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Newspaper
The Gallup Herald
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1920
Page
4
The Gallup Herald denounces A T Hannetts defense of open gambling and urges publication of the town audit. It accuses local officials and lawyers of weak legal stance, calls for grand jury inquiry if rumors of gambling funding Democratic campaigns are true, and argues for transparency from town authorities and support for local papers and the chamber of commerce.
The Gallup Herald supports enacting a law to publish county audit reports with state authorization. It argues publicity aids transparency between officials and the public and notes past delays in obtaining synopsis reports from the State Auditing Department. The paper offers to publish audits at no charge if given access and authority.
A reflection on wasted Gallup funds during a year. The piece critiques perpetual schemes and donations used for publicity and advertising. It questions the value of contributing to the so called piker list and mocks trivial advertising costs.
Readers are urged to study the Gallup commissioners proceedings in The Gallup Herald. The piece questions how Gallup is financed and how town money is raised and spent, asking readers whether the price is worth it. It notes accountability for those who helped create the situation and asserts residents get what they pay for.
A report by H. P. Powers outlines practical soil fertilization methods. Direct application of nitrogen salts is costly and often unnecessary except on poor land or in intensive gardening. Returning humus through barnyard manure preserves humus-forming material and remains essential.
The text explains that manuring alone cannot sustain soil fertility and that legume crops such as clover alfalfa soybeans and cowpeas fix nitrogen from the air with symbiotic bacteria in root nodules. This natural process adds soil nitrogen worth up to thirty dollars per acre and complements other farming methods.
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