Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-03-21
LETTER TO
ASSESSORS
Valuations Fixed by State
Board of Equalization
Only Advisory
BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETS
Preliminary Hearing of Alleged
Bribe Takers In District
Court.

A suit was filed this morning with
the clerk of the district court by the
United States Bank and Trust Com
pany against William E. Martin and
E. C. Burke, both of Santa Fe county,
for the collection of 800 note al
legged to be due.
Change of Agents.
The American Bridge Company of
New York and the l.. c. Smith and
Brothers Typewriter Company yester-
day filed papers of change of agent
from R. H. Hanna to Frances c. Will
son in each case, with the state corp
Grafton commission.
Insurance Matter Correction.
The German American Indemnity
Company of Denver, Colorado. was not
refused a license to do business in the
state as was reported in recent is
sue of the New Mexican. The insur-
ance company did not request nor de-
sire a renewal of its license.
Treasurer's Receipts.
The following sums of money were
received yesterday in the Office of
State Treasurer O. n. Maroon J. A.
Baird treasurer of Otero county, tax
es, $36005; Nestor c. de Baca, treas
urer of Union county, taxes $457.36,
Las Vegas Land Grant, 1926.
Team Stolen and Recovered.
A team belonging to J. NJ. Sanchez
of Barelas rented by a man who gave
the name of Haywood was found yes
terday in the barn of a local livery
man who had paid $55 for the horses.
The liveryman is now out the pur-
chase price as the team was returned
to its owner by the mounted police.
Haywood bought ticket for Los An
geles and has not been heard from.
District Court.
Pablo Archuleta, a residenL of San.
II Fe. was yesterday found guilty of
rape by jury in the district court.
Sentence will be passed late this after
noon or tomorrow. Yesterday after
noon the case of the four representa-
tives indicted for bribery in connec-
ton with the Senatorial contest in the
legislature was called. Counsel for
the defense waived preliminary exam
ination awaiting the action of the Sep
tember session of the grand jury. By
agreement bonds for the accused leg
islators were fixed at $4,000 each,
which was furnished and the men re-
leased. The names of the four ac-
cused men are: Jose P. Lucero, Juli-
an c. Trujillo, Manuel P. Cordoya
and Luis r. Montoya
Board of Education.
Yesterday the state board of educa-
ton net in the Office of Superntend-
ent Alvan N. White. At the request
OF the board Albert Stern of the lid
feldt stores appeared and the question
CT better school text book distribution
was taken up. Mr.. Stern said that the
company he represented would make
every effort throu"h their agents over
the state to bring about a better dis
tribution. The bonds of the various
text book publishers under contract
with the state were Investigated and
approved. A committee consisting
OF DR.. c. NJ. Light, Superintendent c.
Hill and DR.. NJ. D. Taylor was ap-
pointed to prepare new manual for
county institutes. The committee met
last evening and announced that the
manual will be ready for distribution
not later than May Is. A committee
on common school courses of study
was appointed consisting of the fol-
lowing: Dr. Frank H. H. Roberts, Su-
perintendent c. C. Hill and Superin-
tendent Bonifaceio Montoya. The
board will take up the question of
school legislation today.
Letter to County Assessors.
Santa Fe, N. NJ, March 20, 1912.
To the County Assessors:
conference.-the territorial board of
equalization held meeting in .Janu-
airy, and following the precedent OF
earlier years attempted to fix valua-
tions for your guidance, not only upon
railroad, telegraph and telephone COM
panles, as authorized by law, but upon
lands, live stock and banks. After the
organization, taking the position that
the action of the territorial board was
unauthorized and of no effect, held
railroad, telegraph and telephone prop
erty We're made, together with what
was intended to be recommendations
only to you and to county commission
ers as to minimum values to be fixed
on other kinds of property. These
recommendations were made SO that
there could be general understanding
of what the board would expect, and
upon which it could act at it's meeting
in September for the raising or lower
ing of valuations to make them uni
form throughout the state. In prepar-
ing the record of the proceedings of
the board and in it's printing, owing
to the haste with which the work was
done, the intention that these should
be mere recommendations, is not as
plainly indicated as it should have
been. While these are only recon.
mendations, yet they are to be under
stood as indications of what the board