The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1916-11-03

| rally arises, why did Gable have TO
pay twice as much to bring in one
fourth the number of elk placed in the
state by de Baca?
Cheap Compared with other States.
The expenditures of the New Mex
leo game warden's office are a bag
atelle compared with the sums spent
in other states.
The expenditures in New Mexico in
the fiscal year 1915, totalled ST.
581.6S.
The state of Wyoming spent over
$4,000 for the salaries alone of the
game warden and deputies.
The state of Oregon spent for sal
aries and expenses of deputy game
wardens the sum of $S3,S44O4; for of
flee salaries, etc, $11,191.10; a total
expenditure of $95,03514; over five
times that of New Mexico.
The state of Wisconsin spent for the
salary and expenses of its warden in
one year SIP, 989.06; salaries and ex-
penses of deputies, office force, etc,
brought the total to $11S,36S4S seven
times that of New Mexico.
The State of Missouri spent $27,.
$4,000 for salaries and $16,596.3T for
expenses a total of $44,493.37.
The adjoining state OF Colorado
spent a total of SIS, 379.01
The state of Illinois paid for office
and travelling expenses the sum Of
S51,42747 and for salary of warden
and deputies $8S,28855; a total Of
$139. 71602, eight times that of New
Mexico.
The Policing System.
The most outstanding feature of de
| aofe or int ofr no
adjustment of an effective system of
policing the state for the enforcement
of game laws and the conservation Of
the game. Director A. e. James of
the State Taxpayers Association says
in this regard:
THE whole problem of game pro-
lection revolves about an adequate,
active and continuous policing of the
state. That the sum spent for field
deputies is inadequate for the purpose
Is clear. In season and out a vigilant
force of deputies is Indispensable"
Praises Conduct of office.
1.-THE records" says Director James
III a report in the Taxpayers Review
on his examination of the game war
denis office, fare adequate and we'll
kept-the method followed is pre-
scribed by statute and the, statute lis
; |
some selling deputies are somewhat
lax in making regular reports and re-
mittances." Mr.. james found the sys-
tenn of checking deputies rigid and
well enforced" THE system" he says
is well administered and the losses
kept at a minimum"
Mr.. James reported his conclusion
that the department, if 1t is to be
made effective needs more money
While he criticised the spending OF
the money necessary to issue, in 1915
a beautiful and elaborate report, on
the ground that the wisdom of so
large an expense from so meager an
appropriation was doubtful, it is gen.
orally admitted that this handsome
work of art has constituted one of the
finest advertisements of New Mexico
ever issued and has in this manner
proven splendid investment. The re-
port is one of which the people and
especially the sportsmen of New Mex
leo have been justifiably proud and
has attracted much favorable atten.
ton to New Mexico from other states
Another Republican Boomerang.
In futile attempt to discredit the
de Baca administration of the game
warden's office, the Republicans have
been able only to make more conspic.
uous the astonishing Improvement
over the manner in which the office
was run by the previous Republican
incumbent; to show that there has
been large increase in the number
of deputies to police the state and en-.
force the game law, to show that de
Baca has distributed greatly-increased
amounts of game, fish and birds. fifty
per cent. cheaper than Gable. In the
effort at Misrepresentation, the fact
has been merely emphasized that de
Baca spent less than $500 for person.
al expenses, while the claim that de
Baca has employed excessive num-
bers of relatives brings out the fact
that he has employed only his faith.
er-in-law. Manuel Sosaya two Bacas
on the payroll being no relation 10 the
warden while Gable during the time
that he was in office employed his
daughter, in charge of the office as
chief deputy and clerk.
Trinidad G. de Baca, who is run
ming for the office of county clerk OF
Santa Fe county is not a candidate
for reappointment as state game war.
den. The publication of his record
as compared to that of his Republican
predecessor is not in the interest Of
bis reappointment but merely as
proof of Democratic efficiency.
The people are not likely TO desire
a return to the incompetent methods
of Thomas p Gable, who had to pay
more for free fish in one year than
de Baca paid for fish, game and birds
in four years; who did not police the
state; who distributed only a third as
much fish, game and birds combined
at twice the cost entailed under de
Baca, who had to be helped ont by
legislative appropriation and under
whom the office revenues were only
half those under de Baca.
These are the facts on T. G.. de
Baca, Democratic game warden. De
Baca's worst enemies will have to ad.
NIT that he has the goods The at
tack on his record by H. o. Bursum.