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Newspaper
The Gallup Herald
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1924
Page
3
A call for men of all ages to support the Boy Scouts through time and money. The movement promotes manliness, clean living, and cooperative ideals, offering personal growth for volunteers and better communities through outdoor service and youth training.
Traveling freight agents report New Mexico will harvest about 22 million pounds of wool this year. At 32 cents per pound the value runs to roughly seven million dollars. In Canada four provinces Alberta British Columbia Manitoba and Quebec operate liquor through government stores.
Professor Henry Graves, former head of the U S forest service and now dean at Yale, urges the United States to invest about $100 million over 15 years to teach forest preservation and supply reforestation aid. The proposal signals a major federal push for conservation and renewed woodlands.
A sweeping campaign to end disease bearing insects across the Southwest fights houseflies mosquitoes roaches water bugs fleas moths bed bugs and lice. The effort emphasizes smothering insect pores with safe-to-humans preparations that also kill eggs before hatching to curb outbreaks and protect vegetation and textiles.
The article muses on Ford Car No 10 000 000 traveling the Lincoln Highway from New York to San Francisco. If all other Fords joined, 1 151 920 would be left out or parked, while 3 305 miles of highway would host a car parade of 10 000 000 vehicles in six abreast formation.
Oakland chief engineer Benjamin Jerome explains that recent Indianapolis records reflect a shift to small bore long stroke motors. He notes racing and standard cars now use lighter, smaller displacement six cylinder engines with force fed lubrication and improved cooling for speed, endurance and economy.
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F W Wurm and family with C N Farar left Holbrook at 8 40 am and Barstow at 3 25 pm on May 26 in a Cadillac for California. They reached Los Angeles at 8 20 am the same day after 756 miles in 23 hours with only meals oil and gas stops. They beat the Santa Fe train between the points, reporting good roads except through the desert and a most pleasant trip. The party calls the three weeks vacation beneficial.
The United States Army Air Service aided by Goodrich engineers builds a 64x14 inch straight bead cord tire in Akron Ohio. The tire will stand over five feet high with 14 inch cross section and carry a 20 000 pound load at 75 pounds inflation. Special molds and machinery were set up at the plant to produce this first in a series for a new giant air craft to be tested at McCook Field Dayton Ohio.
Senator Bursum's bill to authorize a yearly $20000 appropriation for Navajo main tenance of the Gallup to Shiprock road nearly failed in the house before adjournment. Representative Begg pressed objections while Representative Taylor defended that tribal funds would cover the cost, avoiding federal treasury use. The measure passed with no senate amendments.
Ford Motor Co reports May retail sales in the United States reached 209,001 vehicles, marking one of the highest months in history and the third straight month above 200,000. Fordson tractors also show strong demand, averaging over 300 daily retail units in May.
Hearing in Santa Fe by Mark W. Potter of the Interstate Commerce Commission on NM Central Railroad extending from Santa Fe Northwest to Galina Rio Arriba County and Colo Fads Columbus & Mexican line expanding from Gallup toward the San Juan basin with August sessions scheduled.
A fragment from a weekly poem questions value placed on money versus brains. It contrasts the loud boasting of the fortune holder with the quieter wisdom of those rich in intellect, noting some people worship dollars while others deserve more respect for their thinking.
President Chenes approved the Jones Morrow bill to amend section two of the stock raising act. The amendment lets the secretary of interior designate stock raising lands requiring 640 acres for family support and grant an age credit for residence from establishment. Applicants gain no occupancy rights until designation or actual residence is established.
In remanding for a new trial the case against C W Snyder of Colfax county the supreme court ruled liquor’s intoxicating character may be proven by testimony from people experienced in tasting and drinking it rather than by chemical analysis. The decision highlights the evidentiary standard in liquor cases.
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