Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-11-05
NEW MEXICO LEADS
IN EDUCATION
But Spends Only One Third
Per Capita as Much as
Arizona.
CANADIAN FLOOD MEASURED
Torrance County Jurors Drawn
Insurance Company
Admitted.

Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion J. E. Clark has prepared the fol
lowing enlightening comparison of ed
ucational statistics in New Mexico
and Arizona, taking the official stats
tics Of 1908 as basis, it being likely
that the statistics for this year when
completed in each Territory will make
an even better showing for New Mex,
ic0:
Range of ages in school census,
New Mexico, 5-2l; Arizona 6-2t
School population, New Mexico
93,S15; Arizona 34,299.
School enrolment, New Mexico 49,
SCI; Arizona 26,314.
High school enrolment, New Mex
leo 9S4; Arizona 100.
Average daily attendance, New
Mexico 26,S44; Arizona 1926.
Number of high schools, New Mex
leo Is g or 4 years.; Arizona s.
Number of teachers employed, New
Mexico 1865; Arizona 645.
Average salary paid men, New Mex
leo $3.50; Arizona $3.50.
Average salary paid women, New
Mexico $515S; Arizona $75.O6
Total receipts for school purposes
New Mexico $685., ,445.05; Arizona
$S14,062.25.
Total expenditures for school pur
poses, New Mexico $539,964G5; Ari
zona $S11, 1,473.O8.
| Total expenditure for territorial ed
ucational institution, New Mexico
$217,056.27; Arizona $152,95481
Cost of education per capita on ba
, sis of school population, New Mexico
| $5.75; Arizona $1816.
On enrolment, New Mexico $12.40
Arizona $23.05.
On attendance, New Mexico $20.10
Arizona $36.79.
Incorporation.
incorporation papers We're filed tC
day in the Office of Territorial secre
tary Nathan Jaffa by The Blooming
ton Investment Company CT Albuque1
que, Bernalillo count E. w. Dobsol
is named as the New Mexico agent
The incorporators and directors are
E. w. DObson, 10 shares; Thos. X. L
! Madison, 5 shares; Claude Hutto,
shares, all of Albuquerque. The CAP
italization is divided into $4,000, di
vided into 300 shares.
Insurance Company Admitted.
The Southland Life Insurance Con
pany of Dallas, Tex, was admitted t
do business today by Insurance Con
missioner Jobo Chaves. 1t is a ney
company that commenced business O
March 81, 1909, with capital and Sui
plus Of 100000 cash.
District Court.
In the district court for Torranc
county the jury venires were draw
today by Jury Commissioners Free
erico Chaves, P. A. Speckman and Al
gus McGilvray.
An Immense Flood.
The territorial engineers Office ha
completed the calculations of the bi
flood that came down the Canadian 6
Logan, Quay county, something lik
two months ago. 1t was 10000 Sc,
ond feet or within 10000 feet of th
estimate made by photographer Stew
art who had witnessed the food Som
idea of the immense volume of th
flood may be gained by compariso
with the floods in the Rio Grand
which do not average more than 1000
/ second feet.
Examination for Postoffice.
An examination for letter carrie
and clerk in the postoffice will be hel
at Santa Fe on December s. Thos
desiring application blanks shoul
apply to Charles J. Parsons, the loci
secretary at the postoff1ce.
Delegates to Land Congress.
Governor Curry today appointed th
following delegates to the Nation;
Farm Land Congress, in Chicago, b
ginning November 16 and continuin
five days:
D. ]. McCanne. Fort Sumner; l..
Disney, Fort Sumner; H. R. Bake
Sunnyside; A. M. Hove, I. S. Osborn
Carlsbad; Gale Talbot, William Do
/ ley, Artesia; T. ]. Molinari. Portales
Chas. A. Scheurich, Clovis; A.
! Stroup, H. B. Hening, Albuquerque
I Ralph C. Ely, Deming Oscar SnoN
Jas. M, Sackley, Las Vegas; J. N. Gu
, ningham, Harry Kelly, D. 7. Hoskin
. R. E. Twitchell, Geo. A. Fleming, Ea'
. Las Vegas; ]. D. Hand, Los Alamos
M N MjkeSell Snrinpar. George 7