El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-16
LAS CRUCES MUST BECOME A CITY
IF It WOULD GET SUGAR FACTORY
VIII Have To Dsincorporate as Village, Be Declared
City and Have Its Boundaries Changed To Leave the
Factory Out of City Limits Before 1t Can Get
the Big Factory; The tie is Already Optioned.

the town viii exempt the company from
7 taxation. No bonus has been asked
Village TO Become City.
I Under the constitution Of the state
! the town trustees have not the author-
/ ity to exempt any concern from tax
alton. but It is possible for the city
10 disincorporate as village. rem
corporate as a city and omit the prop
erty under option for the sugar rae
tory from the city limits, and this VIII
probably be done.
change. under the laws OF New Mexico
is for the present board OF town trus-
tees to make a formal demand on the
tion defunct and by prOclamation de-
clare Las Cruces a city OF the first-
class in accordance with the boun-
daries designated" The trustees at the
time Of asking this action OF the gov
ernor would submit new map OF the
city, which would leave the sugar fac
tory outside the corporate limits
Trustees Not Willing
So far the trustees have not signified
a willingness TO change from village
some who charge that politics has
something TO do with 1t. as the gov
ernor. in proclafming the village
citv would have also to proclaim an
election for a certain date. at which
MAYOR and aldermen would be elected
Some say the present three trustees
are afraid they would not be returned
to office Others say the trustees are
willing TO act favorably as soon as
thew are fully satisfied that it is for
the best interests of the town as a
whole and that they are investigating
carefully before acting The board OF
trustees should consist OF five men. but
two resigned some time ago as a re-
suit of the saloon closing question. and
no successors have been elected to these
two men, the three remaining trus-
tees continuing to transact the bust
ness of the village
Largest 4sViIIage, in State.
Las Cruces is the largest town in
New Mexico still operating under
village charter. 1t is said that change
10 4 CITY charter would give the city
and its officials much more authority
in the matter of making public i'm
generally and would be for
the best interests of Las Cruces. even
leaving the sugar factory out of IL en-
tirely- There are others. however. who
say Las Cruces is getting along quite
Wen. thank you. under present con-
ditions. and needs no change
Meantime. the option on the land for
the sugar factory has been extended for
a few more days and the sugar company
officials are waiting. They can get all
the land they need outside OF Las Cruces
for nothing and they say they will not
build a factory inside the limits of the
city and pay taxes to the town.
Vaudeville Represents Company.
W B. Vaudeville who has been work
ing to secure the location of the fac
tory in Las Cruces-the man who first
took I'D the matter and has stuck with
it night and days in a peculiar pO-
sition He has been appointed to rep
resent the company and given author-
iry to go ahead and buy a site. AS
citizen Of Las Cruces and one OF its
leading financial men, he wants to see
the factory located in Las Cruces As
the financial agent and friend OF the
men who are to build the sugar factory.
he must act for them as he would act
Tor himself in a private matter. so he
s between fires. but is standing firm,
smiling and waiting for Las Cruces to
act officially