Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-11-28
TROUBLE FOR
SECRETARY JAFFA
Law Does Not Permit Him to
Pay Election Officers More
Than Mileage
COUNTY OFFICIAL RESIGNS
Justices and Other Precinct and
District Officers Do Not
Hold Over.

is deluged with letters OF complaint
over the ruling based On the law OF
the comptroller of the treasury, in re-
spect to the payment of the mileage
for conveying election returns and
ballot boxes to the county seat OF
each county by election officers. In
many instances, those officers incurr-
ed much greater expense than is COW
cred by the five cents mile allowed
them by the federal government, but
Secretary Jaffa is helpless to allow
more in accordance with the opinion
recently published. New Mexico
newspapers will aid the secretary
very much by making public this mat
ter.
Return From Ration.
Governor Mills and Adjutant Gen
eral Brookes returned yesterday from
Ration. Their visit proved very en-
ioyable to them and Governor Mills
says that Ration is forging ahead in
prosperity. The Rocky Mountain and
Pacific railroad is opening three new
coal mines in the immediate vicinity
of the Gate City which by spring will
produce $500 tons of coal day. The
outlook is good for the mastering in
of a strong National Guard company
A meeting was held in the Commercial
Club rooms on Saturday and it was
explained to businessmen and pros
pectiVe recruits that being a militia
man is not all play, but if sufficient
number of applications for enlistment
are received and a suitable hall is pro-
vided, then a company would be or
ganized. On December 2, Governor
Mills and Adjutant General Brookes
will leave for Carlsbad, Eddy county
to inspect the militia company there,
and will also inspect the companies
at Artesia and Roswell before return
ing hame.
County Commission Resigns.
Governor Curry today received the
resignation of County Commissioner
I'M Webster of the second district
of Sierra county, who is compelled to
remain at San Diego, California, on
account of the serious illness of his
wife.
Addressing 100000 Envelopes.
Territorial Secretary Nathan Jaffa
has put to work a clerical force of six
persons to address 100000 envelopes
in which copies of the constitution
will be mailed to the citizens of the
commonwealth
Territorial Funds.
Territorial Treasurer M. A. Otero has
received $11.45 from Game Warden
Thomas P. Gable.
Teachers Institute.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
J. E. Clark went to Ell Rito, Rio Arri-
ba county, to open a four weeks nor
NAL institute at the Spanish-American
Normal School.
Inspected Schools.
R. E. Asplund of the office of super
intendent of public instruction, has
returned from an inspection of the
public schools at Santa Rosa and Tu-
cumcari. At Tucumcari general
meeting of parents and teachers was
held and a Mothers Club was organ
ized. At Santa Rosa teachers meet
ing was held. Mr.. Asplund found no
opposition to the constitution either at
Santa Rosa or at Tucumcari, but at
Torrance and Otto spoke with two So
cialists who are opposed to it, although
both confessed that they had not read
the constitution but merely opposed
it on general principles. On Satur-
day, Mr.. Asplund will hold a teachers
meeting in this city at which address.
es are to be made by DR.. J. A. Rolls
and Dr. w. s. Harroun.
Corporate Amendment.
An amendment to the charter of the
Ration Supply Company increasing its
capital from $4,000 to $4,000 was to-
day filed in the office of Territorial
Secretary Nathan Jaffa.
Filed Second Assessment.
Assessor ID. G. Howell of Willard
Torrance county, has filed his second
assessment for 1910, with Territorial
Travelling Auditor Charles " Stafford
having completed it in record time
The first assessment returns were
burnt up in the court house fire at Es
tancia this summer. The total assess
ed valuation of the county is 81 ,072, ,00(
and would be still higher but for the
fact that many people left the Estan
cia valley during the summer. Mr.
Howell is sanguine of the success oil
the proposed irrigation system. under
which the Western Construction Com
pany will install individual pumpins
plants on various ranches.
Justices Do Not Hold Over.
Albuquerque, N M, Nov. 28, 1910.
Hon. Harry H. McElroy, District At
torney, Tucumcari, N. M.
Dear Sir-I have your letter of the
22nd inst, forwarded to me from San
ia Fe. I am of the same opinion as
you, that the precinct and school dis
trict officers are not affected by the
provision in the enabling act tina,
county and territorial officers shall
hold over. I have had occasion thus
to advise number of people in diff
ferent parts of the territory.
Yours truly,
FRANK w. CLANCY,