Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-12-01
BIG BALANCE
IN TREASURY
New Mexico Has Something
Like 100000 to Begin
New Fiscal Year
new COMMISSIONER NAMED
Superintendent Clark Praises
Work Done at Spanish
American Normal.

Within five minutes OF the close OF
the Office of Territorial Treasurer M.
A. Otero yesterday afternoon, he had
made out his annual report as well as
the quarterly report, which showed
the nice little balance of 5000, $50 "a
in the treasury with which to COM
mence the new fiscal year.
County Commissioner Appointed.
Governor Mills todGy appointed H.
A. Wolford of Hillsboro, former dis
trict attorney, to be county commits
sioner for the second district of Sier-
ra county, to succeed j. NJ. Webster,
resigned.
Notary Public Appointed.
Governor Mills today appointed
Clarence L. Bowlds of Santa Fe, a
notary public.
Territorial Funds.
Territorial Treasurer M. A. Otero
has received from Insurance Commits
sioner Jacobo Chaves $435.5O; Game
Warden Thomas P. Gable $41.50;
Charles V. Stafford, bank examiner,
$75.
Spanish-American Normal School.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
James e. Clark has returned from Ell
Rito, Rio Arriba county, where he at
tended the normal institute and also
inspected the Spanish-American Nor
NAL School. The school has an en-
rollment of 46~and an attendance of
3S, five pupils having been drafted to
teach school. The attendance at the
institute is %, the majority of whom
will be qualified to take schools by
New Year The building is in excel
lent condition, neat and well kept.
The pupils are not only securing the
oretical and book knowledge but con
siderable practice in domestic and
sanitary science. One club of pupils
from Taos, all young men, does its
own cooking and domestic work and
Tomas Martinez, one of the pupils,
surprised Superintendent Clark with
the fine bread he bakes. There is also
Chamita Club which boards itself
The distractions of city life are all
sent, and in consequence, although
Superintendent Clark arrived unan.
nounced, late in the evening, he found
the pupils in the study hall hard at
work preparing for their next days
lessons.
Checks for Election Officers.
Within the next ten days, Terrific
rial Secretary Nathan Jaffa will have
sent out all checks due registration
and election officers. He is receiv
ing many inquiries regarding these
checks and is unable to answer them
ALL The delay in sending them out
has been caused by the shortness Of
funds, as Uncle Sam takes his owr
time in placing to the credit the sums
needed by the secretary to pay off the
election and registration officials.
Seen BY Mounted Police.
Mounted Policeman Jere Rusk re
ports from Chama, Rio Arriba county
that man named W. A. Brown, alias
Phelps, alias Anderson, had been seer
in the vicinity of Chama and had ap
piled with him. He had a youns
girl with him. This was in answer tt
an inquiry from City Marshal McMil
len of Albuquerque.
Applications For Parole.
The following prisoners in the ter
ritorial penitentiary filed their ap
plications for parole:
Jose Molina, sentenced from Sierra
county for murder to serve 25 years
Inez Valenzuela, sentenced fren
Dona Ana county, for murder, tt
serve SO years.
Robert Leslie, Sr, sentenced from
Otero county for killing neat cattl'
to serve four years and $500 fine.
Robert Leslie, Jr., sentenced from
Otero county for killing neat cattl'
to serve two and haAi years ant
$500 fine.
Kinch Mullens, sentenced from Cha
yes county. for murder, to serve 8
years.
Estanislado Sais, sentenced froI
Bernalillo county for murder to serv
co years COMMITTED to On wears