Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-10-26
POLICE ASKED TO
SOLVE MYSTERY.
Possibly Hindu Fanaticism Is
Back of Murder or Sui.
eide at San Diego
SEVERAL NO1AR|ES ARE NAMED
Business of Territorial Secre'
tary's Office Has Been Dull
for Days.

Governor William ]. Mills has ap-
pointed the following notaries pupllc'
William Wilcox, Albuquerque, Berna
lilo county; Victoriano Sanchez,
Vaughn. Guadalupe county; Nettie "
Bellies. Silver City, Grant county;
Thornton H. Boswell Jr, Roswell
Chaves county; Leo Hersch, Santa
Fe, Santa Fe county; Nathan Blpo'
Sr., San Mateo, Valencia county.
Back From Taos.
Travelling Auditor John Joerns is
back from Taos where he has been |
at work on the affairs of the State |
Bank of Taos of which failed, the
first failure of a national or terrific
rial bank in fourteen years.
Land Entries.
The following are the land entries
at the local land office: Carlton H.
Frahm, Mcintosh; Dorotea Martlnez,
Cuervo; Eligia u. de Mares, Colonias;
Agustin Griego, Old albuquerque;
Lori G. Latham, Sanchez.
Star Service EStaplisheo.
Star mail service has been estab-
lished from Alamogordo to Cloud
croft, Otero county, leaving Alamo
gordo and Cloudcroft every Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday morning at
eight o'clock. Also from Santa Rosa.
Guadalupe county, leaving Alamo
every Monday and Friday morning
and Santa Rosa every Tuesday and
Saturday morning at six o'clock.
Good Roads.
C, D, Miller, state engineer OF New
Mexico, was here Tuesday on his way
to Engle, where he is interested IN
private irrigation system with w. H.
Austin and other local men. Engineer
Miller has just returned from q visit
to Clovis and Portales, where an 1S-
mile road is being constructed by the
state and the citizens of Curry and
Roosevelt counties. The people OF
these counties have pledged the com
pletion of the road and the state OF
New Mexico is assisting them.
Another road is also being built be-
tween Roswell and the eastern part OF
Chaves county across the Mescalerc
sands for a distance of eight miles
where the road is now almost impass
able The work is now in progress
on this piece of New Mexico highway
and the state is spending $4,000 as its
part of the project. The site OF the
road construction is 35 miles from
Roswell and will give through roac
to Roswell from the eastern part o.
the county and will bring an increas
ed trade to that city.
Another link in the Canine Real Il
being projected by the state engineer
from Dona Ana in Dona Ana count!
to Rincon. This will be piece o
mesa road construction and will be 81
miles in length. The Ell Paso TO An
thony road has been extended to Doni
Ana and by the completion OF the neV
piece of the Canine Real, the ultimate
completion 6f the great scenic high
way from Colorado to Texas will b.
80 miles nearer done.
In addition to the road work, Eng
neer Miller inspected an irrigatlo
project on the Pecos river just .nsld
of the New Mexico line which is bein
projected by T. A. Ezell to irrigat
10000 acres. The impounding dar
will have a capacity of 100000 acr
feet of water and the entire plant WI
cost s25 an acre to construct
Paso Herald.
Business Dull.
The office force of the territoria
secretary has been wondering why tn
incorporation business has been s
dull for some days. It may be tina
the worlds championship base ba
series and the approaching electio
make even capitalists forget to stal
up new enterprises. 1t is thought a
ter the election new companies wi
be incorporated.
Deep Murder Mystery?
What appears deep murd'
mystery, staged at San Diego and
the solution of which Santa Fe's p
lice has been asked to help, Is de
cribed in letter received from Chi
of Police J. K. Wilson of San Dieg
California, and which is dated Oct
ber 49,
The chief says: 1--WE are anxious
have this handwriting and these teet
identified Enclosing half tone pi
ture of handwriting and teeth
such Identification will clear up
mystery otherwise unsolvable. {
October IA of this year the skeleton
of man and woman were found
the brush of a canyon on the biologic
reservation at La Jolla, Californi
near city. The clolhing was crum
ling away and aside from a few 6
ticles such as an umbrella, eye 81
ses. ETC., this writing and the fillin
OF the teeth are the only clues left
the identity of the two persons. T.
handwriting is fragment of t
last verse from Kipling's poem "wh
Earth's Last Picture is Painted.
was found inside the covers OF a bo
on Hindu Religion entitled 'Bhagav
Gita' published in Chicago. The har
writing evidently 4s the woman's, t
teeth are the mans. A bottle "
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