Show Stray Burros Roam in Santa Fe Serenading Residents Residents' Every Night i S SANTA FE N. N M M. CAP Stray AP SUay l b burros are a greater problem than stray dogs in this q city where old Id Spain Sp mingles with the wll wild west S Mayor Jim McConvery knows know's something ought to be done about the problem but he doesn't know what that something ought to be Every night tho telephone Interrupts interrupts interrupts inter inter- I the ma mayors mayor ors sleep and some indignant citizen informs Mayor Jim he ho is indignant because a stray minstrel with long rhythmic ears is serenading beneath the bedroom window The mayor e. e expresses his sympathy f for r he he too toe knows that a braying burro cI can be be bea a nuisance just like a telephone durIng during dur dur- ur- ur ing the hours intended for slumber Tile The stray burros have havo been driven out of town But th they y ha have hae e found the way war back for for they seem to be fond fond of of the governors governor's plaza where they can ni nibble ble leaves off low- low hanging trees Once the mayor signed a a. decree for the execution of or the idle burros but public opinion compelled him to rescind it First we had a hard time finding someone without t qualms of conscience conscience conscience con con- science o over e t taking the life Ufe of a burro tUrro McConvery 1 y relates When we e did find finda a a willing executioner i there was wasa a storm of protest from the faction action which accused us of tr trying ing to destroy the towns town's mo most t atmospheric asset 1 Besides Besides' decorating the thela landscape i burrows serve only nI fr o oe e eus one us useful ful purpose purpose pur pur- pose rose in New Ne- Mexico Th Tha natives athes I use them as asp pack ck animals io for bringing bring bring- ing Ig wood and fagots fagot from the moun- moun r Since there Is little demand for fuel in this southern climate a n. surplus of burros Is inevitable The wood dealer may have a s. pads pack of ot six sir and when they get too old old- for far their burdens he turns them loose and catches some younger one ones Motor tourists frequently are I stopped stop by burros on the county roads To the blare of ot the automobile automo automo- bile bUe horn they respond with a blare or two of their own and finally they saunter leisurely very leisurely leisurely- I out of the tho way I |