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The Holbrook news., 1914-01-02
THE HOLBROOK NEWS
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Notice for Publication of Account and the Hearing of Petition
 for Final Distribution


 In the Superior Court State of Arizona, Tn and for Navajo County.
 In the matter of the estate of Ninian Miller, deceased.
 Notice is hereby given, that John H. Miller. Administrator of Ninian Miller, deceased. has rendered and presented for settlement and filed in said court his final account of his administration of said estate to- gether with his petition for final distribution of said estate; and that Saturday. the 17th day of January 1914, at 10 o'clock A. M. at the court room of said Court, at the courthouse in Holbrook, in said Navajo County, has been duly appointed by the Judge of said court for the settlement of said account and the hearing of said petition at which time and place any person interested in said es- tate may appear and file his ex- captions in writing, to the said account, and contest the same.
 Dated this 18th day of pecem- Der. 1913.
 w. B. WOODS,
 Clerk of the Superior Court.
The Holbrook news., 1914-01-02

" Mary Watson 100 Mrs. Mary BouIing 1,O7Ol
 FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA Miss Mary Greenlan 1,O9O " Mary Bart 1.l5OI " Pulliam 1,llO " Ellinger l.07O
 ELLEN, N. M.
 Villo O'Brien 1.O95 Lillian Phol 1,O6O Ruth Zeigler 1.OS5 Miss Mary Didier 1,O95 Mrs. N. s. Bibo, Grants.
 N. M. 1,l35 Miss Mary Pitts, Gibson.
 N. M. 1.O7O Miss Stero Cubero 1O8O !" Francis, Seboyeta, NM. 1,21O
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

From ancient days Christmas trees, lighted with
candles, were used In the chancels Of English
churches But 1t has been put on record that the
introduction OF the modern Christmas trees into
England due to the late duchess Of Kent.
grandmother to King Edward VII, who was cred
tied with having brought the custom from Ger.
many for the amusement Of Queen Victoria when
a little gil at Kensngton palace
The Christmas tree by 1846 was undoubtedly es,
tablished at Windsor indeed, at that period per.
feet plantation appears to have sprung up In the
drawing room of the castle. In the newspapers Of
the time 1t is recorded that after dinner at which
the principal dish noble baron of beef weigh,
ing 260 pounds that occupied many hours in roast
Ing and at which the band of the Scots Fusiliers
discoursed such popular airs Aubers "Bronze
Horse" and selections from Norma" the queen
and the prince with the royal suite retired to the
drawing room, where, on tables, were gracefully
displayed several imitation fir trees upwards of
six feet in height, from the branches of which
were suspended variety of French bonbons and
numerous elegant presents for the royal visitors
and suites" The trees, we further learn, were
brilliantly illuminated with wax tapers judiciously
placed among the leaves
1t is not certain, however. that the custom had
not been in use for centuries in rural parts of
Great Britain.
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WHEN CATTLE KNELT IN ADoRATioN.

Many an awe-stricken group has waited in the
chill air to see the cattle fall upon their knees in
alteration at twelve o'clock. the hour when Christ
was wrapped in swadding clothes. An honest old
Cornwall, England. man. who lived at ST. Stephens
Downs. near Launceston, said, towards the close Of
the eighteenth century, that he once with some
others. made trial of the superstition Watching
several oxen In their stalls at twelve o'clock at
night on the oath of December they observed the
two Oldest oxen only to fall down upon their knees
and maize cruel moan, like Christian creatures
There is an old print in the British museum in
which the oxen In the stable near the Virgin and
Child are represented upon their knees az n IN
supplfant 'sture. This graphic representation is
perhaps the origin of the foregoing superstition,
notion.
But more curious than all is an addition to this
superstition to the effect that the brute creation
unanimously refused to acknowledge the change
or style, from old to new, under the calendar
though on old Christmas day not only would the
bees sing their welcome song but the oxen and
asses womb kneel In their stalls in token of hon.
age 1t was also said that to spin on Christmas
DAY caused cattle to go mad and lame
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
Mistletoe Hunters.

Ceuzy, in Brittany. annually becomes
center of attraction for mistletoe
Dickers. and the poplars that line the
hillsides around about the village
show an abundance of the precious
evergreen. the sight of which would
fll the heart of many a Norman mis-
tletoe gatherer with envy.
Here, however, the trees are lofty
and by no means so easy to despoil of
their white berried parasite as the
apple trees In northern France. which
Weld most of the harvest destined to
find its way to the British m&sket
Nevertheless clambering up into the
tree tops sixty or seventy feet from
the ground is not so difficult a task as
it may appear to those who are un.
initiated into the modus operandi of
the mistletoe hunters.
With the aid of peculiarly shaped
iron griffeG attached to their feet. en-.
abling them to get a firm grip of the
trunk or stem which they wish to as
cend, the skilled climbers make their
way from branch to branch with mon
keylike agility, and in few minutes
the tree is stripped of its mistletoe
crop.
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thread. using some white kernels and
staining other kernels red. blue and
other colors with dress dyes. or any
colOring material that you have at
hand. Two cranberries strung on the
thread between every five or six ker-
nels of popcorn make a pleasing va
ration in the popcorn chain idea. An
other chain that is of novel form is
prepared by coating a piece of string
with glue or mucilage. and the sprin-
king bits of colosed paper over tho
glued surface. Cut up any colored pa
per that you can find, or buy small
roll of colored confetti Use plenty of
mucilage or glue so the bits will stick.
Fruits and nuts belong among the
Christmas trees trimmings. and there
are many unique methods of banging
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

these from the branches. None are
more popular, however, than stockings
cut and sewed up out of pieces of tarle-
tan Gig. 81, and hung by pieces OF
ribbon; and cornucopias made OF col
ored paper and hung by means Of rib
bon Gig. g.. Figure Z shows hDw to
cut piece of paper fer a cornucopia.
Coat one edge of the piece with mu.
cilage. then starting with that edge.
roll up the piece of paper into the
form shown in Fig. 6 and paste to the
outer edge. Paste small cOlored pic,
lures upon the outside of each cornu-
crpia.
The little goblin shown in Fig. 8
is only one of the many funny little
people that can be made with orange
heads and cardboard and paper
clothes. Cut away the outer portion
of the orange rind to form eyes, nose
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
HOMEMADE TRIMMINGS FOR THE
CHRISTMAS TREE.

1t is lots of fun trimming the Christ
mas tree with homemade ornaments.
much more fun than with the kind you
buy in stores, and planning and max.
ing tree ornaments that will be both
novel and attractive provides interest
ing work for several days.
In the illustrations below are shown
several clever forms of ornaments
that are easily made The tip cf the
tree should be crowned with a single
ornament. and a double five-pointed
star made after the fashion of that
shown in Fig. l is most appropriate
The double star is prepared in two
pieces cut from cardboard box (Figs
2 and 81. Mark them out alike with
ruler and pencil, making the distance
between opposite points inches. Cut
them with knife or scissors
Each star must be slashed so one
will fit over the other. Slash one as
shown in Fig 2, from point A down to
B, which is one-half of the distance
from A to c.; and slash the other as
shown in Fig. 8, from C up to B You
viii see that by now crossing the pair
of stars, and slipping the slash made
IN each over the uncut portion of the
other, the star ornament will be put
together to look like the one in Fig l.
The cardboard must be covered with
tinfoil to make it nice and shiny, but
before putting this covering on, cut
two slender sticks for support. fastel
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

the upper ends of the sticks 10 oppo-
site faces Of the star. and bind the
lower ends together with thread.
When fastening the star to the tree.
run the ends of the sticks far enough
below the tree top to enable you to
bind them securely in position
The four lower points Of the stars
serve excellently for attaching the up
per ends Of the ornamental chains to,
that go to make up a large portion of
the trimmings of tree,
There are various ways of making
pretty chains. String popcorn on
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

inches wide and 26 inche. Ions was
used for this base. Fig. shows the
first step in it's construction-the form
ing of pocket in the bottom OF the
box to receive the end of the tree.
This is made with two pair Of boards
nailed together crosswise as in Fig.
3. Any boards of narrow widths will
do. Cut pair A exactly as long as the
inside width of the box, and pair B
exactly as long as the inside length CT
the box. For the end Of a tree OF me-
dunn size, the pocket should measure
two and one-half or three inches
square. This means that the strips
should be placed two and onc-t or
three inches apart. If the pocket
proves to be bit too large, the end of
the tree can be wrapped with strip
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

of cloth or paper to make it fit tight.
This pocket frame does not require
fastening to the box If it is made to
fit snugly.
The bottom pocket holds the end of
the tree in position. A similar pocket
in the top of the box is necessary to
keep the tree from topping over, and
this is made by fastening one pair of
boards between the sides of the box
even with the top edge &C. Fig. ~.
then crossing them with pair nailed
to the top of the box I'd, Fig. 81.
The base can now be completed by
covering it neatly with cloth, but it
will have a much more attractive ap,
pearance if you slant the sides as they
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

and mouth, and make the ears out of
cardboard and stick them into Sits cut
in the orange rind.
Figure 8 shows q pattern for the
ears, while Fig. 10 shows how to Gu:
the cardboard body. Stick the neck
of the body into slot cut through
the orange rind. To hang up the little
figure, stick hairpin into his head.
and tie a piece of thread to the loop
end (Figs. and III. Paint the clothes
of the body with water colors or color
with crayons If YOU make several OF
the figures. provide vjme with hats.
and some with bonnets.
Copyright. by A. Nicely Hali)
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

upon disagreeable one Every nation.
even your own, has such. But the
chances are that your ',reign acquaint-
ance is sincere, honest, sympathetic
and a good fellow.
The man on the other side of the
ocean wouldn't be so different IL you
only knew him. The trouble is that
you don't. You lump lot Of disagree
able qualities together and label them
by some national name and then de
nounce the nation.
You may not like certain govern
mental policies abroad. You may
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
TO SANTA CLAUS
Santa Claus, Santa Claus,

Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
Are you truly true?
On your way moment pause
Here's test for you:
Do you linger round the spot
Where the sunshine cometh not?
Do you seek the hearth that's cold
With your treasure-stores untold?
Is your smiling visage seen
In the hOvel poor and mean,
Or are you the guest elate
Of the eyer-fortunate?
Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
With your pack of cheer,
Are you solid gold or gauze?
Democrat or Peer?
Do you seek the squalid lane
Of the pauper and the plain?
Do you take your Christmas joys
To the pallid girls and boys,
Little maids and little chaps
Clad in rags and housed in traps?
Do you load the Christmas Trees
With rich gifts for such as these?
Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
Whittier are you bent?
To the frigid upper-foors
OF some tenement,
Where upon bed Of grief
Lies one thirsting for relief,
Thirsting for some little rift
In the clouds that seldom lift
Do you carry drafts of life
To these scenes of pain and strife,
Or are you the guest alone
Of your sister Fortunes own?
Santa Claus. Sant:. Claus,
Are you truly true?
On yC:lr way moment pause
Here's test for you:
Do you give to those in need?
Do you to the weeping speed,
Scattering your gifts of cheer
Ger the weary and the drear-
Or do you your treasures pitch
Into laps already rich?
That, dear Saint. beloved and gray,
That's the test of Christmas Day.
John Kendrick Bangs, Harper
Weekly
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

SHOW iAS ILC WI ~
ings of his clock
work vehicles with
metallic horses and
drivers, his fighting
roosters and climb
ing monkeys, and
his automatic ami.
mails full of plain
tive voice. About the
corners where most
people pass are sta
toned the familiar
men and women
with baby rabbits
and beribboned pup
pies Of divers s
breeds. They know
just how to make a
woman imbued with
the Christmas spirit
take pity on the lit
tie animals on a
cold day and bu"
them in order that
they may have a
comfortable home.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
DISLIKE FOR WHOLE NATION
Foolish Feeling Which Is Founded
Generally on Ones Experience
With individuals.

Men talk of disliking or hating"
whole nations. They have no use for"
French or Germans or Russians or
English. 1t is foolish feeling. If you
have had the fortune to get acquainted
with persons of different nationalities
YOU have found them fine and delight
ful Occasionally you may have come
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
Wanted to Copy Mamma.

While playing with a pair of shears
little Laura severed one OF the pref
tiest of her golden curls. My dear
child, why did you do that?" asked
Aunt Hary, who came to call soon
afterward. 81 wanted 'em so l could
take 'em off and hang 'em on a chair,
like mamma does"
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
Watersnouts Escort Shin.

Officers of the steamer Borinquen.
from San Juan, Porto Rico, reported
that just as the ship was entering the
Gulf Stream four waterspouts were
;een. Two were in the southwest and
wo in the. east, and travelling at a
,igh rate of speed before a westerly
Wind. The water temperature at the
ime was IS degrees and that of the
lir II.
At first the lower parts of the spouts
we're vertical, and the upper parts hor.
zontai Late, - nc- spOuts ap-
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
FIXING THE CHRISTMAS TREE

top down over the edge Of t. bottom
frame. and tack it to the under side
this covering material to stretch the
cloth tightly and evenly. Bring it to-
gether at the corners and sew the
edges nelly.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
One on the Vci:e.

Lecturer-"Ladies and gentlemen,
we shall consider this evening the
fundamental principles of architec-
ture. The Etruscans-" A Wandering
Voice-"How dye build dog house?'
Lecturer tsolicitously)-"Are you go
ing to move?"-Judge.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

peared on either side, about two miles
away. They were solid and nearly
vertical. The dark clouds from which
they appeared to descend were about
1000 feet above the water. After
about forty minutes conditions be-
came normal again-New York Trib-
une. rir raE =
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

green's man with his huge boxes of holly and mis-
tletoe, and-more power and less glucose to MIN
the candy man and something like ten thousand
others display their wares from all sides. entlce
the passing throngs with a hundred little devices,
appeal to their sympathy and turn peace and good
will into hard cash. To both buyer and seller,
from the biggest to the smallest Christmas has
become science.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
Speed OF Electricity.

Time hardly enters into the matter
OF the transmission of a telegraphic
message. The click is heard as quickly
a thousand miles, or three thousand,
as it is hundred-provided the line
is continuous
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
A base for the Christmas tree is one

A base for the Christmas tree Is one
Of the simplest things in the world to
make when you know how to go about
the cor ;truction. And you can make
one for the home tree that will be
every whit as good as one bought.
A grocery box and few box boards,
some cloth covering material, ham,
mer and = saw. are all thG. : required
In making the tree base shown in
Fig. l.
An Cblong box 10 inches deep, %
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
Daily Thought.

The one enemy we have in this uni
verse is stupidity. darkness of mind.
of which darkness there are many
sources, every sin a source and prob
ably self-conceit the chief source
Carlyle.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
Does Hep

Man is not born to solve the prob
lem OF the universe, but to find out
what he has to do; and to restrain
himself within the limits of his COM
prehension.-Goethe
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
Imports of Salt.

Common salt continues to be i'm
ported in considerable quantity, more
than one million barrels coming to
Atlantic ports last year. according to
the United States geological survey.
The country is amply able. however.
to supply the entire home demand, az
the capacity of its 8 alt mines and
works is Al excess of the present out
put. The imports last year were only
80 per cent of the total consumption.
whereas in 1890 the percentage was
172
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
Movino Pictures,

Moving pictures may be said to
have begun with the appearance of
.Edison's kinetoscope in 1898. Before
that date the art was TO large ex-
tent experimental anS noncommercial.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
SOME PEOPLE DO.

DID understand you to say that willoughbv
enjoys canned prunes?" asked the man who w.s
slightly deaf
NO., answered the friend: II said canned
tunes There's no accounting for tastes
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
A Trihe BeIated.

II see that Dilks has Joined the
great majority"
"You don't mean that he's dead?"
"Oh no. He merely postponed hav.
Ing his Panama cleaned until about q
week before time to quit wearing It..
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

are slanted in Fig. l. This is done
by mailing a pair of boards to the bot
tom of the box (B, B, Fig. g. so they
project beyond the sides and ends as
shown, and then mailing strips F to
he ends of these boards. The pro-
jections of the frame thus formed
should be equal. Now. when you cov-
er the 5o~ bring the cloth from the
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW.

When we were first married you used to ad
mire my clothes. but you only frown a; them
now."
But, my dear, your father paid for the clothra
you wore when FIRST rpa--iod"
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
Woman's OCCUPATION.

When a woman builds house she
wants plenty of closets. Then she
spends most of her time looking In
them for burglars.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

properly object to illiberal or reaction
ary traits in the men in control But
it holds true today as it did in the
time of Edmund Burke, that it is i'm
possible to draw an indictment against
a whole people-Kansas City Star.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
Ash Can On Wheels.

A Connecticut man has patented an
ash can on wheels, the handles of
which can be locked to hold II sta
tinn3rv vae- not needed 10 move it
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
Daily Thought.

To travel hopefully is better thing
thaa to arrive.-Robert Louis Steven
son.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
"a GN \
IL J
WAan.
TIL ZN MAz2S
A1E SCZEIYZTSS"

cents In cost. 1t Ia sur
prising how many attrac-
tive things may be had
for this money. and the
hard-pressed, busy moth
er, doting grandma, con-
scientious aunt or mex
perienced big cousin is
very likely to find there
the very thing to buy for
Tommy or Ruth.
The scientific Christ
mas has only begun and
before long we will have
exhibits for people Of all
ages and both sexes. AS
1t is, the department
cfNr0c hxy th4;r co:oA:e
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
@HRlSIMAS HAf2[lIA As y

Up there before the eyes is an inspiring pre-
sentiment of the great Unselfshness And here
before you. behind you and on either hand are
the goods, just the things for all your kith and
kin. II is the shopkeeper's plan that you shall
buy while the spell is still on you while the dim
religious light beams out and the Christmas carols
burden the air. And you do You would be less
than human if you didn't. You may not think
that has anything to do with it. but 1t has. The
shopkeeper would not go to all that expense. you
NAV ha snra IL he did not know what results II
would bring him.
Even the small street takers use their wits TO
sell all they can during the holidays IT Is tneiT
harvest time of the whole year. And they seiect
the spots on the sidewalks which VIII be mos'
advantageous for sale of their particular wares
They invent tnnumerable little devices for the
purpose Of attracting crowds. They, too, are sci
entific.
The toyman chooses a spot where the greates'
number of children will pass, and spenos the Gay
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-01-15

taken in at the box office will be used
to make up the foot ball deficit.
Walter W. Shay, ~, was married
last Saturday afternoon to Miss Doro-
thy Lii. The wedding was performed
at st. MARKS Episcopal rectory.
Harry Coshow and Viola Crapper,
Ia were married in Portland last Sat-
urday and have returned here where
they will make their home.
Two debates between Hood River
and White Salmon will be held Febru-
ary q. Two Hood River debators will
go to White Salmon to debate there
and two others will give a duo of
Whites Salmon 1ebaters a reception
here. Ella Mcdonald and Olive Rich
ards, winners of last years cup, will be
in the debate and two other ,Iebatep ps
will be chosen from the following stu
dents: Mary Sheppard. Elizabeth Car
son, Adrienne Epping, Leon Noble and
Allan Harris. The subject of the de-
bates VIII be Resolved, That the
Government Should Own the Telehone
and Telegraph Systems"
The junior class basket ball team
journeys to Mosier tomorrow night,
where they will play the Mosier team.
After the game they will be the guests
at reception given by the Mosier
team. Bragg, Suttsoff, Imholz and
several others of the third year men
will make the trip. Jones and Cooper,
of the junior class team,o will be in
Portland with the regulars and the
junior team will be weakened by the
absence of these two players.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-01-15
Lincoln Washington Celebration

In February occur the anniversaries
OF the birth of Abraham Lincoln and of
George Washington, both occasions
now being legal holidays for the first
time in Oregon. The days coming so
close together it is thought best to
combine them in the observance of a
Observation-Disclosures celebration of the
memories of these two great national
characters. Eloquent speakers will
honor the occasioE. one having the sui s
ject of Lincoln, the other that of Wash
ington. Thirty minute addresses will
not unduly prolong the services. Fur
ther notice will be given of the speak
ers, the hour and the place. The GA.
R., under whose auspices it will be
held, cordially invites the attendance
of the patriotic public.
Committee of the q. A. X.
and w. X. T..