Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-09-29
PREPARING FOR
CONVENTION
Hundred Desks are Crowded
in Hall of Representatives
at Capitol
SESSION CONvENES MONDAY
Governor Appoints Edward Hart
County Commissioner for
Mckinley County.

Governor Mills today appointed Ed
ward Hart, of Gallup, county commits
sioner of Mckinley county, to succeed
Palmer Kettner, resigned.
Oh, How Dry Am!
Land Commissioner R. P. Ervien to-
day received an application for
lease of territorial lands in which the
writer says: "It is so dry here that
1 cannot fill out the papers!" He is
newcomer to the territory from the
states and some one suggested that
he probably had just read Golfers"
Notaries Public Appointed.
Governor Mills today appointed the
following notaries public: James l.. T.
Linson of Mosquero, Union county;
and Clarence M. Pierce of Naravisa,
Quay county,
William T. Berger, of Artesia, Eddy
county, was also appointed a notary
public.
Who Pays the Taxes?
In Sandoval county, the railroads
are assessed at one third of the total
taxable assessed valuation. Travel
ing Auditor Charles V. Stafford has fig
ured out the following percentages:
Railroads 1886; grazing lands and
improvements 1858; agricultural
lands and improvements 1862, sheep
$40, timber lands 500, mineral lands
2.97 merchandise 2.41, cattle 2.O4,
household goods, wagons and imple-
ments 2.02, horses and mules 1.47,
town lots and improvements .95, all
other classes of improvements 6.04.
More Fish for Santa Fe.
Game Warden Thomas P. Gable who
returned last evening from Ration from
a fish distributing trip in Colfax and
Mora counties will receive two cans
of basis from the United States fish
car for the Santa Fe reservoir. Mr..
Gable reports that the bar and people
of Colfax county are much pleased
over the appointment of Hon. Clar-
ence ]. Roberts to the New Mexico
supreme bench.
School inspection Trip.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
James E. Clark is on a school inspec-
ton trip to southeastern New Mexico,
visiting public schools on the way. He
spent yesterday at Vaughn, Guadalupe
county.
New Desks Arrive.
The new desks for the hall of rep
resentatives have arrived, just in the
nick of time, and are being placed to-
day for the constitutional convention.
The hall is somewhat crowded by the
hundred desks and the delegates will
not have much elbow room while but
little space remains for auditors who
will mostly have to be satisfied with
seats in the gallery.
Will Be in Session Sixty Days.
The opinion is gaining ground in
official circles that the constitutional
convention will be in session most, if
not all of the sixty days allowed by
the enabling act. 1t is beginning to
be apparent that there will be SO
many opinions to be reconciled, SO
many points to be considered, and SC
much debate over mooted questions
that it will crowd the delegates to
finish up in sixty days.
Mescalero Reservation.
By order of the President, it is an
nounced that the Mescalero Indian
reservation, heretofore under the jur
isdiction of the United States land Of
fee at Las Cruces, will be transferred
and placed under the control of the
land office at Roswell
Lighting Up Capitol Grounds.
Land Commissioner R. P. Ervien
and the other two members of the
capitol custodian board, A. B. Rene