Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-12-07
SUPREME COURT
JUDGES At STAKE
Official Count Seems to be
a Contest for Those
Officers
incorporation PAPERS FILED
More Than $8OO,0OO in Bal.
ances in Various County
Treasures.

More Than $S0O,OOO in Bal
ances in Various County
Treasures.
The efforts of the attorneys repre-
senting parties and candidates before
the official canvassing board, have re-
solved themselves into effort to gain
the state supreme court for one party
Or the other. The Republicans are
confident that they have elected two,
If not three of the supreme court JUS
tices, while the Democrats are lust as
confident that in addition to Pro-
gressive Republican, they have 'also
elected a Democratic candidate. AS
far as the count has proceeded, C. J.
Roberts Republican, and R. H. Hanna,
Progressive Republican, seem to be
certain of election, the other candi.
dates are in doubt. In the four coun-
ties of Bernalillo, Chaves, Colfax and
Curry, which cast almost one-fourth
Of the total vote cast on November Z,
IuC iolAoWluS gains oFCl IuC uuOulCldi
figures have been made in the official
count: Roberts, So; Parker, 81;
Wright .13; Burkhart, Al, Dunn, IS.
Hanna, AZ. BY counties, the gains
were as follows: Bernalillo, Parker
and Wright, 13; Roberts, 3; Burk-
hart, "a; Dunn, "a; Hanna, "a; Cha
YES, Parker, q; Roberts; 20; Dunn, 5;
Burkhart lost 6. Colfax, Parker, 5;
Roberts, IS; Wright, 1 Burkhart, "a;
Dunn, 4; Hanna, 10. Curry, Parker
1; Dunn, %; Wright loses 1; Burk-
hart, 1, and Hanna l.
Dona Ana county was completed
yesterday afternoon and showed that
H. B. Holt has been elected to the
State Senate, but the Democrats re-
served an exception to the returns of
one precinct in which the tally sheet
and certificate differed. Eddy county
was completed this noon and Grant
county is to be completed by tonight
although it has many precincts and
large vote.
Notary Public.
Harry L. Taylor of Ration, Colfax
county, was yesterday appointed no
tary public by Governor William J.
Mills,
Wiggins in The Pen.
Joseph Virgins sentenced May %,
1911, to from seven to twelve years
in the territorial penitentiary on a.
kidnapping charge, arrived at the pris-
on last night in charge of Secundino
Romefo, sheriff of San Migael coun-
ty..
Treasurer's Receipts.
The following sums of money were
received yesterday in the Office of the
territorial treasurer: $15.5e on ac-
count of game protection fund from
Thomas P. Gable, game and fish war
den; $4,000 on account of bank exam
-inatioh fees, from John Joerns bank
examiner; 100000 on account OF
photographic survey fund, from G.
D. Miller, territorial engineer; $780,
81 from Csmilo Sanchez, treasurer Of
Guadalupe county; $6277.69 from ]. D
Martioez, Jr., treasurer of Taos coun
sty; $17.on account of Compilation
Fund, from, the New Mexican Printing
Company.
Land Office Business.
The monthly report issued today by
the general land Office shows the fol-
lowing for November:
Forty original. homestead entries,
5501.31 acres, $574.01; II homestead
entries, act of February >19, 1909, 1860
acres, $17S.5S; 16 entries, act Of June
%, 1919, 2310.49 acres, $26O.51; Sc
final homestead entries, S39S.S7 acres,
'$320.06; l mineral application, ST.;
18 commuted homestead entries,
2737, $3422.49; 4 excesses, 4.65 acres.
$685. coal cash, 800 acres, $1,000;
8 desert land entries, 1862 acres,
$116.15; final desert land entries.
100 acres, $4,000; cancellation fees,
'$4.0O; testimony fees, $147.95.
Fiscal Condition Of Counties.
John Joerns, travelling auditor, in
his report for November, shows that
the balances in the twenty-six county
treasures, amount to $836,409.25,
which added to the balances Of al
most 100000 in the territorial treas
ury and the balances in various
school and municipal treasures,
shows that on December 1, something
like $2,OOO,0O0 were available for pub
lie purposes. Valencia county leads
with balance of $S7,002.43; then
come Bernalillo county, $76,274.21;
socorro, $5S,7S0.91; Grant. $54,9SS.36;
1881; Dona Ana, s43,3905S; Quay
$39,9S2.21; Rio Arriba, $39,S3S; Chav-
es, $29,199.S6: Colfax, $26,757.45;
Taos $26,449.96: Guadalupe $24,S10.75,
$26,449.96; Guadalupe, $24,S10.75;
Luna. $21,S36.S3: sandoval, $21,797..
II; Santa Fe, $21.OsS.4s; Eddy, $50,
S2o.s9; Sierra, $2o.1e7.4e; Union, $1s,
679.41; Roosevelt, $1S,047.23; Mora
$17.971.2S; Curry. $13,079.22; Otero
4 $12,SS6.SO: Mckinley. $11,66S.47; Tor
rance, $10,472.33: Juan, $9,151.S8;
Ineorp .rations.
Two interpretations were recorded
yesterday in the Office of Nathan Jaf
Ia, secretary of the territory: New
Mexico Oil and Refining Compan,
with general Offices at Gallup. Tht
capital is given as $1,000.000 dividet
into one million shares with q pal
value Of $1.Q0. The purpose OF th'
corporation /. to purchase oil ana
gas lands, mineral spring deposits
X and to buy, sell and transport oil ant