PAGE FOUR THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN SANTA FE N M THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4 1909 SANTA EE NEW MEXICAN THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING COMPANY PUBLISHERS PAUL A F WALTER FRANK P STURGES Editor and President VicePresident JOHN K STAUFFER SecretaryTreasurer Entered as Scccmd Class Matter RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION Dally per week by carrier f 20 Daily per month by carrier 75 Jaily per month by mall 65 Dally per year by mail 7 CO OFFICIAL PAPER The New Mexican Is th3 oldest newspaper In New Mexico It is cent to very postolflce in the Territory and has a large and growing circulation Among the intelligent and progressive people of the Southwest THE FAIR LAND There is something in the ar and the skies of the Sunshine Territory that inspires patriotism unci loyalty After the first shock of the change from conditions In the east to the nov e surroundings and life of the South west the newcomer Invariably be comes a stanch defender of Xew Mex ico if not of its people then at least of its natural aspects This love of the land at first repellant to the new comer becomes passionate after the newcomer has lived here a