Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-06-07
COUNTIES HELP
GOOD ROADS
San Miguel Gives $4,000 and
Mora $4,000 for High
way to Mora
GOVERNOR MILLS RETURNS
Had an Interesting and Delight
full Trip to Meadow City
With Officials.

Governor Mills, Land Commissioners
R. P. Ervien and Territorial Engineer
Vernon l.. Sullivan, constituting the
territorial good roads commission,
have returned from Las Vegas and
Mora where with twenty Las Vegas
citizens they inspected the road to
Mora and also the Scenic Highway
The trip proved a most interesting
and enjoyable one. 1t was made from
Las Vegas in automobiles and the re-
turn was made via the La Cuesta
ranch and the ]. D. Hanch ranch, at
the latter lunch being served. Upon
their return. the commission met with
the board of county commissioners,
and San Miguel county pledged $4,000
toward placing the Mora road in good
condition and Mora county gave 81
900. This work will be in charge Of
the territorial good roads commission.
The construction work will not be eX-
tensive and as something like eighty
teams use the road daily, it will prove
a great benefit. The visitors were de-
lighted with the evident prosperity OF
the Mora valley and the promise that
Las Vegas will be a large, prosperous
CITY some day. Territorial Engineer
Vernon L. Sullivan inspected the in
take canal to the Campfield reservoir
and with Land Commissioner ErVien
also went over the Scenic Highway as
far as it's present terminus near Har-
ver's Lower ranch, almost sixteen
miles from the Meadow City. They
found that San Miguel county had
taken good care of it's end of the road
and that it was in much better con-
dition than had been anticipated.
Governor Mills during his visit in
Washington this month will seek to
have the federal government appro-
pirate sufficient sum to complete the
road across the Pecos forest to con-
nection with1the Santa Fe end. GOV
ernor Mills found that the dry farmers
on the Las Vegas mesa are not at all
discouraged. A rain last week helped
considerably and if the usual rains oc'
cur late bumper crops are assured. In
the Mora valley, water for irrigation
is still plentiful. At Las Vegas, a
$4,000 addition to St. Anthony's San
itarium will be constructed and quite
a number of beautiful residences and
costly buildings are in course OF con
struction.
Mounted Police Notes.
CAPTAIN Fred FornOff Of the Mount
ed Police accompanied c. A. Scheur1cE
to Kelly to investigate the murder ol
Mr.. Scheurich's brother.
Captain Fred Fornoff has received
illustrated posters offering reward
of $4,000 for the arrest of JOSEPH
Vending suspected of numbering
eight wear old Alma Kelner at Louis
vile, Kentucky.
Mounted Policeman j. B. Rusk ar
rested Morris Wright aged 35 years
at Chama on the charge of skipping
board bill at Lumberton. Wright pai'
the bill and was discharged.
Notaries Public Appointed.
Governor Mills today appointed tn
following notaries public: Frank L
Thompson of Ard, Quay county
Thomas w. Lewis of Dawson, Cola:
county.
Dissolution of Company.
The Sealship Oyster System Com
pany today filed dissolution papers i
the office of Territorial Secretary Ns
than Jaffa.
Will Fence international Boundary
Line.
Copies of the Agricultural bill pass
ed by Congress, just received her
show that the secretary of agricu
ture is given power to build fenc
along the international boundary {
the United States. This will prol
ably be done on the line between Me-
Mexico and Mexico.
Insurance Company Admitted.
The Southwestern Surety Insuranc
Company of Durant Oklahoma, wit
offices at Dennison, Texas, has tn
day been admitted to transact bus
ness in New Mexico. The compan
will transact surety and gener
casualty business. The company cor
menced business on January 26, 191
with an authorized capital of $1,000
600. A financial statement as
April 80, 1910, gave them a paid /
cash capital of 1881 ,565 and surplus
$216,209.22.
Las Cruces Land Office.
Las Cruces, N. NJ, June 1.-THE I
port of the work done at the Unite
States land office at Las Cruces shov
a large increase over the correspon
ing month of 1909. During the mon
of May the officials attended to tv
reservoir declaratory statements:
homestead applications; 19 desert lal