Senator Holm Bursum’s rugged rise to the U S Senate
A detailed portrait of Holm Bursum of Socorro New Mexico, his hard scrabble youth in Colorado and Mexico, early work as a mule skinner and cattleman, stampedes and races, and his steady rise to land a U S Senate seat amid New Mexico state service and Republican leadership roles.
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W. M. Hudson
Washington
Commonwealths
East
Harding
Senator Fall
Interior
Mediem
Fall
New Mexico
Bursum
Socorro
Senator
Bursum _is
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Colorado
Denver
Col
Rsun
Mexico
Saratoga
Merrie Old England
Senate
United States Senate
Stampedce
Arizona
Territorial Senate
Repubican National Committee
Bs Thouri
Destructive Rio Puerco Flood Impacts Gallup Area
Heavy rains raised the Rio Puerco near Gallup to near record height. Westward to Holbrook and east to Wingate suffered flood damage with water washing over roads and bridges, flooding cellars and streets. Rescue efforts and road closures followed as residents hauled furnishings and pumps worked to drain inundated blocks.
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Gallup
Wingate
Holbrook
Puerco
N. 1St. Street
Warren Avenue
McCune
Farmington Road
Santa Fe Railroad
W. A. Johnson
Zuni Station
Continental Divide
Zuni Mountains
Navajo Reservation
Santa Fe
MacDonald
John Vickery
George Ashton
Cylde Middleton
TNT
Wilson
McKinley County Debt-Free Highlighted by Two Papers
The Albuquerque Evening Herald and Gallup Herald praise McKinley County for eliminating its 65 000 bonded debt over twenty years. The editors credit conservative governance, predict tax cuts and defend past politics amid cries of bossism.
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Albuquerque Evening Herald
McKinley County
Gallup Herald
New Mexico
Good Roads Conference in Santa Fe Plans Road Maintenance
The Good Roads Conference in Santa Fe gathered delegates from county boards, commercial bodies, and cities to address highway maintenance and emergency repair. Officials including Gov. Mechem and State Highway Engineer Gillett outlined a 50 50 plan with counties and urged equitably distributing gasoline and automobile license tax proceeds to fund maintenance and urgent repairs statewide.
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Santa FE
N.M
Mechem
Charles’’Springer
Eugene Kempenich
State High ‘Commission
Gillett
Highway Commission
State Highway Commission
Springer
Mora
San Miguel County
Santa Fe Trail
Mora County
San Miguel
Postmaster Generals Hays Saves Millions In Post Office
Los Angeles report cites Postmaster General Hays stating the postal service cut expenses by more than 5 million dollars in the last sixty days. He calls for continued cooperation from postmasters and supervisors to tighten spending to actual needs and run the department in a businesslike manner.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Hays
New Mexico and Santa Fe Inspire Kansas Editor
Kansas editor praises New Mexico and Santa Fe in a Br reach of admiration. He lauds Pecos ruins and cliff dwellers, the indigenous arts, and Doctor Birger Sandzen's paintings while urging a tourism and art heritage awareness in the Southwest.
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Arthur Brisbane
New Mexico
J. L. Brady
Salina
Union
Brisbane
Brady
Santa Fe New Mexican
Santa Fe
America
Pecos Pueblo
Pecos
Washington
Southwest
Mecca
Republican Convention Set for Santa Fe August 18
Santa Fe chosen to host the state Republican convention to nominate a U S senator candidate for the September 20 special election. The meeting set August 18 with 532 delegates based on last election congressional votes. Las Cruces invited. Dona Ana county member present. no city formally nominated.
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Santa FE
Republican State Central Committee
United States
Las Cruces
R. F. Asplund
Otero-Warren
Elfego Baca Named Chief Inspector for Interior
Secretary A. B. Fall announces Elfego Baca as chief inspector for the Interior Department. Baca will lead six assistants and report directly to Fall. His duties cover legal inspections across federal possessions and projects under Interior bureaus. He says the appointment was unexpected and plans to remain in Washington to learn his duties. Fall departs Washington for New Mexico and western states.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
A. B. Fall
Elfego Baca
Department of the Interior
Baca
Fall
United States
Interior Department
New Mexico
Bryan stopped twice by police on lecture trip
Woodrow Wilson and a driver named Bryan were briefly detained in Wisconsin and Illinois as he rode to a lecture. Officers at Antioch Zion City and Delavan misidentified him, then Bryan sped on after a light handshake with the officer.
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Waukegan
William Jennings' Bryan
Jack Bairstow
Delavan
Wis
Jack
Antioch
J. 8B
Congdon
William Jennings’ Bryan
Bryan
Zion City
Bill
Mr. Bairstow
Yim Williams Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Robert E. Lee
Christopher Columbus
Gallup Team Travels to Holbrook for Weekend Baseball
The Gallup baseball team travels to Holbrook for a game tomorrow after a rain soaked Holbrook diamond forced last Sundays contest to be postponed.
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Gallup
Holbrook
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State OF New Mexico
Kansas
Columbus
Ignor
W. J. Bryan
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