The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-05-05
FINDS BIC
HERDS OF SHEEP
NOT TAXED
Total of 864, 900 Head In Six
teen Counties Appear to
Have Been Overlooked by
Owners and Assessors Last
Year.

Santa re. y. NJ. May s.-secretary
Howell Ernest OF the state tax com-
mission yesterday sent out 10 asses
scrs o. sixteen OF the twent5-alx
counties OF the state lists Of sheep
owners, ana the number Of sheen
owned in those counties. The lists
have been complied from actual rec
ords II the possession OF the tax COM
mission. and are being sent ont TO
assist the ASSESSORS In getting all OF
the sheep IN New Mexico on the tax
rolls. +.
Lists Of sheep owners and their
nocks In the remaining ten counties
OF the state have not yet been com
piled. but these viii be prepared and
sent out a little later. The assessors
now being supplied with lists are
those Of socorro, Torrance, Union,
Valencia. B~ernalfilo, chaves. colfax.
Curry, Mckinley. Guadalupe. Mora.
Quay. Rio Arriba. Roosevelt. sando-
val and san Miguel counties.
In the sixteen counties named
there are. according TO the records In
the hands Of the tax commission, a
total Of ~2.t3s.ssS sheep. This ex-
ceeds the number returned and as
sessed In all counties OF the state In
1914 by esi,357. The total number
OF sheep returned and assessed last
year was l,T75.e4f. At - a head,
" hich IL the value placed on common
sheep by the tax commission. the to-
tel valuation OF the sheep In the six
teen counties listed Is t9.75s,s92, and
the sheep shown 10 exist In thSse
counties In excess OF the total number
returned In 1914 have a value Of So
657.42S.
socorro county, which IL the ban
ner sheep county OF New Mexico, IL
shown b. the tax commlsslOn's list 10
have 2SG,g62, and Frank Hubbcii. OF
Albuquerque, with $500 head, IL
shown 70 be the largest owner both
In Socorro county and In the state.
Ed NJ. Otero. with $4,000 head. ranks
second to HubbeiL, ana the Montero
sheep company. with $1,000 head
ranks third. n. o. Bursum IL fourth,
with a total OF 10000.
Guadalupe county Is q close con-
tostant for first place honors. with tho
county OF socorro. having a total OF
2s5.57O sheep. The White sheep
company. Of buchanan, Is the largest
owner In that county. the list showing
$4,000 head. Carlos Casaus. OF Ell
yira, ranks second with 1888 head.
The totals for the remaining IA eoun-
ties, and the principal sheep owners
follow:
Torrance, $4,000 head: Epgenio
Perez, G.iO0 Celestino Garde. G,0O0.
Union. 1872 sos; Farmers Improve
ment company. $4,000; Christ otto,
$4,000. G~aliegos Brothers, 10000.
Valencia, 10000; Acoma Indians,
2S.43O; Laguna Indians, 10000: Sill
vestre Mirabel. 14.s72; NJ. T.. Chayes,
10000.
Bernalnlo. $4,000; Pollcarplo Ar
milo. zoo.
Chaves, s56.7SS; Frank Killings.
$1,000; Fritz Brink. $4,000; a. u.
Ingham. $1,000; c. c. Martin. ii.0O0i
W. ". Long. 1900.
Colfax, 9O.2gT: Solomon Florsheim,
1880; Palo nlanoo sheep company,
1850.
Curry. iO.9O1: Sandy Morris. 5000.
Mckinley. 24S.G51; Navajo Indians,
1875, 900; Zuni Indians. 1851.
Mora. S5.2Gf. G. ". Blattman, 600.
Quay. 3s,so9; Doroteo Garcia.
5000.
Rio Arriba. 2s4.ssO; T. d. Burns.
$500; J. u. MLrtinez. 5000.
Roosevelt. l2.iOO; Manuel Abreu,
5000.
sandovol. iO6.6OO; a. Eichwold, H.
OOO: T.. A. Miera. 5000.
san Miguel. liG,f6h; J. y. Hand
| $4,000: J. =. Van Houten company.
n, 500.