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Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-20

banks, three churches, schools, two
elevators, drug store, cement block
factory, livery barns, restaurant, ma
chine shop, two implement dealers,
newspaper.
Business Openings-Cereal mill,
hotel, clothing store.
4 OTESFIELD, HOWARD COUN-
~ TY-Population, about 153..
Has two large elevators, one large
lumber yard, three hardware stores,
three general stores, bank, two ho-
tells, one meat market, three cream
stations, two livery barns, one drug
store. Is surrounded by beautiful
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-20

All depots, parks and hotels reached
by motors. Council Bluffs has an
auditorium seating 1000, an excel
lent opera house and an unusual
number Of halls. 1t Is also the home
of the Iowa State Institute for the
Deaf, an institution normally at
tended by $50 children, and the
Christian Home Orphanage. These
in addition to several private educa-
tional institutions. One daily and
one weekly newspaper. Terminus
Union Pacific, Nebraska division;
1875 passenger trains at Union Pacific
terminal station daily; $4,000 car
loads of freight at Union Pacific ter
minal station annually.
Business Openirgs-More or
chards, vineyards, truck gardens, fac
tories, flour mills, elevators, wood
working factory, book publishing
house, stock and feed yards, packing
plant, jobbing and distributing
houses, foundries, stove works, ma
chine shops, wool warehouse, wooden
mills, cotton mill, starch factory, wine
press and cream of tartar and baking
powder factory, automobile factory,
orehouses, warehouses, paper mill,
novelty factory; hundreds of acres
available for residence districts;
thousands of acres available for in
dustrial purposes; easily accessible
to all railroads entering the city.
Land can be acquired at nominal
prices through the Commercial club
and all manufacturing industries
which can be conducted with profit
in the central part of the country,
can be conducted in this particular
vicinity as successfully as at any
point on the Missouri river. Coun-
Gil Bluffs is in the heart of the
American market and has unsur-
passed railroad facilities for reaching
every part of the country.
DANNEBROG, HOWARD COUNTY
- Population $50. Beautifully
located on Oak creek, about one mile
above its juncture with the Middle
Loup river. The town is surrounded
with shady groves of timber, prin-
cipally oak and ash, and good fish
ing may be had in Oak creek, which
is damned up at this point to furnish
water power for the flour and feed
mill which is operated here, as we'll
as fire protection for the town. Has
cooperative creamery, elevator,
flour and feed mill, two large general
stores, grocery, two meat markets,
two barber shops, two hardware
stores, one variety store, two banks,
lumber yard, newspaper, two black
smith and machine shops, two
auto garages and repar shops,
harness shop, furniture store,
shoe shop, millinery shop, ho-
tel and restaurant. A plant to fur
nish electric light for the village is
noy being installed. Danish Luz
theran and Baptist churches; a ten
grade high school. Dannebrog has had
no saloons for the last five years. The
town was first located in the sum-
mer of 1871 by colony of Danes
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-20
COLUMBUS, PLATTE COUNTY

reputation 5,Ul4. county seat
of Platte county; on the main line
of Spaulding, Norfolk and Albion
branches. Fifty trains per day pass
ing and terminating here. Located
in the very heart of the richest agri-
cultural district of Nebraska, with
up-to-date improvements, including
water works and fire protection;
splendid transportation facilities and
advantageous freight rates. Colum-
bus offers a glorious opportunity to
investors, manufacturers, laborers
and home-seekers. Headquarters of
the Columbus power canal to be
built at an estimated cost of 81, ,O00,-
900, from which electric power will
be supplied as far east as Omaha;
has light, heat and power plant al
ready-capacity 500 horse power for
present and prospective industries;
six modern public school buildings,
cost $12O,000; a we'll equipped up
to-date commercial college; St.
Francis Academy, the largest Roman
Catholic academy in Nebraska a
German Lutheran parochial school;
st. Mary's hospital, one of the largest
and most modern equipped hospitals
in the west, capacity 800 patients;
$4,000 Young Mems Christian asso-
citation building, best equipped of its
kind in the state; government post
office building, built at a cost of
$4,000. Columbus furnishes the
best hotel buildings, and another
large first-class hotel prospect under
way. Three newspapers. Four
substantial banking institutions,
with deposits of $1,5O0,000; two
home building and loan associa-
tions, with assets of $735,000,-
900; large modern creamery, ca
pacity 100000 pounds annually, en-
ploying thirty men; two large flour
ing mills, combined catacity 800 bar
rels per day; brewery recently en-
larged and remodeled; brick and tile
works, capacity $4,000 daily; large
three-story candy factory, annual
output $4,000 pounds; planning mill,
employing fifteen men; three cigar
factories; largest wooden sole shoe
factory in the United States, the pro-
ducts of which are shipped through
out this country, Canada and Mexico;
completely equipped rug factory;
large steam laundry, doing good bus
mess in this and surrounding cities,
employing fifteen people; large
wholesale grocery house, capitalized
for 100000, doing a 100000 busi-
ness a year; North Opera House, cost
$4,000, seating capacity 1000, and
Orpheus Hall, seating capacity 500;
two good cement block factories, en-
ploying fifteen men; large bottling
works, doing good business; fine gas
plant, owned by local capital, fur
nishing light and heat for entire city
at minimum cost; $25O,000 capital
storage elevator.
Business Openings-Canning fac
tory, packing house, foundry, cold
storage plant, wholesale hardware or
any manufacturing enterprise wish
ing to take advantage of liberal in
ducements as to cost of location, etc.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-20

tors, newspaper, lumber yard, three
churches.
Business Observation-Disclosures yard,
flour mill, hotel, bakery, ice cream
and pop factory.
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16
Cameron Speaks Positively.


 WASHINGTON, Feb. 12-The story in a Phoenix paper to the effect that Ralph Cameron has been dilatory in his duty regard ing the rumor of the abandon ment of the Fort Whipple post is a joke. Cameron makes the positive statement that the post will not be abandoned. This matter was taken up by Cameron with the departments before any publicity was given in Arizona to the intimateG abandonment of the fort, and he is positive the fort will not be abandoned.
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16
Soldiers Leave Fort Apache.

A bunch of Fort Apache sol diers came to HoIbrook Sunday and left for various parts of the country, some to their homes, some to attend school and others on pleasure jaunts. They had served their tlne of enlistment ane had been released from army service. The following day a number of recruits came in from Columbus. Ohio, to take the places of those who had been re- lieved from service.
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16

The meeting of the State Bar association will be held imme- diately after the adjournment of the first regular session of the supreme court at Phoenix, which it is expected will be on Febru ary 19. After the business meet ing, during which several papers will be read and discussed by the members, they will adjourn and hold a banquet. An elaborate program has been prepared.
 A motion picture Show was givey at Wetzler hall last night by parties from Albuquerque. Another performance will be given tonight.
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16
TWO RAGING EVENTS
 PULLED OFF WED'SDAY
Large Crowd of People Here to Witness the Sport and Celebrate the Admis-
 sion of Arizona as a State.

Considerable excitement was created Wednesday by a proposed foot race which was to take place between Ollie Glaze of thls place and Perfecto Silva. a young Mexican who recently came here from Gallup. Prac- tically everybody who could spare the time repaired to the race t. ack to see the contest. It proved to be fizzle. A pistol shot was to be fired by Colonel Joe Woods to start the sprnters. The shot was fired and a fair start made. After running a short distance the Holbrook man gained a slight lead and the Gal lup man came to a stop and turned back.
 He insisted that the starting signal was unfair and that it had
 
 been agreed to count three be- fore firing the pistol. Just how this could have made any differ ence is incomprehensible to the average person, since the pistol shot would have been the final signal to go anyhow. After a tiresome harangue over the mat ter it was decided that the Hol- brook man had won and he was given the money. He at least showed a disposition co run the race through to finish and had no fault to find with the manner of starting.
 Later in the day a horse race was arranged for between Dick Greer and Henry Glaze. Tie distance was 300 yards and each man rode his own horse. In this event the crowd got it's moneys worth. and the failure of the foot race was forgotten. The horses were pretty evenly match ed and they tore down the course almost neck and neck. The riders cut and slashed with their whips and employed all the tricks known to jockies to get adyant- age of each other. It was most exciting
 After it was over, one man re- marked that he had bet and lost $4. co on the race but he would be mighty glad to lose $4.00 more to see it over. It was one of the best exhibitions of fast riding and fancy jockey work ever seen in Holbrook.
 The judges could not decide who had won the $20 bet, and had not decided at last accounts. A petition will probably be cir culated to have the race run again. It would sure attract a great crowd.
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16
ARIZONA ADMITTED
 TO STATEHOOD President Taft Signed Proclamation Last Wednesday MOming-State Officials
 Are Duly Inauguraied.

Arizona was duly admitted as a state last Wednesday when
 President Taft signed the doc
 ument which so proclaimed. Peo- pie from all over the state crowd ed into Phoenix to celebrate and participate in the ceremonies at tendant upon the inauguration of the new state officials. It was made a gala day at the state capitol and throughout Arizona generally.
 The Phoenix Republican has the following to say regarding the inaugural ceremonies:
 With the ceremony so timed that the assent to the oath came d few seconds before F o'clock, George William Paul Hunt. standing on the portico of the capitol building Wednesday assumed the respon siDility of the first governor of Arizona. The oath was admins tered by Chief Justice Alfred Franklin, in the presence of the retiring territorial officials. the incoming officers of the state, a host of personal friends. a vast assemblage of the men and wo- men of the territory who cover ed the lawns in front of the building, and William Jennings Bryan who was holding an im- promptu reception on one of them. Immediately after the inauguration the g0verneE tooz his station in the executive cham bers with MT. Bryan on hss right hand and the two gentlemen re- ceived and shook hands with hundreds who filled through the building to welcome one, the states first choice for governor, and the other the worlds most famous 'commoner", of demo- cratic faith. and holding princip- les much Tn accord with the governor.
 Simplicity and modest cere- monials were the keynote of the event, in strict accordance with the wishes of the new governor who holds that as a matter of principle the higher the official, the nearer he should place himself on the common level in all affairs of state. In con formity with that conviction he walked to the capitol building and took the oath under no decor ation save the state flag and the regimental flag of the national guard. The offices within were devoid of flowers. bunting or any decoration save the fixed furnish ings of the apartment. The occa sion was impressive. but only by the importance of what was transpiring and the presence of the citizenship of the state, whom the governor addressed with all the fervcr and earnest ness of his soul, after he had taken the oath,
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16
Big Lion Killed in Grand Canyon


 Big Lion Killed in Grand Canyon
 Quite lot of interest was ere ated Sunday by a lion skin which was brought in from the Grand Canyon by J Teller DeTurk, who killed the animal. It measured nine feet from tip to tip and was the largest skin yet seen in this section. Williams News.
 George o. Penney is in town from Taylor.
 The new board of supervisors of Navajo county held a meeting today and organized by electing J. E. Richards of St. Joe as chairman.
 Mrs. H. S. McKell and chiI dren left Thursday for Los An geles to remain month. Mrs. McKell's mother is lying i'll in a Los Angeles hospital.
 Colonel Joe Woods neglected to take in the big inaugural dojngs at the state capitol. Said he couldn't leave when there was so much racing going on
 An enjoyable dancing party was held at the Wetzler hall in observance of St. Valentines day. An unusually large crowd was present and the affair was a pronounced success.
 Rev. J. Andrew Arnett, of Winslow, wishes us to announce that he will close revival services at that place next Sunday and will come to Holbrook and hold services the following Monday evening.
 Clean up your yard and street, and if your neighbor don't do bis share of cleaning, don't let it put a damper on your enthusiams; but rather set a good example and show by your own cleaning that you are a true and honest 'CLEANER," then shalt thy .neighbor blush with shame and feel constrained to follow thy shining example.
 A fire broke out in the roof of the Loui Ghuey residence last week about noon time the volun- teer fire department was out in. full force and fortunately con- quered the flames before any great damage was done. While the fire department was engaged on this building they were called across the street to the Central Hotel where a fire had been ac- cidently started by one of the children.
 A news letter from Whiteriyer
  states that David Chubenay. one of the large Indian school boys, lost two fingers from his left hand while saving wood at the laundry. Rev. and Mrs. Edgar Guenther, of East Fork, had a beautiful girl baby left at their home by the stork, last Saturday. Mrs. Belle Seymore and John Craft were married in Whiteriver last Saturday evening by Justice w. H. Shawnee. Mrs. Bison ar rived from New York City last | week. She was met at Holbrook by her husband, Little Bison. Stock on the ranges hereabouts is reported as looking fine, with | but few losses this winter.
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16

Prof. Ward H. Edwards in the Sturgeon (Mo.) News-Leader says; 'The makeup of The Kansas City Star is as near OCT tect as a daily newspaper can possibly be There is no news paper on earth like The Kansas City Star" "
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16
NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL
 AND GENERAL INTEREST
Gathered From Various Sources and of More or Less Importance to the
 Readers of The News.

It was a great day for the races!
 Start the new state right by subscribing for the NEWS.
 The person who failed to get a valentine this year didn't live in Arizona.
 Dr. Geo. P. Sampson. of Wins low was in town a couple of days this week.
 Wm. Bauerback. of Winslow. was business visitor Tn Hol- brook, Wednesday.
 E. J. Jack Smith. is reported on the sick list this week although not serious.
 Bishop Savage was in town during the week buying lumber and fencing material.
 Mrs. Charles Gardner has been quite ill for some time we under stand she is improving.
 Fort Whipple will not be aban- doned. says Delegate Cameron. That is some more gratifying news for Arizona,
 William J. Bryan, the dis tiDguished Nebraskan, was one of the notables who spoke at the statehood celebration at Phoenix, Wednesday.
 A faucy-bred Clydesdale was shipped in from the east the first of the week. The animal will probably be sold to parties in this section.
 Miss Naoma Hale, who came here sometime ago from Virginia has been granted a First Grade Teachers Certificate by the ter ritorial Board of Examiners.
 F. c. Stamford. special agent of the Norwich Union Fire Insur- ance society, was here from Los Angeles on business this week, leaving today for Kingman.
 Hon F. Nelson, District At torney of Apache County, has been spending several days in Holbrook, Flagstaff and Winslow. returning home to St Johns We'd nesday.
 Judge RIG. Smith visited Snow flake during the week. Judge says the prospects of the new railway in the near future is making the people along the line feel pretty good
 A proposition to divide Coco nino county is being agitated very strenuously by the people of Williams. Coconino is said to be the second largest county in the United States.
 Warm weather seems to be coming along slowly. but there are plenty of indications that it will not be delayed long. Farm CTS and stockmen would welcome a spell of wet weather.
 An oil refinery is to be built at Gallup to handle the product of the Seven Lakes oil fields. Re cent developments would indi- Cate that the Seven Lakes are going to pan out" in great shape.
 Mrs J. F. Matthews has been appointed Deputy County Re corder by Recorder Houck. Mrs. Matthews is not only very com petent stenographer but also a 1 very pleasant lady. Houck is to be congratulated upou his sell ection. MT. Houck says that the office was in need of refinement and that all persons visiting the office hereafter must take off their hats and abstain from us-
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16
MASONS HOLD BIG
 MEETING IN PRESCOTT
HOnOred by Succession of Grand Enter- tainments Lasting Throughout the
 Week-City in Gala Attire.

PRESCOTT, Feb. II. Spec ial. )- Prescott today presents a gala appearance almost unherald- ed in her history. On all sides clouds of bunting and ilIuminat- ed Masonic insigna are seen. For the past two weeks the citizens have been decorating the princi pal buildings with thousands of tiny incandescent lights. Many of the more prominent structures are outlined with threads of bril- liant glow.
 When the decorating commit tee embarked upon this enter prise they had in mind the com ing statehood celebration, as well as the reception to the Masonic fraternity, and this accounts in a way for the extent of the decor ation.
 The court house is outlined with 5000 electric bulbs and when all the lights on the plaza are burning, the visitors eyes will be dazzled by the iIlumina- tion of fully 75, 900 incandescent globes.
 The Knights Tempiar convene Monday morning under charge of Geo. H. N. Luhrs, grand com mander. of Phoenix.
 The grand lodge will be opened Tuesday morning with Henry A. Morgan, grand master. of Will cox. in the chair.
 Wednesday afternoon the grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons will assemble. Prof. A. E. Douglas. grand high priest, of Tucson, presiding
 The Grand Chapter Orier Eastern Star meets Thursday morning and remains in session Thursday and Friday. Mrs. Jennie Capo. grand m atron, of Tucson. will preside.
 A series of entertainments has been povided for the visitors, which include grand ball, club smoker, card parties for the la dies, automobile rides. tbeater parties and numerous informal receptions at the homes of vari- ous well known Prescott society leaders.
 Fully 25O Masons, their wives ard families are in the city, but owing to the excellent ar- engagements provided by the hotel committee all the visitors are comfortably provided for. In addition to the visiting Masons there are many people in town from all over the northern part of the territory to participate in the Lincoln birthday celebration.
 One of the unique features of the conclave will take place this afternoon at five when the Past Grand Masters association will hold its annual session at which many of the Pioneer grand masters will be present, incIud- ing Martin w. Kales of Oakland, Cal, M. P. Freeman of Tucson, the president, and G. J. Rosk- ruge of Tucson, the secretary. The session will be followed bya dinner at the Yavapia club.
 Judge and Mrs. Sidney Sapp, of this paper. and Mir. L. D. Divelbess and wife went from Holbrook and were participants in the grand events referred to in the above article. They returned home today.
 John w. Smith, mall contractor
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16

we will probably get used to it.
 Mrs. Lousia Cross went to St. Joseph Monday to visit with her daughter. Mrs. J. E. Richards She went down in an automobile but we are inclined to think she will return on the CARS.
 There has been a walking ad- yertisement in town for class 1913 from Snowflake for some months, and if the class don't show up pretty soon we will send the CL ASS back home.
 Mayor Al Stevenson, from Ad- amana, was in town last week ordering supplies with which to feed and water over a hundred eastern tourists that visited his place on the 10th inst.
 Surveyor Chas E. Perkins is out for a week or more with MT. Garnett, who is a representative of the St. Louis 6 San Francisco R. R. Go. They are looking over some of the company's lands.
 Governor Sloan, during the closing days of his term, issued pardons, paroles and commuta- tions to a large number of terri torial prisoners. His action was prompted by advice of the board of control.
 China has at last become a free republic. the final steps being taken to consummate the change of government the first of the week. In point of population it becomes the greatest free nation on earth.
 Several citizens of St. Joseph headed by County Dad elect Richards. passed through here. enroute to Adamana, where they were to tote a large party of cas- tern tourists to the Petrifed For est. last Saturday.
 The admission jubilation did not hit Holbrook very hard, al- though some of our patriots took occasion to unfurl the stars and stripes in conspicuous places. Most of the larger Arizona towns made it an occasion for a grand celebration.
 Jud c. Lathrop. proprietor of the popular Pastime theatre at WinsIow, was looking after his business interests in Holbrook the forepart of the week. Jud is much gratified over the sue cess of his theatre venture at the big railroad town to the west.
 Poultry fancier Rencher has bought a new Cuhilator or In skivator don't know which, but he claims that the internal machine is in class by itself when it comes to matching Indian Runner duck. the kind that don't need water to swim in, and lay two eggs each day in sand.
 Children and matches came near being the cause of a dis astrous fire at the Central Hotel last week. We are informed that the loss caused by the fire amounted to something like $75. MT. S. D. Smith, the livery man, accidentally discovered the fire as he was going to dinner or the results might have been different.
 The Transcontinental Highway is going to run all around the streets of Holbrook, at least it looks so from the way the proper ty owners are cleaning up the stree ts and doiEg away with the
 
 Sage Brush Avenues and alleys. Now if our business people would stop throwing and sweeping their old papers, boxes, and other rubbish In the streets and h,1l.n thern m instead it would.
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16

John w. Smith, mall contractor at Fort Apache. was here from Snowflake on business this week.
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16

Quite a lot of interest was ere ated Sunday by a lion skin which was brought in from the Grand Canyon by J Teller DeTurk, who killed the animal. It measured nine feet from tip to tip and was the largest skin yet seen in this section. Williams News.
The Holbrook news., 1912-02-16

Judge and Mrs. Sidney Sapp, proprietors of this paper, and MT. L. D. Divelbess and wife went from Holbrook and were participants in the grand events referred to in the above article. They returned home today.