19 Feb 1921
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Newspaper
The Gallup Herald
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1921
Page
1
A Phoenix real estate firm plans an February 1 homeseeker excursion to Navajo and Apache counties. Participants will inspect agricultural territory south of the Santa Fe line and the Lyman Dam high-line ditch now ready to irrigate about 15 000 acres, boosting irrigation prospects for homesteaders.
A 101 year old Black man, Ethridge, walked upstairs without a cane to assert exemption from poll taxes. He produced a birth certificate showing a July 1820 birth and said he works as a laborer, gardening and sawing wood daily, remaining lively for his age.
A letter dated January 6 1921 from Torino expresses gratitude to Mrs Morello and Mrs Pasqualone and other Gallup area benefactors for aid to orphans. Primo Spegiorin age 10 born in Villaverla promises to study and be useful, sending regards and best wishes in return.
Navajo County Fair association met with Snowflake Chamber of Commerce to elect 1921 directors. Wm Scores Holbrook John L Westover St Joseph Frank J Willis Linden W E Stratton Frank Campbell M L Flake S L Fish Snowflake named to form leadership and select president for the year amid strong community enthusiasm.
An illustrated address is set for Sunday at 7 30 pm at the Congregational church. The local American Legion is invited with Palmer Kenner Post members urged to attend. The February birthdays of Lincoln and Washington give a patriotic tone to the event and the public is welcome.
Discoveries by William Duane of Harvard University and research students report X rays with higher penetrating power than earlier American rays. The team plans to use the rays in Boston for cancer therapy, noting X rays could be more available and cheaper than radium though not a universal cure. Boston insurers funded the new cancer center, and safety measures include a dedicated lab room with lead shielding. The piece also notes possible League of Nations discussion on the Irish question.
A proposed South Dakota law defines citizen status and moral liberty, allowing temperate individuals to manufacture, buy and sell stimulants with a municipal permit required. It would bar moral delinquents from citizenship and voting, and impose citizenship forfeiture for immoral conduct or aiding delinquents. The bill outlines permit issuance, bonds, and record keeping, plus strict limits on sales to verified pharmacists and responsible managers.
Farmers in the Northwest praise blooded dogs as useful for work and sport. The article notes a five dog team entered by Ashton boys and shows dogs pulling bales, illustrating the dogs’ role in farm labor and sled racing near Yellowstone Park and a wheat and potato district.
Harvey's Weekly notes Senate access to Versailles minutes reveal no Yap reservation in the Caroline transfer to Japan. It argues Wilson failed to secure internationalization of Yap, a key Pacific cable hub, creating a potential diplomatic fault line with Japan and weakening U S strategic position.
Denver reports Judge John C. Pollock warns that repealing eighteenth amendment prohibitions may avert a coming revolution as liberty curtailing laws proliferate. Pollock, temporarily seated in Denver, asserts resistance to disarmament by Japanese statesmen mirrors broader political tension.
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