Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-01-03
NEW TERM Of
SUPREME COURT
Last Case on the Docket
Disposed of by Decision
This Forenoon
CHANGESAT FEDERAL BUILDING
Special Land Agent From Chey-
enne Takes Up Residence
in Capital City.

The docket of the Territorial Su-
preme Court was cleared this morning
when the decision in case No. 1888,
reversing the decision of the lower
court remanding the case for further
proceedings, was handed down. There
remain several formal motions and
minor business to be disposed of but
the work of the term is about finished.
The title of l.lis case decided this
forenoon is as follows: George w.
Stoneroad, ct al, appellants VS.. Will
liam B. Beck, ct al, appellees. Appeal
from the District Court of San Miguel
county.
Board of Equalization.
The Territorial Board of Equaliza-
tion will meet next Monday forenoon
at the Capitol. This will be the last
meeting of the old territorial board.
New Special Agent
George NJ. Laird and Mrs. Laird will
arrive in Santa Fe from their former
home in Cheyenne, Wyo., this evening
and will make their home here. Mr..
Laird is a special agent for the United
States land office and will be connect
ed with that Office in this city.
County Commissioners Meet.
The board of county commissioners
met this morning in special session at
the county court house with commits
sioners, l. Sparks, chairman, Alfredo
Lucero of Santa Cruz, and ]. Ortiz y
Pine of Galisteo, present. The board
will finish last years business at this
session.
Indian Allotments.
John F. Armstrong, special alloting
agent for the United States Indian
Bureau. is in the city looking up In
dian allotment titles in the local land
office. Mr.. Armstrong looks after and
perfects defective Indian allotments
in New Mexico and Arizona His head
quarters are in Albuquerque.
January Term Of Supreme Court.
The January. 1912, term of the Ter
ritorial Supreme court convened this
morning at the Capitol, with Chief
Justice w. H. Pope and Associate
Justices John R. McFie, NJ. c. Me-
chem, E. R. Wright, Ira A. Abbott and
c. j. Roberts as we'll as Supreme Clerk
Jose D. Sena and Attorney General
Frank w. Clancy present.
Hearing on Saturday.
Harold B. Reed, q years old, as
sistant postmaster at Clayton, Union
county, who was arrested there Sat
urday by Postoffice Inspectors Brit
tain and Moran, charged with riflins
registered letters, has been released
on a bond of $500 for a preliminary
hearing in Santa Fe before U. S. Com
missioner Lavan on January 6.
Territorial Funds.
The following sums OF money were
received this morning in the office of
the treasurer of the Territory, R. j.
Palen: Eugenio Romero, treasurer OF
San Miguel county, $5,55125; Jacobo
Chaves, superintendent of insurance,
$4,000: w. d. Newcomb, clerk of the
district court for the seventh judicial
district, $163.45; Charles P Downs,
clerk of the district court for the
sixth judicial district, s592.95.
"Maneuvers in New Mexico"
This is the title of a very interest
ing article which appeared in the Ar
my and Navy Register published in
Washington, the official paper of the
men who defend this country by land
and sea. The article tells of the ma
neuvers of the New Mexico National
Guard at Las Vegas last summer. 1t
is illustrated with four views. Cap
tain F. S. Young of the 23d Infantry
L. S. A., is probably the author of the
article as he was the United States
army officer who inspected the en-.
campment and took an active part in
the sham battle.
The pictures Or views were of an at
tack over open ground against an in
trenched position as carried out by
eight companies of the guard The
attack consisted of six companies in
three lines, as the boys who took part
in it we'll remember. The attack
however, failed as the defenders open
ed fire at close range from a trench
commanding an arroyo and they soon
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