Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-03-10
WOULD PROTECT
FRUIT TREES
Governor Mills Wants County
Commissioners Ta Com
ply With Law
A new LUMBER COMPANY
Rock Island and Santa Fe Roads
Pay $4O0 Dining Car
License.

Governor Mills appointed Fred A.
Becker of Belen, Valencia county, a
notary public.
Back Tonight.
Territorial Secretary Nathan Jaffa
will be back from Roswell tonlght.
He expected to get in this afternoon
but missed his train at Albuquerque
this morning. He made the trip from
Roswell in an automobile.
Land Entries.
The following were the land entries
at the local land Office yesterday: An
tonic A. Zamora, Marillita A. de Cal
,egos. Progreso; Carl S. Murphy, VIII
lard. Lydia S. Nielsen, Lucia; John
w Homes. Albina Martinez, Wagon
Mound. John L. Mason, Los Truchas;
Charles B. S. Reiland, Wagon Mound;
John w. Davis, Mcintosh; Juan B. D.
Vigil, Wagon Mound
Apply for Admission.
Superintendent of Insurance Jacobo
Chaves has received applications
from the United Brotherhood of Sui.
phur Springs, Texas, and the Amerl'
can National Insurance Company OF
Galveston, Texas, asking application
papers preparatory to admittance to
do business in New Mexico.
Land and Lumber Co.
Articles of incorporation were hled
today in the territorial secretary's Of
fee by the Truchas Land and Lumber
Company which will do a general real
estate and lumber business. The COM
pany is incorporated at $4,000 OF
which $4,000 has been subscribed
The shares are $100 each and the in
corporators are Levi A. Hughes, 100
shares; w. J. Bailey, 100 shares; B.
P. .Waggener, 100 shares; w. P. Wag-
gener, so shares, and Frank E.-Har-
wi of Atchison, Kas., so shares. The
company will operate on the Truchas
grant in Rio Arriba county, and B. S.
Phillips is named as the New Mexico
agent with offices in Santa Fe. The
directors are the stockholders.
GITCuIdF lOHiOIIOW'
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton ]. E. Clark will issue circular
tomorrow on the subject of poll tax
for school purposes.
For the Treasury.
Territorial Treasurer M. A. Otero
has received the sum of $400 for the
treasury from Territorial Auditor w.
G. Sargent from the dining car license
of the Rock Island and the Santa Fe
roads, each paying 5000. He also re-
ceived the sum of $4 from the game
warden.
Back From Los Lunas.
Captain Fred Fornoff of the terrific
rial mounted police has returned from
Los Lunas bringing with him Jack
Miller, the safe blower, who will
serve term in the penitentiary. He
also brought with him Lewis Perez
sentenced by Judge Mechem to
term of to 10 years for killing his
wife.
Protect Fruit Trees.
The followingi letter is self explana-
tory:
To the Chairman of the Board of
County Commissioners of the coun.
. ty of
Dear Sir-By direction of Hon. W.
J. Mills, governor of New Mexico, |
call your attention to the provisions
Of Chapter 107 of the Session Laws
of 1903 as amended by Chapter So OF
the Laws of 1909, entitled "An Act to
create county boards of horticultural
commissioners in the Territory OF
New Mexico, and to promote the nor
,icultural interests in said Territory.
This act makes it incumbent upon
your board, on petition of ten tax-pay-
ing citizens of your county, to select
three competent persons, fruit grow
ers or owners of orchards, residents
of your county, who shall be known
as the County Board of HORTICULTURAL
Commissioners. The duties OF such
board are fully set forth in the chap-
ters above referred to, the principal
purpose of the legislation being 10
insure the destruction of scale bug
Goblin moth or other insect pest in
furious to fruit, trees, and vines. 1t
is made the duty of the County Board
of Horticultural Commissioners to
make report to the board of county
commissioners on or before the first
day of October of each year, of the
condition of the fruit interests, and
what is being done to eradicate insect
pests, and it is made the duty of your
board to incorporate SO much Of said
report as may be of general interest
in an annual report to be made to the
Governor of the Territory on or be-
fore the first day of December of each
wear. The records of the Governors
office do not show that the report last
referred to, for any year since the
passage of the act, has been filed
therein, and the object of this letter
is to request that, in case there is al
board of horticultural commissioners
in your county, you require it to make
report to you, and that your board
thereafter make report to the Gov
ernor.
OF course, there may be some coun'
ties where there is little or no fruit
raising, hut in such counties as San
Juan and Chaves, it ia presumed that
there is, and IN counties where there
is considerable fruit raising, it is OBJ