The Holbrook news., 1917-08-10
WEEKLY CREST OF EVENTS That HdUe Been Noted by The NetDs' Staff for the Edifcdtion or Its Readers. Really Worth Perusal.
NetO Road VIII Benefit Holbrook

may SOOu DS OuJlL 4EOlH 11OlDLOOh into the pine forests south ot here. When the McGaffey peo- pie started the survey several weeks ago the Mail scoffed at the idea of the road being built, but now that the final grade stakes are being placed by the engi- neers, that paper is forced to admit that the road will become a fact.
 While admitting that the rail- road will soon be started, the Mall. with it's characteristic ani- mostly towards Holbrook, states that the road will prove of inn mense value to Snowflake, which will be the trading center for that whole south country, but its contraction will prove detri- mental to Holbrook, because that town will loose the large volume of freighting business to Fort Apache and the towns in the south part of the county"
 Can you beat it? We believe not. For an exhibition of Simon pure. unadulterated asininity this latest effusion of the editor of the Mail caps the climax. Admitting that his thought that the construction of the railroad will be detrimental to Holbrook is fathered by his wish that such will be the case, why insult the intelligence of his readers by making a statement that can so easily by proven untrue. and which shows on it's face that it could only emanate from the brain of a person who has allow ed his spirit of envy to warp be- yond repair his faculty of correct reasoning?
 The building of the new rail- road will certianly be of immense value to Snowflake; it will be of great value to every other town and community in the county, not even excepting Winslow. Most of all it will benefit Holbrook. and this is probably realized by the editor of the Mail and the thought of it is the fly Tn his ointment.
 Most people. thank God, are broad minded enough to rejoice at the prosperity of their neigh bors, even though they do not directly share in that prosperity. Evidently the editor of the Mail is not constructed along such lines; his selfshness will not al- low him to take pleasure in the welfare of the whole community because, perchance, his own par tieular community can not grab all the benefits. Does he fear that he will be forced to discard from his front page the caption. the Metropolis of Northern Arizona?
 AS a matter of fact the boast that Winslow is the metropolis of northern Arizona is an empty one. In respect to population Flagstaff is larger than Winslow. and when the volume of business is figured, Holbrook is ahead of either Flagstaff or Winslow. When the new railroad is con- structed, Holbrook will soCn forge ahead of both those towns in volume of business and her population will be greater than either.
 Of course HolbroOk will lose the freightinR business now done by auto trucks and horse drawn vehicles; that IS. she will be deprived of the picturesque sight of these freight vehicles loading every day at the numer- ous big warehouses in the town. But she will be compensated in part at least by the sight of long strings of freight cars on the tracks, loading goods for ship ment to Snowflake and smaller towns up the country. The sound of the auto truck horn and the mule-skinner's whip will be re- placed by the clang of the bell on the switch engine as it shunts loaded cars from the tracks of the warehouses to the main