Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-08-07
GOVERNOR BACK
FROM CHAUTAUQUA.
Was Well Pleased With
Mountainaif, Where He
Spoke Saturday
IA CuARA RUINS WONDERFUL
Resources Commission to Be For.
med to Advertise New
Mexico.


Mexico.
Governor William ]. Mills returned
yesterday noon from Mountainail
where he delivered forceful address
Saturday morning on 'The Resources
of New Mexico" The governor spoke
for an hour and a quarter at the
Chautauqua which was then celebrat
ing Resources Day." The governor
seemed to have enjoyed greatly his
trip to Mountainair and neighboring
points.
1--WE found the ruins at La Cuari Of
extraordinary interest" said the gov
ernor this morning. "These are seven
miles from Mountainair and are OF q
church built by the Franciscan monks
and destroyed by the Indians in theil
great uprising in 1880 when they were
led by a San Juan Indian called Pope
The ruins must be 100 feet deep and
the massive stone walls of six or sew
en- feet thickness, are probably thirty
feet high. The roof is gone, but one
can still see enough to see that these
ruins are very remarkable"
The governor and several officials
were taken around in autos and shown
the wonderful crops of that region
corn stalks being seven or eight feet
high and beets weighing ten pounds
or more. They visited also the won
derful spring at Manzano and saw the
ancient apple trees. The abundant
rains have made the country exceed
ingly beautiful. The governor said
that he had a most appetizing dinner
at Mountainair, everything to eat on
the table with the possible exception
of the pepper and mustard, having
been resource" of Mountainair.
Of the Chautauqua the governor
said that the meetings are enthusias-
tic, largely attended and successful.
Resource Commission.
"Steps were taken to form re-
source commission" he continued.
'the object being to bring to the atten.
ton of the outside world the resourc.
es of the vast empire.
Territorial Engineer Charles D. Mil
Ter who went to Mountainair with the
governor did not return but went to
Socorro on road matters. ri
Dissolution.
A certificate of dissolution was filed
in the territorial secretary's Office by
the Clovis Lumber Company, whose
agent is O. l.. Owen and the place OF
business is at Clovis. J. Foster
Scott, Jr., is the president of the
company.
Notaries Appointed.
Governor Mills has appointed the
following notaries public: James K.
Hunt, Ration, Colfax county; Thurman
c. Fricks, Roswell, Chaves county;
Walter H. Burnett, Vaughn, Guada.
lupe county; Harry c. ,Herby, Clovis,
Curry county; Juan B. Fernandez,
Barney, Union county; Leon Locke,
Springer, Colfax county.
Water commissioners.
The board of water commissioners
is to meet today. President Charles
M. Springer arrived last night from
Cimarron and Oscar c. Snow of Las
Cruces, another member of the board,
was due to arrive today. Colonel Ven
ceslao Jaramillo of Ell Rito, could not
come, owing to illness in his family.
The board will hear the appeal of the
Springer Land and Irrigation Com
pany.
For the Treasury.
Territorial Treasurer M. A. Otero
has received the following sums for
the treasury: Game and Fish War
den Thomas p Gable, $3.50; Jose Y.
Torres, treasurer of Socorro county,
B. c. Hernandez, of Rio Ar.
riba county $37O.32; Chris Raithel OIL
Luna county, $lO0.OS: James Suther.
land, of Chaves county, $1,613.21; C.i
A. Browning, Of Curry county, $545.65.
Land Entries.
The following were the land entries
here Friday: James H. Hatch, CALI.
mas; Albert M. Zimmerman, Levy;
Henry Cloud McColpin, Gallup; Fran.
cisco Herrera, Lumberton; Bush Nc
Handles, Negra; Juan J. Doran, Taos;
Pascualita Martinez, Lucero; Wallace
D. Horn, Rosa; Dionisio Sanchez, Oioi
Jose e. Cruz, Bracket; Teo.
iora Tenorio de Sales, Anton Chico;
John A. Frieborn, Blanco; Librador
venor, Ocate.
Diamond Robbery.
The mounted police have received
telegram announcing that Tom
Drake recently taken to Vaughn byl
he mounted police on alleged inpH.I |
,ation in a diamond robbery in the
.erritory, has been held for the az |
ion Of the grand Jury, bail being fixed
It $500.
Word has also been received that
Mounted Policeman Rafael Gomez and
Cattle Sanitary Inspector 3. E. Van
Horn have been rounding up alleged
.attle thieves at Albuquerque.
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