Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-03-20
OFFICIAL MATTERS
APPOINTED MEMBER OF BOARD
OF PHARMACY.

GOVeTlUf OIeIO yts1eiuny nioOA Hooh
re-appolnted E. G. Murphy, of Las We
gas, a member Of the Territorial Board
OF Pharmacy.
LAND OFFICE BUSINESS.
Homestead Entries-Mrs. Margaret
Blattman, Ocate, 1850 acres, Mora
county; Mariana Gauna, Pintada, l6o
acres, Guadalupe county; Ramon Cor
dova, Wagon Mound, 160 acres, Mora
county; Simon Garcia, Chaperito. 16o
acres, Guadalupe county.
Final Homestead Entres-March 49,
Esteban GARLIC, Wagon Mound. 16o
ares, Mora county; Juan Lobato, Es-
cobosa, 100 acres, Bernalillo county;
Mrs. Thomas ]. Riley, 100 acres, Ber-
nalillo county; Dionisio Romero. Esco-
bosa, 100 acres, Bernalillo county.
INSURANCE STATISTICS.
Territorial Auditor w. G. Sargent
and his deputy, Charles v. Stafford,
have prepared an exhaustive state
ment of the business done by fire in
surance companies in New Mexico the
past ten years. Since 1892, fire insur-
ance companies have collected in New
Mexico 81, ZIG, ,99S.40 in premiums, and
have paid out for fire losses $780, Alb,
or in other words 56 per cent OF the
premiums collected in this territory
have been paid back for fire losses.
The following is the total by years, in
not one year, the fire losses exceeding
the premiums collected: 1902 premiums
collected s173,137.S9, fire losses paid
sS1, 1891. 49, 1898 premiums S176,O7S5l,
losses s161, ,S5S.51; 1894 premiums s14S,-
233. 70, losses $s3,O4S.0S; 1895 premiums
s145, 527.31, losses s62,9ss.35; 1896 pre-
miums $155, 1883, losses $63,461.S9; 1897
premiums $12S026.47, losses $46, ,4lO.23;
1898 premiums $163,2s2 losses $685.
754.73; 1899 premiums $193,S49.13, losses
s11S, ,231 93: 1900 premiums s2O2,974.sl,
losses stl4,579G6 1901 premiums $780,
44S.S4, losses $1O4, 745.0S. AT present 22
fire insurance companies are doing
business in New Mexico.
lPROCLAMATION FOR ARBOR DAY.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
Santa Fe, N. NJ, March 20, 1902.
Whereas, the laws of the territory OF
New Mexico provide that annually at
the proper season, the governor shall
issue a proclamation designating day
to be set apart and observed by the
people as "Arbor day." and that the
same shall be holiday in all public
schools of the territory, and school
officers and teachers are required tc
have the schools under their charge
celebrate that day by planting trees
and with other appropriate exercises:
| Now, therefore, I, Miguel A. Otero
governor of the territory of New Mex
leo, in pursuance of the law and oS
virtue of the authority in me vested
do hereby designate and proclaim Fri
day, the 11th day of April, 1902, as Ar
bor day, the same to be observed as
holiday in all the public schools OF the
territory and the officers and teachers
| in charge of the same are admon1shet
to require their scholars to observe tn
same by the planting of trees or shrub
berry for the beautifying and adorn
ment of the public school grounds an'
places, or in the streets, or at thel
Ihomes. And the county super
lintendent of schools in the severa
counties in the territory are directe'
to give notice of this proclamation t
the school directors in their severa
counties and to take special care tina
the same is observed in the several dis
tricts and the people generally ar
urged to observe that day by tn
planting or setting out Of trees, shrub
berry or plants in public or privat
places, not only for their adornmen'
but as living and perennial monu
ment to the day and gift to posteritS
} Done at the executive office this tn
Goth day Of March. A. D. 1902. Witnes
! nv hand and the great seal of the ter
, ritory of New Mexico.
(SeaD MIGUEL A. oIEHo'
: Governor of Territory of New Me'
BY the governor:
J. W. Reynolds.