Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-06-17
HOLLOMAN-l|EB
CASE DISMISSED
State Supreme Court Refuses
to Take Jurisdiction
in Contest
CORPORATION COMMISSION
1t Names Clerks and Steno.
graphers Under New Ap.
preparation Law.

Governor Mcdonald was not at the
Capitol today, having gone to Belen,
Valencia county, to address the Teach
er Institute.
State Funds.
State Treasurer O. n Marion start
ed off this week with the receipt of
S5.75 from Game Warden T. c. de
Baca.
Dental Board.
The New Mexico Board of Dental
Examiners is in session today and
will continue in session until Monday
at the Capital City bank building.
Federal Court
The A. 7. & S. F. Railway Company
has taken an appeal in the damage
case Of O'Conner, etc, VS.. the \. 7.
& S. F. in which the plaintiff had been
awarded $4,000 damages.
Incorporation.
The Silver City Amusement Com
pany filed incorporation papers today
with the corporation commission, the
capitalization being $4,000, the num-
ber of snares 5000 and the paid up
capital $4,000 The incorporators
and directors are: William p. Thom-
son, Mason j. Kelly, Herndon Lehr,
Emmett A. Blevins and Harry w.
Lamb, each 400 shares.
Will Have Charge of Rates.
B. F. Seggerson of Ell Paso, who
has been appointed by the corporation
commission to take charge of rate
matters, took his oath of Office on Sat
urday He has taken up his residence
in Santa Fe and is already at work on
the problems which confront him. He
was for several years chief clerk Of
the freight rate department of the El
Paso and Southwestern at FL Paso and
general freight and passenger agent
with the R. G. s. NJ. & P.
The Manneuvers.
Adjutant General A. S. Brookes re-
ceived final word today from Adjutant
General w. A. Simpson of the Central
Division, that no United States troops
will be sent to New Mexico this year,
as not sufficient funds are available
for transportation However. Adju
tant General Brookes is still discuss
ing with the war department the pos
sibility of sending New Mexico mill
in
Corporation Commission.
The state corporation commission
has organized by appointing George
w. Armijo chief clerk at $4,000 a
year; E. F. Coard, corporation clerk
at $500 a year; B. f. Seggerson in
charge of the rate department.; Juan
J Ortiz, clerk, at SIS a month, Mrs.
Brumbach, official stenographer. Dur
ing the absence of Corporation Com
missoners Groves and Williams this
week, Commissioner O. L. Owen will
be in charge.
District Court.
In the district court for Rio Arriba
Wright filed a suit for Luis NJ. Ortiz
ct al, VS.. The Archuleta Mercantile
Company, and J. NJ Archuleta, Jr,
asking for an accounting on note OF
$4,000; that Archuleta pretended he
had lost the note and the plaintiffs
made out new note to take Its
place; that they have paid this note
and that now the Archuleta Mercan
tile Company to whom the former note
seems to have been assigned by Ar
chuleta, claims that plaintiffs are in
debted to it in large sum.
Supreme Court.
The state supreme court this fore
noon, in the important case OF Reec
contest involving the judgeship O.
the eighth judicial district, handed
down an opinion dismissing the peti
ton without prejudice declining jur
isdiction. Only one more importan
case remains to be disposed of, tina
involving the receivers sale of tht
Las Vegas Electric Power and Transi
Company, which has been in tht
courts for long time, before thu
court will'be in vacation.
The supreme court merely decline
jurisdiction in the Lieb-Holloman con
test, maintaining that it woul'
take jurisdiction only in emere
ency cases like that of the Owen-Val
Stone contest and intimating that tn
district court is the proper tribunal be
fore which to initiate the contest. TIL
opinion is by Associate Justice Park
er and all the judges assent to it.