The Snowflake herald., 1914-05-30
HOLBROOK LOCALS
AND PERSONALS


here looking after his cattle in
tereStS.
}. E Crosby spent Monday in
WinsloW as a spectator at the
city election.
John H. Miller spent Sunday
at Winslow on business of a per-
sonal nature.
George @. Tenney of Taylor
was a visitor in town during the
week, combining business with
pleasure.
Supervisor c.. H. Jennings,
of the Sitgreaves Forest at
Snowflake, was business visitor
here Monday.
j. E. Richards of St. Joseph
was here Tuesday on official bus
mess as chairman of the Board
of Supervisors.
E. D. Solomon of Taylor was
a business visitor here Thursday
motoring home in the evening in
his new Maxwell car.
j. j. Shumway motored in from
Taylor Tuesday with a load of
young men who left for Salt Lake
City on the morning train.
Mrs. Ninian Miller is visiting in
Snowflake with her daughter
and expects to be absent from
home until after the Taylor con-
ference.
VIM. C. Smith was here Mon
day from Snowflake returning .
Flagstaff where he expects to
continue his studies at the Nor
NAL school.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs Jay
Patterson was made happy 4he
22nd inst by the arrival of ten
pound boy. The mother and
baby are doing nicely.
Bp. John Bushman and family
of St. Joseph passed through the
capital Thursday enroute to the
Snowfake-Taylor district to at
tend the Stake conference.
Mrs. Chas. Jarvis of St. Johns
arrived here a few days ago and
is engaged nursing her daughter
in-law, Mrs. Arthur Jarvis, who
is afflicted with the small pox.
Charles Cooley and family
left Wednesday for the ranch,
where they expect to spend the
summer amongst the pi n e S !.
Banker Thomas and family are
now domiciled at the Cooley resi-
dence.
Are you vaccinated?" is one
of the passwords in Holbrook.
No new cases of small pox have
developed since the first ones
were quarantined but some of
them have developed into pretty
severe cases.
Joseph H. Richards, one of the
early pioneers of this country,
and who has held several prom
met official positions in both Apa-
che and Navajo counties, was a
visitor in town Tuesday from st.
Joseph. Mr.. Richards has been
a sufferer from rheumatism for
several years and now walks with
the aid of crutches.
Having outgrown it's location
in the Larson block the Holbrook
postofice was moved Thursday
to the Wetzler building adjoin-
ing on the west. During the
last fiscal month the office han
died over forty thousand pounds
of mail matter and because of
the rapidly increasing volume of
business it was necessary to Sc
cure larger quarters.
The A. c.. M. |. has force of
men at work excavating the base
ment for a proposed warehouse
forty by one hundred fifty feet
to be erected in front of the post
office. The ground on which the
building is to be erected has been
used as a part of the street since
the settlement of the town but
belonging to the railroad COM
pany. That the Santa Fe would
lease the ground for building
purposes after being used for
such long period by the public
helps to swell the company's all
ready large supply of gall; and
that the Coop would so build in
the center of town and on ground
formerly used as a public thor
ough-fare aids the belief that
the higher ups of the mercantile
company have lately been i'm