Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-05-25
OFFICIALS FOND
Of MOTORING
Governor Mills Will Receive
His Car By the End
of the Week
JUAN CRUZ AS 4 WITNESS
Taken to Chamita Today to
Throw Light on Boot.
Logging Case.

Territorial Treasurer M. A. Otter
has received the following sums fo
the treasury: Charles v. Stafford, ban
examiners fees, $50; Charles D. Mil
er. stream gaging fees, SO; Williar
Sutherland. road fund, $3.50.
Seven More for the Pen.
Sheriff R. F. Ballard of Chaves cour
ty brought in seven prisoners toda,
from Chaves county and lodged the1
in the penitentiary. The names G
the prisoners will be given out tomol
row.
Appointed P. o. Inspector.
P. J. Moran, one of the efficient pos
tai railway clerks who for numbe
OF years has been on the run betweel
Silver City and Rincon, received hi
appointment from Postmaster Genera
Hitchcock as postoff1ce inspector ant
Will assume his new duties abou
June 1st.
County Institute.
Territorial Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction ]. E. Clark stated to
day that the contract for the Uniol
county institute has been closed. |
begins July 81 and will be conducted
by John H. Vaughn and Miss Fanny
Ford both of the New Mexico College
OF Agricultural and Mechanical Arts.
No Requisition Vet.
NO requisition papers have beer
served on the governor by the cover
nor of Oklahoma for A. Williams who
was arrested this week at Las Cruces
charged with the shooting of a consta
BILE at Claremore. Oklahoma. 1t is
thought that Williams will go back to
Oklahoma without papers.
Made Break for Liberty. 81
Some days ago two inmates of the
New Mexico Reform school at Spring.
er. Colfax county, attempted to dig
their way out of their quarters and
make their escape, the boys being
Cliff Falk and Gus Weidemann. They
were, however, discovered in time.
Howard Howell, another inmate, ran
away from Assistant Superintendent
Cosner in the field and got six or eighr
mites from the school before he was
recaptured and brought back. The
work on the school farm is progress.
ing under the direction of Gardener
George Mann of Albuquerque. A large
acreage of alfalfa and twelve acres of
sorghum have been planted.
Pathetic Homestead Application.
All the/work at the United States
land Office is not of the prosaic nature
that the ordinary person would sup
pose, for once in while, the clerks
there see touch of real human life,
with its incident pathos, tragedy or
comedy. One of these instances oc-
Cured yesterday at Las Cruces, touch
ing the pathetic side when an appli.
cation was received from Candelaria
Hutchison of Magdalena, for home
stead entry. The applicant stated
that her husband was totally blind
and bed-ridden invalid and that the
support of the family devolved upon
her She made application for 100;
acres of land in section %, township
2, south of range 4 west, but the ap
plication was refused on account of
the fact that all of the entry, with
the exception of 40 acres, was already
covered by prior application.
Juan Cruz as Witness.
Juan Cruz charged with killing an
indian named Garcia near Chamita the
past winter and who has been held atl
the penitentiary as prisoner pending
trial was taken to Chamita today by
guard to testify in bootlegging
case. Cruz will be brought back to-
night in J. H. Walkers auto. Mr.,
Walker and Attorney J. H. Crist went
to Chamita with Cruz.
1t is understood that Cruz's testi. |
mony will be of great Importance in
running down certain alleged boot
leggers who have been operating in 1
the San Juan pueblo near Chamita for
Cruz was appointed an ofiicer by the
governor of the pueblo, it is said. to |
heip break up the liquor traffic. I'll
was in his attempt to stop the dis.
posal OF whisky among the Indians
tnat Cruz was set upon by several
drunken Indians who beat him with
rocks until in self defense he is said
to nave drawn his revolver and shot
Juan de la Oro Garcia. Cruz was
brought here and given a preliminary
hearing before Judge McFYa and lock.
ed up without bond. awaiting the next
term Of court.
Officials as Motorists.
When you wish to talk to territorial
officials, you will have to see them
some other place than on the street.
for they will all be motoring next
week. That Is, nearly all. The E. M.
F. car for Governor William ]. Mills
is expected here in a day or two. as is
also the car for District Attorney E. !.
g. Abbott. Among the other oficials
who motor are Nathan Jaffa, the ter
ritorial secretary, and ]. E. Clark, SUI
perintendent of public instruction. Su-
preme Court Clerk Jose d. Sena,
dame and Fish Warden Thomas p.
Table, Insurance Commissioner Jaco-
DO Chaves, and Territorial Auditor w.
2. Sargent are frequently seen trust
ng their locomotion to carriages. But
Inc Santa Fe Automobile Club is said
g nave hopes of converting a few of
tnese oficials to the lightning conduc
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