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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-20
WAGE INCREASE BY
BIG COAL PRODUCERS
OF C0LFAX COUNTY
ALL CLASSES OF COAL MINE
WORKERS AND MEN WHO
TRANSPORT THE COAL TO
THE MAIN LINES WILL
BENEFIT

Ration, N. NJ, April ia substan.
tial increase in the pay rolls of the
St. Louis, Rocky Mountain & Pacific
company and also of the Stag Canon
Fuel company, which viii affect
practically all of the employs of
both companies, will become effec-
tive on May |. The increase in the
wage scale will affect all classes
Of mine and oven workers and will
approximate 10 per cent of the pre-
sent scale. With those employed in
the mines operated by the Rocky
Mountain Company. this higher rate
of wages will total a considerable
am 0unt and affect over 1,50O work
men.
The announcement of the change
in wages has been issued to all of the
employees of both companies and no.
tices of the first details were posted
in all of the camps. The advance
was made voluntarily by the opera
tors and IS occassioned by the desire
of the directors to establish for
their employee a scale of wages
which will meet the costs of living,
which have recently risen, and in or
der to maintain that harmony which
has existed between the coal opera
tors and their employees.
All classes OF miners and oven
workers, except the miners working
upon tonnage basis, will receive an
advance In wages of 7 cents per ton.
The complete details of the new
schedules have not as yet been per-
fected but are now being prepared
and are to be rushed to completion.
Following the arrangement of the
Schedu eS an announcement of the
details will be made to all Of the en-
ployes of both companies.
The plan has been submitted to the
miners and oven workers by the op-
orators with the intention Of de
veloping a spirit Of cooperation for
the purpose OF achieving the highest
and a perfect degree of
public service The New Mexico
Companies are keeping pace with the
Colorado companies where the same
has been made to the
employees of twenty-five companies
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-20

fluence on the ore bodies evident
ly formed after the lava flows in
that region.
The development on this group
consists largely of a tunnel, nearly
four hundred feet in length, and in
ore. Shafts ahead of the tunnel,
also in ore, have assisted in the de-
termination of the value of the de-
posit. The principal ore is a chal-
copyrite carrying some gold and sill
yer with the copper values, and lead
in a sulphide form is also present
in some of the ores OF the group.
1t is the intention of the pur-
chasers to Immediately begin exten-
sive development work, intended to
block large bodies of ore before re-
duction works are erected on the
property. Wood and water are in
abundance, and large coal veins ex-
ist within few miles of the pro-
pcrty, making it possible to arrange
for cheap power for all purposes.
1t is believed that the final treat
ment will be by concentration, smelt-
ing and converting into blister cop
per, right on the ground, and the
ore bodies now practically blocked
are said to be of sufficient extent
to warrant the construction of re-
duction works at an early date.
These properties, including the
Winters group and others on the
Macho, can now be reached by trail
from this city within a distance of
wenty miles. The scenic highway
IS surveyed across the main claim Of
the Anna Jones group, and is con-
'tructed to a distance of only four
miles from the claim. The natural
outlet, however, will be to the A. T.
X ). +. lat Decatur, a station a few
niles east Of Glorieta, and the dis
ance by wagon road will be about
miles.
n addition to the recent sale of
his group, Dalton Canyon, further
south, has seen great activity, and
'perators in that district are now ad-
'crtising for freighters, wishing to
get ore to the railroad. Other pro-
lerties on the eastern line of the
ounty are in process of develop
rent, and many of them show great
'rOmise for the future.
Santa Fe can probably secure and
etain the trade of the districts of
he eastern part of the county IL
ONE way to complete the scenic
highway is found and the merchants
re willing to meet the competition
# other points for the valuable
-ade,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-20
STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY
ENLIST FOR AVIATION

Out of a list of applicants that
were accepted at the army recruit
ing station in Albuquerque, Wedncs-
day, five were students of the Uni
vcrsity of New McNico. Three OF
these wanted to join the aviation
corps. They will not leave here
until next week when, il is thought.
they will have obtained credit for
their school work. The students
that were accepted are Willard Hope
well. Robert Hopewel, Charles r.
Carton, John s. Powell and George
S. Farr.
The two Hopewells are sons of
Col. w. s. Hopewell who is in charge
of raising funds for the Belgian
children and who is one of the most
active patriots in New Mexico.
Co. Hopewell was in Santa Fe
Thursday. One of his practical sug-
gestions is that the special session
o: the legislature provide seed for
those willing to farm and who have
not the means to do so.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-20
THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF
EASTERN SANTA FE COUNTY

The big sale recently hade by
John o. Jones of the Anna Jones
group of mining claims, and the
sale by T. z. Winter of the ad-
Joining group, brings forcibly to the
attention of the mining world the
now undisputed fact that Santa Fe
county has some of the most pro-
missing copper deposits of the state
The entire eastern part of Santa
Fe county, north of the line of the
Acthison, Topeka & Santa Fe, is
knwon to be rich in copper, god,
silver, and other precious metals,
while it is also known that some
of the rarer metals, now coming
into demand for commercial purpos-
es, exist more or less abundantly.
The majority of the known proper
ties are located on or near a great
contact between the granite and lime
which seems to traverse the county
in a direction roughly called north
east. The Anna Jones group is loc-
ated on that rather high mountain
ridge between Indian creek and the
north fork of the Macho, exactly
across this line and granite contact,
but at . place where porphyry IN
trusions seem to have had great in |
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-20
LAND DECISION BY
U.s. SUPREME COURT
IMPORTANT HERE
RULING HANDED DOWN
SHOWS ACTION OF FORM
Err ASSISTANT SECRE-
TARY A. A. JONES TO BE
WITHOUT MERIT

All the public land states will be in
tcrestcd in he decision ~ thc ,S'I
preme Court of the United State.
in the case of State of California
V. Desert Water, Oil and Irrigation
Company, handed down on Marcel
70, 1917. The point decided by ia,
court is that where title to school
section in pace has vested IN Il
State, and thereafter such section j,
included within the limits of a ma
tional forest. the state is entitled
under the law, to reconvey such
school section and take lands in lieu
thereof.
The decision is particularly inter
esting at this time because during
the incumbency of A. A. Jones, as
First Assistant Secretary of the In
terror, now Senator from New Mex
leo, the Department of the Interior
had refused to approve and con-
I'm lieu selections of this charac-
ter made by the various states. Prior
T. the accession of Mr.. Jones as
First Assistant Secretary the De-
partment had consistently over a
'ollp peTlOd OF years, approved SIch
selections; Jones, however, in re-
ports and letters to Congressional
Committees, expressed the view that
such approva's were not authorized
by the law, and the Department
sought to have remedial legislation
>asSed
House Bill No S49l was introiuc-
ID in the first session of the Sixty
Fourth Congress having in view the
of what Jones conserved
o be defect in the law, and lengthy
hearings were held on the bill, which
nally failed of passage. Lien sell
'ctions OF this particular character
lad been hel1 lip for years in the
OF the Interior, much to
he embarrassment of the Sta;es, and
Il the purchasers and leSsces CT
;tate lands. The court now 1oint,
ut that the delays in approval IF
hose select ems has been unwa-fInt-
d: that the law fully al no lies
uch sclet ticns, that the legislation
ccomiltnGed by Mr.. Jones is wholly
Unnecessary and would be superflu-
us. The effect is to place the De-
artment back where it was on this
uestion before the Jones regime.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-20
100 MEN WORKING
ON UTE PARK ROAD

Fully one hundred men in tn,
employ of the Cimarron Valley
Land company at Eagles Nest are
working on the road between Ute
Park and the damste, distance
Of about eight miles, for a period
Of Approximately ten days, and but
ten or fifteen men are left on duty
at the works to attend to small
details during this time. When the
two large fivc-ton trucks arrive il
is stated that the construction OF
the dam will be necessarily contin-
ued to complete the entire project
by the first of October.
Two large five-ton trucks owned
uoneIodo II! 90 uoos ll!M 'SrXoL /
'o!uoluV ugS 10 uospul 'IW AZ
and it is estimated by the owner
that an average of four trips will
he made with each truck daily be-
tween Ute Park and the works.
An overhead trestle with a sixty
loot boom or arm is now in the
building at the dam and will be
used to convey concrete from the
ground to the forms high in the
air. The solid concrete work of the
dam is now several feet above the
river and above high water mark
and the forms are now in the max
ing.
Three large tunnels through a
solid granite mountain will divert
the impounded waters to the river
when once the dam is filled, each
approximately thirty feet apart,
thus when the dam is filled the
highest tunnel will be used, and so
on. However the lower tunnel will
be used primarily while the dam is
IN the course of construction to di-
vert the waters around the main
dam and facilitate the work.
No other irrigation project in the
state with the exception of the FL
ephant Butte project, built by the
government. has so taxed the engi-
neering skill of experienced corps
Of well trained men, and to view
the work as it is in progress is
marvellous in itself, Perhaps the
greatest feature of the entire pro-
tect is, that not an idle man can be
seen. Every one on the company
pay roll is working with an enthu-
siasm as though the success of the
project is dependent upon each in
dividual. Engineer Hanson with
his assistant Mr.. Patterson are YER
table machines in themselves and
their men are so thoroughly organ
izcd that the entire system is one
70 be appreciated when seen. This
accounts more than anyone thing
hat the project is now conceded
BY all to be a success and that the
and owners will have no provoca-
ion to register complaints insofar
as the merits of the system are
oncerned.-Cimarron News.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-20
Enlistments for War, Only

Men who volunteer for service in
the regular army or National guard
will be held only for the term of
the present emergency, according to
a telegram received today by Ad-
jutant General Herring, from Gen.
eral Mann, chief of the militia bur-
eau. The telegram follows:
Washington, d. C., April IA.
"Adjutant General New Mexico,
santa Fe, N. M.
Secretary war directs that you be
informed that it is policy war de-
partment to discharge all men who
have enlisted since declaration of
war upon termination of emergency
period, this to apply to regular and
national army guard.
MANN,
Chief Militia Bureau"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-20
BECOMES
SECRETARY STATE
TAX COMMISSION
WELL EQUIPPED FOR I'M
PORTANT AND TEDIOUS
WORK OF OPERATING REV.
ENUE RAISING MACHINERY
OF THE STATE

Rupert F. Asplund Of Santa Fe
was named Saturday secretary of tn,
state tax commission by President
r. C. Reid of Roswell, who is nov
IN Santa Fe. He took charge oi
the office Monday.
Mr. Asplund succeeds Howell Ear.
nest, who served as secretary Of the
tax commission from the time Of its
organization in March, 1915. until
April !. when his resignation, which
was rendered to the new Republican
board at it. first meeting, became e.
tcctiye, James A. Shiplcy of Silver
City, elected secretary by the new
commission at its organization meet
ing here, declined the position after
a visit to Santa Fe and an investi-
cation of the duties, and since April
| the office has been temporarily
in charge of Byron o. Beall of
Roswell, field agent of the commits
sion.
Mr. Asplund was for seven years
chief clerk in the department of pub
lie instruction here, resigning that
position in 1916 to become a can
uihdlt lDI lHc NepuDnCdn nO10l1la-
tion for state school superintendent.
For several months he has been in
the employ of the Taxpayers asso-
citation, conducting surveys of educa-
tional institutions and public schools,
and gathering other data for the
association, a work that has been
an excellent preparation for his new
1uties. While in the department of
public instruction, Mr.. Asplund was
n charge of the departments sta
istical work, and the experience
gained at that time also will be of
'alue to him in his new position.
He takes to the tax commission
lot only a special fitness for the
work of secretary, but a record of
Efficient and conscientious service.
After Mr.. Shipley's refusal of the
ecretaryship, the question of the
uccessor was taken up by Presi-
ent Reid with the other members
# the commission by mail and an /
greement for the appointment o. Mr..
Isplund was reached.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-20

points in the United States, man,
of which advances are substantial
and are permitted to 90 into eff
tect without Investigation; and,
Whereas, it is obvious that under
the existing provisions of the Act
to regulate commerce the Interstate
Commerce Commission is without
power to prevent, except upon pro-
test filed against tariffs which are
filed and a suspension of such tar
iffs, many of the advances which
are daily being made by the common
carriers of the United States in their
interstate rates without justifica-
ton; now, therefore,
Be it resolved, That the State
Corporation Commission OF New
Mexico recommends and calls upon
its United States Senators and Mem
ber of the House of Representa-
tives to introduce in Congress an
to the Act to regulate
commerce, delegating to the Inter-
state Commerce Commission power
and authority, and making it its
duty, TO prevent common carriers
and other public utilities under its
from putting into effect
any advances in rates over which
the said Commission has control
without setting the same down for
hearing, on not less than thirty
days notice to the State Railroad
Commissions, the Attorneys General
Of the States. State Corporation and
Public Utilities Commissions. and
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-20

majority of the strikers attack live
or destroy property. Lockouts ar
lawful only when there is an exces
OF production over demand in tn
Judgment of the Board of Arbitra
ton. Conflicts between labor am
capital shall be determined by a
Board of Arbitration composed o
an equal number of representative
from each side and one from th
government.
II the employer declines to sub
init to such arbitration or dismis.
his workmen without just cause h,
shall pay them three months wages
If the workman does the like hi!
contract of labor shall be declared
cancelled
Labor contracts for a term ex.
ce'.ding one year are prohibited.
Aay waiver by the laborer of the
above provisions made in his favor
lis nuli and void.
All debts arising out of labor due
FROM laborers to their employers
1r Tar lie up to the date of the
Constitution February 5th, 1917, arc
declared extinguished.
Land, Mines and Oil Deposits.
No law shall be given retroac-
tive effect to the prejudice of any
one
\" man shat be deprived of his life
liberty or property except by due
process of law.
Private property shall not be ex-
p'opriated except on the ground of
puo ,c utility and subject to indem.
my
vac P'operiy may oe cond"'n-
"e'i III oider 10 spit up large tracts
! '""''' - promote snlaH land no d.
''RS 7" ocVelop agriculture; to create
ana e"uo" ne" agricultural centers'
''t
AI mines OF whatsoever descrip-
l,o'' anu "' deposits be'ohg Inaiien-
"ply |" 'ue MARION. 80 DO al rivers,
; S'.,'''' ana other bodies OF water,
wy" 'cW MINOR exceptions.
H"Fcfn,ncnt concessions relative to
i'l''''S' on dcPoSlls and waters shall
ne granted ohly TO lndiVidua and
Ht\'o'n companies and SUBJECT to
a'v COZ n,i,on tnat ucX Shaii be
" ,IS'P ana utiIiHed continuously.
ne c2pacty to acquire the own
ZIP o' tnc anus OF me NATION
s,.H,i ot FoFe[ncu py thc following
p VISIONS oh!y MeNicans,, by
WI III VI Hd'ura'lzal m ana Me&l-
,nL .'''P'uieS may acquire the OWL
purtcnances, or obtain concessions
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-20
The WOMEN CAN
DO THEIR HALF BY
SAVING THE FOOD
CONSERVATION OF FOOD
WHICH is RECKLESSLY
WASTED NOW is ONE OF
THE GREAT NEEDS AT THE
PRESENT TIME

T
Washlngton.-Women can do ";
good 80 per cent in fighting the
war, IN the opinion OF Secretary
Lane, by conserving food and en-
couraging patriotism among the men
tie sent tins telegram today in re-
Sponse to a query from the General
Federation of Women's Clubs in con-
vention at New Orleans, asking what
women can do for the country.
The women of America can DO no
greater work at this time than 70
raise their own veGeta bles, can their
own fruit prevent waste in their
homes, and give impulse and enthusi-
asm to the men of the land If they
do this they will be doing a good 20
per cent of the work of fighting the
war to finish
Federate Women's Clubs
why not organize all the women's
clubs Of the United S.2tcs into a
Lend a hand to Wilson league
whose business it will be to carry
on a propaganda for the things the
nation nccdS-soldicrS, ships, wh'.~
Pigs beans. II they also Woul
make II their business to let every
farmer know that his patriotism IS
TO be Judged by the use he ma .ss rt
his land and every railroad nan
know that he is serving his country
hy moving the nations traffic 3ui-<.
" and will see that the boss and
girls serve in great mairt uarca
corps Of the nation by pu't.p- u
their time feeding the chickci.. can.
ming the fruit and Yegetabe>. they
can count themselves among lie saw
ors Of liberty and civilization,
because this war now has conn d9vr
to matter Cf work and s1ci1.icc.'
Mrs. Wilson Sets Example
Mrs Wilson, wife of the president.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-20
STATE CORPORATION COM.
MISSION OF NEW MEXICO

Resolution adopted by the State
Corporation Commission of New
Mexico, April 10, 1917.
Whereas, under the Act to re-
gulate commerce, as amended, the
Interstate Commerce Commission is
empowered by Congress to prescribe
only maximum rates; and,
Whereas, under the Act to regulate
commerce., the common carriers of
the United States may, on their
own initiative, publish and file with
the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion tariffs advancing rates between
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-04-20
THE NEW CONSTITUTION OF
MEXICO EFFECTIVE MAY 4

Mexico has adopted a new con
stitution. This new fundamental Law
is modelled, so far as its frame
work is concerned, on the conSti
tuition OF 1857 and many of the ar
ticles are copied thercfrom literally
But in the matters of the rights o
foreigners, religious institutions, lab
or and property the reforms intro
duced are fundamental and radical
The general property and labor pro.
visions affect al, industrial enter
prises. The limitations upon the
rights of foreigners and foreign cor
porations are also OF great impor-
tance.
The Congress which enacted the
new constitution began its work at
Queretaro, December /, 1916, and
completed its labors January 81, 1917
"a period of two months. Except
as to the provisions for the election
of president and congressman dur
ing February, March and April, the
new constitution does not go into
effect until May /, 1917, at which
time the president and congress will
be installed in office. The supreme
court of justice will be installed
June |, 1917; the other federal judges
July /. Commencing May the con-
grcss will hold an extraordinary ses-
sion to enact the organic laws and
others submitted by the president.
Organic laws not enacted at this
session will be enact
ed at the regular session opening
|.
The following extracts are Of in
-erest:
Labor Regulations.
The working day shall not exceed
sight hours during the daytime and
;cvcn hours at night for both men
md women. For boys or girls be-
ween y and 10 the working hours
,hall not exceed six hours, night
work being prohibited for such, as
.lSo for women. There shall be at
east one day of rest in seven.
During the three months prior to
the physical work requir-
d of women shall be light; and
Turing the month following child
firth they shall rest on full pay.
throughout the nursing period a wo-
nan shall, be entitled to two extra
ordinary rests day of one-half
orr each to suckle her child or
The minimum wage shall be such \
5 is necessary to satisfy the normal
eeds of the life OF a workman.
n al agricultural, commercial, man
featuring and mining enterprises
he workmen shall be entitled to a
in the profits. The mi
imum wage and participation in the /;
rofits shall be fixed by special COM T;
lissions to be formed in each muni- +;
pality and controlledby a central {
tate Board of Arbitration. Like I
ork shall be compensated by like i
llary, irrespective of sex or nation t
ity. Overtime work shall be paid {
oublc compensation. Women and ,
oys under l6 years of age are pro- |
bited from doing overtime work r
anitary houses shall be furnished v
workmen by the employer, at e
htal not to exceed per cent a
ar of the tax valuation of the S
,uses. s
The employer is absolutely respon- d
Bile to the laborer for all accidents o
sickness resulting from his work. a
Strikes are unlawful only when the A
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-02
PUTTING CATTLE
INTO PHOTOPLAY
Bill Hart and His Cameraman Do the
Trick in "Wolf'
Lowry"

Those who never visited the West would
receive great surprise II they could see
the large expanse of country that is neces-
sary for cattle grazing Very few people
realize the area necessary to Craze one head
OF beef per year. Twelve thousand acres
Of good grazing ground are necessary TO
sustain 1900 head Of cattle throughout tho
year or, in other words, it takes eight acres
per head
In the new Triangle -Ince production.
Wolf Lowry" starring William S. Hart,
at the Arcadia all next week, the scenario
called for the showing Of large herds Of
cattle Hart, who appears as ranchman
for the lrst time in his career, accompan MED
by Clh smith, his assistant and Camera
Man Joe August, spent week on the Mexi-
can border, the point nearest TO Los
Angeles raising cattle in large numbers.
II located a herd" said Hart, "and had
about forty punchers round them up Be
fore shooting the scenes | asked my
camera man to guess as to the number Of
the herd After looking down into the valley
for several minutes he answered that there
must be at least 10000 head. ! then gave
him orders to film the scene There were
only 1900 beef but ! had secured the effect
! wanted You would be surprised at the
amount Of territory 1900 head can cover"