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Newspaper
The Gallup Herald
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1916
Page
4
Gallup town officials pass ordinances taxing licensed auto for hire operators at 25 dollars per year and require license placement on vehicles. A second measure adds a 25 dollar annual license for junk shops with semiannual payments and prohibitions on operating without license. The actions amend existing codes and set penalties for noncompliance.
An ordinance amends ordinance number in the revised code. Details are unclear due to fragmented text but action concerns updating a statutory provision within a local government framework. The measure appears routine, with no explicit dates or opponents cited.
Public Land Office in McKinley County New Mexico announces a public sale on February 7 1917 in Gallup for two land tracts Lot 12 44 512 Sec 24 T13N R16W and Lot 1 81 2 NW1 4 NEM 5W1 4 Sec 20 7 15N R16W with minimum bid 3 00 per acre and equal annual payments thereafter. The sale includes timber and improvements valued at several thousand dollars and is subject to specific terms and forfeiture for nonpayment.
Mrs Gregory hosts a Wednesday club business meeting to elect officers. Episcopal Guild plans a Christmas event for church children. Little Miss Susie Smalling and Sofrano McKinney host a party for friends. Edith Hart, studying harp in Boston, played at the Elks memorial service and other local events. Strangers club gathers for needlework and lunch. Eastern Star to install officers on the 18th with a banquet anticipated.
The Wednesday club elected officers for the ensuing year at Mrs Page home with Mrs Engst as president and Mrs W R Cregar as vice president The next meeting will be December 27 at Mrs Polson home.
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