Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-02-09
JOKE MAY COST
45 DAMAGE SUITS
Adjutant General Brookes
Viii Turn Tables on Fake
Telegram Writer
MANY BACK TAXES ARE IN
Curious Letter Makes Legal
Lights "Stop, Look and
Listen.

Adjutant General A. L. Brookes is
having an investigation made of the
alleged practical joke" said to have
been perpetrated on the New Mexico
National Guard at Tucumcari, order
ing them to be in readiness to go to
the southern border to protect the
United States from invasion" as stat
ed in the New Mexican yesterday. Cap
tain o. F. Elder Immediately muster
ed As men and within two hours was
awaiting further orders-which did
not come.
General Brookes is going to use eV'
cry legal means to make it very hot
for the joker or jokers who thus tried
to make sport out of the National
Guard 1t is said that the law pro-
vides for the bringing of just forty
five damage suits against the Joker in
this matter.
In case difficulties are encountered
in finding out who sent the telegram
the grand jury may be asked to probe
the matter and summon with asses
who will have to tell what they know.
Water Board Adjourns.
The meeting of the territorial wa
ter board before which were brought
many appeals on rejected applications
for water rights and which cases are
said to raise a vital issue affecting
irrigation. was adjourned today
The board will likely give for publ
cation several important decisions in
a day or two. Regardless of the de-
cisions, however, it is thought that
the cases will be taken to the U. S.
Supreme Court, the highest tribunal
in the land for final settlement.
interpretations.
-. Articles of incorporation were filed
in the territorial secretary's office to,
day by the Elephant Butte Land and
Trust Company whose main Office is
at Phoenix, Arizona, and whose office
in the territory is at Las Cruces
with J. d. Wallet as the resident
agent.
The object of the company is to dc
a general real estate, commission and
brokerage business and it has a capi
talization of 100000 Of 10000 shares
at $100 each. The directors are w. l.
Wollett, j. D. Wollett, Mark Logan and
N. A. Brown and the company's dura
ton is to be 25 years with privilege
of renewal.
Notaries Appointed.
Acting Governor Nathan Jaffa has
appointed Julia Ferguson, of Carls
bad, Eddy county, and Celia B. Bibo
Valencia county, notaries public.
Papers of incorporation were also
filed by the Rociada Ranch Company
whose Office is at Rociada, San Miguel
county and of which Albert G. Adams
is named the agent. The object OF
the company is to do general mer
chandise business and starts with a
capital stock of $4,000, consisting OF
$50 shares at $100 each. OF this stock
$4,000 has been subscribed, the share
holders being Albert G. Adams, Of
Gascon; Leo NJ. Upton, of East Las
Vegas, and H. w. Clark, also of East
Las Vegas, each holding ten shares
The duration of the company is to be
fifty years.
For the Treasury.
Territorial Treasurer NJ A. Oterc
has received the following sums fol
the treasury: Alexander Sandoval
treasurer of Sandoval county, $204.45;
from Game and Fish Warden Gable
$40.25.
Land Entries.
The following are the land entries
at the local land office: Mary ]. Cliff
formerly Mary ]. McBrian, OF Albu
querque; R. B. Odom, Lumberton, Ben
jamin E. Reeder, Halls Peak; Hilarit
Garcia, Santa Fe; Leandro Chavez
Gallina and Pascual Vianueva, Calls
teo.
Receipts and Disbursements.
A statement showing receipts ant
disbursements of various counties o
the territory has been prepared b!
travelling Auditor Charles v Stafford
They are from January 1, to Decembe
81, 1910, as follows:
Receipts.
Back taxes 1901 and prior, $4,76S
40; taxes 1902, $3,150.37; taxes, 100;
$3,O96.4O; taxes 1904, $3,520S7; take
1905, $6,721.20; taxes 1906, $27,367. so
taxes 1907, $32,92O32; taxes 1905
SS0,3S731; taxes 1909, $1,000 500. 70
taxes 1910, $999,97665; liquor licer
ses $126,329.S0; merchandise license
$21,224.54; poll tax $43,55747; fine
S12,429.73: Pullman car tax $1,262.20
common school S64,4S05S; sale c
bonds s33S,S49.13; rent of court hous
s1,799.30; institutes $2,22642; distric
court clerks $6,37462; artesian well
S2.292.44; forest reserves $17,200.11
county settlements $21 $685.; misce
laneous collections $59,000.42. Tots
$3,1S4, ,425.76.
Disbursements.
The disbursements were for tn
same period as follows. General coul
ty 5000, ,362.06; for courts $195,S22.7S
interest $1e5,33097; wild anims
bounties $28,S9615; roads and bridge
$239, ,561.62; court house and ia
$133,333.26; territorial treasurer $69l
995.57; treasurers' commissions SS7
665.37; assessors commissions $94
477.42; municipal $213, ,701.58; schoo
s769,50109; judgments $S,43567; il