Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-04-03

into such agreements. eventually, ne
said, other powers of the world will
be forced to take similar action. Mr..
Foster said he had had personal con
versations with the mayor of Toxic
and other Japanese of prominence and
he believed that sentiment in Japan
favors such agreements.
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subject they have been so well drilled
it showed that they were willing to
attempt to spell phonetically almost
any ordinary word l might suggest
The teachers methods are modern
and are carried out very successfully
indeed.
Atmosphere of Industry.
"The atmosphere of industry was
readily noticeable in Miss Collins
room. The school house at PlainvieW
is a small rough lumber building, but
it is sheltering a successful school,
The children were preparing for the
closing examinations thinking this
would be their last week Of school but
Superintendent Sanchez arranged
with the school directors tonight on
our return to Roy for another month
at Plainview and another at the
schools at the village. The Roy teach
ers are doing good work and the direc-
tors wish to hold the school as long
as possible.
From Plainview we drove to So
lano and visited the school conducted
by Mrs. Elder. Solano, too, has good
school. | am delighted with the grade
work that is being done with the
children over here. The Solano board
has secured a favorable vote on a
t$2,500 bond issue and new school
house will be built as soon as the
bonds are sold. The children were
so interested in the quizz | was giving
them that l prolonged the test and was
late at the canyon school ten miles
distant, conducted by Mrs. Guilmette
"The dry farmers of this region are
| learning how to handle the soil, when
and what to plant, and are getting
results accordingly. Within a radius
of 20 miles from Roy there are $500
acres of what is standing in the pretty
green. Last year the wheat returns
ranged from nothing to Is bushels pei
acre. Portales yielded from nothing
to 100 bushels per acre. The main
crops however, are maize, Egyptian
wheat, cane, Kafir corn and similar
hardy grains
New Company.
Articles of incorporation were flee
in the territorial secretarys Office by
! the Mable-Lowrey Hardware Company
which has it's main Office at Roswell
Chaves county, and J. L. Mabie as the
statutory agent. The company is cap
italized at $4,000 of which $4,000 has
been subscribed. There are 750 shares
at $100 each. The names of the in
corporators and the shares they owl
are: J. L. Mabie so; M. F. Lowrey so
! John w. Poe so; R. H. McNally so
w. S. Prayer 95; Nathan Jaffa Is
John Shaw 20; L. B. Craig 5; G. W
Nation 5; R. H. Kemp 20; G. N. Ami!
4 10: J. J. Jaffa %; A. H. Johnson 25
Sidney Prayer 10; John T. Mcclure
10 shares.
The incorporation is for so years
The business is to be managed by ;
board of directors consisting of fiv'
members and the board for the frs
three months is as follows: J. L. Ma
bic, M. F. Lowrey, John w. Poe, w.
Prayer and J. J. Jaffa. -.....
Promotions Announced.
The following promotions, subjec
, to examination, in the National Guar
of New Mexico are announced, t
! date from today:
: Private Merriam o. Chadbourne, t
I. be captain, vice George E. Wickhan
: transferred to unassigned list.
+ Second Lieutenant Charles E. Kun
0 to be first lieutenant, vice Arthur /
j. Wickham resigned.
n Captain Chadbourne is assigned t
:. the command of Company G, first il
[
t pany property.
l. Lieutenant Kunz is assigned to dut
e with Co. G, first infantry, and will r'
|, port in person to Captain Chadbourn
d for duty.
ri Second Lieutenant F. B. Forbes
$ relieved from duty as battalion qua
s termaster and commissary, third ba
L TALON, first infantry, and assigned
duty with Co. G, first infantry. Fl
e. Will report in person to Captai
II Chadbourne for duty.
4. Second Lieutenant James H. M
Hughes is assigned to duty as ba
II TALON quartermaster and commissar
K third battalion, first infantry, and w
ii report by letter to Major A. Bail. S
e yer City.
ID Inspection Tonight.
IS Company F, New Mexico Nation