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El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-04-13
Prisoners Sent to Pen
From Grant County
By Judge Neblett

Rudolfo Munoz arrived at the peni.
tertiary Saturday afternoon from
Guadalupe county to serve a term OF
nine to ten years for ~manslaughter.
In addition to Higntower and Mon.
ties, the two murderers sentenced to
death, Judge Neblett imposed senten-
ces on the following prisoners, who
are expected to arrive at the prison
from Silver City tonight or tomorrow.
Eugene Rowland, assault with in
tent to kill, fifteen to thirty months.
Notice of appeal to the supreme court
and application for bond filed.
Jose Arispe, assault with intent to
kill eighteen months to two and q
half years.
Arnold Cason, larceny Of cattle and
unlawfully branding cattle, three to
five years and $500 fine and costs of
trial, Notice Of appeal and applica-
ton for bond filed.
Tlerso ~Candelario, larceny of cattle,
eighteen months to two years.
Pillar Munoz, assault with intent to
kill, four years and eleven months to
five years.
Abran Aragon, unlawfully drawing
a deadly weapon and handling same
in a threatening manner. fifteen to
eighteen months,
lLasero Quintenar. assault with in
tendt to kill, fifteen months to five
years.
Pedro Salicido, assault with a dead
" weapon, eighteen months to three
years.
George Carlson, a United States
trooper attached to the border patrol
at Hachita, charged with murder for
the shooting to death of John White,
q fellow trooper, in a drunken row
last February, whose case was con
tinued until the September term of
court, was also ordered sent to Santa
re by Judge Neblett for safe keeping
petding his trial.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-04-13
BELL RANCH CONTESTS
RAISE OF $4,000
RED RIVER VALLEY COMPANY
CONTESTS TAX BOARDS RIGHT
I'D MAKE INCREASE

According to information received
here. the Red River Valley company,
owning the big Bell ranch in San
Miguel county, win go into court at
Las Vegas to contest the right of the
state tax commission to raise the
value of its land from $3.50 to 1910
an acre. The raise. which applied to
all grazing land in San Miguel coun.
ty that had been previously assessed
at $3.50 an acre, was made by the tax
commission at its meeting last Sep
TENDER. The Bell ranch comprises
zoo, 600 acres. and the total increase in
valuation is $S40,0 600.
1t is stated that negotiatlons for
the sale-o the ranch at a price of
So, 200, 600 have been recently in prog
ress. The state tax commission also
made a big raise in the company's
cattle assessment, but this, it is said,
will not be contested.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-04-13

many other accessories of a irst-class
poultry ranch. The fowls have the
range Of the apple orchard, helping
to keep down the weeds and picking
up much of their living from ground
worms and other things, The local
demand for his products is greater
than he can supply.
This man, to whom we are indebted
for many valuable suggestions, has
brought to bear upon his work in this
line the same degree Of intelligent
thought and research that is de-
manded by any other business. His
advice to beginners in New Mexico,
is to go slowly at first, and try ex-
periments on a few chickens only. If
any loss occurs, 1t is less discourag-
ing than a big loss would be. Get as
many acres of cheap land as possible.
The public lands Of New Mexico Of
fer splendid opportunities in this re-
gard. Sink a well and put up a wind
mill; no extensive system of irriga-
ton is necessary in poultry raising.
II mangel-wurzel beets and cabbage
a be raised, they make fine fresh
food for the winter months. Alfalfa
is always desirable for poultry feed
ing. A good breed Of chickens is in
dispensable. For high attitudes,
where the laying seasons are short,
the Leghorns are best because they
mature earlier than the larger breeds.
For lower attitudes, where seasons are
longer, Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island
Reds and Wyandottes are better.
No particular locality in this state
can be considered as desirable
than another for poultry raising. Be
cause Of its healthful climate, high
percentage Of sunshine and other ad-
vantages, there is no place in New
Mexico that is not adapted to this
business.
In the higher attitudes, near the
foothills, where the juniper and pinon
trees grow luxuriantly, ample shade
is provided for the poultry, as well as
out-of-doDr roosts during the summer
months There is no prettier sight on
one of these poultry ranches than to
see the chickens running free among
the evergreen shrubs on the hillsides,
picking up much Of their living from
pinon nuts and earth worms. The
outdoor life insures healthy fowls.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-04-13
SIX MURDER CHARGES
WILL Be PRESENTED
in LARGE CRIMINAL
DOCKET At DEFINING
TWENTY-FoUR CASES ALREADY
PREPARED FOR SUBMISSION TO
GRAND jury IN LUNA
COUNTY; 10 TRUE BILLS AT
ALAMoeoRo

Deming, N, NJ, April 10-One Of
the largest criminal dockets eyer
known in Luna county was presented
to the April grand Jury, which met
here today. The charges to be in
vestigated range all the way from
murder to larceny. TIP to the present
twenty-four cases have been submit
ted to the grand jury, and the con-
sideration OF these cases Will take Up
several days, so it is not likely that
the petit juries will get to work until
the middle of the week,
Six murder charges will be present
ed to the grand jury, the accused ne
ing Francisco Acosta, charged with
killing Geronimo Galban at S~palding;
NGuadalupe NJ. PasOs. who is charged
with the murder of Francisco (firon;
Juan Sanchez and Pablo Sanchez,
who are charged with the murder Of
Jas. r. Dean in the Villa raid 81 Co
lumbus: Walter LETTER, who is charg-
ed with shooting a Mexican boy; and
Jesus Rios, the twelye-year-old Mex
lean boy who was wounded in the bat
tie at Columbus. In view OF Rios
youth and the fact that he is crippled
for life, ID is doubtful whether he will
be brought to trial,
Acosta is one Of the men VINO Iar-
ticipated in the jail break here, which.
resulted in the killing OF Sheriff Ste
phens. He was acquitted of completely
in the killing of Stephens in order that
he might be tried for the 'Galban rur-
der.
Other cases TO be submitted to the
grand jury charge larceny, burglary,
felonious assault and horse stealing.
A number OF civil cases are also down
for trial, but the ss willSnot be reached
until the criminal docket has been
taken care Of, and 1t is not improb-
able that some of them may be held
over until the next term oil court,
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-04-13
ASSESSMENT
IN STATE AS GOOD AS
ANY, SAYS governor
COMPARES FAvoRARLY WITH
ANY OTHER, DECLARES Nc
DONALD IN COMM EXITING
ON EDlToRlAL

M 80 M E.LMN
That the total assessment of S78,072
head of cattle in New Mexico, as
shown by the revised figures Of the
tax commission, is as good, or better,
than the assessment OF any other
class of property in the state, is the
opinion of Governor Mcdonald, ex-
pressed today. The governors express
sion in the matter was due to d re-
cent editorial in the Albuquerque
Herald, in which attention was called
to the discrepancy between the num-
Der assessed and the 1,00O,0 900 head
estimated by livestock experts to be
in the state. Governor Mcdonald
said:
In my opinion, the assessment of
S7S,072 head is as good, or better,
than the assessment Of any other class
of property in the state. 1t represents
about 30 per cent of the total, accord
ing to the best statistics available.
The number Of cattle assessed has in
creased from 1884, 900 In 1922
Commenting ON the query in the
editorial: Are the livestock experts
wrong, or have the state tax commits
sion and it's assistants, The county as
SCISSORS, merely been unable to find
all the livestock ?" the governor ask
ed this very peCtinent question:
Is it fair to Assume that the asses
sors are the assistants of the tax com
mission, according to the meaning of
that statement"
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-04-13
From Mining and Engineering


Worldl
AS was predicted in these columns
American mines and works broke all
records for dividend disbursements
in March. last. According to reports
made to Mining and Engineering
World, dividends during the month
were paid totaling S21,115,1SS
Not only we're March records
broken. but disbursements for the
first three months of the year were
the largest on record. exceeding those
for the three months of 1914, the
previous record year, by nearly $12,-
100000. In the quarter Just ended
10S companies contributed with pay
ments totaling 35,254,017, as com
pared with SIS. 202, 1872 by 10 com
panies in 1915, $24,7S5.556 by "a com
panies in 1914, and s23, 3O4,S2O by ia
companies in 1913. This shows a re-
markable gain in 1916 over previous
years and makes a record Of achieve
ment never equaled by any other line
of industry.
The above does not include the dis
bursements made by the so-called
holding companies, a large part Of
whose revenue is derived from opera
tons of their own mines. Take for
instance the Copper Queen Copper
company, whose profits go to swell
the disbursements Of Phelps, Dodge
& Co. Then there is the Kennecott
corporation, which is earning on its
copper operations in Alaska better
than IS a share a year. or double
what it is now paying. Others might
be mentioned to show that much of
the S20,S39. 1903 disbursed during the
first three months Of 1915 by seven
securities holding corporations should
rightfully be credited to the operating
companies.
In summarizing the dividends paid
in the first quarter of 1915 we find
that the 1903 companies contributing
have made total payments of $685.
535,612. On their combined issued
capital this is a return of S235.4 0S. S46
In excess of outstanding capital.
Holders of shares Of copper stocks
were indeed fortunate for dividends
were paid during March totaling SILL
979. 49,. During the quarter, with q
companies participating. dividends
have been divided among sharehold-
ers amounting TO s20,S59, l6i. This
compares with s5.6S6.47s during the
first quarter of 1915, $13.391 .s2S by
"A companies in 1914, and $~1l,42S,1S
by 25 companies IN 1913, To date the
27 companies paying dividends in 1916
have disbursed no less than S510,-
130.tS2. Issued capital of these com
panies totals $29e, sf0.52o. showing a
return Of not far from geo per cent
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-04-13
4 new COAL field
CLOSE 70 MAGDElEHA

M~agdalena. N. N, April IO,-Fred
Leavitt has discovered and is OPENING
up . new coal field about eighteen
miles northwest Of Magdalena. lie
has had q force at work for the past
several weeks, and It Is now an assur-
ed fact that there is coal In thar vi
entity in sufficient quantities to sup
ply all the needs OF this section. 1t
Is a surafce vein, three and one-half
feet thick, and a be mined at a
nominal cost, This discovery, says
the Magdalena News, will be a great
thing for the town, and insuresa cheap
fuel which win be Of great benefit to
every enterprise iii the community
There IS also good oil prospects, in the
same neighboyhood
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-04-13

THE great, perhaps fatal mistake
In the plans to capture Villa,n he said,
was the failure OF this government
to utilize the Mexican railways to
send troops with supplies through
Chihuahua to head Off villa. The peo-
pie Of the United States might as well
realize that Villa, travelling over trails
familiar to him since he was a boy, in
a country where he has roamed all his
life and where he has countless
friends, can travel faster than any
thing but a steam engine Or an aero
plane.
Il know of my own knowledge thar
Villa can travel on horseback $50
miles in sixty hours, almost without
stopping except to change mounts. He
can eat and sleep in the saddle.
have known Villa to travel from Ma
dera to La Boquilla, where | was con
structing a hydro-electric plant for an
English company, a distance OF $50
miles, in two and a half days and
nights.
After the raid ON Columbus we
first heard of the Yillista bandits
passing Guerrero. in the Guerrero dis
trict. Then we heard of them in Sa-
teyo, Benito Juarez district. Next we
heard of them showing up at Naica,
10 miles from La Boquilla.
In my opinion, Villa is now MAX
ing up the Conchos river into the dis
triet of Andres del Rio where he
would probably be more secure than
in any other part Of the world. Or,
should he find it difficult to get into
that district, he has probably crossed
the Pillar de Concho river and gone
into Durango, his native district.
villa is q shrewd mar and he has
shrewd advisers. He probably
knows that an American %aeroplane
would have a great deal Of difficulty
in pursuing him In a district where
the mountains are 10000 feet high,
He also probably knows that the Unit
ed States has very few a%eroplanes
and would require a good deal of time
to get Icy ones for the high altitude
travel.
A Vast Territory
'The district of Chihuahua is a vast
territory. Here is a map which
brought from chihuahua. Draw a
line from north to south through
chihuahua and the distance, as the
flies, is $50 miles. The area OF
this district is 25,000 square miles. In
other words, a few thousand troops, in
q strange, mountainous country, with
put the use Of the railroads, are asked
to find the craftiest and hardest ban
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-04-13
Work Will Begin
Next Month in San
Juan S Oil Field

Durango, Colo, April 11.-Work IS
to begin about MAY Is for the com
pletion of the developing test of the
Harrington Meadows Oil field in San
Juan county, N. M. A party of east
ern capitalists have looked over that
field, and after returning from their
Inspection held a conference at the
Strater with local officials of the San
Juan Basin Oil company, who are the
principal oil land owners in that field
having upwards of 1000 acres under
their control. The party of eastern
oil and gas men. consisting of Messrs
j. G. Knapp, Of Augusta, Kas. r.. %.
Ridelsberger, of Warren, Pa, and FL
B. Gooch, of %ClaremOre, Okla. and
Cyrus G. Graden. vice president Of
the San Juan Basin Oil company. Wis
tied Aztec TO confer with Judge Alb
bott, OF Santa Fe, who is now hold
ing court al Aztec. and who is the
president OF the San Juan Basin OIL
company. The company, some few
years ago, put up a derrick and fur
nished a full equipment of machin-
cry, TO drive a deep we'll on their
property in the Meadows. boring for
oil. That work was never completed.
and it is the intention Of the eastern
men to finish this work. using the oil
company's tools. at their own ex-
pense. The visiting capitalists hare
nothing to sell nor do they care 10
buy anything, nor do they want a
lease. Their proposition is purely one
of developing, at their own expense.
Using iie oil company's old RIG and
tools. lfIhere IS oil there in paying
quantities they propose TO find it.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-04-13
MccRATH PREPARES FOR
SILVER CITY EXECUTION

Silver City, N. NJ, April t0.-Sher-
iff McGrath has made arrangements
for the erection of The gallows for
the hanging of Luclus G. Hightower
and Pedro Monies on May s. and
work will start within a few days. The
sheriff wants to have ample time for
the thorough testing of the traps. The
county possesses a trap that was used
during the administration Of Sheriff
Goodell in the hanging Of Pedro Sam
chez, July 5, 1901. If this trap is still
in good condition and stands the test,
it will probably be used for one of the
men. Another one will have to be
built.
The gallows will be erected on the
north side of the house, between
the mess hall and the court house and
right off the north side door of the
jail, so that the condemned men will
walk directly from the north door Of
the Jail to the steps of the gallows. 1t
will be surrounded py a high fence
and the only spectators allowed will be
the number required by law, which is
twenty. Although the number may be
increased at the sheriff's discretion,
Sheriff McGrath is not disposed to ex-
ercise this privilege and will limit the
number to the minimum decision
that is meeting with much favorable
comment
A petition asking Governor McDOn-
aid to commute the sentence Of Mon
ties, because of his youth, is being cir
culated here.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-04-13
American Mines and Works Fay
Record Dividends During March

Owners of shares in companies
classed as gold-silver-lead-zin produc-
ers also shared in the prosperity en-
ioyed by the mining industry, for
50 companies divided during the month
$1l, 753, 113, as compared with ST.
914,031 by As companies in the first
quarter of 1915, $7,167.S 95 by So com
panies in 1914. and 1896, IT'S by "a
companies in 1913. To date the 50
companies mentioned above have paid
dividends totaling $214, 4S7. 100 on an
outstanding share capital OF $685.
523, 500.
The metallurgical companies bene-
flied likewise to the extent that seven
companies disbursed during the quar-
ter $1,000, 74S as compared with S..
$751; 2s in 1915, $4,225, 1888 in 1914 and
S2,915,S55 in 1918.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-04-13
Boy Scout Saves a
Six Old Child

Socorro. N. NJ, April 10-To 49,
year.old Francis Epperle, a Socofro
boy scout, little Robert Anderson, the
~six-year-old son o. Prof. and Mrs. G..
Z, Anderson. probably owes his life.
While coming from school the Ander
son child had the misfortune to fall
in the acequia at the North California
Street crossing, and he was being
rapidly sucked into the iron culvert
when his cries for help attracted the
attention Of Francis Epperle, a sixth
grade pupil in the Socorro public
schools, and the badly frightened and
much b~edraggled little fellow was res
cued from his perifous position AMI
taken to his home on Sixth street,
where he was given first emergency
treatment by his mother, and is re-
ported as suffering no i'll effects from
his experience.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-04-13

dit in this hemisphere. What a task
Villa Seeks Revenge
Villas whole ambition is now to
wreak revenge on the United States
BY embroiling this country in war
it'll Mexico, or Japan OF any other ma
ton. have reason to believe that
villa has had a talented emissary In
Toxic for the past four months,
working | have reason to believe
that Villa has spies stationed along
the border and in various parts of
the United States9 just as he had
them in Columbus when the attack
was made and when some of the men
who should have been in Columbus,
were playing polo in FL Paso,
Before the recognition of Carranza,
] used to talk with Villa at La Bo-
quilla and he said to me again and
again that his main thought was tu
cultivate the friendship of the Amer
leans, because he relied on the Amer
leans to assist in settling the Mexican
trouble. There are many acts OF
Villa we must regard with disfayur
but this much | can say for the man.
He is the only one of the Mexican
jefes' who has kept up his work when
1t got too hot for him. He is no quit
ter. He is fearless and crafty.
Il do not believe for an instant this
report that Villa has been wounded,
and is being lugged about on a stretch
er. From what ! know of the Willis
tas, this is but a clever story to give
the United States troops a wrong
scent. Villa moved south too quickly
to have been seen at Guerrero or any
other place by Americans who started
about a week afterward.
DepiorabIe Policy
The pursuit Of villa is but another
marvellous instance and exemplar of
the d%eplorable policy followed BIZ
President Wilson in Mexico. Mr.. viii
son has been deceived by men he
trusted-7by men he sent to Mexico to
get accurate information. villa was
likewise deceived by representatives
OF Mr.. Wilson. It has been a nice
mess and does not rebound to the
credit of the present administration.
Kept in Ignorance of the true state Of
offairs, Mr.. Wilson has made mistake
after mistake in the Mexican situa-
tion. The result has been in my own
case that ! had to pose as an English
man, working as | was for an English
company, in older to gain any respect
from the Mexican people and to OBJ
tain a measure of safety"
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-04-13
CAPS IN VIENNA

Vienna. April 1O-Caps are fast re-
placing hats in Vienna. As is known
TO all observing travellers. Vienna,
alone among the great cities of Eur
opue, has hitherto. been conspicuous
from the fact that all its men and
boys insisted on wearing hats, dis
daining the cheap and comfortable
cap that is popular among the walk
ing classes in London. Berlin and
Paris, Austria has always possessed
a large hat industry and hats were al
most as cheap as caps here, but the
war has caused a shortage Of wool
and the cheap felt hats have doubled
in price. The result is an increasing
number of converts to the cap.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-04-13
Abolishing so Cent
Charge Saves $25, 900
For-Butte Farmers

Las Cruces, N. M, April 10.-The
farmers under the Elephant Butte
project will be saved at least $4,000
a year until the project has been
formally opened, under the provisions
OF a revised contract covering the
operation and maintenance Of the
various units 0 fthe irrigation sys-
tenn. This saving will be effected by
the adjustment of the m~uch-debated
.fifty-cent charge for all lands using
stored watei from the reservoir at
Elephant Butte. This charge was a
part of last years rental contract, and
Of this years rental contract, as we'll.
1t was also included in the contract
ratified by the council for the taking
over by the association of the opera
tion and maintenance of the Leas-
burg unit.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-04-13
100000 BANK STOCK
INVOLVED IN TRIAL

Argument over stock transactions
totalling $4,000 was heard this after
noon by u. s. District Judge William
H. Pope in federal court. The case,
which was taken under a%dvisement,
was that of McKeefrey, ct ais VS.. the
Bankers Trust company, Of Dallas,
Texas, a motion having been>made to
strike as to defendants answers.
The suit is over bank stock sold va
rious New Mexicans, six suits having
been merged into one. plaintiffs al
lege that agents for the trust com
pany sold them stock, telling them
that the stock had earned so per cent
a year. w. H. Neblett. Of Silver City,
appeared for plaintiffs Attorneys r
P Barnes, of Albuquerque. and E. NJ.
Ethridge, of Dallas. Texas, represent
ed the bank.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-04-13
EIGHTEEN INDICTMENTS
FOUND AT ALAMOGoRDO

Alamogordo, N. a., April 10.-0i
the eighteen indictments returned by
the grand jury here, the sheriff's Of.
flee has so far made returns on the
following: Mitchell Jefferson, irur.
dor; Ignacio Garcia, murder; lose
Montoya, assault with a deadly wen
pons John Taylor, ore for a statutory
cffense and another for assault with
intent to kill; Jose Martinez, assault
ing and beating wife; John II. Barker,
one for larceny Of horse, one for burg
larry, one for larceny; Henry Mile,
larceny of calf.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-04-13

That villa II probably headed TER the district Andres del Rio, in Chi
huahua Mexico, a mountainous country Of attitudes exceeding 10000 feet:
a land filled with wild Indians who viii befriend the bandit and make it
extremely difficult for CaTancistas o r American soldiers to come anywhere
near him, is the opinion expressed by a prominent young American repre-
sentative pf an English company which has large interests around la Bo
quila, chihuahua
This representative who arrived at the De Vargas last night has
known villa intimately for three years and a half and has nor than 100
photos Of scenes in which Villa or Vlhstas have figured since the assasst
nation of Madero, He discussed villa and the Villa capture problem today
with q representative uf the New Me xtcan on condition that his name be
withheld from publication as he expe cts to go back into Mexico three
hnnca 49,
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-04-13
Railroadman
Dies by Drink
OF Wood alcohol

Deming, N. NJ, April 10. w.
Moon, a freight conductor on the Santa
Re railway, and well known in Deming
died a few days ago as a result OF
taking a drink Of poison by mistake.
Moon was in the hotel at Engle when
he drank the fatal potion, and as med
ical attention could not be secured
there, he was rushed to Elephant
Butte, but too late to save his life.
The connection which Mr.. Moon mis-
took for a beverage consisted Of a
mixture OF wood alcohol and q disin-
fectant. The deceased had been in
the employ of the Santa Fe for a per
iod Of five years, having worked for
merry for the S. p. He resided in San
Nareial.