Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-28
STOCKMEN ELECT
CULBERSON HEAD
Of ASSOCIATE
FOR COMING YEAR
Man Who So Capa0Iy Filled
Office of President in 1918
Chosen to Serve Another
Term in Same Capacity.

OllOSell ~ O6lV6 HllOlll6l
Term in Same Capacity,
ROSWELL AWARDED
MEETING IN 1920
Convention, Probably the Most
! Successful Meeting of Its
Kind Ever Held in State,
Comes to Close,
| The fifth annual convention of the
New Mexico Cattle and Horse Grow
ers association. which closed three
days session at the Crystal theater
| yesterday. was the most successful
meeting of its kind ever held in the
state, according to men who have
been identified with the industry in
New Mexico for many years. 1t is
true that there have been conventions
where the attendance was larger, but
from the standpoint of excellence of
program, harmonious deliberations
and beneficial results, no past gath
ering of the livestock interests in this
/ state measures up to the meeting
which came to a close yesterday.
Victor Culberson, who as president
so capably guided the organization
last year, was reelected for another
term. His was the only name D!aced
before the convention for that office
and his election was made by accla-
nation. Col. w. S. Hopewell, in nom-
mating Mr.. Culberson. paid fine
! tribute to his ability as a leader and
a man in whom the livestock men of
the state have confidence. The nomi-
| nation was seconded by half a dozen
members
T, f. Mitchell of Albert, John Lusk
of Carlsbad, j. II. McCammett OF
Gallup and Hugh l.. Hodge of Silver
! City were elected vice presidents. The
only other office TO be filled, that of
secrefary,vis apfointivA
Land Commissioner Speaks.
| The following additional members
were added to the executive board
| c. M. O'Donel. Benn ranch; L. r.
| Foster, Cliff n. A. Field. Puercipo;
Sidney Pitt, Gallup, and f. A.. Hub
bell, Albuquerque.
| The first speaker at the session yes
terday forenoon was n. A. Field, state
land commissioner, his subject being
| THE Public Lands of New Mexico"
Mr.. Field dealt mainly with laws
| passed at the recent session of the
! state legislature affecting state lands,
particularly such laws as affect the
| cattlemen. One law provides that
future sales of state lands shall be
| with full reservation TO the state of
! all mineral, oil and sub surface rights
and resources, except water another
amends the 5 per cent purchase con-
| tract law of 1917. enabling purchasers
of state land to list the same for tax
alton purposes for the equity they
have therein, but not less than 40
per cent of the purchase price of the
land, instead of listing it on the basis
of full value. and third requires
the state land commissioner to con-
duct resource survey and classifi-
cation of all state lands.
j. E. Saint, president of the newly
organized state tax commission. ad-
dressed the convention on Taxation. -
Mr.. Saint said that the renditions of
the cattle growers are probably nearer
par than anv industry or business in
the state, with the possible exception
Of the railroads. He pointed out,
however. that even among the cat
/ tlemen there is room for improve
ment.
No sympathy for Tax Dodgers.
For instance" he said. zone man
had under fence over 1000 head Of
| cattle and rendered $50 head for tax
alton. Another had $50 head and
turned in sixteen head for taxation.
Another made no rendition whatever,
while the county records showed a
mortgage on 460 head"
xEfat, To Il
now that the commission will not
show sympathy with tax dodgers
whose work is so coarse as these cases
Just cited, nor with those whose work
is just effective although not so
glaringly coarse"
Mr.. Saint also read a comparative
statement showing the number of
head of livestock reported by the fed :
eral department of agriculture in each
county in the state, and the number
of head listed by assessors. Assum-
ing the government figures to be cor
rect, the report showed that in Ber-
nalillo county only 22.32 per cent of
the cattle had been assessed in 1918,
while in Dona Ana the percentage was
1867, there being 5.667 more head
Of cattle assessed than the government
credited to the county, Taking the
Sldtt eto IL WHuits tile leueEdi TepoTtS
showed 1.669,000 head of cattle and
the assessm ent rolls 1,S33,010 head, or
1887 per cent listed for taxation pur-
poses
Using. the same figures as a basis,
there were 6S11 per cent of the
horses 65.26 per cent of the mules.
65.06 per cent of the sheep and 33.47
per cent of the swine IN the state in
1918 on the assessment rolls
Biological Surveys Work.
In conclusion Mr.. Saint assured the
cattlemen that they would receive
fair treatment at the hands of the
commission. in return for which the
commission would expect cooperation
and fair treatment from the cattlemen
when rendering their property.
S. E. Piper, head of the United
States biological survey in this dis
trict, told of the accomplishments Of
the survey force in exterminating
predatory animals and rodents.
Eighty-three wolves, thirty five
mountain. lions. and hundreds of
coyotes have been killed. while the
work of Kidding the infested areas Of
prairie dogs is making good progress.
i weYld Be possible. he said, practic-
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