Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-03-13
In OFFICIAL CIRCLES.
District Attorney Taking Measures
10 Enforce Payment of Taxes-New
President of Horticultural COL
iese-COrpOrati0u Papers
Filed.

In accordance with resolution adopt
ed by the Santa Fe county board of COM
missioners on the first Monday in Feb
rpary. District Attorney Crist is now
busils engaged in filing suits against all
delinquent tax payers whose taxes
amount to 500 and over. Thus far some
forty suits have been instituted. Among
the list are many citizens who are the
heaviest property owners in the county.
These suits will be vigorously pushed in
Judge Laughlin's court at the May term.
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Prof. G. t. Jordan, recently elected to
succeed President McCrea, of the agri-
cultural college, was born in Roanoke,
Va, in 1855. He was educated at Roa-
noke college and later took special
course at the University of Virginia. He
was superintendent of public instruction
for Augusta county, president of the
State Teachers association, assistant sup
erintendent of the Miller manual labor
school, which has the largest endowment
and is the best equipped school in the
south. He has also been connected with
various other high.grade institutions in
Virginia. For some time he has been do
ing special government work in the land
Office at Las Cruces.
Prof. McCrea has held the office for tw o
years and has plished most credit
able results under very trying circum-
stances.
The election of the remainder of the
faculty was postponed until next month
when 1t is expected that other changes
will be made.
CORPORATION PAPERS.
The following corporation papers have
been filed with the territorial secretary:
The Fidelity Building d Loan Associa
! ton, incorporated under the laws of Colo
| RADIO with j. s. Wolfe as president and E
II. Webb rs secretary, has filed amendee
| articles with the territorial secretar,
changing its name to the Fidelity Savings
| Association.
The First Presbyterian Church of Albu
querque - Incorporator5, Charles r
Vaughn, James A. Summers, Louis A. Nc
Rae, Jacob s. yesterday and William L
Franklin; objects, promoting religion
and education; directors, same as incor
porators; life, forty nine years.
The United States Gold Mining Com
neutrality-suspicious., Joseph E. Saint
Joseph 9. Baldridge, Elias s. Slower
Richard w. d. Bryan, and Charles f
Crary; objects, operating mines and min
ing machinery; capital stock, $l,000,0OG
directors, same as incorporates; life
forty-nine years; principal Office, Albu
querque.
The Independent Gold Mining & Mill
ing ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and direc
tors, II. l.. Wooton, W. +. Danavy, o
Trinidad, W. y. Whitscarver, A. j. Downe
and g. w. Downey, of La Belle; obi ecti
operating mines and mining machinery
capital stock, 100000; life, fifty years
offices, Trinidad, Colo, and La Belle
N. NJ.
OPTIONAL NOTES.
The governor has appointee the fol
lowing notaries public: j. A. Lucero, o
Espanola; B. M. Read, of Santa Fe; G. {
Gise, of East Las Vegas; Charles M
Strong, of Mora.
The governor has granted full an
complete pardon to Pedro A. Valesque
wrongfully sentenced to the penitentiar
for alleged rape.
George W. West, having served fu
:. term in the penitentiary for larceny, ha
been restored to citizenship.
Hon. Rafael Romero, interpreter TO
Judge Laughlin's court, came over fro1
Las Vegas last night.