Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-16
ECONOMY RECORD
Of NEW MEXICO
SHOWS UP WELL
Costs Less 10 Run State Gov
eminent Than in Arizona,
With Only Two-thirdS as
Much Population.
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tsptcisL coEHtspospUses TO MORNING JousssLI
santa Fe, Feb. l5.--Legisiators
who are following the proceedings of
the Arizona legislature, point with
pride to the fact. that although Ari-'
zona has only two-thirds the popula-
ton Of New Mexico. its annual ex-
penses run much higher. The state
university OF Arizona, for instance,
asks for an appropriation of s71i.-
s74. or twice as much as New Mex
ieo's state institutions received last
year.
The Arizona land commissioners
office cost 2,205 the past two
years as against S60,55L7O for the
New Mexico land office, but then
in Arizona only 6Se,66l acres were
selected. OF which 100000 acres have
been approved. while the New Mexico
office has selected sixteen times that
area and the state has absolute title
10 7.373.S2i acres; equitable title to
2.9Se.GS5 acres: while 2.s99,427 acres
remain to be selected The Arizona
office spent S7,027 on It's automobile
in. two years
one of the items which shows why
the people of Arizona must bear a
SO much heavier tax burden than
those Of New Mexico is that OF $4,000
paid for mailing initiative and ref
erendum pamphlets 10 taxpayers. At
the same time the Arizona board Of
equalization has seen 10 it that the
assessment has increased 1886 per
cent. while the tax rate was Reduced
only IS per cent, while the eypendi-
lures out of the state general fund
increased 2G7 per cent
The Dental Bill.
Similar to the medical bill. but reg
ulating the practice Of dentistry, is
House Bill No. 1879, introduced by re-
quest by Mann. 1t provides for
board of five dental examiners who
shall have power to sue and be sued.
1t shall be appointed from a list Of
two or more names for each vacancy
to be filed. recommended by the New
Mexico Dental association. Members
of the board must have practiced
dentistry within the state for five
years Members shall hold office for
five years, the term of one member
to expire each year.
No one shall be permitted to prac'
tice dentistry in the state without
license from the board and such IL
cense must he registered with the
county clerk. There is stringent
clause which provides that license
may be revoked for "the commission
Of a criminal operation or conviction
of n felony involving moral turpltude'
or chronic or persistent inebrlety OF
addiction to drugs, or if the person
holding such license shall advertise
10 practice dentistry without causing
main. or SHALL in any other manner
advertise with a view of decelVlng
or defrauding the public, or adver-
tise to use any drug, nostrum, patent
or other proprietary drug or meui-
cine of any unknown formula, or De
guilty of any grossly unproiesslohal
conduct likely to deceive or detrauu
the public" An examination Zee OF
sos is to he charged, as well as
fee of so for the license, while each
dentist shall annually pay SS Tor re-
newal of certificate Section II, is the
clause which is said to be most OBJ
iectlonable, because it creates a mo-
nopoly. 1t says. ANY person shail De
regarded as practicing dentistry VINO
shall diagnose, or treat or profess 10
treat. any of the diseases or LESSONS
Of the oral cavity, teeth gums, max
jllarv bones or extract teeth" etc
It is argued that dentists may De
found only in the larger towns ana
that It is absurd to contend tha'
when farmer in the backwoods mas
a toothache he shall take off week
and probably spend large sum lor
transportation to have a tooth puiled
by 4 licensed dentist when the WI
lage barber or blacksmith or his
wife, might do the same service tor
him. or some itinerant doctor give
him the relief so much needed. q
bitter fight Is to be made on the mea-
sure also by the patent medicine IN
terests, for the act practically pro-
hibits dentists from using patent
preparations