February 4, 1910: Moriarty has entered the county seat controversy in Torrance County and there are now four bidders for the honor: Estancia, which has the advantage of being the county seat and of having an appropriation for a courthouse and having a daily newspaper; Willard, Progreso and Moriarty.

Bradley M. Thomas, deputy supervisor of the Jemez Forest, has returned to his home here. He has been in the field since Dec. 15 and is glad to get back to Santa Fe.

J.B. Stewart of the hydrographic survey has gone to Santa Rosa, Guadalupe County, to install an automatic gauge in the Pecos River.

February 4, 1960: Friends of Big Ed Mechem have been wearing broad grins ever since talking to the former governor here Monday. Cause of the sudden cheer is word that the three-time winner (and one time loser) is going to try for a fourth term and will make his announcement within the next few days. The cheer didn't spread over into the camp of Joe Bursey. Bursey supporters gloomily calculate that the presence of Mechem on the Republican ballot will hurt Joe's chances of beating Gov. John Burroughs in the primary. They calculate that a lot of the pro-Mechem type Democrats who they had counted on will now vote for Burroughs on the theory that Mechem would find Burroughs easier to beat in the general election. Sort of a complicated calculation but it's a good illustration of political logic.