Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-28

the other hand n DE WOOD q gath
|eIed 30 ip sold tlit nbyefnmant rcea.
lntion of lht Maitland naional forest
fcQnifes thni The wood be charged for
al iln assessed value The Mnnzahu
forest e'iorda only small income
from ihh source. as 30 la moi main.
ialned fOf The purpose of selling ilnl'
Der. but rather a. % natural proiec-
ti0n. The annual Income from ibls
one source Is only 5000 and OF this
pmount % per cent goes 90 The county
road and school funds while the re-
malnder goes into the national troaa-
nry In some Of the forests, how
aver, the income is large, and Mr.
Rngland stated that IN tho future
much VIII be accomplished IN the way
LOT better country schools and better
roads on account of this Income
The matter was eslled 10 The aiten-
ton or the Club at the last meeting
bs Henry Lockhari snd Mr Lockhnrt
addressed tae meeting after Mr.
Rlngland. Mg i,ockhart was sim OF
the opinion that a mere technically
was working q great hardship against
the natives who were unable 10 sup-
port a team aHd haul their own wood
tie commended thar they we're entitled
r. free wood just os much as The
more prosperous natives who owned
teams and that they should not be-
taxed 70 cents q load for the wood
merely because they had 10 have
their supply hauled by another man
instead os hauling II themselves. Mr.
Lockhart read a letter which he had
written 10 Congressman FERGUSON Ia
Washington, Ia which the reason for
the suspension of the charge were set
forth and request Tor corporation
made.
The committee appointed to decide
upon "A permanent site for the state
fair grounds has been engaged Ia
looking over all the possible sites.
Al last nights meeting President
Simon Stern was authorized so Rp~
roini committee OF Eve 10 select
The officers and executive committee
Tor the state tair for the year on a
motion BY President Isaac l3arth OF
the State Fair association. The prop
0sition Of having the Commercial club
attend 10 the business Of the fair
association was warmly contested by
number OF the members present, bur
Mr. Barih's original motion prevail
ed, after a motion TO lay It on the
table had failed to carry Il was the
contention OF the OppOserB OF the
proposition that Il was not the office
of the club, that Il had not been done
in previous years. aud that the pres
cnl members OF the fair association
should elect The officers. However.
Mr.. Barth's argument that the MEM
hors Of the Commersial club present
40 last nights meeting were TO
large eXteut The hackers OF Che stnte
fair and that Il would be Impossible
20 assemble more representative
hody, coupled with the fact that It Is
essential that the state fair organiza
ton get ia work Immediately carried
greater weight than the contention
that II would be an irregular proceed
Ing
Il was reported BY President stern
that the club has been working hard
20 secure the state encampment OF
the National Guard for this city the
coming summer and that the efforts
bid fair to be- successful An OF the
possible sites have been gone over
by local officers Ol the guard and
members Of the Commercial club and
their commendable points asCertained
Adiutant General Brooks and regular
army officers will take up the matter
with the Commercial club next month.
President Stern also announced
that the club and +. n. Van Horn had
gotten together on the creamery prop
osition ana that Mr. Van Horn would
he paid $500 toward the establishment
Of the creamery the amount TO be
paid out OF the promotion fund OF
the Commercial club at the rate OF
5 cents q pound, as the butter is man
Mr. van Horn has leased
a location and has already ordered
the machinery and sent for a man 10
take charge Of the butter making.
With no distractions the creamery
should be ia operation within
months time.
a letter TO the effect that the re.
rOrt Of the result OF the soil survey
IL this valley IL about ready TO be
forwarded TO tho department az wash
ington and that the field work will be
taken up in the immediate future hy
two experts from The bureau OF soils,
J. w. Nelson and Mr.. Holmes was
read by Secretary NaylOn The letter
was received from Luther Foster. DE-
rector Of the Agricultural College Tx
pertinent station, and Mr. Foster ex-
pressed the opinion that when COM
pleted The work would De OF inestim-
able value 70 prospective settlers IN
this valley and 10 the farmers already
located here.