Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-05-09
For the Treasury.

public.
For the Treasury.
Territorial Treasurer M. A. Otero
has received the sum of S54023 from
Walter B. Wagner, treasurer of San
Juan county and $125 from Game and
Fish Warden Thomas P. Gable
SpanisF-Amercan Normal School.
The closing exercises of the year at
the Spanish-American Normal school
at El Rito will take place on May Is.
1t was expected to close the term on
May 26, but so many of the students
leave at this season to work on their
ranches that it was thought best to,
make the date earlier.
Mr. Stafford Back.
Travelling Auditor Charles V. SAT-
ford has returned from Quay county
where he Strengthened out the affairs
of the former treasurer G H. Che
nault. Mr.. Saffords success in this
matter has won him praise from
those familiar with the trouble down
there. This morning Mr.. Stafford
spent some time in consultation with
the governor.
New Irrigation Company.
Articles of Incorporation were filed
today in the territorial secretary's
office by the Gallinas Irrigation Land
Company which will have it's main Of
flee in Las Vegas, San Miguel coun-
try and names Stephen B. Davis Jr.,
as its statutory agent. The company
is capitalized at $$50,0O0 and consists
OF 500 shares at $1O0 each. The stock
holders are David J. Leahy, Herbert
w. Clark and Stephen B. Davis Jr.,
each of whom owns $1,000 worth of
stock.
Governor to Attend.
Governor William J. Mills has
been invited to be guest of honor at
the annual commencement of the
New Mexico Normal university, DR..
Frank H. H. Roberts, president of the
institution, has mailed the governor
an invitation to attend the alumni
dinner, which will be served at the
Castaneda hotel Wednesday morning,
May 81, and the commencement,
which will occur on the following ev-
eDing. Governor Mills is strong
friend of the Normal and of education
throughout New Mexico.
Mckinley County Census.
BY minor divisions, the 1910 census
returns for Mckinley county, are as
follows:
Mckinley county, 1868.
Gallup town, 2,204.
Precinct No. 1, Clarkville, 354.
No. 2, Gibson, 917
No. 5, Gallup, 23.
No. 4, Gallup, 70.
No. 5, Catalpa, 11S.
No. 6, Winegate, 496.
No. Z, Thoreau, 2S6.
No. s, Guam, 366.
No. 8, Ramah, 291.
No. 10, Zuni, 1,775.
No. II, Heaton, 536
Zuni Indian reservation, 1852.
Navajo reservation, 5,527.
Working on Highway.
Convict road builders have been es-
tabifshed in camp a short distance
south OF Romeroville by Warden Cleo
fes Romero of the territorial peniten-
tiary. The convicts will engage in
the work of improving the highway
between Las Vegas and Santa Fe.
! High centers will be removed from
{ the road Ruts will be filed in and
the highway leveled. Culverts and
bridges needing repairs will receive
attention and when the work is COM
pleted, motorists, pleasure drivers and
farmers will enjoy the best of road
facilities. This is an Improvement
that should meet the approval of ev-
erybody in this part of New Mexico.
1t Is due in no small measure to the
activity of Governor William T. Mills
in promoting good roads that the work
is being done. Warden Romero, Rob-
ert P. Ervien, territorial land commits
sioner. and J. H. Meriwether, terrific
rial good roads engineer, visited the
new camp yesterday and made ar.
rangements for the beginning of work.
Mr. Meriwether is engaged In super.
intending the construction Of the new
highway to Nora
Visited CerriIlos Schools,
Superintendent J. e. Clark of the
department of education visited the
school at Cerrillos yesterday. He
was accompanied by County School
Superintendent John v. Conway. Mrs.
Conway and Mrs. Stewart and the
party made the trip in an auto Mr..
Clark said today: 1T was unfortunate
for the school children at Cerrillos
that F. Quintana resigned as teacher,
) and has gone into business before the
school term was completed. Mr.
Dotts is in charge Of the upper room
and the attendance Is very small.
quiszed the children and found them
interested and responsive.
AT Madrid we visited the primary
4 taught by Miss Flossie Sanford OF
Santa Fe. and was very favorably
impressed. The children showed
good spirit and are doing excellent
work, There Is evidence that Miss
Sanford ID very good drill master