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The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
10000 ACRES WILL
 BE IRRIGATED

Twelve miles south of St. Johns a dam has been thrown across the Little Colorado river and a reservoir created that will hold 5000 acre-feet of water sufficient. it is calculated. to irri- gate from 15. 900 to 20, 900 acres of land. Work was started on this big undertaking a year ago lasc October, has progressed steadily and is now nearing com pletion. It is figured that it's cost will approximate $250, 900 when the work is finished. The company backing the enterprise, known as the Lyman Land 6 Irrigation Co.,, is composed of Denver capitalists and some of our home capitalists. Its officers are D. K, Udall, L. R. Gibbons, J. F. Church, A. M. Patton, Ben Kemper. Jesse Sherman, Chas. Stokes and Thos. Tucker.
 The dam is a masterpiece of workmanship and will undoubted- ly resist the ravages of all floods.
 If will be recalled that the old dam, which was located six miles south of town. went out a few years ago owing to its faulty construction. or rather, to the fact that there was no adequate provision for overflow in time of flood without the water breaking over and impairing the dam. In the case of the new dam this contingency has been prepared for and it can never be subjected to such an irresistible strain. Of course, there can be no compari- son between the old dam and reservoir and tine new. the latter being vastly large and more sub stantial in every respect. At the present time there is about 35 feet of water in the reservoir at it's greatest depth, and the water has backed up a distance of nearly four miles. The sides of the great reservoir are na- ture's handiwork, being formed of the indestructible bills. Be- sides the one great dam across the river, no great amount of damming was required to make the inclosure complete.
 The dam is BIO feet long. At the base it is 316 feet wide and slopes gradually to the top where it is probably not more than. 20 feet wide. Inside the reservoir the dam has been reinforced by the laying of a tier of heavy flat stones from the base to the top. The head gate for controlling the outflow of water into the canal is constructed in solid reinforced concrete and is faultless piece of work. It is expected the con- struction work will all be com pleted by July 1st. Twenty eight miles of canal is ccntem- plated. twelve. miles of which has been completed. The canal has a earring capacity of 157 feet of water. Farmers along it's course are already utilizing the water, although few laterals have as yet been opened. St. Johns Observer.
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24

Ed Howell, cattle man from the Puerco country was visitor for three or four days this week.
 M. A. Grouse is assisting Henry Scorse in the Scorse Mer- cantile establishment.
 Candido Sandoval brought in couple of wagon loads of wool from Milky way. Tuesday.
 Rafael Carrillo, representing a Chicago portrait company, was in town Monday.
 c. M. c. Houck, County Re-, corder, made a pleasure trip to Winslow this week.
 Will Gibson, from Snowflake was in town Monday. He haul ed out a big load of goods for Flake Bros. of that place.
 MT. and Mrs. William Lee left Wednesday morning for Milkey Hollow, where Mir. Lee will be employed for some time.
 Mrs. Capt. Warren and son Dick were visitors last Tuesday, Mrs. Warren came in to do some shopping.
 We are not saving anything against Christian Science. but did you ever try it on a baby with the colic?
 B. B. Crosby, the railroad contractor. has gone to Los Ang- eles on a business trip. He will Eheg gnpe fara waek.ou so.
 Chas. Savage, merchant, drove down from Show Low to load out supplies for his store at that place.
 MT. Garcia, a wool buyer rep resenting Garcia 6 Co. of Albuq- uerque, N. M, came in Saturday to look over some wool clips that were coming to be marketed.
 E. B. Newman, arrived from Phoenix, Monday night and will hie himself to the mountains with his family for the summer months.
 Hon. S. E. Day, of St. Michaels. Arizona. was here Tuesday making final proof on his homestead. before U. s. Commissioner Smith.
 Travelling saleman Of all kinds shapes and sizes have been here this week. all report having sold several carloads of stuff to our merchants.
 Mir. and Mrs. Chas. E. Perkins have returned from the Aztec Headquarters where MT. Perkins has just completed a large con tract of cement work for the above company.
 Chas. Gardner is putting the finishing touches to his residence which we understand will be occupied by Dr. and Mrs. Bazell, as soon as completed.
 c. F. Dutton, postofice in- spector for this district. was a visitor on Monday and took the auto for the various settlements between here and Springerville. He will make an inspection of all the officers in that section of the state.
 Al Pratt, one of the prominent business men of Apache County, passed through here Saturday enroute to the gay and festive east. He will visit Atlantic City, New York State, and wind up in Mass, where he will visit for a. while with relatives and then return to Arizona. the Blue Sky State
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
AROUND THE
 BLUE SKY STATE

Reports from Chicago state good horses are scarce in the middle west.
 The governor has signed the bill creating districts for county supervisors from which they will be elected.
 Surveys are being made for the extension of the El Paso & Southwestern railroad to Fort Huachuca-
 The corner stone of the new high school building at Winslow will be laid on Sunday, June 9th.
 Governor Hunt has issued a a call for a special session of legislature to convene, (yester- day) May 23.
 The commencement exercises of the University of Arizona will be held at Tuczon, May 9 to June 8.
 Prof. E. c. Bunch, one of Arizona's best known educators, has been appointed assistant sup erintendent of instruction for Arizona by State Superintendent Case.
 Congressman Carl Hayden has introduced a bill in congress for an appropriation oe $75, 900 for the svrvey and resurvey of public lands in Arizona.
 The state legislature passed the Brennan bill accepting for Arizona the provlsisns of the Carey Desert Land act of the national congress, whereby one million acres of government land is Obtained for the state.
 The people along the line of Santa Fe are getting quite busy on the transcontinental highway through the only scenic route in New Mexico west of Albuquer- que via the ancient pueblos of Isletas, Lagunas, Acoma; out by the village of San Rafael to Zunis, Inscription Rock, St. Johns. Petrified Forest. the Val ley of Mirages, the Painted Desert, Grand Canon, and vari- ous other points between there and Phoenix. This is the only real route for tourists to travel the year around and the only one where there is anything to see outside of the ordinary. And when one tries to direct tourists over route where there is noth- ing but hard work, absence of supplies, and neither scenery or people, reports will soon tell which way the wind will blow.
 It is really amusing to read the papers from the southern part of the state wrangling over the Ocean to Ocean highway, Last December at meeting held in Phoenix the delegates from the southern part clubed together and were tickled almost to death to have New Mexico and California side in with them to decide that the Ocean to Ocean Highway should pass through the state in places where it never can nor never will pass. any more than to pass up. And now they are bowling be- cause the people of El Paso are getting busy and lnterceding in behalf of the Douglas route, and declaring that they have no business interfering in the affairs of this state and had better keep their hands off and further in terference will not be tolerated. It all depends on whose OK is being gored.
 ca
 There will he preaching at the
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24
News of Holbrook and Vicinity

supplies for his camp. John R. Hulet made one of his periodical visits to Snowflake last week.
 Tom Ortega, has been out at his sheep camps for the past two weeks returned last Saturday.
 Will Wooster has gone to the southern part of the county on a hhsiness trip.
 John Ramsey, of Snowflake, was here Tuesday doing busi- ness with our merchants.
 Mir Mahey. wife and two children arrived from St. Johns, Saturday and left for the west le same day.
 There are numerous horse blyers in town this week hunt libg for few carloads of the broom tail brand. Chas. E, Perkins, c. E., was awarded the contract for flooring l the south half of the county tFidge.
 They say that getting kiss ! ty telephone is like dreaming soout something to eat when ou have gone to bed hungry.
 Mir. Winchester. a travelling iesman from Albuquerque, was ]. terviewing our merchants dur lil.g the week.
 Fool shipments keen coming in from all directions; every little bit helps. It puts money in the bank and money in circulation; let the good work go on. ] Juan N. Padilla, who has been indisposed because of coming in contact with his gaso- line engine, was in town Tues day.
 Chas. L. Day, of Gallup, N. M., was a visitor Tuesday com ing down with his father, s. E. Day. as a witness in a final proof case.
 Some women love a man with a past. others prefer one with a future; but the man with the present is always sure of a hear ing.
 s. M. Porter, of St. Joseph, came in last Wednesday with a load of green goods from that city. It looks like spring was coming and the garden sass getting ripe.
 w. H. Gibbons, one of Apache County's prominent citizens, spent a day here last week. He was returning to St. Johns after visit to Phoenix.
 w. F. Williams, county asses sor, has returned from trip to the western part of the county where he has been making the regular annual property assess ment.
 Sheriff Joe Woods and deputy Chas. Osborne returned from Florence last Saturday night, where they had been to take a number of prisoners who were sentenced to serve terms in the State prison, Joe says that Phoenix am hot that's all.
 J. Thompson Lindsley. who sells the famous Four Leaf Clo- yer brand of shoes, put in a couple of days this week inter- viewing our local merchants. MT. Lindsley was one of the original pioneers in the shoe trade of New Mexico and Ariz- ona being one of the stage coach brand.
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24

There will be preaching at the old school house next Monday at 8 o'clock D. m.
 J. Andrew Arnett.
The Holbrook news., 1912-05-24

The following are the High Guns in the Dupont Trophy con- test, and their scores, to date:
 Hulet 40 Rencher 37 McCleve 39 Meyerhoff 34.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-30
MEMS BRAINS ARE AT FAULT
Railroad Official Declares Human Fea-
ture Enters Into All Modern
Train Wrecks.

No matter how perfect the me
chanical department of a railroad and
how strict the rules and regulations
given the men, it is impossible to get
away from the fact that we have al
ways to depend on the brain of one
man. 1t is the engineer in the cab"
This was the statement of George A.
Cullen, general traffic manager of the
Lackawanna, after hours of effort in
trying to place the blame for the dis
aster near Corning, In which forty-two
persons were killed. Railroad men
have studied this problem for years"
he went on, .'and always we come to
the same question: Is there any other
means than human agency that will
protect perfectly the lives of those in
trusted to our care? No, there must
be the human mind-the man. In ev.
cry accident it is some human mechan-
ism that is at fault, some brain forgot
or neglected to work at the proper
time. The steel and wire mechanism
is never at fault That was the case
in this terrible catastrophe. Our sig
nails worked perfectly; all the men
on the road performed their prescribed
duty except one, and he says, in ex.
PLANTATION, that he did not see the
signals. He blamed the fog. He was
the engineer of the express which tele
scoped the Buffalo limited"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-30
Lives the Longest.

What machine lives the longest! II
would seem to be the railway engine
The state department of France
which is concerned with the manage
ment Tor mismanagement) of rail
ways, has found on the western rail
way fourteen locomotives Which are as
old as the line itself. They were built
in 1864, when that portion of the rail
way between Rouen and Paris was in
process of construction. Further, they
are ascribed to the atalier of an Eng
fish engineer named Budiccon. The
name does not appear English or
Scotch Still the work of the bearer
remains, for those locomotives of the
vintage of 1864 drag trains about the
environs of Mans and Rouen today
London Chronicle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-30
Sparrow Sets House Ablaze.

An English sparrow was the cause
Of three houses catching fire at Law
renceburg, Ind. recently, and had il
not been for the prompt work OF the
neighbors and friends all would have
been destroyed. The sparrow was
building a nest under the caves Of the
home of Mrs. Mary Weber, and it
picked up long cotton string from a
pile of rubbish that had just been
burned. With the burning string in
its beak, the sparrow few to the roof
Of Mrs. Sophia Skaters house, then
to Otto McCright's house and then to
the roof of Emanuel Wuest's home,
where it dropped the burning string.
A fire started in the shingles Of each
building. Each was extinguished by
neighbors before much damage was
done.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-30
Barber Shops in China.

Since the Chinese revolution a great
many Chinese have had their cues cut
off, and this has led to the opening Of
a large number of barber shops
throughout the far east wherever Chi
nese are located, says an exchange.
Several progressive business men of
Singapore, anticipating this, imported
a large number of American barber
chairs, and they are now unable to
get supplies quickly enough. 1t has
also been learned that the Chinese in
sist on having American hair clippers,
and refuse all other makes offered
them.
1t would seem that American manu-
facrurers of BARRIERS supplies should
experience a large increase in their
Oriental trade
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-30
STOP CRUELTY TO TRUNKS
Railroad Brings Millennium Nearer by
Supplying Cushion Upon winch
Baggage May Drop Psinlessly.

BY devising "a cushion upon which
trunks may be dropped painlessly, the
Cumberland railway in Pennsylvania
almost persuades US that the millen-
mum is at hand.
Thousands of summer tourists who
efectionately kiss their trunks good
by after strapping and roping them in
eighteen directions will offer up a
prayer that the Cumberland railways
plan may be universally adopted be-
fore another year rolls around.
The new cushion for the prevention
of cruelty to baggage is made OF
pieces of airbrake hose mounted on
ash strips. This mat can be dragged
wherever ear is TO be unloaded and
affords a soft lighting place for the
precious trunk stuffed with milady's
finery.
If some kind genius will only devise
a pneumatic-cushioned truck upon
which baggage can be loaded and will
provide pads to be placed between the
trunks when they are piled high as
the tower of Babel in transfer stations
great strain will be taken off the
nerves of travellers.
Baggage-smashing is the most cruel
OF trades. The butcher isn't half as
brutal in his methods as the baggage
man. Here's success to the Cumber-
land railway official who is trying to
save passengers from the awful
sounds which the baggage hustlers
produce every time carload OF
trunks is turned over to them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-30
YOSHIHIT0, NEW JAPANESE EMPEROR

The new emperor Of Japan. the
Mikado Yoshihito, faces a gigantic
task as he steps into the place made
vacant by his remarkable father, the
Emperor Mutsuhito, who died recently
after a prolonged illness.
Yoshihito is the third son OF the de-
ceased ruler and was proclaimed
crown prince in 1888. He is man OF
strong character and enviable attain
ments in war and statecraft He is an
officer in the army and in the navy
and has seen severe service In both
branches. He was married in 1900
and has three children. With all the
advantages of modern education and
in full accord with the advanced ideas
OF the late emperor. he should prove
a worthy successor to his father, who,
though an oriental, was one of the
truly great men of the age. He is the
one hundred and twenty-second ruler
of japan in his line, which, according
to Japanese legend, is descended from
the gods.
The belief in the divine right of
excuse for the tyranny Of the rulers {
There the person Of the mikado Is he
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-30
lIE] 1FIHH1 lLINITIILH(fIHl1r
SENATOR STEPHENSON, WHO DEFIEs AGE
AGE

Senator Isaac Stephenson Of Wis
consin. the oldest member Of either
branch Of csngress, is standing the
scorching hot weather of the national
capital better than any Of his col
leagues. In Wisconsin Mr.. Stephen
son is known as Uncle Ike" but
among his senate associates he is
Familiarity hailed as DIR. Ike"
Although Mr.. Stephenson makes no
pretentions TO a knowledge of medi-
cine as laid down in the books, and
frequently admits that he IS not
abreast of the modern medical sci
enee, he has had a practical expert
ence which he thinks fits him 10 give
advice to the ailing. AS far back as
the early fifties, Mr.. Stephenson was
healing the sick. He was then, in
charge Of various lumber camps in
the Lake Superior region of northern
Wisconsin.
For fifteen years." said Mr..
Stephenson, I'VE were without a doc
tor, lawyer, or preacher. We did not
need a doctor, for looked after the
sick. and as for lawyer we got along
pretty well, because we fought out
with our fists the troubles that arose
among us. We had some pretty rough
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-30
Jumps Rails, Then Returns.

A remarkable railway accident oc.
Cured recently on the Nickel Plate
system near McComb, o. During the
night a car in the westbound freight
train Jumped the track, was pulled
along for quarter of a mile, and
then, on reaching road crossing,
took to the rails again in some unac.
countable manner All this occurred
without the knowledge of the train.
men, and was not discovered until
next day. All the bolts in the splice
bars connecting the rails were cut by
the wheels of the car for the entire
distance, and one rail was broken.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-30
oueueIess Chinese Demand Hats.

The wholesale cutting of queues,
which was consequence of the rev.
olution in China, cooled the heads,
at least in literal sense, of the Chi.
nese to such a degree that there arose
an enormous and unprecedented de,
mand for head covering. The ma
tive hat industry, being but little de.
veloped was unable to keep up with
the demand made by the shears, and
Japan, where the industry is flour.
ishing, was flooded with orders. The
Japanese factories have been work.
ing night and day for months to fill
the unexpected need of the new re,
publicans.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-30

rhages which would last for weeks and
was not able to sit up in bed. suffered
a great deal with my back and was so
nervous could scarcely sleep at night,
and did not do any homework for three
years.
"Now l can do as much work as
any woman of my age in the county,
thanks to the benefit | have received
from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. l recommend your remedies
to all suffering women. Mrs. MARTHA
L. HOLLOWAY, Odd, Va.
No other medicine for woman's ills has
received such widespread and unquali-
fed endorsement. We know of no other
medicine which has such a record of
success as has Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. For more than 30
years it has been the standard remedy
for woman's ills.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound viii help you, write
to Lydia E.Pinkham Medicine Co.
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by q woman,
and held in strict confidence.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-30
POPE Plus X NINE YEARS A RULER

- Shattering the widely accepted be-
lief, In which he himself shared, that
he would not live to celebrate nine
anniversaries Of his elevation to the
Vatican throne, Pope Plus X complet-
ed the other day the ninth year of his
pontifcate.
The odd superstition that he
would die before was based on the
manner in which his holiness entire
life has been divided into nine-year
periods. AS plain Giuseppe Sarto he
was ordained priest in 1868 and
served as curate for nine years
Then followed his promotion to the
post of parish priest, at Salzano
where he remained for nine years
more. Next came nine years as chan.
cellor of his diocese, nine as Bishop
Of Tantua and nine as cardinal and
patriarch of Venice.
So firmly was he convinced that
this division of his life would continue
to the end that he frequently express
ed to friends the certainty he felt that
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-30

Do not wait to have your attention
called to the care of your teeth by the
pain which follows their neglect. Visit
your dentist, if you need his services,
at once. Commence the use of Denta-
cura Tooth Paste daily and preserve
your teeth, Csc. tube at stores or
direct by mail. Dentacura Co., AL
ling ST., Newark. N. ].
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-30
CASTRO MAY DESCEND UPON VENEZUELA

Information received in this country
by adherents of Cipriano Castro, de-
posed president of Venezuela, not only
indicate that he is in the Canary Is
lands, but that he is completing ar
rangements for another descent upon
Venezuela. That this project may
prove successful this time, because OF
the open hostility to President Gomez,
now dangerously approaching revolu-
ton, is considered to be almost GER
tain by Venezuelans who have made
New York city their headquarters for
several months.
1t was not generally known that
Castro had left Germany, where, five
weeks ago, he submitted to an opera
ton. He spent several days in Berlin
while recuperating and then disap-
peared.
Despite the efforts of agents of Pres
ident Gomez to locate the irrepres-
sible agitator, his whereabouts were
not discovered until a few days ago
when his supporters in New York. all
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-30
Game for an ElIzabethan Banquet.

Peacock pie, which figured at the
Elizabethan banquet held to celebrate
Midsummer day, is not a delicacy
likely to tempt all epicures. Still,
most of us would rather eat peacock
than some of the other birds con.
sumed by our forefathers. In the
thirteenth century the heron, the
crane, the crow, the stork, the cor.
morant and the bittern were consid.
cred excellent for the table Yet the
hare and the partridge were de
spised as food, and neither was eve
served In the houses of the wealthy
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-30
Useful Pincers.

Pincers patented by California
man include hammer and punch on
either side of the Jaws, dividers at the
ends of the handles and a gauge to
set the dividers SO that they may be
used as calipers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-30

il the record even
O, pioneer con-
struction. T h e
road goes into the
heart of a region
where living"
glaciers discharge
millions of tons
of ice a day and
where, according
to a writer in the
Overland Month
". the builders
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-30
CRITICAL TIME:
+ OF WOMAN'S LIFE
From 40 to so Years of Age.
How 1t May Be Passed
In Safety.
Odd, Va.:-"I am enjoying better
health than i have for 20 years, and I

believe i can safely
say now that i am a
well woman. ! was
reared on a farm and
had allkindsof heavy
work to do which
caused the troubles
that came on me la
ter. For five years
during the Change Of
Life l was not able
to lift a pail of wa
ter. l had hemor-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-08-30

and hard maybe did suffer for want OF
hundreds and pncp1
job keep The and the axe make
BILE nave Deen aeu Oh
bind wounds"
simple life IN nano
odd miles day. ne
said 81 till dark slept IN blanket
healthy bear"