Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-06-30
'The Oity Council Levies a City Tax of
Thirteen and Half Mills and a School
Tax of Nine Mills on the
Dollar
the ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD
OF REGENTS OF NORMAL UNIVERSITY
joys Special Daily Service.

~ 'iie eilu VI thlS year, have Sol
, Oh the finest walks, and the most
:, them In the territory, instead, as
present, about the wo~st The conn
), Will keep grindin.,ss sbep,, untiI the
b. are no bad walks in the east town. c
town also has a lot of fine GENE
walks planned for along Bridge sire
TO be put down soon. The council al
passed the annual tax levy 1t WI
based ON million valuation only, ar
is as follows. For general purposes
maintaining the municipal governmel
10 mills, interest on and refundin
bonds 3 1-3 mills. The levy for schot
purposes will be 1-2 and for interes
on school bonds / l-2 mill on tn
dollar Taxation seems bi
high here but 1t is not true, for tn
valuation put on property is but 25 t.
80 per cent of it's real value.
A change In the postofffce inspection
| department goes into effect the first O.
July, whereby Arizona is taken from
the supervision Of San Francisco anG
|
| headquarters for New Mexico, Colora
| do, Utah and Wyoming.
L. B, Catron of Santa Fe, left here
this morning for Kansas City.
Sol. Floersheim returned home tc
Springer today from his trip to Fort
Sumner, to attend the Santistevan sale
there.
The Santa Fe dipping and shearing
station. about three miles south of
town, is being used by many of the
growers for their focks. 1t is quite a
convenience for them,
There was baptism at the Baptist
church this morning, and there will be
twenty-one additions to the church at
the communion services.
The two militia ball teams that will
play ball on the Fourth are getting
ready for battle royal, and good
game is expected.
Mrs. f. H. Schultz has been elected
the local delegate to attend the con-
vention at Chattanooga the last of Au-
gust, for the Ladies Auxiliary to the
of Locomotive Firemen.
G. D. Mott has bought the soda pop
factory that was located at Santa Rosa
and has removed the same to this city
Water is too scarce in Santa Rosa for
the business, and they will use the
pure "agua" Of Las Vegas that comes
lown from the mountain sparkling and
clear.
There seems to be some minig busi- |
less on at Tecolote, that is not |
)eing given to the public. The devel-
'pment has been going on steadily /
here, with but little said and it is
that there will be some sur
orises before very long. 1t is hoped |
hat such will be the case.
The assessor has curiosity in the |
hape Of a boundary turned in on some l
schedule in this county. The man
bounded his property by saying,
bounded on the north by M. Delga-
10, on the south by S. Zamora, on the
asst by the sunrise and on the west byI
he sunset. Evidently he owned the
but probably he would
hange his mind if the assessor would
harge the valuation to the extreme
astern and western boundaries.
Miss Teresa Long gave a most de-
ghtful lawn party to about 25 of her
riends Friday night The lawn was
ally decorated with Japanese lanterns
nd the young people indulged in cards
nd other games to their hearts con-
mt. Delicious refreshments were serv-
l and the young folks had their for
ines told by Mrs. Ward. All are not
zen the color of the gentleman's hair.
RS. Ward assured all the ladies that
: would be handsome though, so what
alters the color of his hair? u
One of the most pleasant social
vents that has been enjoyed in the
ty was given Friday evening at the
'me of Mr.. and Mrs. C. c. Gise. Their
'spitality was extended to about 30
their lady and gentlemen friends.
he game of the evening was 6-handed
lchre and the lady prize winners We're
rs. A. B. Smith, the prize for the
ost games Mrs. C. A. Spiess, for the c
n hands, and Mrs. w. J. Mills, the La
nsolation. For the gentlemen, j. Ju- r
ii carried off the honors for the most Q
umes, Frank Springer for the ten c
lnds and DR.. Shaw took the consola- v
IN in a walk. The refreshments were t
lic!ous and the evening was a most b
erry one. p
William Mcintosh has decided back E
the United States government 160 r.
res of land in the Pecos river forest B
serve. The government has been en- Il
uraging those who's have settled on te
is reserve to turn it back and take an "
ual amount of land anywhere. This al
encouraged by an act of congress d.
ssed June 4, 1897 w
rhe annual meeting for the appoint e.
mt Of teachers for the coming year
IS held at the Normal University til
iday evening. There was fun "
ard attendance. Professor Powell as
urned to his work from Chicago dc
iversity, where he has been reading bs
a postgraduate course. The salar- &C
of Professors McNary, Powell and 10
tchers We're raised to 1920 a year m
h. A very deserved increase was m
en- to Misses Remeley, Fitzhugh and m
veka, who will each receive $3.50 a ca
r. As e. =. Hewett's contract With til