El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26

percent grade, as compared with a.
944 tons of 29.16 percent in 1916
In the MOgoIIOn District.
Mills of the Mogollon district yield
ed $3.50. z65 in gold and 725,000 ounces
Of silver. as compared with 1873. 06S in
gold and 1,0OS,483 ounces of silver in
1916. Considerable new development
was done in the district in 1917. but
the destruction by fire Of the Fanny
mill on October IS, 1917. seriously cur
tailed the production from the dis
trict- The output of gold from the
Aztec mine at Badly, Colfax county,
was not so large as in 1916.
A new 25O ton amalgamatiOn mill
was completed and set in operation
during the year at Parsons, Lincoln
county The Burro mountain district
contributed an increased quantity OF
gold and silver, and the copper ore
prL Iced in the Orogrande district as
well as the copper concentrates Of the
Chino Copper company also contained
small quantity Of gold.
Counties Have Large Balances.
Significant are the figures set out
in the annual report Of travelling
auditor a. G. Whittier.
Tie report shows that the Is coun-
ties OF New Mexico had balances in
their treasures at the end of the
fiscal year of S1,035.397.7S, these rang
ing from S4917-69 in the treasury OF
the new county Of DeBaca to
Sq7.746z5 in the county of Grant. The
total collections during the fiscal
year were $3.50. 900-95. while the pay
ments We're S5.S0S, 276.45. The least
collection was in the new county of
Lea, S9307.92, while Bernalillo county
led, with s455, 1892 collected Pay
meuts ranged from S797.77 by the
new county Of Lea to S4S2, 941-25 by
Bernalillo county.
The total Of property taxes col
lected during the year was s4,249.-
67O.97, Of which S3,S54.055.02 was 1916
taxes Poll taxes yielded 42,SO6.24;
road taxes, S50,1SS.46 From liquor
licenses the receipts totaled S119,-
95146; merchandise licenses, S1s,-
5SS.7s; automobile licenses, $780,
66292: fees, S17O,313.36. For county
business strictly, S1,296,262-76 were
paid out; for the schools, S2.549,5lO.I1;
for roads and bridges, $3.50, 202-S2; for
the state, S1.149, 305.33; to towns and
villages, S300,s01-47-
BernaIfIIO Leads.
BernalillO county leads in tax col
Iections, S343, 107.S7 for 1916; Grant
being second, with S336,956.23; then
Colfax, S30z,10s-27; Chaves. $685.
53S97; Dona Ana, S209. 236.42. Thir-
teen additional counties contributed
between 500, 900 and 5000, 600 while
eight counties fell below the $780,
600 mark, Sandoval being the lowest,
with S34112.97, and next to It Taos
county. with only $40, 422.93, or one
eighth of Bernalillo county's tax con-
trfbution. In poll tax collected, how
ever, Grant county leads, with
s56S7.e5. as against only SS22 collect
ed in Bernalillo county.
Building and Loan Associations.
The total resources of the build
ing and loan associations are given
as s1.541.956.13; loans on real estate,
SLIGO, 293.67; on collateral, $780,
1856; while capital stock is given
as s1.15s.O72.s1; unpaid profits si2s'-
7s3-s3; undivided dividends, S2S,-
State Institutions.
The state Institutions report re-
ceipts Of S1,136,6 415S for the year,
the agricultural college leading, win
1921, 573.02; then the university,
S13S,41155: the hospital for the in
sane, S151.7s0.z0; penitentiary, S126.- |
1851; military institute, S12L219.54; |
normal university, S93,792.34; state |
normal school, s64,314.7S; school of /
school, $42,26A17; reform school, SAL /
7IA97; school for the blind, $685. |
1886; miners hospital, 23,7O8.03; /
Spanish American normal, s11566-17. |
Of the income, 1868, came from /
appropriations; from state lands, /
S179, 1909; earnings, 5,797.27; Dor
rowed money. S5s.50S-51. For perma-
nent improvements S163,S22.0e were
expended; for equipment, S56.52S-45;
for Industrial purposes, S26,915.2O; I
for salaries, S341,S05.94; for printing.
$50. 162.O4: total for maintenance
S77s.6ss.e7.
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