The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-07-20
Otdte caption VIEWS
STATE TO Be SHORT
N ROAD FUNDS
,400,0 900 to Be Needed
to Carry Out Fed
eral Aid Program

SANTA FE, July 2O.-The means
TO aecure state funds to meet the fed
erai appropriations for federal aid
projects In New Mexico win be tho
important subject OF the conference
which the state highway commission
will hold with officers OF the State
Tax Payers association. at an carly
day.
Under the present arrangements
that have been authorized for state
funds. New Mexico will lack approx.
imRtely $4,000 OF the amount re-
uuired TO carry out the federal aid
program, for which the governments
share win be available. Hope OF car
rying the 81, 900. 900 bond issue at the
November election has been practic.
ally abandoned. There y a serious
doubt hat the question will even be
submitted. and already other plans
for raising the revenue arc. being
considered.
Failure TO submit the question will
he due to lack OF funds available for
the purpose. The secretary OF state
Ia charged with the responsibility of
submitting the question. Printing OF
the roads bonds act In the newspa-
pcrs OF the several counties will cost
approximately $4,000, while Secretary
Martinez has only a little more than
$500 available.
Tho state highway commission
does not feel that II has authority to
take the balance from It's funds.
which. II holds. must be expended
upon roads.
Decrease In Diseases.
Communicable diseases reported in
New Mexico last week dropped TO the
low level OF rs cases. Il IN shown BY
the bulletin from the state health de-
partment. The total number the
1901 49,. Nnn MI l-.s g..w.
Der " In spite of the fact that Grant
county shows 80 cases OF tuberculosis,
Nearly all OF these cases are regis
tered Mt the new government hospital
at Fort Bayard. now operated by the
public health service, The presence
Of . cases OF typhoid fever In Chaves
county indicates u condition which
requires attention.. and DIR. @. s.
Luckett. chief OF the division OF COM
municable diseases, Is now In Ros-
well making an Investigation. The
several diseases throughout the state
are distributed az follows:
Chancrold-ChRves /.
Diphtheria-San Miguel 3. Torrance
/; total e..
Dysentery. bacillsy-Chaves /.
GOnorrhea-Chaves 2.
MalariR-Iio Arriba 6.
Notwithstanding 3.
M~unps-Eddy l., Grant >. ~~.,rance
!; total 4.
Pneumonia-Luna l..
Scarlet fever-Chaves /.
Syphilis-Eddy l. Luna 2; total o.
Tuberculosis.-Grant 80. Bernalillo
?; total So.
Typhoid fever-Chavcs .. Eddy Il:
total 10.
Wbooplng cough--Eddy 3. Grant
., san Miguel 2; total z.
Taxes Apportioncd.
June tdx collections amounting to
s340,47T have becn apportioned by
the state 'treasurer's office to the sew
eral funds and institutions. The
state roads FUND receives SIS, $40,
current schooi fund S2s.6O4. war GER
tificates fund ti4,soO. while the Agri-
cultural College. recently reported to
be In financial straits. gets Si9.359.
The University OF New Mexico. Albu-
quorque, is credited with / 3,9Ig.
while the Institute for the Blind. Ala
mogordo. gets S6,662. The Childs'
Welfare board gets t9s3.9 s, the Girls
Welfare board f1.3i4.24. the Board
Of Health S2.t34.79. the Vocational
Education fund ~S3.394.56. Predatory
Animal and Rodent Control fund S4,-
1O2.T5.
New Corporation.
The Molybdenum Corporation OF
America. n Delaware corporation with
principal office in Wilmington. has
filed Its charter with the New Mexico
Corporation commission, and will
maintain Its New Mexico office In
santa Fe. The authorized capital
stock Is $4,000, 900, the company be-
ginning business with $1,000 sub
scribed. Tho three incorporators are
residents of Wilmington. Tho pur-
poses of the corporation are mining.
tra nannrffDR pNlIftnr NrnAnnlnu ntr-
cenirating n preparing for market
Z molybdenum and other minerals.
Within fifty years our present tim