The Snowflake herald., 1914-01-09
HOLBROOK LOCALS
AND PERSONALS

MISS LoCClo RlcnafQS, OF OC.
Joseph, was visiting friends here
the first of the week.
A. H. Hansen, justice of the
peace and hotel man, of WinsloW,
was a visitor at the county seat
the first of the week.
S. D. Smith, proprietor of the
Holbrook Hotel, made business
trip to St. Johns last week re
turning home Saturday.
Al Young and Charley Reid
head of ShoWlow were business
visitors at the county seat dur
ing the week and delegates to
the cattlemens' convention held
at the courthouse Monday.
Mrs. Emma B. Swindell, one
of the teachers of the public
school, resigned her position at
the close of the holiday vacation
on account of sickness in her
family and returned to her home
in Los Angeles, the vacancy be-
ing filled by the employment of
Miss Saunders, from Kansas.
H. c.. Tenney, of Taylor, left
here about three weeks ago in
quest of job with short hours
and long nav returning Saturday
evening sad and detected and
stating that he could not find
work of any kind regardless of
hours or pay; that he had visited
Winslow, Flagstaff, Williams,
Ash Fork and Prescott and found
unemployed everywhere and bus
mess quiet.
The board of supervisors was
in session Monday and Tuesday
putting the business affairs of
the county in shape at the COM
mencement of the year, and
among other important matters
to the public made the first selec-
ton of eligibles for jury duty of
male voters between tWenty-one
and sixty years of age, the list
comprising over five hundred
names.
w. H. Larson, of Snowflake,
was appointed county recorder
by the board of supervisors at its
meeting Monday, to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of c..
M. c.. Hnuck, and George Bailey,
of Pinedale, was appointed
county ranger to maintain peace
and respect for the law in his
neighborhood. There were sew
eral applicants for both positions
and while they were all compe-
tent men, the board made a wise
selection and the public will un-
doubtedly be we'll served by the
new officers.
The weather in Holbrook has
been supremely fine all winter SO
far and old residents here can
not recall when it was ever bet
ter at this time of the year.
The sun shines brightly every
day and the night and morning
air is only cold enough to be nice
and bracing, but there is, how
ever, an early sign of spring
wind as Harry Scorse is home
from Phoenix and has proposed
large pumping plant to irrigate
his lands adjacent to and sur
rounding the town.
Bush" Anderson, u. S. dep
uty marshal, was here Saturday
with George F. McGillis and Ed
wardo Montya, of Winslow, in
custody, and charged wsth in
fractions against Uncle Sam S
statutes made and provided:
McGillis being held to answer
for fradulently using a free rail
road pass in interstate commerce
between Winslow and Albuquer-
que and Montoya for peddling
fire-Water to an !Indian. The
cases were set for preliminary
hearing Thursday before r. G..
Smith, U. S. commissioner, when
it is expected that the five In
dians now held in the St. Johns
jail for the murder of an Indian
medicine man on the Navajo res
ervation near Fort Defiance sew
eral weeks ago will be given a
hearing. The Indians were first
arrested by the Sheriff of Apache
county and held to answer for
murder before the superior court
but the state courts have no
jurisdiction of such cases, they
were turned over to the u. S.
marshal and will be brought here
for trial as there is no u. S. COM
missioner in Apache county.
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