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The Holbrook New.
VOL. I.
(Eiglit Pages)
1IOLBROOK, NAVAJO COUNTY, MAY 28. 1909.
(Eight Pages)
NO. 3.
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THE MERCHANTS &
STOCK GROWERS
BANK OF HOLBROOK
Holbrook,
Arizona
Will open for business
in a few days
Capital Stock, - - $50,000
FULLY SUBSCRIBED .
OFFICERS:
JOHN R. HULET. Pre..
H. H. SCORSE. Vice-Pre.
C T. CUNE, Cashier
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Adolph Schuster Johm R. Hutet H. H. Seo
G. T. Clino Robt. Scott
OUR MOTTO:
A SQUARE DEAL
TO EVERYONE
mí
A. & B. SCHUSTER
Holbrook
St. Johns
Wh.temore
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We have added to our stockGem Ranges, best
steel, large oven, complete reservoir (ÍJQJ ff
and high closet . . . pOO.UU
REV-O-NOC lower action Washing C f Cfl
Machines, the easiest and best made P JL A OU
Sole Agents:
Schuttler Roller Bearing Wagons
Studebakor Spring Vehicles
& Sealema Tobacco Dip
ROBBERS HOLDUP
OVERLAND LIMITED
FOUR MASKED MEN HALT TRAIN AND
DEMAND REGISTERED MAIL
Twe Empty Mail Pooches Are Found Near Scene
of Robbery, but No dew as to Whereabouts
of Bandits Who Plundered Them
OMAHA, Neb., Mar 23. Four
masked bandits held up and robbed
Union Pacific passenger train No. 2,
known as the Overland Limited, a few
miles west of the city, just before mid
night tonight, and secured seven mail
sacks, believed to have contained a
large quantity of registered mail.
- The robbers evidently got on the
train at some point west of here. The
holdup occurred about five miles west
of the city limits in a deep cut along
the -recently constructed Lane cutoff.
The robbers climbed over the tank
and forced the . engineer to stop his
train and then proceeded to the mail
car. The clerks were forced to open
the door and hand out seven pouches
of registered mail. The robbers then
hurried away in a southerly direction
and permitted the train to proceed.
The passengers were not molested and
as soon as the robbers left the scene
of the holdup the train came to this
city.
A large squad of police hurried to
the scene and quickly started in pur
suit of the bandits.
Find Empty Mail Sacks.
OMAHA, May 26. Although the po
lice departmeut of this city and the
sheriff have had large forces of men
scouring the country in the vicinity of
the scene of last night's holdup on the
Union Pacific railroad, three miles
west of the city, little progress has
been made toward arresting the ro
bers.
Two empty mail pouches taken from
the train were found some distance
from where the robbery occurred.
They had been cut open aid their.coa
tents removed, the outlaws overlook
ing only one package. .
The highwaymen dropped from sight
so completely that not a single person
has been able to give a clew.
Every town in the county has been
notified and the sheriffs' offices of sur
rounding counties have been keeping
a lookout for strangers. The postoffice
department has taken steps to aid in
the search.
Rode in an Auto
It is believed the robbers rode in an
automobile to the scene of the holdup.
It has been learned that a fire was
burning on the bank near where the
robbery occurred, and it is believed to
have been used as a signal for the rob
bers on the train in order that they
might know where to begin opera
tions. Conductor Wallace says ha was
more surprised at the boldness of the
robbers than anything else.
"I got out of the sleeper at the rear
of the train when I beard the shooting"
said Wallace, "and the robbers prompt
ly began using my lantern as a target.
I walked forward to the nest car, when
one of the robbers yelled at me: "Get
inside there before you get your head
shot off.' It did not take me long to
obey.
Had Finished Job
"I went forward inside the train and
when I got to the dining car just be
hind the baggage car, the robbers had
about finished their job. I fount! the
colored waiters in a panic.
"They were all up, expecting to ave
the train at Omaha. Two or three of
the dining car men had stuck their
heads out and the robbers sent a few
bullets in their direction. None of the
passengers knew what had happened,
because nearly all were asleep."
Chief Clerk Whitmore of the mail
car says the pouches stolen were con
sidered among the less important reg
istered mail. One of them was a for
eign pouch, four were destined for Chi
cago and the other two to New York.
A number of secret service men ar
rived in Omaha from Kansas City to
night to join in the hunt. Sheriff
Bauman of Fremont has notified the
local police that three men had hur
riedly left a saloon near the depot at
that place just as the Overland Lim
ited was getting ready to leave, and
he believes they boarded the train.
He has supplied a good description of
the men.
STATISTICS OF TOSIO TELL
OF JAPANESE IMMIGRATION
NEARLY SIXTY THOUSAND JAP
ANESE HERE IN 1906
Nearly Fifty Per Cent of Total Num
ber in United States Found
in Cities of Cali-fornia.
TOKIO, April 25. According to sta
tistics recently compiled there were
in December, 1906, 59,100 Japanese
sbulects in the United States, and out
of that total no less than 53 per cent
were In California and its immediate
neighboring states.
In California cities 50 per cent of
the total were found and of these 26
per cent were engaged in labor on rail
roads, and In mines, the remaining 24
per cent being occupied with agricul
ture. It is in the last named enterprise
alone that anything like signal suc
cess has been attained.
There are 14,000 Japanese farmers,
speaking roughly, tn California, and
they own an aggregate area of 12.000
acres, which land is devoted mainly
to the cultivation of fruit and vege
tables. Many of the settlers have been
living there for from ten to thirty
years.
They speak English excellently and
may be said to be virtually domiciled.
An important feature is their con
tribution to trade with Japan, but
more remarkable are the sums of
money sent to the home country by
them. In 1904 they sent to Japan
$3,750,000; in 1905, nearly $3,000,000;
and In 1906. $5,633,000.
COWBOYS KILL 3000
SHEEP; TWO MEN HURT
Of the Sim Kind.
"Old man, said the chronic calamity
howler, buttonholing him, "I don't want
to be an alarmist, but "
"And I don't want to be alarmed. Good
morning,' interrupted the other mia
breaking r.-ay from him. Chicago Trib
on.e
Voefal Horn Remedy.
"A Turkish bath ia uch an excellent
thing," remarked Miss Tartnn, "that I
bare often wished these Turks who sell
candies at expositions would take one occasionally."
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., May 26.
As a result of battle between sheep
men and cowboys on a contested range
near Atchee, Colo., yesterday, 3000
head of sheep were killed and two
sheep men were injured. The sheep,
which belonged to Taylor Brothers, of
Montrose, were grazing on a range
near the hamlet of Carbinero.
It appears that the cowboys dashed
ia on the herders and tied them to
trees and then rode out and killed the
sheep. They first cut the telephone
wires. Several hours later the sheen
herders were liberated.
The authorities of Garfield county
have been notified, but it is not be
lieved the cowboys will be captured.
The range in which the crime was
committed has long been a contested
range and several mureds have re
sulted from quarrels over it.
INDIANS PLAN POW-WOW FOR
TRIBESMAN WHO KILLED WIFE
RED MEN SURROUND PRISON TO
AWAIT BODY
Aborigine Hanged in Nevada for Slay
ing Spouse Much Wanted by
His Tribesmen, Who
Are Indignant
RENO, Nev., May 26. Because
more than 500 Washoe Indians are
gathered In Carson City and intend
when the body If Charles Kaiser is
turned over to them bj the warden
of the penitentiary to hold a big
pow-wow over the hanged man's re
mains, and also because the author
ities fear trouble as a result, the body
will bs buried within the walls of the
prison, and tomorrow morning mem
bers of the state police will order the
Indians to disperse.
Kaiser was hanged this morning at
11 o'clock. He was a son of Black
Horse, a Washoe chief. Washoe In
dians from the nearby reservation re
sent the Interference of state author
ities in their affairs, and declare it
was their duty ta have hanged Kaiser
should he have deserved it in their
opinion.
Kaiser killed his wife for allegd in
timacy with another man an offense
punishable by death by the Washoes.
Kaiser was the third Indian to be
hanged by the state, and the Indians
are resentful for this.
Early yesterday Indians began to
gather outside the prison walls, await
ing the turning over of Kaiser's body.
They declare openly they would hold
a pow-wow, and as the majority of them
were armed, it was deemed advisable
to bury the body within the prison
walls.
Kaiser, despite has bravado yester
day, broke down completely just be
fore the execution. He wept and had
to be dragged to the scaffold.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
IN PARAGRAPHS
GLEANED FROM NUMEROUS SECTIONS
OF THE COUNTRY
Dispatches Picturing Derelopments From the
Outside World Stripped of Unnecessary
Details and Presented ia Brief
Oat of Ike Dim FmI.
Erostrmtus had fired the Epaesiaa
dome.
"They may expunge that from the rec
ord," he chuckled, "but my name will go
thundering down the ages, just the
ame !"
Still, this doesn't prove that posterity
will remember tUe much more common
place name of Wiüítt. Chicago Tribune.
Robber Secure (6000
LINCOLN, Neb. Bank robbers se
cured $6000 from the Cairo State bank
Tuesday night, demolishing the safe
and building by three explosions. A
local election was held yesterday and
the explosions were thought to be part
of the celebration.
Frightened to Death
FOROCHE. La. Adeline Hawkins, a
negro woman, was frightened to death
Tuesday night by a powerful search
light of the battleship Mississippi on
its way up the Mississippi river to
Natchez. "It's de judgment light," she
screamed, and fell dead.
Five Born at One Time
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. The wife of
Fay Irish of Thorpe, Clark county, has
given birth to Ave babies, three daugh
ters and two sons. All are alive and
well.
There are. now ten children in the
family. The other five were born
singly and all are living.
Two Men Rob Train
AUGUSTA, Ga. Two robbers board
ed Southern passenger train No. 17 at
Warrensville, ten miles east of here
Monday night, got the drop on Express
Menssenger Mutton, knocked him
senseless with a piece of rubber hose
and after ransacking the car, throwing
the mesenger into an empty express
chest, the robbers got away with
$200.
Late Spring in Colorado
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. The lat
ent spring 'frost ever known here was
experienced in the Grand valley fruit
district Monday morning, and only
promptitude in lighting the smude
pots prevented great damage to the
fruit. The forecaster says that to
night the mercury is likely to go below
28 degrees, which was the low point
last night. The growers are ready to
light the smudge pors again tonight,
if necessary.
Cure Broken Back
NEW YORK Stephen Barno, whose
back was broken on April 1 by a fail
from a scaffold, was able to leave the .
White Plains hospital Monday. In the
fall of twenty feet several of the ver
tebrae In Barno's back were shattered
and as a result the lower part of his
body and his legs were paralyzed. The
doctors cut away the splintered bones
and his recovery since has been re
markable. It is said to be one of the
few cases on record where a man with
a broken back has been completely
cured.
Roosters Must Go
NEW YORK Following the opentng
of Coney island all owners of poultry
in that vicinity have been ordered by
the board of health to get rid of their
roosters. Until Coney island opened
last Saturday roosters in that neigh
borhood never crowed until sunup, be
tween 4 and 5 o'clock in the morning.
Since then, however, they have mis
taken the bright lights from the fa
mous resort for daylight and have per
sistently cro""d from 1 o'clock until
the sun has risen. The noise of their
vocal exercises caused many com
plaints to be made to the board of
health.
Somnambulist Falls 25 Feet
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo. Carl
Erickson, aged 31, holds the record
for somnambulistic feats in this sec
tion of the country.
While asleep Tuesday night he
walked, out of the -window in his
apartments and fell twenty-five feet
to the ground without awakening, and
kept right on sleeping for more than
three hours.
When he was aroused by a vivid
dream, In which he imagined he was
freezing to death, he found himself
clutching at the grass In the yard,
believing It to be a wood coverlet.
Beyond a few minor bruises he is
none the worse for his thrilling experience.
He Expíala.
"Why is.it, professor," asked the young
man with the bad eye, "that when Chris
topher Columbus discovered this couatry
he didn't settle down and stay here?"
"Doubtless you are aware, my young
friend." answered the professor, "that th
Spanish form of his name was Christoval
Colon."
"Tea. sir.'
"Well, a colon does not mean a full
stop. We will return now, young gentle
men, to the consideration of the lesson."
Chicago Tribune.