Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-02-14

the most essential OF an mas yot boon
considered IN either house. Tie urgent
question Of tho finances has scarcely been
touched. Nothing has yot been dono to.
relieve the people OF The burdens OF taxa
ton. All will agree that The particular
business pressing upon this Legislature is
to reduce the expenses OF government
and thus ameliorate taxation. Before
the election thore was no question but
that the first matter demanding attention
was the abolition OF the enormous fees
and allowance paid 10 collectors, assessors
and some other officers, which exhausted
a considerable fraction Of tho taxes in the
mere machinery Of collection. Yet no.
thing Of o practical nature has yet been
done in this regard. The failure Of any
county 10 contribute its ipll proportion
Of taxes, either by undervalustion or
failure to collect and pay over the full
amount, is an unjust burden on other
counties which have TO make up the
deficiency. To remedy this, q board Of
equalization is necessary, and a stringent
law to enforce payments by delinquent
counties. All these important matters
with some others Of scarcely le2 interest
are yet TO be considered.
The entire time between now and the
expiration of the session on February
23rd is far too short for careful and de-
liberate action. There can be no doubt
that a visit to our sister state and the
return visit Of our legislature would be
, beneficial as we'll rs agreeable, and at
an early period in the session the time
could have been we'll afforded. But
now it is impossible even to lose an hour
without grave injury to the public in
terests."
The message closed with the sugges-
, ton that the Denver trip be deferred
until the end Of the session when, il the
members desired to take the time, the
trip could be made without detriment to
. the public interests. The message did
| not have the effect desired and the trip
: will be made.
J The council bill providing for the Gre
: alton OF Union county disappeared from
' the clerks desk in the house and the
Union county men we're disconnected
: for a time, but a certified copy Of the
: original bill was made and it is pending
: in the house. In addition to this, bills
have been introduced for the creation Of
Rio Grande and Summit counties. Bih'
= for the creation Of other counties vii
probably follow, among which will b.
one for the creation of Florida county
There does not appear to be much chanc'
for getting any o. the special count,
bills through.
> Representative Stovall, who rendered
such valuable assistance in the passage
! OF the normal school hill, covered him
self with glory on Friday afternoon
y House bill No. 1877, to permit women Il
! vote at school elections was under con
sideration and Stovall said that he wa
p opposed TO the whole bill. This started
d a long debate on female suffrage, at tn,
. end Of which Stovall moved us al amend
y ment that all adult females shall DO eli
% gible to any office in this Territory. TIL,
~ amendment was adopted and the bill
u passed the house by a vote OF ID to 10
! Just now the doctor is the most popula
, man in New Mexico.
y A bill providing for the payment OF
. license Of $500 for avery game OF chanc,
= in the Territory has passed both house
but the money collected is to be paid int,
u the general school fund Of the county il
. which il is collected. The present Law
= provides for a tax Of 800 to be paid int,
7, the school fund of the district in which i
" Is collected. This law was passed as
Il concession to the country school districts
The removal question is still an i'm
" portant ono and Albuquerque peopl
3 are doing some telling work with tn
Legislature. The Ancient is considernbl.
q worked up over the matter and ever,
: effort is being made to get petitions int
: the legislature protesting against Fb
y moval. A humber Of these have alread.
been sent to the legislature. q
10 l. L. Aneheta Killed at San Lorenzo
te Last Friday 1. l. AnUheta, justice o
the peace at San Lorenzo, was shot an
As killed by w. Lee Thompson. The par
10 ~ticulars Of the killing Us nearly as the.
can be a~scertained are as follows:
to Thompson was blowing on a piece Q
ground which he has been cultivatin
1e for a number of years when Anchet
d. rode up aud told Thompson not tod
any more work there. Words followe
and Thompson left his team and starte
TO toward a tree against which his shot gu
was standing. A man who was wit
be- Ancheta called opt that Thompson wa
going for his gun and Ancheta put spur
TO TO bis horse and pulling a revolver fire
o. at Thompson. The two men were 6
close together that Thompson was pov
s. der burned. Thompson returned ii
fire with his shot gun killing AnchsI
,rs almost instantly.
Thompson vent to bis house whic
m was soon surrounded by Mexicans WI
al evidently intended to kill him il
came out.
TO A counsr was dispatched to this plai
with the news OF the killing. He a
ty. rived here about 5 o'clock Friday ate
noon and delivered the message 10 hi
~, trict Attorney Anoheta, who is broth
10. Of the murdered man. The district a
torney and Deputy Sheriff Baca immed
~, ately started for San Lorenzo. {