-
buquerque territorial highway. Three
camps of workmen are now on the
road. One is a camp of Indians un-
der Foreman Dixon on La Bajada hill,
who are doing splendid work The
second camp consists of convicts who
are also working on La Bajada hill.
The third consists of workmen who
are making a fifty foot cut near Al
godones. Mr.. Miller 81 f,s that the
roadway thus far built is packing sol
idly and will make. a fine speedway.
The work on La Bajada hill will take
three months to complete but will be
magnificent piece of road building
cutting down a 35 per cent grade to
less tha eight per cent.
Notary Public Appointed.
Governor Curry today appointed
Harry c. Kensell of Stanley, Santa Fe
county, a notary public.
interpretations.
Incorporation papers were filed to-
day in the office of Territorial Secre-
tary Nathan Jaffa by the Pierce Mer-
camille Company of Pennington, San
| Juan county. Franklin NJ. Pierce is
| the New Mexico agent. The incorpor-
ators and directors are: Franklin NJ.
| Pierce, 70 shares Harry Pierce, so
shares, and James A. Pierce, so
shares.
| The Deming Ladies Hospital Asso-
| citation filed incorporation papers, the
| incorporators and trustees being:
Marguerite E. Merrill, Achsa Field,
Kate E. Moir, Ella Mahoney and En-
ma S. Duff H. Congdon Brown is
named as the New Mexico agent.
Incorporation papers were also filed
by the Roswell Nursery Company of
! Roswell, Chaves county. The capital
ization is S25,000, divided into 250
shares. Wyatt Johnson, an expert
nursery man of eighteen years exper-
| ience, is named as the New Mexico
agent. The incorporators and direc-
tons are: Wyatt Johnson, 6 shares;
W. c. Reid, 2 shares; E. L. Bedell, 6
shares w. A. Johnson, 2 shares; E.
A Cahoon, share; NJ. S. Murray, l
Charles de Bermond, 2 shares; James
C. Hamilton, 1 share, and J. X. Nc
Gaffey, l share.
Want to Do Business in New Mexico.
! The Aegis Life Insurance Company
iof Colorado, recently organized, has
asked Superintendent of Insurance
lJacobo Chaves for admission to the
Territory.
The territorial insurance depart
ment today mailed Bulletin No. 6,
containing many matters of interest
. to the public 1t will be reprinted in
full tomorrow
District Court.
Judge John R. McFie today approx
ed the sale by Franklin L. Frazier, ex-
ecutor of the estate of Elizabeth c.
f Guyer, of two pieces of property on
, Manhattan avenue to n. Salmon for
$1,165.
Special Auent of the Census.
: George V. Newton, who is connect
, ed with the census bureau, was here
) this week. looking up figures for the
: census. This year special agents are
: sent out to collect the statistics re-
| garding manufactures, and Mr.. New
: ton has this branch in c1arge for