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A ' MEWS ii iniiü " inio Official Paper of Navajo County and the Holbrook Oil Field SINGLE COPIES TEN CENTS ' VOL.' 12, NO. 44. HOLBROOK, NAVAJO COUNTY, ARIZONA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1921.. EARL T. LYON, Editor and Proprietor RAYNOLDS WILL PLEAD ON CHARGES TOMORROW Tomorrow is the day set for Louie Raynolds, the goat of the system, to plead "guilty or not guilty" be fore the superior court in Holbrook. Many conjectures are rife as to the tactics to be employed by the de fense at the hearing.'-tomorrow. A big pow wow of 'all the' Various units of the system is being held in Albuquerque today and i it "is - be lieved by those in a position to judge that a settlement-of .'some , kind will be reached in order to sá'vé" the' sys tern the chagrin .of . having their dirty linen hung up for the inspec tion of the many customers of the system in the southwest. ; ', '; ".. - ; It is an established custom of the system to centralize on. one, victim CITY COUNCIL HOLDS : IMPORTANT; SESSION The city coehcil met" in ' special session Thursday afternoon. Trust ees Cooley, Chamberlain Flañnigan and Scorse were present, and they waded right into things and cleaned up the calenda.?'.' '"' ' l ' ' ! '. All the bids that were received at the January meeting- for the in stallation of a water and sewer sys tem were rejected, and the bonds and certified checks accompanying them were ordered returned- to the bidders. - .' ; ' . New specifications will' be pre sented at the next regular meeting in March specifications that will specify something when the matter will be taken up and disposed of, in a manner, judging from the' attitude of those present, that wil be satis factory to the majority of the cit izens interested. .- - Councilman Chamberlin was of the opinion that so long as- the bonds were voted . and - interest accruing, that it was "tiine to go" on the con struct ion of the system, and it was the .concensus of opinion that at the March, session definite- action will be takén on' the -matter and plans form ulated 'for the 'actual flying of dirt ón'the work. - . . , .' '. .A motion was , made and carried far the clerk to notify the engineer .to have" the revised specifications ready for the meeting of March 9th, in coinpliance with the changes sug gested. ' The- bid' of Frank Whitten was- ac cepted for the laying of the side walk., along Porter street and the work ordered done. - The marshall was instructed to serve Julius Wetzler with a forty eight hour notice to -fill up and re move the hole in the sidewalk in front of the -Holbrook Mercantile building near the telegraph office. On motion of . Chamberlain ten loads of gravel were, ordered to re pair Santiego street. '. The bill for the street lighting and also for the installation was ordered held up until more light was shed on them. . . WHArS DOING IN THE JfGISLATURE - The omnibus good roads bill was given the approval of the senate af ter the amendments or " the commit tee on appropriations had been shorn away, leaving the bill in its original form except for minor amendments made in ft.he whole .-committee,, and : carrying the total appropriation at first proposed, $975,000.. At one stage .the. total had been' increased by some misunderstanding . to $1,050,000; and rio-doubt that' could have been main tained' if the matter had been pur sued!. ' ....... Fhe appropriations committee had reduced the total appropriation to $500,000 and had cut down the con tinuing appropriation to 5 cents in stead of 10r cents.' An inority report had favored the original bill, but neither report had been ' acted' upon by the senate. The first and only test of strength came when the ' item appropriating $200,000 for the Miami-Superior high way was reached. After some inde cisive viva -voce and rising voting.' a roll call was taken and the friends and enemies of the. bill found them selves lined up as follows:. Ayes Claypool, Curtin, Eddy, Lar son. Lines, McMillan, ' Saunders, Schleimer, Scott Mr. President 10. Nays Cull, Goodel,' Hedrick, Mor gan, Sims, Stoddard, Woodward 7. All other items of the .' bill were agreed to without division as fol lows: : V $50,000 for the road from Holbrook to Lupton, near the New Mexico line. " $25,000 for the roads and bridges between Williams and Ash Fork. $50,000 ;for the Toad between Geró nimo and Solomonville. in order to avoid trotting out to the public gaze the real culprits in the background.. Many propositions for a settlement along the lines of "getting the most for their money" have been discussed but nothing definite has been reached so far and the nearer the system gets to the bar of justice and a grand jury the more probable are the chances for them to liquidate. It is believed by those who know of the big volume of criminal evi dence gathered against several of the- conspirators that they will come across if for no other reason than to' temper the court in case theyl stand in ine aocK to pay the pen alty." . . $75,000, for the road between Clif- .lon and the New Mexico line. $100,000 for the road between Phoe nix- and the Yuma county line. $100,000 for the bridge over the Colorado on the Arrowhead trail. .- $75,000 for necessary concrete bridges on the Tucson-Nogales high way. . . ' . $50,000 for paving, beginning at No g-ales, running northward to the Tuc son-Nogales highway. $50,000 for road and bridges be tween Ash - Fork and the Mohave county line and $25,000 for the com pletion of the Prescott-Jerome high way. $100,000 for the road and bridges between Yuma and the Mariropa county line. The. bill has an emergency clause and there is some - doubt whether that can be carried through but the friends of the bill believe thatthe required majority may be secured. Dr .Sims, however, intimated that it will be necessary for them to be pre pared with the votes of two-thirds of the membership of the senate. By Mr. Scott, to provide for coop erative agricultural extension work between the counties and the Uni versity or Arizona. It provides for the creation of the county farm bu reau as a public corporation rather than a mere voluntary,- unofficial as sociation. Ten per cent" of the citi zens may form a temporary organi sation and may be prepared to accept fees, gifts and bequests. The organ ization then may present a financial budget to' the board of supervisors and the budget shall be spread upon the tax roll and taxes may be levied for this purpose, not in excess of $5000 or not less than $2000. The rtate shall make appropriation to rreot every dollar of each bureau up to $2000.. Plans' for the expenditure of the money for the use of the bu reau, however raised for extension work, must be presented to the board of supervisors and to the board of regents of the university not later than Dec. 10 of each year. By Mr. Claypool, providing for the appointment of a scoutmaster for each county, the appointment to be made by the board of supervisors. - The state shall make an allowance of $50 a month to each scoutmaster, and for -that purpose an appropria tion of $8400; is made. The committee of education re ported on-the nomination of E..W. Hudson to be a member of the board of regents, recommending his con firmation. Under the rule, that mat ter went over until today. - The next to the last step was ta ken by the senate with reference to senate bill 63, which has been the subject of fierce dispute. That is a bill proposing an amendment to the constitution permitting the issuance of bonds for roads and other public improvements to. 4 per cent of the taxable valuation of the state. Dr. Sims renewed his motion for the 'steenth time for the reduction of the limitation to 2 per cent and that was agreed to, and the bill was sent to the committee on style, revision and compilation. Several new bills were introduced in the house as follows: , House bill 126, by Mr. Neal, to de clare wild horses and burros public unisances and ordering their des truction, i House bill 127, by Mr. Kimball, fix ing the levy for the support or the university at 16 .cents on each $100. House bill 128, by Mr. McCullough, a revival of the old "Kinney bill,' for bidding the employment of deaf and dumb persons and those who cannot understand and speak the English language .in hazardous occupations. House bill 129, by Mr. Jones, pro hibiting the use of tobacco by teach ers in the public schools and for the purposes of the bills, defining the university and normal schools as pub lie schools. House bill 130, by Mr. Phillius, amending the law with reference to the declaration of homesteads and providing for the notification of creditors. The following bills were passed by the house on third reading: The bill to permit absentee voting; the bill providing for the distribution of supreme cpurt reports; the bill auth orizing the investment of sinking funds and the bill for the taxation of sales of gasoline. Mr. Scott's sen ate joint resolution for the investi gation of a site for a girls' industri al school also was passed. MYTHOLOGY STUDENT GETS A SETBACK Once upon a time, Ala Baba was watching his pigs industriously root ing. . Clifford King came along and asked: "Why do those pigs root so?" Ala Baba replied: "Cliff.them pigs root to prevent introspection. The success. of a pig in life hangs on his ability to forget the fact that he is a pig; so them pigs, being wise, are losing themselves in useful effort." And an overzealous editor, believ ing that what he desires will come true, might be excused on the same grounds as Ala Baba's pigs. A prospective oil magnate and get-rich-quick Texan came into the News office last week with the fever, and wanted to know where all the oil wells were located that were now drilling. We gave him the. location of the Holbrook, Adamana, Zuni, Black Can yon and Pinto, and he Went up in the air, and said: ' " v- "I been reading your paper and according ' to your own statements you should have just 52 wells drilling and about a score of outfits on the way to drill and the town slopping over with geologists, experts and in vestors holding down the lid. And on being informed that he was in the right towrt but the wrong pew, he went on his way rooting for the fountain head of Arizona oil information. SIX CHEVROLETS IN HOCK FOR TAXES When the Chevrolet slump struck the Holbrook branch of the General Motors Acceptance Company that ac cepted orders for the Chevrolet in Holbrook and their business was running in low gear, they accepted a contract with the Santa Fe to tow them back to the home office all the way and the unsold Lizzies, six or them,, were herded into a car on the Santa Fe track ready to go back, and everything looked lovely for the elopement of the said Lizzies from a stagnant and unappreciative market. But,, in the multiplication of com plications that arose in making their getaway, they snubbed ,County Assess or Shumway, and in their haste to fly - never said good bye "What is our bill for being stored up in Hoi brook?" or anything else that should have been said, and just to show the said Lizzies' chaperons that he is on the job, he tacked a notice on the departing Lizzies' special car that said "You are hereby held for taxes in the sum of $100.31," and if the said chaperons do not come through by the 17th of February he will hold a bargain sale of Chevrolets on that day and they came through. A famous scientist claims to have scheme to beat the grim reaper out of his, toll but none of the many devices to beat the tax man have ever been put over successfully. This is the only "buzz wagon" out fit in Holbrook that never could see the necessity of advertising and it is the only one that we know of that has "turned up its toes the cactus" and had its corpse attached just for living in the ' county. WINSLOW JUDGE JARRED LOOSE The Winslow Justice of Peace scrap is still holding the boards in the superior court with no signs of abate ment. J. L. Sweeney appeared before Judge "Crosby last Saturday to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt in not turning apperta nances of the office as well as the cognomen over to Walton. Attorney 0Sullivan of Phoenix ap peared for Sweeney and it was agreed that a motion for a new trial would be made before Judge Bollinger, who put the skids under Sweeney, and if he is still of the same opinion when O'Sullivan gets through with him the case will be appealed by defend ants to the supreme court. In the meantime Walton has start ed in to try over again the cases de cided by Sweeney, and when Sweeney regains his equilibrium as a judge he will probably touch up the Walton cases in this way Walton will re pudiate Sweeney and Sweeney will repudiate Walton. And the litigants in the Winslow court in the mean time will be given rain checks, for the next umpire instead of judg ments that will stick.'' THINGS DOING IN THE HOLBROOK OIL FIELD THE ADAMANA Work at the Adamana is progres sing and every foot of new hole is interesting to the drillers. The formation is unchanged and there is free oil showings in every bailing. HOLBROOK OIL Announced plans of the Holbrook Oil Company h.ive not yet been made public, awaiting the arrival of Man ager Jack Matden, who , has lately been in conference with company ge ologists and backers, and for the past few days has been transacting busi ness in connection with the future plans of the company. It is a confident belief, as evi denced by public opinion as well as the attitude of the management of this company, that the Holbrook will more than justify the expectations induced by the showing that has been made. We stated in a former issue that underreaming had been in pro gress and whether the well is shot at the present depth to ascertain the content of the strata, or whether it is decided to continue deeper, this preliminary work must be accomp lished as water was encountered af ter the original placipg of the eight inch, casing. GOSSIPY GOSSIP FROM AROUND THE . TO WII Enoch Williams,- deputy sheriff of Winslow, was in town Saturday. W. B. Woods of the Postal Tele graph Company was in Winslow Mon day on business. - County Attorney Greer and W. E. Ferguson were in St. Joseph Thurs day on professional business. P. W. O'Sullivan, one of the prom inent legal lights of the state, was here last Saturday' as counsel for Sweeney in the J. P. of W. case. W. J- Hennessey, formerly secre tary of the Adamana is now located in Granite, Oklahoma, where he is identified with the oil industry. Judge Sapp-returned from Bisbee Wednesday -where he was in attena ance at thf Ll atonic Grind Ixxlga. He was elected senior grand warden of the grand lodge of Masons. Ed. Greer, county attorney of Ap ache county, was here this week on legal business. He will be associated with County Attorney Greer in the Raynolds system trial. Luke D. Smith, a former employee of the L. B. Putney Co., has returned to Holbrook and resumed his old po sition as accountant for that com pany. , 'The Holbrook High School Dram atic Club presented "The Merchant of Venice" to a good sized audience last night. The young actors acquit ted themselves with credit. Joe Prochaska, state game warden and also a member of the advisory council of Arizona, for the - Boy Scouts, was in Holbrook Monday re juvenating interest in that order. Mayor Lee left Monday for Los Angeles where he will recuperate from the effects of a bad cold, un der the cáre of the physicians of the Santa Fe Hospital. A newspaper reporter ' claims the discovery of a sure way to -iell a woman's age. in nipping com weain er, if she's under twenty-five her cheeks go red. If she s over twénty- zve it's her nose. Mrs. Virginia Goode, stenographer for the Adamana Oil and Land com pany,' and Hugh D. O. Hammond of the Indian service at the Navajo res ervation were married at Keams Can yon last week. . A bill is in the legislature to pro hibit the use of tobacco by school teachers and principals. As the bad boy says: "111111 have something to chew about anyway, and it might as well be tobaccer. ' ( Mrs. W. B. Woods and sons left last week for Los Angeles, where they will spend some time, and while there the eldest son will take the examination for entrance to West Point. Don't overlook the ad of the Hol brook Traders on the eighth page. They are spudding in a new price on potatoes this week as well as many other necessities. The Ladies Aid had a very well at tended meeting at the church Wed nesday afternoon. Mrs. M. P. Cous ins and Mjrs. J. M. Lee were in charge. .All the ladies are very busy getting ready for the bazaar which will be held next month. Tax Collector Lore has so far col lected about $10,000 in back taxes for the county and the "slow boys" are gaining speed every day in the direction of the court' house. $1075 was collected from one Winslow mer chant this week who had overlooked the tax collector for many years. Just because a man happens to run a - newspaper is not sufficient reason that he "should foist on a patient public all his gre i vanees and disappointments, and whine around like a kindergarten kid with a sore toe. If he wants to bawl and whine and can't help it that's his busi nessbut the public soon' weary of crepe and tears that go down the other fellows mug. Cheer up, cher ries . will soon be ripe. One By one the Petals' Fall Deputy Airs, who conducted the kitchenette for the Raynolds system was given a farewell shower last Saturday in honor of his getaway for California, and the pathos of the parting was intensified by the rude ness of the tax collector who de manded his pound of meat after the gtsfanola and kitchen utensils were nailed up ready to go. This makes three shocking interruptions, by of ficious officials, of the plans of prom inent society lions who were on their way to new pastures, new conquests and new accounts. ARIZONA WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW Pearce Over 100 miners working on leasing plan at Commonwealth mine. Phoenix Western part of state gets needed rain. ' Nog-ales Work on Fairbanks-No-gales highway to be started. Douglas Permanent auto state line to Cochise planned. Chandler To hold $2,000,000 bond election for construction of Auxiliary Eastern Canal Irrigation district. Mesa Arizona Homes Company opens local office, building program planned. Douglas Repair wrk on road to Leslie Canyon to be' started at once. Wilcox Eastern capital to devel op Kelly property In Miller Canyon on big scale. Globe One of the largest and most beautiful caves in state discovered in Indian Canyon country. Tucson license granted Co-operative Bank & Trust Co. of Tucson. Phoenix orders repair of street railway tracks. Casa Grande Aeolian Mining Com-. pany has big showing of low grade ore, fuarther development planned. , Glendare manual training building to be added to local high school. -' Phoenix Substantial reduction in freight rates on cement from Cali fornia anticipated. Casa Grande Newly organized in vestment and building company plan ning construction of big warehouse. Phoenix wants reduced freight rates on cement. ' Ajo New Cornelia company pre paring to work sulphide ore of prop erty. Paradise Final surveys of Para dise-Verde irrigation project being made. Florence Sec. Payne orders im mediate construction of $500,000 di version dam. Phoenix Arizona planning outdoor life for Boy Scouts during summer vacations. Glendale completes installation of new 8-inch water mains. ...'.': Douglas January ore shipments through local port show 14 per cent increase over December. Scottsdale Farmers State Bank formally opened to public. Phoenix Entire county road bond issues of Arizona snow total oi $11,500,000. Casa Grande Plans completed for construction of $2,000,000 tubercular sanitarium. Tucson 150 men ballasting track of El Paso & SW Railroad to Ciénega bridge. Mesa 30 men to start paving op erations on MacDonald and KODSon streets. Bowie General business condition in San Simon and Gila valleys great ly increased. Pearce Regular ore shipments started by Commonwealth company. Chandler $2,000,000 bond election to be held Feb. 19 for construction; of irrigation' district. Tucson Experiments for domest- tication of wild rubber plant under way at local plantation. Douglas Hazel Dawn, moving pic ture star, to purchase and develop local ranch. " Miami Miami Copper Company nstalling improvements costing $750,000. Yuma Arrival of oil rig in valley within sixty days announced. Douglas Copper sonipaoics invest igating nossibilities of raiiroaa . to Gulf of California. If You Want to Buy an Oil and Gas Lease on Patented Land in the Holbrook Oil Field, Let Us Hear from You. We Have the R ight Locations at the Right Prices Mail Hi yoar orders fr Shamrock and Pinto OH .Stocks: SHAMROCK OIL & DEV. C0.8T0CK . 10c A HHAItE PINTO PE1BOCEUM ft LAND CO. STOCK $1.09 A SHARE We bare No Agents, No Salesmen, No Solicitors. We are not responsible for aay money paid to anyone, that Is not paid through the office and properly receipted. . REFERENCE Merchants A Stock Growers Bank Holbrook Arlaeaa HALL LUMBER CO. MAKES EXCELLENT SHOMG The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Hall Lumber company was concluded last Monday, and the plans of the company formulated for the coming year, G. C. Hall was elected . president, W. - H. Chamberlain --vice president and Charles Shew, of Winslow; secretary-treasurer. The paid up capitalization of this Corporation is $30,000,- and the stock is held by. local citizens. A div idend of twenty-five per; cent was declared, and after, this., is paid a substantial, surplus remains. . This excellent showing in the face of a depressed market is the result of newspaper . , advertising coupled with that "go get the business" spirit of the management.. Two new yards . were recently opened in Winslow, which were a suc cess from the start and negotiations have been completed with the mills SERVICES IN THE M. E- CHURCH Frank R. Speck, Pastor H.Perry Carter, Supt.Sunday ÜJchcool Miss Vera Offill, Pres. EpworthLeague Sunday School, 10:00) A. M. Preaching service, 11:00 A. M.. Ser mon: "Fishers of Men." Anthem, "Dear Lord, With us Abide." Solo, Misa Card. . Epworth League, 7:00 P. M. Special music.. A short talk by the Pastor. At ' a meeting of the Epworth League Cabinet on last Sunday even ing it was decided that the next social event would be a covered dish church supper. The - committee is working out the details. . . The date and more complete notice will be given in next week's paper. Fifty copies of the new Easter cantata have arrived and rehearsals will begin at once. NOTICE OF AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION Notice to Whom It may Concern: Whereas, after due and legal notice and call for bids for the construction of sidewalks along the East side of Porter Street, from Central Avenue to Washington Avenue, the town coun cil cf the town of Holbrook at a spec ial meeting held at the council chamb ers, at Holbrook, Arizona, at the hour of 2:00 P. M bids and proposals there tofore submitted and hied with the town clerk were duly opened and con sidered. And Whereas, it appears that the lowest and best bid for the construc tion of sidewalks according to plans and specifications on file with the town clerk was submitted by Frank W. Whitten, and Whereas, it appears that the said Frank W. Whitten proposed, to con struct sidewalks according to said plans and specifications along the East side of Porter Street, from Central Avenue to Washington Avenue for the sum of $694.00, which said bid was accompanied by good and sufficient bond for more than ten per centum of the aggre gate proposal. Said town council of1 the town of Holbrook -did in open session, open and examine said bid and after due consideration the said town council of the town of Hol brook awarded the contract for said public improvements -to the said Frank W. Whitten, he being the low-. est responsible-bidder at the price of $694.00 said sum being the lowest sum bid and that said award was made by " a unanimous . vote by the said town council of- the town of Holbrook, after motion duly made and seconded and noted in the min utes of the proceedings of said town council. , , This notice is made, given and pub lished in pursuance cf paragraph 1960 of the revised statutes of the state of Arizona, and all persons desiring to nKíort tn the award of said contract shall within fifteen days of the first publication of this notice mane anu file such objection in writing with the town clerk of the town of Hol brook, Arizona. Witness our hands this 17th day of February, A. D, 1WLM T Attest: - Acting Mayor. J. M. Patterson, Town uert . I. ' v MoClanahan., Superintendent of Streets, Town of Holbrook, Ariz- 3 A. & B. SCHUSTER CO. Groceries, Dry Goods and Hardware Special Bargains this Month oc 30E H.W. ROSENTHALL to stock both yards at the new p ri valing prices which means a big saving to prospective builders. The big lumber mills of the north west, which are the barometer of the lumber market, have just announced a drop of $10- a thousand in dimen sion, $25 a thousand in flooring and a 50 per cent reduction on shingles, which make -a general reduction of from 25 to- 55 per cent lower than the average .1920 figures. These; cuts will have 'their effect in all parts of the country, and tend to show that lumber and building material are in the front ranks of the necessary commodities that are rapidly returning to normal. The outlook as forecast by the Hall Lumber company is exceeding ly bright and 1921 will bring a won derful impetus to the campaign of home building that has siezed the en tire world. HAZEL HEDGES AND BACKS INTO WOE Hazel Feek, who swore to a com plaint .charging investigator ' Sisk with attacking her in her room at the Holbrook hotel while he was in vestigating a Mann act case, ' came to the rescue of Sisk when the' case was called ' last Saturday in Judge Easley's court in fact the complain ant was a good witness for the "de fendant, and when she testified that she had perjured herself in the com plaint it was easy money for the de-' fendant and there was nothing left for the court to do but to restore the prisoner tb his liberty.- One of the strongest points made by 'the' defendant's counsel was the fact that he had not talked with Hazel since she filed the charges against him and that the confession of perjury was all voluntary on Hazel's ,part and with the blowing up of the charges against Sisk Hazel was immediately arrested on a charge of perjury. Owing to the fact that she wai re quired as a witness before the Fed eral court, and the promise of the Federal agent to transfer her cash bond from that court to this when through with her she was allowed, to return to Phoenix on the same train with the exonerated investí gator, and its a good, bet that Hazel will never meet the charge. The four hundred have adopted a. fashionable new color called "Helen Pink." Many of - the society dolls look that way in pink. GoldSaat "You can't be disappointed. Madam, for the Cold Seal pro . tects you. - If - you should be . displeased in any way, your money will be refunded or a new rug supplied." If saving money means any thing, come in and see theae popular sanitary rugs today. Wetzler Snly, Co. .BOLBROOK ARIZONA 1 H HOE o 22E HOLBROOK OIL. FIELD Phone lót ' . '. r P. O. Box 26 1J H3T W (