City council adds McKinley County bank as public depository
The council approved making McKinley County bank a public depository on a bank officers filing. An ordinance will require cement walks on Hill Avenue and other streets. New pumping machinery for the well arrives and will be installed. wells to be air pumped with duplicate equipment for reliability. Floyd and Sheldon Indians traders visited the city. The Gallup school board plans to retain Prof Swinney as superintendent. Miss Riordan resigns from second grade and Miss Ketner is elected to replace her. Government officers arrest four alleged bootleggers on the Navajo reservation. two cars and about $300 in liquor seized. two men released. decision on the other two postponed pending DA word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley County Bank
Hill Avenue
School Board
Swinney
Gallup
Mary Riordan
Martha Ketner
Riordon
Santa’ Fe
Dodge
Colorado
U. S
Martin
Ordinance 109 Adds Gallup Bond Issue for Reconstruction
The town of Gallup votes April 2 1918 on authorizing the Board of Trustees to incur debt up to eighty thousand dollars by issuing negotiable coupon bonds to fund reconstruction and extension of the town's water supply system. The ordinance is enacted by the Gallup New Mexico town authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallup
Board of ‘Trustes-of
Said
Meron
New Mexico
C. C. Manning Co
Board of Trustees
W. L. Lanigan
Gallup Herald
Lanigan
Board of ‘Trustees
Maps and drawings show spy worked here in town
County officers find maps and drawings indicating a spy operated in the locality. The suspect left town before completing work. a description of the man has been obtained and efforts to locate him will continue. Mrs. Gus Mulholland and son Barney report they are well and staying with Mr. Mulholland at the oil field. Theda Bara appears at Park theatre. Gallup New Mexico holds a water bond election on April 2 1918 with sections detailing bonds up to 80000 for waterworks and voting procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Mulholland
Barney
Ventura
Mr. Mulholland
Gallup
New Mexico
Gallup Herald
Pinto Wins Land Case and Gallup Water Bond Vote Set
Judge Ruiz notified Pinto a Navajo client wins the land case against Philips over allotment in the forest reserve south of Gallup. The decision allows filing and grants possession. Also, Gallup votes April 2 on issuing bonds up to 80000 dollars to fund water system construction and extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruiz
Pinto
James W. Philips
Gallup
General Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Philips
Land Commissioner
Development of San Juan oil fields by Deep Wells
The Mesa Verde Oil Co plans deep well tests north of Farmington to prove San Juan county oil potential. Backers include Trinity Selway Producers Refiners Texas Co. and others. two expert drillers hired, 50 000 acres leased. Officials and geologists will visit Gallup fields, possibly expanding work in the county after northern tests. Regents urged to assist and support deep well testing locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan County
Mesa Verde Oil Co
S. R. Coon
Aztec
Mesa Verde Company
Farmington
Trinity
Sel
Urgent appeal to halt Navajo Zuni land expansion
An immediate push to enlarge the Navajo and Zuni reservations is under way and could succeed unless county business leaders send strong protest wires to Washington. Local interests claim the expansion harms the county and urge rapid action to oppose the plan with letters to senators and representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gallup Republicans Back City Growth Plan and New Boundaries
The Gallup Republican platform endorses extending city limits to include growth areas and essential services. Voters on the 19th will decide on expansion to cover valuable property, with anticipated tax relief as more property comes under city jurisdiction. liquor license reductions may offset deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party of
Gallup
Party of Progress
Weither
Republicans
Extraordinary Arrangement Clarence Abernathy Joins Army in Colorado
Clarence Abernathy step son of W A Miller has joined the army and is stationed in Colorado. He previously drove the express wagon and his heart is on the right side with other organs in unusual places. He passed the physical exam and was inducted into infantry after X ray imaging was sent to Washington for further study. Judges McFie and Martin were in Albuquerque this week on land litigation matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Abernathy
W. A. Miller
Colorado
Washington
Irther
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ALLUP
Floyd
Floyd and Sheldon
Pinedale
Theda Bara
Park Theatre l
Food Administration
W. Murdoch Town Clerk
San Juan
Weinley County
the Park Theatre
George “H. Juillard
Red Cross
P. W. Murdock
McFie
Albuquerque
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