New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-28

Read to be his assistant for the first
judicial district. Mayor E. P. Davie!
former assistant under ]. H. Crisl
having rendered his resignation.
Nearly $4,000 automobile licenses
2 have been issued by Secretary OF
: State Manuel Martinez this year
!; The department has made a rule to
adhere. strictly to the law and collect
licenses on a half yearly basis in.
!, stead of by quarters. as was the
practice under the democratic ad.
ministration.
William Parker ali escaped con
vict who had been a trtisty OF the
state pen;tentiary was a~pprehendcd
hv Max Medina a penitcntiary guard
near the Santa Fe postofficr Tues
, Nv. B~loodhounds had failed to find
his trail for several days. Parker is
a tattooed man and wa arrested for
stealing morphine.
A special term of the district court
hcgan Monday of this week. Dis
{ 'r'ct Judge Reed Ho'loman appointed
p. M. A. Lineau foremen of the
Grand Jury. The INTERPRETER is Nj
colos Herrera: bailiff Benito Luian
Of Nambe: and bailifis to the petit
Jury are Ignacio Scna and Sisto Man.
zanares.
Hugh n. Williams, chairman OF the
state corporation commission, has
been in Albuquerque the past few
DAYS where he went to attend a meet
ING Of the War Council Of the
Knights OF Pvthias, and incidentally
20 take in the convention of the
Wv Mexico Cattle and Horse Grow
ers.
The state corporation commission
was informed this week that its eff
'orts to secure a full days service at
.he station at Los Lunas have been
successful. The railway directors at
Washington sought to cut the open
hours down to eight. but the COM
mission secured a reconsideration
with the result that agents will be
on duty from 6 a. M. to II p. m,
hereafter.
A post card received by the State
Record this week from Private Jack
Trainor, now stationed at Trior
Germany, brings the news that he is
well and getting along fine He says
Trior is an interesting old place; one
building he mentions was built about
l"n years ago. He says his regi-
men' now has orders to sail in june,
SO he expects to be back in Santa
c by the 4th of July, and sends re-
CARDS to all his friends here.
The Knights of Pythias, Oddfcl-
lows. Woodmcn of the World,
Fraternal Union, United Brotherhood
Rebeccas and Royal Ncighbors have
all moved their lodge effects from
the Cans building to the kiesov
building on the corner OF Galisteo
and De Vargas streets, where the
meeting nights will be the same as
in the past. 1t is understood that
the second story of the Cans build.
ing will be remodeled and fitted up
for offices.
c, NJ, Wells, formerly chief clerk
at the state engineers office, who
has been building up an auto supply
business for some time past will now
devote his entire time to that line.
He has one of the finest business
locations in the city, right on the
west side of the Plaza, and is ready
to make all auto and all other kinds
Of metal repairs. He is agent for
Maxwell and Hupmobile autos and
Maxwell trucks and is arranging to
take on another truck agency. He
has a fine line of auto accessories.
District Judge Reed Holloman on
Wednesday morning decided the
elcction contest between Alexander
Read and J. H. Crist for the dis
trict attorneyship for this district
in favor of Read. The question OF
back salary will be made the sub
iect of a separate suit, Read alleg-
ing that Crist has illegally received
the back pay while Crist holds that
Read did not fill out his declara.
lion of election expenses in detail
'hus abrogating his title to the at.
torneyship until reinstated by the
Judge.
On next Monday the state corpo.
ration commission will continue the
hearing on freight rates charged BY
the New Mexico Midland railway,
brought by B. II. Kinney, a coal mine
operator. The Midland formerly
charged so cents for an eleven mile
haul from Tokay. The railway ad.
m;nistration raised the rate to IS
cents, which the road has continued
though il has been released from
federal control. Mr.. Kinney is rep
resented by Judge Wright OF Santa
Fe and lanes G. Fitch of Socorro
is attorney for the Midland.
At a meeting of the Santa Fe
of Commerce Saturday
evening in the city hall building, DR..
+. Mera of Sunmount Sana. {
was elected PRESIDENT; {
Pfaffle, of Bishops lodge.
vice president; Henry Dendahl, :
merchant, second vice : presi-
dent; and A.. H. Kaune reelected
Sixty four annual men, !
.~erships were received. Plans foi .
city improvement and street main !,
.iainance were discussed. Alderman =
Armijo invited the coopera. =.
ton Of the body with the city author. !
!.
A. B. Anderson supervisor Of in s
education for the state school $
has originated the idea
Of classes in the Santa Fe type of c
rchitecture to be held by the local n