Holbrook argus., 1900-08-18
THE LOCAL FIELD.
Items of Interest Picked Up By Argus
Reporters In H0I5roOk and Vicinity.

Dr. George L. Sampson has been
up from Winslow twice during the
week on professional business.
Some. of the teachers of the Moqui
Indian school are returning early in
order to take in the snake dance,
which it is said will take place to-
morrow.
Sunday-school will be held at two
o'clock in the afternoon hereafter,
instead of ten in the morning.
Scholars and teachers will please
note the change.
John L. Clark took his family and
Mrs. John Conner to the mountains
last Saturday. Mrs. Conner will
visit her brother, Charles Allen
baugh, before returning.
In India, the land of famine,
thousands die because they cannot
obtain food. In America, the land
of plenty, many many suffer and die
because they cannot digest the food
they eat. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
digests what you eat. 1t instantly
relieves and radically cures all
stomach troubles. F. j. Wattron.
The announcement OF the Latter
Day Saints Academy at Thatcher,
Ariz, for the season 190O-1901 has
reached us. With normal schools,
universities, high schools, and sew
eral private schools for academic in
struebion the youth of our territory
have small excuse for being satisfied
with the learning of the common
schools.
The people of the Salt River Val
ley are agitating the question of
water storage. Out of the discus
sion good results are sure to come
to the people of that valley and of
the whole territory. 1t seems to US
of the north that storage is a much
quicker, more sensible, and more
satisfactory solution of the question
than antagonizing our stock inter
terests. May success attend the eff
forts of the promoters of the move
ment!
Flagstaff's summer races are to be
held August 27, %, and 20. The
committees in charge have arranged
good program of horse races with
liberal prizes. There will also be
bicycle races, exhibitions of bronco
riding, games, and dances by Navajo
Indians. Three days of good, clean,
interesting sport are promised, and
We have no doubt many of our citi-
liens will improve the opportunity
to enjoy the cooling breezes and
hospitality for which the SkYlight
City is famous.
A large Rochester lamp in the
rear of F. j. Wattron's store fell
Wednesday evening from it's bracket
to the floor and exploded. Mr., Lew
Underwood, at considerable risk and
some slight injury to himself, car
ried the blazing lamp out and with
the prompt help of the bystanders
the flames were extinguished. The
only damage was a slight charring
of shelving and the burning of
some curtains. Presence of mind
and water-thus made trivial Incl
dent of what might have been a ser
ious matter for Mr.. Wattron and
neighboring business men.
Antonio Apache stopped here sew
eral days on his way to the Moqui
Snake Dance. Antonio is a notable
example of what education will do
for the Indian. An Apache of full
/ blood, he has not lived with his
tribe since babyhood. He is a grad
uate of Yale and has been in the
employ of the United States for
many years. He has made several
trips to Europe, having just returned
from the Paris Exposition. and
speaks all the European languages
While he has the features and the
stalwart physique of the Apache
his dress, manners, and speech are
I those of the educated, cultured Am
eriean. Truly education of the
tight sort is the solutions ~ the In