Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-08
Trustees are Elected
for the Ensuing
Year
TWELVE new MEMBERS
Steps Taken to Assist in the
Gathering of County
Exhibit.

The Santa Fe Board of Trade held
its annual meeting at it's rooms on
Palace avenue last evening with good
and enthusiastic attendance. The meet
ing was called to order by President
l.. Bradford Prince and in the absence
of the recording secretary, John X.
Stauffer was appointed to act as re.
cording secretary of the meeting.
The committee on increase of men,
bership reported twelve applications.
The rules were suspended and the fol-
lowing new members were elected: Ed.
ward Ehle. A. J. Fischer, T. P. Gable,
Antonio Windsor, T. z. Winter, John
V. Conway, W. N. Townsend, Charles
G. Closson, P f. Knight, Leo Hersch,
N. l.. King and Edwin F. Coard
The annual report of the correspond.
ing secretary, A. Fl. BrOadhead, was
read and adopted.
On motion the following board of
directors was elected for the ensuing
year: i. Bradford Prince, DR.. F. e.
Mera, Frank Owen, R. J. Palen, Fred
Muller, H. s. Kaune and B. M. Read.
On motion Don w. Lusk was elected
recording secretary for the ensuing
year.
On motion A. Fl. Broadhead was re-
elected corresponding secretary.
On motion the following two dele
gates were elected to represent the
board at the Sixteenth National Irriga.
tion Congress at Albuquerque: B. M.
Read and Frank Owen.
The following committee of five was
selected to assist the general commit.
tee appointed by the county commits
sioners of Santa Fe county to get to-
gether an exhibit for display at the
Sixteenth National Irrigation Con-
gress: N L. King, J. A. Wood Frank
Owen, B. NJ Read and A. L. Morrison,
Sr.
The condition Of the Scenic Highway
was discussed at length and it was the
unanimous decision of the board to call
the attention Of the proper officials to
it's bad condition and endeavor to have
some repairs made on it at once. A
committee of three was selected to
look after this work as follows: N l..
King, Frank Sturges and T. P. Gable.
A committee of five was selected to
fix'up the rooms of the board and gath
er an exhibit of fruits, secure reading
matter, tables, ETC., for the rooms. The
committee is as follows: Don W. Lusk,
Frank P Sturges, A. J. Fischer, A. L.
Morrison, ST., and Matt Telin.
The several committees submitted
their annual reports, showing the work
accomplished by each during the past
year. The reports follow:
Report OF Tree Planting Committee
"Santa Fe, New Mexico,
August 6, 1908.
IL. Bradford Prince, ESQ.,, President,
Santa Fe Board of Trade.
"Dear Sir:
"Your tree planting committee re.
ports to date as follows:
Receipts
Santa Fe Water and Electric Light
company, through Frank Owen, $25;
Judge John r. McFie, U. s. Bank
and Trust company, H. B. Cartwright
and Brother, R. ]. Palen, ]. G. Schu-
mann, Judge N. B. Laughlin, Claire Ho-
tel, Leo Hersch, O. G. Watson and COM
pany, Colonel Max. Frost, A. Staab,
Paul A. F. Walter, Fred Muller, Hon.
Il. Bradford Prince, Hon. M. A. Otero
and A. H. Broadhead, S. each, to-
tai, $50; Wood-Davis Hardware COM
pany, w. H. Kennedy, William Vaughn,
H. H. Dorman, j. w. Reynolds, each
81, total, $12; A. B. Renehan, DR.. j..
H. Sloan, H. G. Yontz, A. Windsor,
each 81, total 81. Receipts, $121; bal
ance from last year, $3.50; total OF all
receipts, $123.6O.
Expenditures.
"Trees purchased, $33 so; labor,
$27; posts, $25. Is; hauling posts, 81;
wire, staples, ETC., $3.50; one hundred
feet Of hose, $11; earth, 81. 40 care
during summer, to date, watering, ETC.,
$40. 50. Total expenditures, $129. 45;
excess Of expenditures, $5.S5.
"The further care Of the trees dur
ing the summer will cost $3.50 a
month. or total Of 81. We are in
debted to the Santa Fe Water and
Light company for placing a hydrant
at the head of Montezuma avenue,
which means that we must have about
$40 to even the financial end up by the
end Of the year.
" I'VE are greatly indebted to Captain
John w. Green for the services of some
of his men, by which thirty-eight holes
were dug on the north side Of Monte
yuma avenue in more than ordinary
hard ground; the public spirit thus
shown on his part saving the commit
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