Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-06
ICE FAMINE IN
SANTA f To b:
RELIEVED SOON
New Plant Is Almost Ready
To Begin Operation; Poll
tics Occupies Center of
Stage at Capital City.

| Especial Correspondence to The JournaI.)
Santa Fe, Aug. 5.-Santa Fe's
ice famine seems now to be in a
sure way of betterment. The Santa
Fe Utilities company, which was
organized some time ago, is about
ready for operation. Next week
will see some home made ice that
can be depended upon for daily
use, and the outside shipment will
be compelled TO take a back seat
Aside from the ice production
there will be ice cream and butter
distributed and the plan is not
to make the product for local.
consumption only, The capacity
of the plant win be ten tons of ice
daily, five hundred gallons of ice
cream, three thousand pounds of
butter. A cold storage plant will
be in connection. The creamery
products will be for wholesalers
only, and no retail business VIII
he conducted. This is most
needed industry for Santa Fe and
lit will stimulate other lines of
business, such as a dairy, and al
ready those in this business are
getting ready for a larger stock
The Cherokee & Pittsburg Coal
and Mining company, operating in
Colfax county, has filed with the
tax commission an appeal from
the assessed valuation on their
lands placed by the county board
of equalization. The value placed
on these lands is $105,069 on
7165 acres. On protest against
this assessment, the protest was
overruled and the appeal is taken
to the tax commission. The claim
is made that other lands adjoin
ing and in the same neighborhood
are assessed at low figure or not
at all, including coal lands, and
this is regarded as an unfair meth f!
cd. The attorney for the Chero- |
kee & Pittsburg company is G. S. |
Downer, of Albuquerque.
There is still nothing but politics |
being talked in Santa Fe. The /.
conferences are numerous and one |
hears so many different stories |
that it is impossible to, tell what |
will be the outcome. II. q. Bur |
sum was called to the capital city !
and has arrived but has nothing |
to offer other than to say he does |
not know what he was sent for,
Senator FAN is still here and the
conferees from all over the state
have been drifting in. Governor j
was expected last night,
but failed to arrive, and all is in II
doubtful state until he is CON
suited and his position stated. one
hears that within the next twenty
four hours all will be nicely fixed |
and everything smoothed out That
is the general expression. Cover
nor Larrazolo arrived this noon
and during the day there is poll
tics only on the carpet and in
the air. Probably matters will be
brought to a conclusion during the
day and evening. No other posi-
lion on the ticket is being talked
Of and will not be taken up, as
voters. The governorship is the
only topic and some kind of COM
promise is looked for by those in
Word has been received by the
state corporation commission quot I.
ng advanced freight rates in the
western group of states. 1t has
leen determined that an advance
10 35 per cent will be made in the
western group and rs per cent in
he Pacific group. On joint and
single lines between points in one
group and points in other groups
he increase will be thirty-three
md one-third per cent.