Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-14
What His Friends Saw.


succeed Mr.. Reynolds as territorial
secretary has been heard on all
sides and in the press for the past
two or three weeks.
1t originated in Roswell at the
time when the new governor first
spoke of the matter to Mr.. Jaffa.
The Roswell Register-Tribune in
commenting upon the appointment at
that time published a picture of Mr..
Jaffa and the compliment paid him
by his home paper was certainly
most creditable to the new secretary.
In fact, the Citizen does not fee!
that it can place Mr.. Jaffa in a bet
ter light before the people of the
territory than by republishing the
statements of the Tribune which are
as follows:
THE selection was one that has
done more to confirm the good i'm
preston made by Gov. Curry than
any other one thing, and people of
all parties join in congratulating the
new executive on the choice of his
lieutenant governor, for that is what
the office really is. There is in all
of New Mexico no cleaner, straight
er, more capable man that Nathan
Jaffa, and we of Roswell, who have
known and loved him these twenty
odd years, feel that an administra-
ton that will begin with the selection
of such men has a positive certainty
of a splendid success.
Mr.. Jaffa is at the prime of life
at forty-three, splendidly capable,
thoroughly versed in conditions in
New Mexico and the west, and fit by
education and rare common sense
for any duty that may be rested upon
him, no matter what 1t is.
The only regret attendant upon
the whole matter is that his appoint
ment will necessitate his removal to
Santa Fe. and after these years dur
ing which he has been the friend and
champion of all of us, it will be hard
to even loan him for a while to the
capital. In social, business and fra
ternal life, and as the head of the
board of regents of the New Mexico
Military Institute, he has done so
much for Roswell and Chaves county
that it will be hard to get along
without him"
Mr.. RaynoId's Official Life.
j. w. Reynolds, the retiring secre-
tary, first assumed the duties of ter
ritorial secretary i'm April, 1901, upon
the death of G.. II. Wallace, who had
been the secretary for number of
years.
Mr.. Reynolds was twice reappoint-
ed and his present term would have
ended January 10, 1910.
1t is understood that Mr.. Ray
nolds will enter the banking business
with his father.
MI nay lloluS - a Soull6 lNill III
public life. He is only "a years old
but he has built for himself a record
of which he may be justly proud. As
secretary of the territory, he has
clean record for honesty and efticien-
cy and as one OF the younger leaders
OF the republican party, he is rec
Ognized as cool, capable and re-
sourceful
Mr. Reynolds stated today that he
was ready TO turn over the office up
on the arrival of Mr. Jaffa.
Nathan Jaffa, the new secretary,
was born In 1865 at Cassel, Germany.
He came to the United States thirty
five years ago and for a number of
years was connected with the Jaffa
Brothers. Mercantile establishment
at Trinidad, Colo.
Mr.. Jaffa came to New Mexico IN
1SS2 and located in Albuquerque be-
ing connected with the local firm of
Jaffa brothers his uncles, who con-
duct a hourishing business.
But the young man was anxious to
do things for himself. With William
Prayer, another young man, he left
this city with "a wagon train or mer-
chandise and proceeded south, look
tablish himself I'm business.
The young men intended locating
I'm Socorro, but continued their jour
ney until reaching the present loca-
tion of Roswell, where they decided
TO locate.
There they established the Jaffa-
Prayer company and opened one OF
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