Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-12-14
COSTLY BLAZE
At CAPITOL
81, ,031,221.63 Worth of Last
Years Warrants Destroy
ed by Commission
MORE GOOD ROADS BUILDING
Application for Appropriation
of Waters of Red River
Rejected.

Acting Governor Nathan Jaffa. Ter
ritorial Treasurer NJ. A. Otero. and
Territorial Auditor w. G. Sargent, to-
day. in accordance with the manda+e
OF the law, destroyed $1.03l ,221.63 C
cancelled vouchers paid during the
fiscal year that ended on November
50. 1909.
Territorial Agent Appointed.
Richard H. Hanna has been appoint
ed territorial agent for the Onder-
donk Livestock Comuany of Lamy,
Santa Fe county, of which T. w.
Hanna is the manager
The MogolIon Road.
The territorial good roads commits
sion expects to begin construction
work on such portions of the Silver
-Mogollon road for which rights
of way have been secured
Water Application Rejected.
Because he failed to file proof Of
publication, Territorial Engineer
Vernon l.. Sullivan today rejected the
application of Narciso Sanchez y
Medina Of Roy, Mora county. for
2.352 second feet of the flow of the
Red river to have been diverted by
a dam 80 feet long upon the desert
entry Of the applicant.
Forest Service Appointments.
The following appointments in the
forest service have been recommended
for the forests in District No s.
W. E. Carter, forest guard Alamo:
Henry Woodrow, forest guard, Gila;
William w. Day, forest guard, Choc-
tawhatchee; George A. Copley, forest
guard, Prescott; Ray ]. Gilleland, for
est guard, Tonto; Robert d. Ste
phens, forest clerk, Choctawhatchee.
National Guard ORDERS.
General Orders No. %
The Following are commissioned as
officers in the National Guard of New
Mexico to date from August 26, 1909:
A. Mendenhall. captain; w, G. Love
first lieutenant; NJ. E. Hinton, second
lieutenant
Captain A. Mendenhall is assigned
to command of that company of the
First Infantry stationed at Clovis, n
NJ Lieutenants Love and Hinton will
report in person to Captain Menden
hall for duty with the company al
Clovis. @
! The following are commissioned as
officers in the National Guard of New
Mexico to date from June 5, 1909:
Charles R. Echols, first lieutenant
Fred Clayton, second lieutenant.
Lieutenants Echols and Clayton
will report in person to Captain Johr
B Enfield for duty with Company C
First Infantry, National Guard o
New Mexico
; By command of the Governor.
j A. S. BROOKES,
Acting Adjutant General
Expu!sion--Compulsory Education
Reform School.
Superintendent of Pubhc Instruc
/ tion j. e. Clark has sent the follow
ing circular letter to county schoo
superintendents:
1t has come to my notice in sev
eral cases that teachers have resort
ed to expulsion of children for mis-
conduct, for truancy, or for other rea
sons that seemed to justify. Is ther'
not in such course of action a sug
gestion of weakness on the part o
the teacher? The school is for tn,
child and an efficient teacher will
control that school without reducinj
Its numbers by expulsion. Of course
there are certain young people VIII,
should not be in the public school
The management of these people il
provided for, however, in section 10
chapter 2, Laws of 1903. page 1859 0
the compilation of school laws TO
1903. Some teachers find it mucl
easier to expel child than to con
troll him; for this reason the numbe
OF cases of expulsion increases yer,
rapidly unles sthe supervising office
gives close attention to the matter
In the great majority of cases thos
pupils who are expelled from schoo
are the very ones who are the mos
in need of the influence OF the schoo
and who can least afford to be with
out that influence.
Urge upon your teachers that the,
make every effort to havt the schoo
be of the greatest possible benefi
to the greatest possible number. Re
mind them that every hour in schoo
should bring profit to every .phpi
there and that. there is a real loss t,
the pupil for every absence from
successful school.
In some cases the teachers follow
the practice of dropping from the rol
pupil who has been absent for 81,
successive half days. This mean
merely that an effort is being mad