El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-31
ANOTHER SCHOOL rs
GIVEN TO SANTA Rosa
Political Situation In Guadalupe /
County Badly Mixed; Preparations
Made For the Election.

Political Situation In Guadalupe
County Badly Mixed; Preparations
Made For the Election.
Santa Rosa. n N. Oct S1-The
board of education has arranged to
open a school in the north end, on
the west side of the river, to better
accommodate the patrons of the dis
trict living in that vicinity. This viii
make the third school IN the Santa
Rosa district 1t has not been stated
who the new teachers will be, but it
is understood that the board has in
view the appointment of resident ap-
plicants.
County clerk George Sena has been
busy the past week, preparing the
necessary equipment for the several
precincts Of the county for properly
conducting the election to be held next
/ Tuesday An error in the copy for
the proposed constitutional amend
ment, sent out by the secretary Of
states office, has necessitated re-
printing of the ballots for this pur-
pose There is some fear expressed
cause confusion Of voters and result
in a very light vote on the amend
ment. The proposed amendment, ii
carried, will eliminate the language
qualification clause of the state con-
Andreas Chaves is in Jail here await
ing the action of the grand jury, hav-
ing been committed by justice Wied-
emann in connection with the shooting
of AuligiO RemeneZ. an old Mexican,
at the East Vaughn stock yards.
4 Chayes is young man of good family,
whose home is in Puerto de Luna He
and ReneneZ We're employed in one
of the sheep camps, and were en-
gagged in loading sheep at East
Vaughn. 1t is claimed that Rememez
assaulted Chaves with a knife where
upon Chaves drew gun and shot his
assailant 1t is stated that the
wounded man has good prospect for
Florencio Navarro, another Old
Mexican sheep herder engaged with
the sheep outfits now loading at
Vaughn, was tried in judge Wiede-
mann's court at East Vaughn. and
given a 60 day sentence in the county
| Jail coupled with a fine of $25, for as
sault with knife. He is now in Gus
tOdy here.
There is hesitancy on the part of the
oldest campaigners in this county to
venture an opinion as to the real pO-
litical situation Evidences Of un-
usual conditions have daily become
apparent. and leaders Of both old par
ties admit the probability of an uneX-
pected showing in both the Progress
sIVe and SOcialiSttc ranks. The Re
publican organization has not been as
active as heretofore. The Democratic
committee has shown some indication
of life, but has not entered into the
campaign with its former vim.
The state board of equalization, re
Gently in session at Santa Fe, has
placed its stamp of disapprOval on
the tax rolls for 1912 of % out of %
counties of the state, and returned the
books to the various counties inter
ested for revision. Guadalupe county.
because of a misunderstanding on the
part Of the county commissioners as
to the requirements of the newly
enacted laws affecting certain levies,
is one of the counties whose tax books
must be revised
Deputy assessor Ortiz is planning a
thorough decentralization of the as
SCISSORS office, with a view to the
most complete assessment of this
county in 1913 that the county has
had.