Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-05-09
HEWETT WILL
60 To ENGLAND
Scientist Delegate to Inter.
national Congress of
Americapites
WILL SAIL MAY 25, NEXT
Two Cases Were Submitted on
Briefs and State Supreme
Court Adjourned.

day afternoon in the Office of Secretary
of State Antonio Lucero.
Another Federal Park for New Mexico.
Senator Fall of New Mexico yester-
day in Congress introduced bills to
create a national park from lands in
New Mexico adjacent to the Engle
dam and storage reservoir, and appro-
priating $4,000 for a sanatorium for
the treatment and care of tubercular
Indians.
DR.. HeWett Goes to England as Dele
cate.
The School of American Archaeology
is in receipt of a certificate under seal
of the Department of State, naming
it's director. DR.. Edgar l.. Hewett as
delegate of the United States govern
ment to the meeting of the Internation-
al Congress of Americanites to be held
in London May 81 to June l, DR.. and
Mrs. Hewett will sail for England on
the Mauretania, May 22d.
Mica Corporation.
Articles of incorporation were filed
this morning with the state corpora
tion commission by the Mica Corpora,
ton" company that expects to do a
general telephone, telegraph, water
rights, lighting and real estate busi-
ness with Offices at Tres Piedras. Rio
Arriba county under the charge of E.
C. Osborn, statutory agent. The con
cern is capitalized at $4,000, divided
into 500 shares worth SO each at par.
The company will begin business Oil
$1,000. The names of the incorpora-
tors, their postofice addresses and
the number of shares subscribed by
each follows: E. c. Osborn, Tres Pie
dras, 100 shares: A. l.. Osborn, Den,
Yer, 80 shares; NJ. A. Calhoun, Denver
10 shares.
Treasurer's Receipts.
The following sums of money were
received this morning in the office o!
State Treasurer o. n. Marion: Nestor
c. de Baca, treasurer of Union county
taxes, S707 .46; Solomon Sanchez, treas
urer of Guadalupe county, taxes, S400.
9S; Vincente Jaramillo. Rio ATriba
county, taxes, S256.47: NJ. B. Jones'
treasurer of Roosevelt county, taxes
$54973; Celso Lopez, treasurer OF
Santa Fe county, taxes, s116,91; Max
H. Montoya, treasurer of Socorro coun
ty, taxes, $13105; John F. Taylor
treasurer of Curry county. taxes
S57546: Thomas P. Gable, game and
fish warden, game protection fund
$3.50; John W. March, land commits
sioner, salary fund, s62,49.
Supreme Court.
The state supreme court met yester
day afternoon with Judges Roberts
Hanna and Parker present, and CLERK
Jose D. Sena in attendance. The fol
lowing cases were submitted on briefs
after which the court adjourned unit
10 o'clock tomorrow morning:
Case No. 1853, Territory of New
Mexico, appellee, VS.. Enos R. Hart, ap
pellant.
Case No. 1854, Territory of New
Mexico, appellee, VS.. Thomas NJ. Dav
export, appellant.
Recent Decisions by tate Supreme
Court
Natural Water Course Defined.
Case No. 1850 The Jacquez Ditch
Company, ct al, appellants, vs. Senol
Garcia, ct al, appellees. Appeal from
the district court of San Juan county
This cause was reversed on the
ground that the trial court erred in
it's definition of natural watel
course, and was remanded for further
proceedings in conformity with this
opinion. Opinion by District Judge
H F. Reynolds, Judges Roberts ant
Parker concurring. Judge Hanna moi
participating. The syllabus for thi:
case reads:
Where the question involved wa!
whether a certain arroyo was or wa!
not a natural water course, and tht
court below found that the arroyo
was not permanent or natura
stream or water course in which wa
ter runs during the entire year, be
ing a dry arroyo carrying only sucl
water as may be designated as sur
face or flood waters" and dismissed
the cause on this ground: Held error
Where surface water in hilly re
gion of high bluffs seeks an outle
through a gorge or ravine during tn
rainy season and by it's flow assume
definite and natural channel, AM
such has always been the case so ia
as the memory of man runs, such az
customed channel through which tn
water flows possesses the attribute
OF a natural water course. The floy
of the water need not be continuous
and the size of the stream is imms
terial
Common Law In New Mexico.
Case No. 1424 Jose Casimiro MOI
toya, appellant, vs. Territory of NeV
Mexico, appellee. Appeal from tn
district court of Colfax county. In tn
opinion of the court the evidence wa
sufficient to sustain the verdict: :"
number of assignments of error ar
dealt with in appellants brief som
apparently waived, but all have bee
considered and We are of the opinio
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