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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
RESULTS TO new MEXICO FROM
THE Mine OUTPUT TAX LAW

1t has been charged generally by tht democratic speakers and
the press thai the mine output law was the result OF or was brought
about by a de.plaid plot OF the mining interests to avoid paying
their share OF taxes. 1t has been further stated that under it they
arc. Or have been escaping taxation. This is absolutely false, and
nothing demonstrates it better than the tax rolls themselves which
are open to the inspection OF the general public.
have Jus, completed a personal termination III N. and nio; check so0 of
n,Sit a 10, To1 ,ic T pas, sis' yesfs. 20 and 'pt the resulting figures res a~h interest:
S .,n foT @ my p sapns D1 I 5sSk %! % p pT@ ee%t Of f ali siS SGRp property ts
IN the stats Co.. End s ,sa nSl. their TAX a. assessments s. w OR yaIp1 n,ed a ,Ud
which, incidentally are the ones aaginst whom the principal demo-
cratic attack has been made are;
For Grant County-Chino Copper Co, Eightyhye Mining Co,
Empire Zno Co, Pheps-Dodge corporation.
For soco,1o countyarozark Smelling & Mining Co. Empire
company and Carthage Fuel company.
For Mckinley county-Diamond Coal company. Gallup South
western Coal company, Gallup American Coal company.
.n, s For 6slias ' our, co%oi LSui; p RsSssy .b mSS@' sd1. 3 Pssiie Co.
parts, that :. ID. the assessment for the mineral value Of land, c2
b tSs Is,ss'm ms@S Si AL e Dshs5 pTT 9ropyit THAT ttt Is s sa5i' s. y fSs total ol i'a as!
sessment for mineral value and other property. ! began in the year
WEI. we're SsSeT, on t the psr = %f basis ai: By : the local cds assessors. That year
;S e asS'e IN d ' ,ai e u properly Sps& in'i general
1t will be remembered that in 1915 the so-eaned mine outpu.
power to determine the mineral value Of land owned BY producing
f'T %TI sfd Using IN ,s p |, P50d iSst the 81 general nsp fG iap passed ed i in lois iSis.
which created the tax commission, granted such commission GO nsi certain
Now used all OF the years subsequent to, and including the
ear l9lSt- order to lind .S out ,;~ what sfSo, # any these new laws
divided the valuations as between the mineral value and the
land and the other mining property for the reason that the tax COM
mission had ,rginal jurisdiction Of the mineral values, whereas the
assessor. had original jurisdiction over the other property. Ny idea
szs 20 ascertain whether r not, by using the output method for
determining the mineral value, instead Of the per-scre method, or
guess & assessor. greater or lesser values were procured. The
following figures will demonstrate the result:
IN iga the total value Of the mineral land. held BY the com
gaE,ss have named and fixed by the local assessor was
the output method. was fixed at So73l. aga by the tax COM
rnsssion. AN INCREASE OF SZAZ19.
IN 1914 the other mining property Of the companies / have
named was fixed by the local assessors at 89663 and in 1915 by
reason Of the data secured IN making output reports, as well as
the general supervisory powers f the newly created tax commission
the values Of these and othr properties were raised to S3T.1e1. or
AN INCREASE OF S3oos16
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
SAN MIGUEL

The Romero Mercantile company
located at the corner OF Pacific and
Moreno streets West side, has beer
sold to N. Stein by h. G. de Baca
who has had charge OF the business
since March, 1917, at the death OF
the founder, margarine Romero,
who established the business in l&5
The Romero Mercantile company
is one of the best known torres ia
New Mexico and does an extensive
mail order business.
A.. g. Goerlich who has been with
the company ten years will have
complete charge of the office force
F. c. de Baca who has had charge oil
the grocery department a long time
will continue in that department.
and K. + Baca will continue at the
head of the dry goods and gents
furnishing departments.
Mr.. Stein was formerly a whole
sale dry goods merchant in New
York city, with branches at Denver
aud IL Psso and he did an extensive
export business with Old Mexico.
family is nov at FL Paso and
will not join him here until the end
Of the school term. He has an OPP
On residence property here and
will b. a permanent fixture in the
mercantile life OF las Vegas-Las
Optic.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
MCKINLEY

Monday night burglars broke into
the Kahn store and got away with
about 500 worth OF goods. The
sheriff's office Immediately began
work on what clue could be picked
M Deputy Sheriff Fred Ramos
following the clue TO Holbrook.
Arizona. where he found two men
who had just held up a hotel. Mr..
Ramos escorted the men back TO
Gallup and lodged them in jail. 1t
is now believed that the two men
arc also wanted in Albuquerque for
burglary. The sheriffs depart
ment made quick work of this and
it is believed that the recent bur.
glaries that have been pulled
off in Gallup will now come
to an end or at least this case
will be the means OF finding. the
guilty fellows who have got away
with other like caSes.-Gallup Her
aid.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
PLATFORM OF DEMOCRATS
ADOPTED AT CONVENTION
OF PARTY AT LAS VEGAS

That we favor the repeal of the
laws creating and maintaining the
State Road Board, and the made
quate and cumberson system Of so.
called road construction and main.
tenance under which the funds ap-
propriaied for such purposes are dis
sipated and exhausted in salaries
and expenses with SO little profit to
the highways Of the state; and we
favor the substitution therefor of
statutes restoring to the several
counties the maintenance of roads
within their limits under statutory
regulations which shall insure good
roads at a fair and reasonable ex-
pense."
Albuquerque Morning Journal
August rs, 1920
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
new MEXICO
NEWS REVIEW
CONTINUED from page oneJ

NNOutiuuSo I'oAn Pcs ~"N'
pany who has been in this district
Tor the past few months, has taken
sver a zinc property near Fierro and
is now engaged in prospecting it by
means of churn drilling. Should
this work result satisfactorily his
company will undoubtedly operate.
1t is estimated that not less than
1900 men and women are hunting
de- r in the ella National Forest at
the present time. This makes no
account of those who have gone in
from the north or west.
A hundred or more of those en-
jcying the sport are from points
outside of New Mexico and include
people from New York, Detroit and
Georgia on the east and California
on the vest.
The most noted of the sportsmen
who are here are Col. D. c. jack
ling. head of the Chino and other
large copper companies and Edscl
Ford of Dearborn, Mich, son OF
Henry Ford of automobile fame.
. The lacking party were headed
fol- the middle fork Of the ella and
the Ford party are in the Mogollons
having driven through here Sunday.
Silver City Enterprise.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
LUNA

The first bale of cotton was gin
ned Saturday afternoon and is now
on display in front of the Toggery
it having been the cotton that won
the prize of $3.50 offered by that
firm for the first bale 10 be deliv-
cred to the gin by any cotton
raiser in the county. Manager
Smith of the cotton gin company
says that the gin is working perfect
ly nov and that it will run steadily
until all the cotton in the country
is ginned. A number of people
have witnessed the work Of separat-
ing the seed from the cotton this
week many of whom had never seen
how the work was done before
Deming Headlight.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29

The Oil Issue company renewed
drilling Wednesday having set the
S-inch casing, Tbs bottom of tbs
hole disclosed a red formation Al
ESQ feet-Glenrio Tribune.
Work at the McGee oil we'll Is
processing very slowly. They are
pulling casing but have not succeed
ed in getting the six inch casing be
low the 200 foot depth. Ii is hog
ed they will soon finish the pulling
of all the casing necessary as thoso
who hay. kept track of develop
ments have faith in the outcome. #
oil is 0 found there the rig viii
he moved to another location whpre
another test well will be drilled.
With the knowledge obtained in
drilling the present well to a depth
OF 1910 feet the operators believe il
will be much cheaper and faster in
putting down the next well-Tu-
cumcari News.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
REGULAR LEAGUE OF NATIONS
COVENANT

The Road Plank as first issued by
the democratic headquarters stated
That Ne favor the repeal OF the
laws creating and maintaining The
State Road Board"
There is only one road b ard they
could have possit,, referred to and
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29

w. A. Dunnam of Hobbs, the sy-
rup manufacturer started his syrup
mill to operating Monday and Jude
ing from the many loads of cane
which are daily being hauled in we
calculate there will be enough las
ses" to smear up the face Of every
urchin in Southeastern New Mex'o1.
Mr.. Dunnham is onto the job al
right having followed this business
for several years lrior 70 corning 20
this country.-l ogington L.rdci
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
0TER0

There were a good many groupes
of hraters who left for the hills a
be in the field when the hun'i-i,
season opened on the 10th. IT,
deer are reported to be rather oIon
tifui this season. A man who csm7
n from Roswell 10 take a hunf n
the Sacramento states that thers
are upwards Of 500 hunters frcsn
that vicinity ~ho are hunting in the
Sacramento range in various sec
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
LEA

The Territorial Bank building
which has been under construction
for some time past is now nearing
completion. This is a fine build
ing and is a great asset TO the town.
II is furnished with a steam heat
ing system and all modern improve
menfs. The building presents
very beautiful outward appearance
having a sand dash finish witn
white and grey trimmings.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
TORRANCE

School has been discontinued at
Duran on acooun; of the present
epidemic Of diphtheriz. Nj. Nicho-
las AraFon lost one of his
children on the 10th and Mr.. Martin
Iucero lost two children on the
iTth-Encino Enterprise.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
D. X. B. SELLERS
(Sipned) H. d, ABRAMS

Mr. Sellers is the democratic nomi-
nee Tor Senator from the shoestring
district, counties OF Bernaiillo, San
doval and San Juan.
Mr.. Abrams is the democratic
nominee for representative from San
iaan county.
Mr.. Sellers and Mr.. Abrams were
both attending delegates AZ the
democratic state convention.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29

lions Probably a good many %
the pecos Valley hunters go TO the
Guadalupe mountains which are
nearer. The Guadalupes have lots
of game but are rugged and portions
are almost observation-disclosures
News.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
ROOSEVELT

Editor H. B. R~ther has parted
with his entire interest in the Por-
tales Journal 10 ]. G. Greaves OF
Claudell Mr.. Greaves takes con
troll neXt week and Mr. Ryther re-
tires. Mr.. Greaves rs a practical
printer and experienced newspaper
man having published several Tex
As papers before coming to New
Mexico. The paper will continue
Democratic
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29

The kenna Bank and Trust COM
pany is now at home in the concrete
building south OF the postoffice
which they recently purchased.
New fixtures have been installed
nsw vault is being built and every
thing is in fine shape to care Tor
your busiuess-Kenna Recorn.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
LINCOLN

5. A Price is the champion wild
turkey hunter OF the season. Mr.
Price in company with two othe'
Carrizozo friends took a trim to
Water Canyon in search of the fes-
tive turkey. When they returned
there were three birds in thu car
but it seems that 5. A. killed tine en-
tire lot. However Mr.. Price is a
game sport" and Away, divides up.
Each had a turkey.
Stanley Squier and w, =. Loueh-
rey have each baggei one wild var
key.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
QUAY

Mr.. Croggins shipped four cars o.:
steers TO FL Paso the first of he
week and the FUR Bros. shipped
several head of cattle TO Kansas City
Saturday.-Nara Visa News.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29

Two deaths as the result OF diph-
liberia occurred the latter part of last
week in Las Vegas, West side within
AZ hours. One of the victims was
Mrs. Virginia Mares, age az years,
and the other was Horacio Romero,
a child OF four and a half years age
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29

William Reilly and Tom Bragg
bagged two big black bears last Sum
day in sight Of Carrizozo near Nogal
mountain.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
AN UNBIASED OPINION
IN THE ISSUE OF THE WESTERN HIGHWAY BUILDER OF
OCTOBER 90, 1920, APPEARS THE FOLLOWING

AFTER INSPECTING THE MAIN ROUTES ACROSS
ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, COLORADO, WYOMING, MON
TANA, IDAHO AND UTAH THIS SUMMER, TO THE Ex-
TENT OF MORE THAN 5000 MILES, | BELIEVE THAT NEW
MEXICO IS MAKING THE MOST PROGRESS AND SHOWING
THE HIGHEST EFFICIENCY IN ROAD BUILDING OF ANY
OF THESE STATES.
THE ABOVE WAS WRITTEN BY CHARLES FULLER GATES.
THE FIELD REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ABOVE NAMKD
MAGAZINE.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE
CANDIDATES STILL SUPPORT,
ING ORIGINAL DEMOCRATIC
ROAD PLANK

The following statement appeared
il the Pennington Times Hustler.
October l4th.
Replying to the questions sub
mitted by the Times-Hustler Of Sep
%:
18th Our Road Laws are as rotten
as politics can make them and
should all be repealed and an entire
new system created, restoring COT
troll of all county road affairs to the
county, and state road affairs to the
governor and office Of the state en-
gineer, and they should be held re-
sponsible accordingly"
(Sisned) D. K. B. SELLERS
(Sipned) II. d, ABRAMS
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
SAN JUAN

\. L. Broyles Of Ridgcway, Colo
RADIO has leased the Hubbard ranch
for mex season and expects to
raise 100 acres of beans. He also
leased the Ge,. Crozier place for his
brother b. Broyles. also of Ridge
way. Mr.. Broyles left for his home
Tuesday.-Aztcc Independent.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29

The oil field near Flora Vista in
dicates that developments are verv
favorable for the early striking OF
commercial oil by the + T. Williams
company, according to the Durango
Herald,
The company struck a good oil
sand Sunday evening which contain
ed a considerable quantity of heavy
brownish oil. Drilling on through
this sand, the tool went into shale
again. The company is driving
steadily with a double tower shit
for the Picture Cliff oil strata,
which they expect 10 open al a depth
OF from 1900 to 1000 feet. They
have now reached a depth oi 800
feet.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29

T. A. Spencer shipped fourteen
cars of fine cattle to the Kansas
City markets the middle OF last
week.-Carrizozo Outlook.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29

A genuine old-fashion ed. yardwide
simon pure, all wool windstorm was
in full force and effect last week. A.
it roared across the Mosquero Mesa
some of our citizens of imagination
declared THAI prairie dogs could be
seen twenty feet mp in the air trv
ing 20 dig holes down through he
clouds of dust-Roy Spanish
American.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
UNION

f II Orr has cold zSo acres Of
land and his hotel property ~ tie
east side cf Des MONIES 70 a Dartv
from Can n CIV Colorado. for a
consid ration OF 10000
Thieves effected an entrance ~
the Gate CITY recentfT by
breaking ont a pane ~ glass and this
time Succeeded II getting into the
safe securing about $50. N CIR
renew and coin. Nothing else was
touched Some suspect local tai
ent. but this looks like a professional
Dies Noines Svastiks
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29

r. T. +. Simpson shipped out LOS
head OF sheep Saturday to outside
markets -Farmington Hustler.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
WHAT THE NEW MEXICAN
PRINTED AUGUST rs ABOUT
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
WOULD REPEAL ALL REPUB-
LICAN LEGISLATION"

The Platform as read by Chair
man Lucius Dilf of the platf ,rm
committee was adopted without
change. 1t includes the planks fore
east in the New Mexican yesterday."
THESE INCLUDE"
-AboIishing the state road board
and the -InAdequate and cumber-
some system Of so-ealled road ad-
ministration and maintenance under
which funds are dissipated and ex-
hAusted in salaries and expenses
and the restoration of the plan OF
placing charge Of maintenance in
the hands of the counties is advo-
under statutory regulation"
New Mexican, Aug. rs, 1920
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
TAOS

]. X Eddinpton Of Ration arrived
in Taos or business and Mr.. Edding-
ton has purchased some land in the
north end of the county and will
again be counted one of Taos coun-
tvs leading citizens.
The big apple crop Of Taos valley
is about to be gathered-Taos Val
ley News.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
THE DEADLY PARALLEL OR WHO CHANGED The STATE Highway
COMMISSION PLANK IN The DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
SOMEBODY LIED YHPsH THE NEW MEXICAN AMI The ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
HERE is THE EVIDENCE OUT OF THEIR OWN MOUTHS

WHAT THE ALBUQUERQUE
JOURNAL PRINTED AUGUST Is.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-10-29
MORA

Roy has water, and plenty OF i
The town well at a little over l400
feet has all kinds of water. and good
water too. A test made or il this
week at IS gallons a minute had no
effect upon il, so a larger pump has
been ordered and AZ hour test will
be made and measured. While it
is true the well has cost a great deal
of money. vet il it proves as good
Jas it now shows it will be the best
investment that the village has wei
made and as soo as the tower can
be built and the pipe lines laid.
watch Roy grow.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-21

New York: Doctor Conner. formerly
Of Johns Hopkins hospital, says: Many
men who smoke. chew or snun necessarily
and who are seemingly healthy are
suffering from progressive organic all
ments. Thousands of them would never
have been afflicted had it not been for the
use of tobacco. and thousands would coon
get well il they would only stop the use
Of tobacco. The chief habit forming prin-
cipIe> of tobacco is nicotine. deadly poi
son. which. when absorbed by the system
slowly affects the nerves. membranes. It's
sues and vital organs of the body. The
harmful effect of tobacco varies and de-
ponds on circumstances. One will be
afflicted with general debility. others with
stipation. extreme nervousness, sieeplees-
ness loss of memory. lack Of will power.
mental confusion. etc. Others may suffer
from heart disease bronchial trouble. hard
ening of the arteries, tuberculosis. blind
; ness or even cancer or the common Attic
ton known As tobacco heart. II you use
tobacco in any form you can easily detect
the harmful effects by making the follow.
ing simple tests. Read aloud one full
page from book. II. in the course Of
reading your voice becomes mudled hoarss
/, and indistinct. and you must frequently
| clear your throat. the chances are tina,
your throat il affected by cstarrh and il
may be the beginning of more seriou.
+, trouble. Next. in 1.-THE morning before TAX
! ing your usual smoke. walk up thres
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-21
Doctor Tells How to Detect
Harmful Effects Of Tobacco
Try These SIMPLE TESTS

flights of stairs at a regular psce. then
stop. II you find that you are out of
breath, your heart beat is forced, trembling
or irregular, you may be 4 victim IF iunc-
tional or organic heart trouble. II you
feel that you must smoke. chew or snuff
10 quiet your nerves, you are = slave to
the tobacco habit. and are positively poi
soning yourself with the deadly drug. mic
otine. In either case you have jus. two
alternatives-keep on With the sell
poisoning process irrespective Of he dan
gers and suffer the consequences. or give
up the habit and escape the diLlgers. You
can overcome the craving and stop the
habit in a very short time BY Using the
following inexpensive formu 8. Go 10 any
drug store and ask for Nicotol tablets take
one tablet after each meal. and in COM
paratively short time you will have NO
desire for tobacco. the craving Will nave
left you. With the nicotine polson oat
of your system your general health will
quickly improve.
| Note-When asked about Nicotol tablets
ono of our leading druggists said 1T il
! truly a wonderful remedy for the tobacco
habit: away ahead Of anything we have
ever sold before. We are authorized ny
the manufacturers to refund he money
/ to every dissatisfied custoracr. and -
would not permit the use OF our name
unless the remedy possessed unusua
merit Nico:ol tablets are soil II thi.
city under an iron clad money back suaran
tee BY all up-to-date druggists, including
John Bengston.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-21
Dorothy Dalton's
Beauty Chat

Miss Dorothy Dalton. the actress ia
NOUS The world over for her beautiful
complexion. says: ANY girl or woman
can have Q beautiful. rosy-white COM
plexion and smooth unwrinkled skin like
mine il they will follow my advice and
use Derwillo. Z simple toilet preparation.
uae IL because IL impafts instant beauty.
10 easy to apply. absolutely harmless and
has Q marvellous effect upon the skin One
application proves it, Be sure TO read
Miss Dalton's interesting story Of how to
quickly acquire . beautiful compilation.
soon 10 appear in this paper. In the
, meantime get Derwtllo 1t any toilet
counter and try It today; you will be
DELIGHTFULLY."- surpeised. J. A. Bengstou
and RisAs Drug Store.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-21

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nrnirina q fertilA ssoil Whiting only
| 10 IS licked With toll to become
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painting to b tapped. with it, bunk
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silver and gold. with zinc and iron
and copper and aluminium and
metallic masnesia and . thousand
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