Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-09-30
CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION
1t VIII Convene on Monday
at Twelve O'Clock
Noon
QUAIL SEASON TOMORROW
Ex-Governor L. Bradford Prince
Appointed Delegate to
Gettysburg

The constitutional convention will
be called to order at 12 o'clock noon
on Monday in the hall Of representa-
tives at the capitol The desks for the
members fill the entire floor, and room
for spectators is found only in the
gallery. 1t has not been decided as
yet whether Territorial Secretary Ma
htan Jaffa will call the convention to
order, as he does legislative assesm-
blies, and which seems the procedure
favored by precedents or whether the
Republican caucus to be held on Sun
day afternoon will adopt a different
procedure.
Territorial Funds.
Territorial Treasurer M. A. Otero
today received $24S from Insurance
Commissioner Jacobo Chaves and $40
fines from convictions for violation
of the game laws of three boys at
Cloudcroft, Otero county.
Who Pays the Taxes?
Territorial Travelling Auditor G. v.
Stafford has figured out the following
assessment percentages for 1910 in
Roosevelt county: Grazing lands and
improvements 42.3S, city lots and i'm.
provements 1881, railroads la,
horses and mules 1884, merchandise
447, cattle 436, household goods, ETC.,
2.S7, wagons, implements and harness
2.76, banks 2.73, all other classes 2.3S.
Notary Public Appointed.
Governor Mills today appointed ].
S. Candelario notary public.
Appointed Delegate.
Governor Mills today appointed ex
Governor L. Bradford Prince, New
Mexico's representative at a confer
ence to be held at Harrisburg, Pa, on
October 13, to arrange for the cele
bration of the fiftieth anniversary of
the Battle of Gettysburg. The confer
ence will proceed from Harrisburg to
the battlefield.
Quail Season Opens Tomorrow.
The quail season opens tomorrow
and as quail are unusually plentiful
there will no doubt be a rush for hunt
ing licenses. The experiment of pro
pogating quail with birds from the
southern part of the territory inau
gurated by Game Warden Gable has
been very successful and he is max.
ing arrangements for bringing more
birds from Dona Ana and Sierra coun-
ties to this part of New Mexico.
School Inspection.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
ton J. E. Clark reports from Vaughn
Guadalupe county, that he found the
schools there in excellent condition
At Vaughn, Miss Marie Lee Moore
is principal and Mrs. Beulah Duma,
assistant. The discipline was found
to be fine and the school conducted
with business-like precision. The en-
rollment is S8. At East Vaughn, W
H. Highsmith is teacher the enroll
ment is 81, and the school room is
well equipped. Here new schoo
house will be built.
Preparing for Convention.
Land Commissioner r. P. ErvieI
has placed a telephone booth on the
third floor of the capital adjoining
the hall of representatives He Is also
planning to replace the temporary
light fixtures that will illuminate the
grounds during the convention, with
ornamental posts and will run the
wires underground He has been
working hard to place the capital and
grounds and executive mansion in at
tractive shape and has succeeded be
yond expectations, when the amount
of work and lack of adequate funds
are considered.
Postmasters Appointed.
Joseph w. Beck has been appointed
postmaster at Ell Rito, Rio Arribs
county; and John Marshall Whitlocl
at Lumberton, Rio Arriha county.
Washington, D. c., Sept. 30.-John
Marshall Whitlock, of Lumberton
and David P. Gentry, of Pinon, have
been commissioned postmasters.