Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-13
SESSION OF
EQUALIZATION
BOARD ON
Of RemSberg Company
and Santa Fe Railroad Heard;
Railroad Assessment SuS-
tanned By Board lax Rolls
All In.
Special nI.naleh 10 ihs Mornlng Ionrnall

Especial Dispatch 10 The Morning Journall
santa re, y NJ, Sept 1.-THE
territorial board OF equalization con
vened this forenoon IN annual fan
session In the council chamber at the
capitol President j r. Hinkle OF
Roswell, presided. b. Spitz of A1bu-
querque. The secretary, WAS present,
and SO we're Members Alexandra.
Sandovat of Albuquerque and + p
Jones OF silver City. Travelling Aud
itor Charles V. Stafford was present
with the assessment rolls and assess
ment statistics. The morning was
devoted to hearing the appeals OF G.
f. Ramsherg OF Ration from the as
sessment of the Taos Mercantile
company, Of the santa Zee Railroad
company fvom the assessment Of p1-
coo acres In curry county, on ground
that title had not passed on March l.,
and that the land was not subject to
assessment; and OF NJ D.. G~oldenburg
a GO. Of Tueumcari, assessment ot
town lots. Tie first two appeals
were taken under advisement while
IN the last named case the previous
action of the board was sustained
Notary Public Appointed.
Governor Mills today appointed
otto Dieckman ~ Albuquerque. n
notary public.
Incorporation.
Incorporation papers We're filed to-
day by the May Ditch irrigation
company OF Hope, Edy county. The
tncorporators and directors are. j.
q, Childers, "a shares: G.. G. Park, "a
shares; Ethel 5 Park, t. shares
} A Santo - shares. }. g.. Ault. -
shares all Of Hope, Eddy county.
The capitalization is st2 600 divided
into 191 shares The company viii
construct AN irrigation canal five
miles long, taking 10 cubic feet per
second out OF the penasco river.
Secretary OFFICE Busy.
The office Of Territorial Secretary
nathan Jaffa is assuming a very
busy appearance, as the work of pre-
pairing for the constitutional conven-
tion is very hcnyy Eugene Lujan.
son ~ Assistant Land Commissioner
Matco Luian. today hogan service ns
stenographer, in the seerctary's Of
flee.
Delegates Appointed.
Governor Mills today appointed
the following National Guard Officers
as delegates to the Association Of
Military Surgeons OF the United
States at Richmond, Virginia, on No
vember i. Colonel Robert Smart OF
Albuquerque. Major 5. \. Milliken OF
silver City, Major j, r. Pierce Of
Albuquerque, Captain j a. Massie Of
Santa Fe. Captain II. NJ smith of Las
Vegas, Captain G. f. Season Of Ros-
well.
Delegate 10 Irrigation Congress.
Governor Mills today appointed Or
W. T.. Garrison Of Agricultural col
lege a delegate to the Irrigation on
grcss at Pueblo, Colo. this month.
Assessment Rolls All Ia.
Territorial Travelling Auditor Chas.
Y. Stafford has received all the as
sessment rolls except those for Tor
rance county which were destroyed In
the recent court house fire, necessi-
tating a new assessment
Who PAYS Tho IaNcs?
In Guadalupe county. according 10
the analysis Of the assessment re-
turn for 1910 by Travelling Auditor
Charles v. Stafford, the railroads pay
more than one-third Of the taxes. Tor
they are assessed 1857 per cent OF
the total assessment and are not de-
linquent Ia tax payments as many in
diyidual taxpayers are. Grazing lands
and improvements are assessed OF
22.4S per cent of the whole. city lots
ana improvements at 921 per cent.
sheep and coats. 754 PEI cent. mer-
chandise. Coz. agricultural lands and
improvements. tG5. cattle. Sos
horses and mules. 2.s2 wagons and
implements and harness. lis; house
hold goods l3l all other classes