Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-03-31
OFFICIAL WAITS.

Taxes in Rio Arriba county will be 2
mills less on the dollar this year than last,
not withstanding the extra mills for
school purposes.
Two years ago tomorrow Governor
Prince was inaugurated in front OF the
capitol, and the new Republican admin
istration in the territory began.
Under the new high license act eleven
saloons in East Las Vegas will take gu
license. This wilt give that school dis
trict fund of 81, 400.
The cattle sanitary board will meet at
Albuquerque on April l, to consider re-
ports of inspectors and such other mat
tiers as may come before it.
Antonio Lucero, interpreter in the 4th
district court, was in town last night on
business with Hon. Demetrio Perez, ter
ritoral auditor.
! Sheriff G. A. Robinson, the popular
Socorroite and that county's best official
is in town to-day settling his accounts
with the territorial auditor.
The taking of testimony in the election
contest case of 1gnacio Lopez VS.. Pedro
Delgado, involving the office of county
clerk. began yesterday morning. b. M.
Read, ESQ.,, represents Lopez. Delgado
claims to have been elected by only twelve
majority.
R. D. Slavery, jr., special agent of the
land department, and Major Mckinney,
also of the land department, are IN the
city on business. Santa Fe will be their
headquarters for some time. Major Nc
Kinley was the paymaster for Uncle Sam
who paid off Gen. Noble after his muster
out of the army.
One month from tomorrow the high
license law goes into effect. At present
there are thirty-four saloons in Santa Fe.
After May this number will be cut down
to one-third of this number. Say the city
then will have dozen saloons, and this
at $500 a year means that nearly So 900 a
year added to the public school fund OF
Santa Fe.
For the survey of public lands in New
Mexico congress has appropriated 900
and $4,000 for the survey of confirmed
land grants. Surveyor General Hobart
has Just let contract for surveying in
western Socorro county, in the valleys OF
the Tularosa mountains, to l.. M. Brown,
of Santa Fe, and he has contract also
to do some work in the northeast corner
of the territory, relocating the eastern
boundary line of New Mexico. Sherrard
Coleman has taken contract for surveys
in the valleys of the Sacramento noun
tains, in Eddy county. These lands,
beautiful and fertile valleys, are in demand
for agricultural purposes.
With view to the advancement of the
material interests of western agricultural
and mining states, and recognizing the
i'm portance OF harmonious action on the
part of the states and territories within
the agricultural and mining regions west
of the Ohio river and extending to the
Pacific Ocean, the legislatures of the states
of Kansas and Missouri have called an
assemblage to be known as the Western
States Commercial congress to meet at
Kansas City April Is. In compliance
therefore with the request of the lead
ers of this movement Governor Prince
to-day named the following, all mem
bers of the late legislative assembly,
as delegates to represent New Mexico in
this meeting: j. Frank Chavez, VIM.
Burns, T. B. Mills, Thos. B. Catron, E.
S. Slower, J. II. Walker, f. A. Hubbell.
The governor has also received an earn
est invitation to be present at this con-
gress, but writes the chairman, H. B..
Kelley, at Kansas City, to-day, stating
that it would be impossible for him to
leave the territory at that time.