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Newspaper
The Gallup Herald
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1921
Page
4
The Gallup Herald details its status as the McKinley County paper in Gallup New Mexico. It lists staff including George A Byue and Leonard F Byus as managing editor and assistant manager.
The piece argues for a Chamber of Commerce style group to back targeted outreach. It critiques sending ads far away and highlights Leo Leader’s Los Lunas campaign as proving visible dollars from local promotion. It urges regional teams to boost tourist traffic along Gallup routes to increase spend.
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company of Akron Ohio thanks The Gallup Herald for fair treatment of foreign and local advertisers. They note ad rates at 40 cents per single column inch per issue and celebrate a prosperous year with plans for more business and greater newspaper appeal next year.
The article warns that high taxes and heavy costs impede industry and jobs. It argues for reducing public spending and tax burdens to lower operating costs, spur investment, and create employment. It urges serious action by public officials and media to face these fundamentals.
Jess H. Blackmore of the American City Bureau arrives to supervise a Gallup reorganization plan. The bureau has built many boards of trade and chambers and plans to establish a daily chamber here to boost local progress. Blackmore will spend weeks outlining plans before the community decides.
The Silver City Independent notes signs copper industry recovery as China Copper linked to Gallup American Coal suggests more digging jobs. After a year of losses, prosperity for big firms means relief for workers, though some groups dispute benefits and wage ideas.
The Gallup Herald receives compliments from Judge Edmund B. French noting the paper’s growth and community mission. The editor expresses commitment to delivering the best weekly newspaper in the West for Gallup.
A column portrays Judge Ben Lindsay advocating against fines for bootleggers. The piece argues moonshine punishment harms the poor and urges government to regulate by legalizing making and selling alcohol. It frames the issue as compassionate while noting the wealthy keep real liquor illicitly.
A satirical excerpt mocks editorial page editors of Bronson’s daily wail and targets readers who clip Gallup Herald clippings. It references two acephalous apes in a Cutting cage aiming to disgrace the page and praises careful clipping as the only credit.
News of the death of Senator Philander C. Knox is reported with tribute to his stature as a statesman. The piece notes his influence in government and his long service, expressing national and global mourning.
The Gallup Herald sends its publicity agent J. W. Piner to accompany the Gallup boosters on their Durango trip. The paper highlights Gallup’s role in the upcoming Gallup Farmington Durango railroad project and notes Wall Street Journal coverage. Gallup is positioned as a key end of the new line and urged to leverage the opportunity.
Wall Street Journal reports a fifty million dollar steel works project to be built in Los Angeles as investors from Gallup Farmington and Durango rail line eyed Durango coal fields for the mills. The Gallup Farmington and Durango railroad is presented as a certainty.
The Albuquerque Evening Herald laments a long string of constitutional amendments and praises a call for a constitutional convention. The Raton Range reprints the piece, arguing amendments are used to pacify the rabble and that socialist agitation aims to destroy rather than improve the constitution.
President Harding is described as the world’s most economical executive. He uses his own car, avoids pomp, and keeps White House running costs down, saving about $216 000 this year. Treasury figures show July and August costs are $91 803 lower than seven years ago, highlighting thrift as a national influence.
Local business leaders including C N Cotton Horace Moses F B Maple W H Morris G W Curtiss E Z Vogt and J B McKinley back a re organized Gallup Chamber of Commerce renamed to McKinley County Chamber of Commerce The group selects committees and pledges constructive policies to benefit every citizen as it prepares to function with clear aims and benefits for the county.
The piece notes famine in Ghina and Russia followed by plague, warns of a potential Black Death return, and cites doctors optimistic that modern medicine and quarantine will hold back contagion. It highlights border controls around Poland Bohemia and Hungary and praises Western expertise in eradicating plagues.
A poem fragment contrasts the undependable quick quitter with the steady stayer who endures misfortune. The speaker sits on a porch at sundown and critiques those who envy others and fear hard work, praising patience and perseverance over complacent ease.
The M. J. Conley company plans to start picric acid cartridge production at McCune Spur within 6 to 8 weeks under a U S government contract. Curbing road building and land clearing uses these cartridges, with 125 to 200 workers anticipated and a large payroll. TNT storage at Fort Wingate could follow if contracted, but not included in this agreement.
The article notes that permanent homes for workers are undecided with talks of keeping them in Gallup and using a Santa Fe shuttle train daily. If not, housing and boarding must be arranged at the spur as Conley Company deploys multiple cars of manilla paper parafine and machinery. some cars are already en route to speed up operations.
Palmer Kenner Post No 8 of the American Legion has received its permanent charter. The charter was received by Adjt. LF Byus and presented to the post on Wednesday night. A heavy document bearing the names of charter members accompanied the charter. The post is now officially recognized on the American Legion map. A Third Annual American Legion Dance is planned for November 11, 1921, with committees preparing items and tickets to be sold soon.
Judge John R McFie assistant district attorney for the First Judicial District has returned from the Presbyterian hospital in Albuquerque feeling fine and ready for business.
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