Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-02-04
Board Of Education Has Re-
adopted Most of the Text
Books for Schools
BEAVERS ARE TOO ACTIVE
They Play Havoc With Cotton
Wood Trees in San Juan
County.

next IOur anu possibly next SIX years,
has been discussed. There will be
but few changes in the text books OF
the public schools, and this news will
undoubtedly be heard with pleasure
by tax payers and pupils alike.
The board has adopted the follow
ing new books:
Arithmetic, by Southworth Stone,
published by Sanborn; Civics by
Dunn, published by Heath; Webster
Cooley Elementary Language Book;
Howe's Primer by Scribner Sons, in
place of Wide Awake Primer.
The board re-adopted the follow
ing: Brooks Readers, Reeds Spell
lers, Reed and Kellogg's grammars,
Medal Writing system published by
CHM; Conn's Physiology, two books;
Natural Geography by the American
Book company; Montgomery's His
tory by CHM; Wester's dictionary by
the American Book company and the
supplementary readers by Jones and
the primer of Blodgett. A Spanish
English reader to be optional, was al
SO adopted.
Credits for Teachers.
The board adopted a resolution at
it's meeting yesterday afternoon al.
lowing one per cent credit to be added
to the general average of teachers
who take examinations for teachers
certificates for each book read in the
reading circle on the presentation by
the applicant of a certificate signed
by the secretary of the reading circle
board. The credits allowed, however.
will not exceed five per cent.
Smallpox at Clayton.
Reports have been received that
there is an outbreak of. smallpox at
Clayton and the schools have been
closed. 1t is thought that sheep her
ders brought the disease into Clay
ton. Union county has reported vac
cination in every school district ex-
cept three.
For the Treasury.
Treasurer M. A. Otero has received
the following sums for the Territorial
Treasury: From Jose E. Torres,
treasurer of Socorro county, $S43: b.
G. Hernandez, treasurer of Rio Arri-
ba county, $4S337; and from Game
and Fish Warden Gable, $55.
Notary Appointed.
Governor Mills appointed Marcel
ino Witt of Roswell, Chaves county,
a notary public.
An lnsurrecto?
Word has been received here that
a. man. supposed to be an insurrecto'
fired with the desire to aid his
friends in Old Mexico, held up the
horse of a Zine rider" near the bor-
der not far from Hachita, Grant coun'
ty, and attempted to take the guards
horse and firearms. The insurrecto
was shot in the scuffle and will like
1y be turned over to the sheriff. NO
names were kiven.
Beavers Too Active.
A delicate task awaits Game and
Fish Warden Gable, who is mem
ber of the Santa Fe Dam No. 80, In
dependent Order of Beavers and who
has lust received a complaint from
resident of Rosa, on the boundary
of Rio Arriba and San Juan counties
on the San Juan river. The writer
asks Mr.. Gable if he cannot allow him
to put few beavers out OF commls-
sion although the law says they must
not be disturbed, for the little In
dustrious and ingenious animal winch
has furnished name for the lnde-
pendent Order of Beavers, is grow
ing rare and he is protected by uncle
Sam. The Santa Rosa rancher says
the beavers have laid low 222 OF MS
cottonwood trees and he wishes they
would use something else for thell
lodge rooms or dams.
Sometime ago it is said the Den
yer & Rio Grande railway officials
complained of beavers throwing trees
across their tracks menacing theil
railway schedules.
The beavers are desired very mucl
far no means have been devised tt
far no means has been devised t,
catch them alive, as they amputat
their feet when caught in traps ant
get away.
Three New Post Offices.
Washington, D. G., Feb. 4.-Post
offices have been established at Hur
ley, Grant County; Patterson, Uniol
county, and Wanette, Union county.
New Naturalization Rules.
Attention is called to John Joern
clerk of the fourth Judicial distric
court. to some comparatively neN
regulations regarding naturalization
Under the new ruling whenever
naturalized citizen or person who's
declaration of becoming citizen
the United States has been made lose
his certified papers it is necessar
for him to make a statement unde
oath to the clerk of the court as to tn
conditions and place where the paper
were issued and full information col
cerning the place and circumstance
under which the papers were lost