Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-29
VETS GET INNING
IN WHISKY SCRAP
At ROSWELL
WIN THREE CASESlN
THE JUSTICE COURTS
More Cases to Come Up This
Week; Judge Pope 10 Be Busy
Holding District Court SesS-
ions,

Especial correspondence to Morning Journall
Roswell. ~ NJ Aug % THE vets
had an inning in the Justice courts OF
Roswell yesterday. winning out in
three cases. Before Justice A. J.
Weller, Pete Jacoby was tried on the
charge of being In possession of liquor
for the purpose OF sale. and Fred
Behringer, constable in another pre-
cinct. was tried on the charge of in
terfering with an officer when at
tempting to hold confiscated whisl1ev
as evidence, Both were discharged
and the cases against them dismissed
In the court OF Justice r. u. Bell was
tried the replevin suit OF G, l.. Wilson
against City Marshal re. Woafter, in
which plaintiff asked Tor the liquors
he claimed To be his OWL and TO have
been taken from a ware room at the
time Of The raid ON the Green Front
cold drink emporium by the city
marshal. Justice Bell found in favor
of plaintiff, and City Marshal Woof-
ter appeal 10 the supreme court. hold
ing the liquor by giving bond.
Yet to be tried in the prohibition
gauabble Of last week are the cases
against City Mrashal Woofter for in
terfering with Constable Behringer, Of
the marshal and Mayor George r.
Veal, himself, for causing the arrest
of an alleged innocent person, namely
Charles Gilbert, Gehringer's adviser
n If c. l.. Wilson On the charge
of possessing liquor for the purpose
Of sale. Gilbert was tried late yes
terday on the charge Of interfering
with Marshal Woofter in his Official
work and Justice Weller took his de-
cision under advisement
Chief Justice VIM. II, Pope will
arrive in Roswell next Thursday eve
ming, and. after holding court here in
chambers two days when several
cass from Eddy county are to be
heard, will 90 to Portales for the
opening on September 3 OF the two
weeks session of the Roosevelt county
court. From there he win GO to
Clovis for a one week session in Curry
county, and will then move the court
10 Carlsbad, Eddy county. for a three
weeks meeting, which opens the first
Monday in October. Federal court
opens in Roswell for the entire dis
trict Of four counties on the third
Monday on October, but will not oc-
cupy the attention Of Judge Pope
while the grand jury is working. Ter
ritorial court win open in Roswell the
first Monday in. November,
Tor two days the sky has been
hoticeably darkened by a thin smoke
that was brought in by the "norther'
OF wednesday night. AS there have
been no prairie or forest fires. the
smoke is thought TO nave come from
the great forest fires of the north
west. The smoky condition is re-
ported to extend az least a hundred
miles in every direction.
The city council last night unani-
mously voted, viii all members pres
ent, for the immediate enforcement
of all sidewalk Improvement ordin-
ances held up pending a test case to
determine the councils powers before
the supreme court. Many more miles
of cement sidewalk viii now be built
in Roswell and the widening Of Main
streets walk from 10 to l6 feet Will
he ordered at once
The Roswell Seed company yester-
day bought the 1910 crop Of the
Thomas Fee apple orchard at $330
per acre, the best price by 80 per acre
paid this year in the Roswell district
The Fee orchard is q block Of The or
tglnal ]. J. Hagerman estate and con-
sists Of 9.39 acres and contains 596
trees. 1t was bought last February
for $4,000 and this years crop win
almost pay for II. Proper smudging
spraying and care made the crop so
valuable. The purchaser picks and
packs the crop at his own cost.
Thomas Harrison has practically
finished the school census Of Ros-
well which will total about $500.
This is an increase of about 300 over
last year.
With their accustomed enterprise.
the Elks Of Roswell are making an
effort to brine 10 Roswell the famous
Walter Damrosch orchestra when
mat organization comes on IFS vest
ern tour the coming fall and winter.
The orchestra and band viii have
iiity men on the trip.