Auto Mail Service Between Gallup and San Juan Basin
The Shiprock bridge on the San Juan river is funded with 6500 dollars and the Navajo Nation will reimburse. Construction is set for fall with operation next spring. A Gallup Farmington auto road would cut mail time and help freight, linking Gallup to Shiprock and beyond. Local groups plan a Good Roads Holiday to rally community road projects and improve the Hogback to Farmington stretch.
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New Mexico
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W. H. Blackwell
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Collier’s Weekly
John Emmett Richard
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Lake Huron
William A. Comstock
University of Michigan
Milwaukee Northern Railway
Preagque Isie
Coolidge
Kirtland
Dhalea
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Homestead Laws eased to aid settlers and lenders
Washington reports lawmakers remove a residency requirement for water scarce lands and authorize fixed improvements on homestead entries. Secretary Lane approves reclamation service amendments allowing lenders to file interest notices on privately owned lands under project, ensuring notices of water charge defaults and seeking to stabilize security for loans.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Lane
Reclamation Service
Liquor Interests Urged to Study American History
The piece urges liquor interests to study American history to counter wet campaigns. It notes liquor literature floods the country aiming to educate people against Webb law restrictions on shipping into dry regions and warns brewers and liquor dealers to remember past lessons.
Thoroughbred stock shipment to Shiprock Indian Agency
Last Thursday a carload of cattle sheep and hogs arrived at Barmington for the Shiprock Indian Agency. Superintendent Shelton has spent seven weeks in the east seeking top thoroughbred stock, securing six breeds of sheep from Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania and New York. He notes crossing Navajo sheep with the imported stock to improve size and meat while preserving wool. Also imported from Otis stock farm in Ohio are 22 Durham shorthorn cattle to boost dairy production and stock for breeding on the reservation.
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Shelton
Otis Stock Farm
Ohio
Durham
Bates Etrain
W. T. Shelton
Shiprock Agency Shows Model Farm and Summer Growth
The Shiprock Agency features a well kept farm with a thriving garden and lush flower beds. Superintendent Shelton reports a new swimming pond nearby and a large area of alfalfa ready for a second cutting. Most children are away for summer vacation as healthy watermelons promise future carloads.
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Shiprock
Shelton
Sever Acres
Farmington to Host Third San Juan County Fair Dates Set
At Allens opera house a Farmington meeting set the Farmington fair on September 11 and 12 with exhibits on Main street. San Juan Day features ribbons for arrivals, a big picnic, pioneer talks, and Indian events. Plans include parades, races, and multiple fairs in San Juan county.
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Allens Opera House
San Juan
Fair Grounds
Cottonwood Grove
San Juan County
Parmington
Aztec
San Juan Indian Agency
Shipoick
Tris N. Ball
Fannie L. Paxton
Butler
Nan D. Bowne
C. Strawn
W. H. Harrington
W. K. Warrington
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Moonshiner Hunter Sam Kirkpatrick Faces Long Years
The piece portrays Sam Kirkpatrick of Iowa's Sixth District as a famed moonshine hunter since the Civil War era. He recalls numerous gunfights, severe injuries, and near blindness from years of perilous enforcement work, tallying around 200 bullets and multiple recoveries by doctors who doubt his recovery.
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Sam Kirkpatrick
Iowa
Kirkpatrick
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