New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-07-23

Governor Larrazolo has issued
requisition for Gust Korchez. charg
ed in Colfiax county in a justice o
the peace warrant with writing
worthless check for $l00.
District Attorney II. A. Kiker O
the eighth judicial district. who ap
piled for the requisition said he wa
informed that a deputy sheriff from
Colfax county had seen Korchez il
Las Animas county, Colorado.
The Aetna Building association o
Las Vegas has filed an amendmen
to its charter at the corporation com
missions office reducing the com
pany's capital stock from 81 W0N
to $4,000.
Governor Larrazolo issued a com
mission as mounted policeman to Ed
ward ]. Bates of Roswell. He will
serve without pay during the pleas
ure of the governor.
The Grant County Abstract com
pany of Silver City has filed al
amendment to its articles of incor.
poration at the corporation commits.
sion's offices, extending the life ol
the corporation. The corpor alton:
existence expired July IS. The
renewal is for fifty years.
The State Board OF Health has de,
cided to borrow 5000 W tn which to
assist the citizens of the district.
along the Rio Grande between Albu.
querque and San Marcial which were
flooded this spring, to drain and
clean up the marshes, so as to pre-
vent the spread of disease. II. +
Gray, chief of the sanitation divis-
ion, is working with the citizens in
that section, and directing the work
which he reports has been nearly
completed by the voluntary efforts OF
the people in the affected localities
The states tax collections for
June, announced by Miss Margaret
amount to $34O.4777.
In the distribution of the collec
tions by the state auditor the state
road fund got $S882030 and th, cur
rent school fund $29,6O450 The
given the educational in
stitutions were;
University, Si3,94935; state college
$l9,35954; school of mines S2.l3579;
institute, $.2055 So normal
school, SS,695.79: Spanish American
normal, 81 ,S45.3o. Q
Fines and costs collected in federal
court for the district of New Mexico
during the fiscal year ending June 80,
1920, were $40, l6l ,62 of which $23.463.-
95 were collected in liquor cases. The
total fines collected break all pre-
vious records and they suggest that
the five federal officials employed in
New Mexico to enforce. the prohibi-
tion laws, ARE on the job"
A requisition for Charles Pratt,
alias NJ. M. Pratt, at Tucumcari has
been granted by Governor Larrazolo
filed by the assistant district attorney
Pratt is charged in an information
N Las Animas, Colorado, with selling
owned by him with in
.ent to defraud creditors. He is
alleged to have received $3.63o from
he sale.
The governor was informed that
Pratt was being held at Tucumcari
waiting his action on the requisi-
ion.
Governor Larrazolo has appointed
delegates to represent this state at
he Thirteenth Annual Taxation
Conference to be held in Salt Lake
City on September oil. The dele
yates include the members Of the
state tax commission and also the
ncome tax commission.
They are II. ]. Hagerman, Roswell:
". G. Hayden. East Las Vegas; A.
). Simms. Albuquerque; r. F. As
,lund, Santa Fe: J. E. Saint,
Santa Fe; J. r. Aguilar, Wagon
Porfiio Abreu, Penasco: L.
\. Hughes, Santa Fe; J.'B. Read
-arl c. Magee. Albuquerque.
The department OF education is
ending out the questions for the
asst examination to be held for
eachers this summer The exami-
lation will be held at every county
chool superintendent office in the
tate on Thursday and Friday
The Mesa Land & Stock company
las filed a certificate of dissolution
( the corporation commissions Of
ices. The company's principal Of
ice was at Miami. II. NJ. Coppock
vas president and c. E. Metzger, Sec
etary. !
The Mounted Police reports the
ollowing arrests during the past
our weeks: 3
On June D, at Encienda, Demetro
,squibel arrested Amendo Lopez on
he charge of stealing money.
On June 26, at TERRA Amarillo.
)emetro Esquibel arrested Juan B.
'ruiillo on the charge of cattle steal
1g.
On June n, at La Mesa. Santa
,osa Rico arrested Anastacio Ribera
n the charge of assault with dead
= weapon; bound over to the grand
ury on 5000 bond.
Over 500 was cleared from the
ecent events given by the COM
nittee in charge OF raising funds
o- the Grenviile hospital Very
-enerous donations were made by
-nion county citizens. The SHORTY
,obbler Oil company gave $500
oward the prizes for the horse
aces. The office of the New
fexico Land & Title company at
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