Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-05-14
GENERAL {. D.
THOMAS VISITS
Commander of De-
partiment Calls
on Governor
IMlNY N0TAR|Es APPOINTED
New Rating to Be Made by
Fire Insurance Com
panies.

General E. D. Thomas, U. S. Army
whose headquarters are in Denver
and who is commander of the De-
partment of which New Mexico Is
mart. took the occasion today upon
his return from an inspection trip In
Arizona, to pay visit to Governor
Curry. General Thomas was accom-
panied by his chief of staff, Major R
T. Hirst. Governor Curry, ex-Gover.
nor M. A. Otero, Adjutant General
R. A. Ford, Captain Brooks, Terri
torial Secretary Nathan Jaffa, former
Territorial Secretary J. w. Reynolds
and others were at the depot this
forenoon in automobiles to greet
General Thomas, who will stay at
the home of ex-governor M. A. Otero,
during his visit, where dinner will
be given in his honor this evening,
while this forenoon Mrs. Warren will
entertain at stag luncheon at the
Bergere residence. Major Hirst is a
guest at the home Of Captain Brooks.
General Thomas is one of the few
older army officers who have been
never stationed in Santa Fe or never
were here before on an official visit.
Notaries Appointed.
Governor Curry today appointed
the following notaries public. the
first batch since May 8; James M
O'Brien of Roswell, for Chaves coun-
ty; Abran Abeyta of Socorro for So
corro county; Ira G.. McComas OF East
Las Vegas for San Miguel county;
Melville r. Summers Of Albuquerque
for Bernalillo county; Jose Felipe
Silva of Corrales for Sandoval coun-
ty; George H. Smith, Jr., OF Santa
Rosa for Guadalupe county; Giles
Master of Ramah, for Mckinley
county; Louis E. Armijo of Las We
gas for San Miguel county; Felipe ].
,Gurule of Albuquerque, for Bernalillo
county; Fleury F. Christian Of Carls-
bad, for Eddy county; William M.
Oliver of Ration, for Colfax county;
Griffin T. McNeely of Willard for
Torrance county.
interpretations.
Incorporation papers were filed to-
day in the Office of Territorial Sec
retary Nathan Jaffa by the Treasure
Mining Corporation of Phoenix, Ari.
zona, already incorporated under the
laws of Arizona. The incorpor-
ators are: Wilton M. Bartlett, S.
Howard Leech, A. F. Schneider, M.
Nachtwein, P. A. Helm, George Hob
enberger. The capitalization is $780,
900 divided into 100000 shares. The
New Mexico agent is S. Howard
Leech with headquarters at Orc
Grande, Otero county.
The Clovis Cemetery Company also
filed Incorporation papers. The
headquarters are at Clovis, Curry
county, and the capital is $4,000 divi-
ded into 30 shares. The incorpora-
tors and directors are: c.. M. Steed,
president; c. v. Steed, vice president
and ]. S. Edwards, all of Clovis.
The Las Vegas Light & Power Com
pany filed incorporation papers this
week at Denver, the incorporators be-
ing. J. M. Cunningham, William G..
Hayden, William s. Iliff, James R.
Thorpe, Charles H. Durbin. The cap
ital is 100000.
First Company to Comply.
The Equitable Life Assurance So
ciety Of New York, is the first com.
pany to submit to Territorial Super
intendent Of Insurance Jacobo Chaves,
a New Mexico form of insurance
policy, prepared in accordance with
the provisions Of the new insurance
law. The form has been approved by
the Territorial insurance department.
New Rating for New Mexico.
Deputy Insurance Superintendent
Peter M. Lienau today informed the
New Mexican that this summer the
first real attempt to rate property in
New Mexico for insurance rates, will
be made by the fire insurance COM
panies. Thus far the companies have
been deferred from this by an old
territorial statute which prohibits the
raising Of rates higher than they
we're at the time of the passage Of
the statute On account Of this, rates
on good risks have been higher than
they need be-, because the rates on
such risks as are carried in the new
frame towns Of New Mexico where
the danger Of loss from fire is very
great, could not be raised to an ade-
'quate figure. In consequence, the
people Of older towns like Santa Fe
where risks are good, have been help.
Ing to pay for the dangerous risks
elsewhere.
insurance Trust In New Mexico.
The mountain field, made up Of Col
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