The Snowflake herald., 1914-05-23
HOLBROOK LOCALS
AND PERSONALS

was a business visitor here Sat-
urday and Sunday.
Less Hart, Ed Bargman and E.
P. Howell were prominent cattle
men in town the first of the
week.
Hess and Newman of Joppa
were in town the first of the
week for supplies for their sheep
camps.
A good roads meeting was held
in the Court house Thursday
night by representatives of this
and Apache county.
Charles L. Rhoton and family
were called to Shumway We'd
nesday on account of the serious
illness of Mrs. Rhoton's mother,
Mrs. w. G. Shumway.
Judge Thorwald Larson made
a trip to Phoenix the first of the
week on professional business.
He was accompanied home by
his mother, who resides near that
place, and who will visit here
during the summer.
Mrs. Grady Gammage spoke to
a large audience in the Court
House Thursday night. She is
an excellent speaker. After the
lecture she held a meeting in the
Superior Judges chamber and or
ganized an "anti-booze" union.
Holbrook has been experienc-
ing something of a small pox
scare the last few days. Several
Mexican children were found
running the streets afflicted with
the disease in light form. They
were Immediately quarantined
and red flags now designate the
danger districts
Being built up with their vic
tory at Flagstaff, the ball team
went to Winslow last Sunday for
a game with the team at the
metropolis. The game started
fine but soon developed into a
running match. Winslow scor-
ing eighteen runs around the
diamond to Holbrook's ten and
several runs for the ball.
DR.. j. w. Bazell made pro-
fessional trip to Showlow, We'd
nesday to make some examina-
tions for the Intermountain Life
Insurance company of protective
policy purchasers at that place.
The DR.. made the trip in his new
Maxwell automobile in which he
glides along as smoothly as a
bird on the wing except in places
where the bottom of the road
has dropped out.
Mr.. Webster, agent for the
rotary sewing machine, had the
misfortune of having to leave his
automobile in the Rio Puerco
last Friday. On attempting to
cross what is usually dry wash
found the water too deep to ford
and too thick to row over. The
only choice for the machine un-
der such conditions being to at
tempt a trip to China, which
route was taken as a last choice.
However, before going far Mr..
| Webster disembarked and walk
ed to town. John Dewitt, county
road superintendent, was sent
out to intercept the machine and
found it several fathoms on it's
voyage below but the good roads
boss succeeded in bringing it
back to terra frma after consid-
cradle digging and pulling.
The dryest man in the country
Eugene w. Chain, of Tucson,
twice prohibition candidate for
president of the United States
and now candidate for the u. S.
Senate from Arizona. held an
open air meeting last Saturday
evening, speaking from the wool
platform on railroad avenue in
front of the Navajo-Apache bank.
Mr.. Chain is very able speaker
and has a great number OF flg-
ures on the whiskey question at
at his finger tips. He claimed
that one of the great arguments
against prohibition was that 1t
did not prohibit, some claiming
that there was more drinking
with blind pigs in dry territory
than in saloons in wet districts
but he took issue with the argu-
ment as such pigs were frequent
ly arrested. The Speaker caused
some amusement and applause
by stating that he understood