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The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
MORE SUBSTANTIAL
 INTEREST.

As an evidence of the substan- tial foundation of endeavor in the Holbrook field and further indi- eating the faith entertained by the larger interests after their in evitable thorough investigation we are glad to state that within the next few days a contract for acreage in the 1olbrook field will be signed by representatives of a large and well known industrial corporation, having at their dis posal unlimited funds.
 The enrolment of these people on the list of development com panies will perhaps have great CT stimulating effect for the Hol- brook field throughout the State of Arizona than that of any of the substantial companies already lat work. The entrance of this company into the Holbrook field is but an indication of the sub stantial basis which has induced activity in this field and that the oil industry is paramount as a safe peace or war investment.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
CLARKDALE MAN TAKES
 OVER ACREAGE.


 It is of interest we learn that H. H. Burt of Clarkdale has talk len over a section of land on the big structure south of town MT. Burt, who visited Holbrook early last Spring, is remembered by the oil men as being formerly con nected with the Goldfeld Con solidated Mining Co. of Goldfeld, Nevada, and the direction of his well known energy in this field will be welcomed
 MT. Burt has been expected in Holbrook ere this, but the strin- gent quarantine of the Verde dis trict, MT. Burt's present home, has made his presence in Hol- brook impossible of late and we are without definite information as to the particular location which will be the scene of operations. A company is now being formed to operate this property, a well known Missouri capitalist and substantial business men of the Verde district being asso- ciated with MT. Burt in this en- deavor.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
HoLBRooK OIL co.
 READY.

The ravages of influenza have been responsible for delay in starting operations of the Hol- brook Oil Co.,, the contractors force having been hard hit by the epidemic. Local preparations have also been delayed owing to. the seriousness of the situation here. It is now announced, however, that conditions have improved to such an extent that the rig will surely be shipped the early part of next week. Lumber for the derrick is already on the site ot the well ready for the contractor.
 As matter of economy in money, labor and time, it has been decided that the first work to be started by this company . will be the drilling of water well, those familiar with the To- cation asserting that water will be encountered at depth of not over 125 feet.
 Tn addition to the complete rig of the contractors 1t is understood that 1 500 feet of casing has been purchased for early delivery Much time will be saved by com plete preparation,
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
Judge Sapp Thanks
 His Many Friends

To the People of
 Navajo County.
 Since it will be impossible for me to personally see and thank my friends for their faithful support accorded me in the recent campaign, 1 wish to take this means Of extending to each and every one of you my grateful ap- preciation for everything that was done or said in my behalf, and l assure you that your loyal and sincere help will never be forgotten by me.
 My home is in Navajo County, I expect to continue to make this my home, and I want nothing but the good will of every man, woman and child in the county.
 During the past four years that I have been the judge of your county l have endeavored to conduct the affairs of my office in such a way that when l retire to private life on January 1st, 1 can do so with a clear con- science and with only good will toward all.
 To those who did not vote for me, I have no criticism nor ill will, believing it their right to vote for the man of their choice.
 Yours very truly, SIDNEY SAPP.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
J. E. Gddy) Jones Elected Judge of
 COcOninO County

Holbrook friends of J. E. Jones received a telegram Wednesday night to the eff feet that MT. Jones had been elected Judge of the Superior Court of Coconino County, having defeated Judge Per kins by a good majority.
 This will be good news to his great number of friends in this county, for he was almost as well known in County as he is known in his home county, having practiced in the To- ,al courts for many years.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
Neither War Nor Pestilence
 Can Stop Oil Development
In Spite of the War and the Epidemic Influenza Work the o brook Oil Field Progressing, Although Not Rapidly as it Would be Under More Favorable Conditions. HobroOk Oil O. Rig Expected Next WeekNew Companies Entering Field

alton is that Jack Marden left
 Holbrook recently for Prescott and not desiring to submit his old pal to the perils of public con tagion, left "Cur1ey" to await his return. Itis understood that MT. Warden is combining business with critical perusal of election returns. He is expected to re- turn to Holbrook the latter part of the week. Someone please tell "Curley."
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
Drilling Progressing Nicely

Both the Hopi and the Ada mana Oil Companies are making good progress ih their drilling operations. In both wells some very hard formation has been encountered and in consequence the work is slow. However when a greater depth, has been reached the drillers expect to find the going easier. The Ada mana company is working two shifts of drillers.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
HoIbroOk People Visit
 Painted Desert

On Sunday morning three au- tornobile loads of Holbrook peo- pie left here for Painted Desert. In this party were Miss McClair, Miss Wickstrom, Miss Hopkins, Miss Milton, Mrs. Thorwald Larson, Messrs. Widman, Dug gan, Hunter and Hughes. This party was later joined by Mir. and Mrs. Funk and their daugh- ter, Mrs. Hamilton and her two children. After spending the day seeing natures great paint ing the party returned via Ada mana to Holbrook.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
Tragedy At Fort Apache.

On last Tuesday two colored soldiers belonging to Troop 1, 10th Cavalry, located at Fort Apache, engaged in a fight which finally resulted in the death of one. It seems that these two soldiers had some diff ficulty after which they were placed in the guard house. In some manner one of the boys se- cured knife after being locked up and in renewal of the first difficulty he stabbed the other soldier in the side causing a wound that resulted in death Soolf afterwards.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
~cURLEY1 HARDEN.


 If we may be permitted to di- vert from the deeply human sym pathy which has enthralled us of late 1t may not be amiss to call to attention the case of "Curley." " You all know "Curley, from whom the dignity of age has talk en the frivolities of youth and left supreme the quality of devo- ton. "Curleys does not pine, nor does he pant with hysterical emo ton, but the sad and expectant longing look in his honest eyes makes you long to tell him that Jack will return quite soon The reason for thislpathetic situ-
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08

The trials and tribulations oi
 Job have nothing to do with our
 story, but the trials and tribula-
 tions of the News for the past three weeks might serve as a more modern text. Shorthanded at first by reason of the all-com- polling call of illness we strug- gled through an issue with req sonable success. The past two issues of this paper were printed under the same condition, with the additional handicap that the editor and proprietor himself sue cumbed to illness. However, it is an Ill wind that blows nobody good and during this period of tribulation it has been our good fortune to realize even more sure ly the decidedly friendly attitude of our readers who have made our unavoidable shortcomings a matter of friendly concern rather than a matter of complaint, and the attitude of the Tribune in of fering assistance serves as a tan. gible indication of the fellowship so much appreciated in times of diversity.
 We have been obliged to omit much news of vital interest re- garding the development of the Ho1brook Oil Fields latterly, but we are going to return to the wheel with added energy and it is needless to assure those who have labored so diligently our inclina ton to fully chronicle the grow ing results of their dogged efforts to prove to the world what we already believe - that the Hol- brook Oil Field will add to the nations petroleum resources in no niggardly fashion.
 Even the period of gloom which has pervaded this section since the advent of the dreaded infu- enza, pail such as has never been known in the history of Navajo county, cannot dull our consciousness of the wonderful importance of a producing oil field at Holbrook where the seemingly worthless desert will become a reckoning fastor in the nations oil production. The in terest being taken in this field is but the result of the favorable and conclusive endorsement re- ceived from geologists of repute, and to appreciate this interest one has but to read the histories of other prospective fields, no one of which has created the sub stantial interest and endeavor at its inception as has the 1olbrook Oil Field.
 It IS interesting to note, and also definite criterion, that neither the Santa Fe Railroad nor the Aztec Land & Cattle Co. will lease or sell any further portion of their holdings except on the basis approximating terms in proven oil fields of large produc- ton.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
JOHN STEFFES-
 MARTHA LAMMONS

MT. John Steffes of Cleveland; Ohio, and Miss Martha Lannon's of Chicago, were married last Thursday afternoon by Justice of the Peace, A. M. Boyer.
 MT. Steffes has recently re- signed from a position with the Santa Fe, with headquarters at Seligman, to accept a position as Carpenter Foreman for the Apache Railway company. For the present MT. and Mrs. Steffes will make their home at Pinetop.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08

and when he came to Arizo- na from his home in Omaha and in connection with in- vestments in the oil field he became acquainted with the deceased for the first time and .apon learning that he was the son of Captain Rch- inson the acquaintance grew into a warm friendship.
 Captain Robinson, the fa- ther was a personal friend of Senator Vest, and the de- ceased bears his name.
 The deceased possessed those sterling qualitiesandat- tributes that go to make true manhood, and those who knew him will always revere his memory and no greater or more lasting epitaph can be written for him than :.'He was a nobleman.
 While he was not a church communicant. during his ill., ness he exemplified the ten cts of the Masonic Order with an abiding faith in a Supreme Being, and that death was but a transition from one sphere of life to| another, that life beyond the grave from whose bourne no travelor ere returns. His faith in life everlasting made him brave to the last with the welfare of his beloved wife and children on his lips and that he be taken to his friends and Masonic brethren in Holbrook.
 His death takes from our midst, a true and loving hus- band, a kind father, an ex- emplary man, a faithful friend, a worthy citizen, and an esteemed brother of the Masonic Order.
 
 The pathway of the living
 we can beautify and grace We can line it deep with
 roses and make earth a
 happier place,
 But we've done all mor-
 tals can do when our
 prayers are softly said, For the souls of those that
 travel OCT the pathway of
 the dead.
 The pathway of the living
 all our strength and cour- age needs,
 There we ought to sprinkle
 favors, there we ought to
 SOW our deeds,
 There our smiles should be
 the brightest, there our
 kindest words be said, For the angels have the
 keeping of the pathway of
 the dead.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
SILVER CREEK DISTRICT
 SHIPS MANY CATTLE

During the past ten days 134 ear loads have been shipped to the eastern markets by stock men in the Silver Creek district. On Saturday and Sunday the Flying V ranch shipped. IS ears of cattle to California points where they will be placed on pas 5ure during the winter.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
M. I. Cousins Made General Manager of
 Local Company

MT. Chas. Cooley, proprie- tor of the Cooley Lumber Company left Holbrook a few days ago for Los Ange- les where he will remain pending his call for service by the Government. Before leaving Mir. Cooley made M. T. Cousins general manager of fhe lumber business, and in the future the local plant will be handled entirely by Mir. Cousins.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
Taylor Road to be improved

At a meeting of the High way Commission on Monday it was decided to gravel three-eighths of a mile on the road between John Flakes and the Irrigation ditch at Taylor. Engineer Morrow expects to have this work completed during the month of November.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
Many Registrants Examined.

Many RegiStrantS Examined.
 On Monday and Tuesday of this week nearly two hundred registrants in Class 1 appeared in HoIbrook for physical exanni- Phoenix. These physicians were sent here by the War De partment to handle the great Drs. Geo. W. Vickers, R. R. Brownfield and l.. E. Schoch of number of registrants called for those days. The examining physicians report that the boys nation which was conducted by who reported for physical exam ination represented the best class of young men they had yet examined, as but little over 8 per cent of all men examined were disqualified for military service.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
Results of The
 Election Tuesday

With the exception of Hol-
 brook precinct. a small vote was
 boiled in the various precincts of
 Navajo county last Tuesday. Every candidate on the Demo cratic county ticket was elected. The closest race was for the sheriff's office. R. L. Newman. Republican and incumbent. was defeated by c. ". Harp. Demo cratic candidate. by sixteen votes. This may be changed a little either way by the returns from Indian Wells which have not yet been received. In the judicial race J. H. Crosby defeat Judge Sidney Sspp, present in- cumbent. by seventy-thrse votes.
 In Holbrook precinct D. w. EasIey. Republican, defeated A. N. Boyer. Democrat and incun- bent, by one hundred and thirty four votes.
 Following is the record of the vote for the various offices 60 far as it has been received by the board of supervisors. The official count may change the figures somewhat. but can not change the result.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08

Harold Barnes, for some time employee in the Tog- gery Shop, left last week for his home in Lockport, N. Y, where he will spend a month with his parents, af- ter which he expects to be called into the service.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
Boxes Ready for
 Christmas Packages

Dr. Inez s. Smith. Secretary of the local Red Cross has re- ceiyed boxes for sending Xmas packages to the soldiers over- seas. Those who have received the labels entitling them to send packages should call at once and get box and instructions for filling same.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
Fire Destroys Big Barn and Several Head of
 Stock at Heber

Report has just reached Hol- brook that the big barn owned by Mrs. John Baca of Heber was destroyed by fire Sunday night. The barn contained twenty tony of hay and four head of horses which were all destroyed. The fire is thought to be of incen- diary origin.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
in Center of
 Big Coal Deposits

tSFodC coal mining llQuSJfy
 tls well as the chief city il
 the heart of a great oil field is realized by few persons
 outside Navajo county, anc
 perhaps by only a smal
 number here. In a hay way
 portance. In a hay sort of way
 it is known that there are coa
 deposits on three sides of this
 section, on the north, south anc
 east. The farthest removed
 the deposits at Gallup, N. M.
 about 100 miles distant, have
 been worked for years and at
 this time are producing a very
 large tonnage.
 The Black Mesa coal field
 which lies about 70 to 80 miles north of the railroad at Hol-
 brook lie in the same formation as the Gallup deposits and gov ernment estimates place the ton mage at probably 14,O82, ,OOO, ,OOO short tons, enough coal to keep this country from freezing for many generations and with a surplus to send to other parts of the world.
 There appears to be two main groups of coal beds in the Black Mesa field, one in the shale 'overlying the Dakota sandstone and the other in the uppermost formation.
 The best known exposure of the beds in the shale is IA miles from Tuba, in southeasterly direction, where a coal mine has been opened to supply fuel for the Indian school at that place.
 A coal bed at what is proba- ply the same horizons as the Tuba coal was opened years ago at Blue Canyon to supply the In- dian school which was then at that place but which later was removed to Tuba. Coal has also been mined at Red Lake, 30 miles northeast of Tuba, in beds corresponding to the Tuba mine. Coal can also be seen west of Denibito Wash and in the bot tom of the wash east of Oraibi. as well as in Steamboat Canyon, south of Eagle Graz.
 Second Mesa, where the fam ous Hopi Indian snake dance is frequently held, is capped by a I very coarse feldspathic conglom- crate which seems to be the same as the cap of the mesa back of Oraibi. The heavy bed of sandstone upon which Oraibi is built is also present below the Indian villages of Mishongnovi and Shipaulovi. At these towns two beds of coal are present above the sandstone; the lower is almost in contact with the up- per surface of the sandstone and corresponds to the bed work ed at Oraibi, and. the second bed lies at a higher horizon.
 At Keams Canyon a mine has been opened in a coal bed which to lie below the heavy sandstone forming the mesa up- on which the f1opi Indian villag- es are located.
 Analysis made show that the Black Mesa coal is higher in fixed carbon, though slightly lower in calorific value, than the Gallup coal.
 The coal deposits south of Holbrook, some of which can be reached by automobile within two hours from the oil fields. are a comparativey lrecent find. The first discoveries were made less than ten years ago and most of the land was promptly by the government. Until released by the oil and coal measure now pending in congress these beds will lie dor mant. The new Apache railroad, building from Holbrook to the great timber stand in the White mountains, will run close to al portion of this coal field and will eventually assist greatly in it's development.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08

Miss Addie Harp of Los An geles, who has been visiting her brother, c. w. Sharp, has gone to Winslow where she will spend several days with friends, later returning to HolbroOk.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
By G. D. MeikleiOhn

Ipital at the Indian Agenc,
 at Keams Canon, Arizona
 Sunday, the third day O.
 November, 1918, at si1
 o'clock in the evening O.
 pneumonia, at the age of 3:
 years. He was born at Eas.
 ton, Missouri. He is sur.
 vived by his widow, Irene
 B. Robinson, and two sons,
 Neal age 10 years, and Jean age 8 years.
 Four sisters, Georgie Rob inson. Department Military Intelligence, Washington, D. C., Mamie Robinson. Pasa- dena Cal, Mrs. A. A. Hard ing, Fierrro, N. M. and Mrs. A. H. Slabaugh, Pattenburg and one brother Dolman Ro- binson, Brea, Calf.
 His father was Capt. Jo- seph Robinson of Easton, Mo. The deceased was mar ried to Irene F. Moulton at Pasadena, Calf, May 10, 1907.
 Mr. Meiklejohn, learning of the serious illness of his friend on Sunday prior to his death, accom- panied by MT. Baird and MT. Chamberlain, motered to his home in Keems Canyon, 90 miles north of Holbrook, on the Indian Reservation, and remained until his death, returning here with the re- mains last Monday evening, where they were taken in charge by the Masonic Order of which he was a member.
 It was his request that he be buried by his Masonic Lodge in Holbrook and after wards taken to Pasadena for interment, and in compliance with this wish the funeral was held Tuesday morning the auspices of. the Masonic Lodge.
 The deceased was engag- ed in the mercantile business at Keems Canyon and had been a resident of the state of Arizona for the past four years.
 He was in the vigor of health; when he contracted a slight cold driving from Holbrook to his home on a cold day, which soon dew eloped into pneumonia in one lung, but the Wednesday be- fore his demise he passed the crisis of this attack, when the dreaded disease involved the other lung, and exhaust ion from weakness was his end.
 The family and MT. express them selves in grateful thanks and praise, for the kind and valiant services render ed during MT. Robinsn's last illness by sMr. Leo. Crane, Supt. of the Reservation, and Dr. Fahey the government physician and Mrs. Slabright the nurse.
 1t will be a great consola- tion to the family, relatives and friends to know that he had the most cheerful and pleasant surroundings at the hospital, and could not have had better care and medical attention than that rendered by MT. Crane and Dr. Fahey and Mrs. Seabright.
 MT. Crane had the re- mains transferred to Hol- brook in care of Mr. Wilson, MT. Olds, and MT. Thayer, a missionary of the Baptist church.
 MT. Meiklejohn was ac- quainted with the father of the deceased Captain Robin son when he was an agent in the Indian Service,
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08

MT. L. w. Coiner, who is con nected with the Apache Rail- way, with headquarters at Snowflake, returned from Kan sas City, where he went several days ago with the remains of Mrs. Coiner, who recently died at Snowflake with Spanish h. fluenza.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08

Hal D. Sharp, until recently manager of the trading post at Na-Ah-Tee, has returned to Hol- brook to take up his former po- sition with Babbitt Bros. Trad ing Company as travelling sales man. MT. Sharp has sold his in terests in the store at Na-Ah- Tee.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08

Miss Marguerite Smith, pro prietor of the Commercial, to- gether with her daughter, Miss Florence, are guests of Mrs. B. w. Porter of Navajo.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08

Ed Heffner. an oil we'll driIler, arrived this morning from the Texas fields to view the local oil situation.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08

Dr. Paul Finn of Flagstaff has been in Holbrook several days as a representative of the State Health Department. Dr. Finn reports that there are three cas- es of influenza and five cases of pneumonia in Holbrook at this time.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08
IGNORED CITIZEN PASSES.

George Vest Robinson. Prominent in Business and Fraterndl Cir cles, Dies After q Two Weeks Illness. Burial Was in Hol- brook Cemetery Tuesday, Un- der the Auspices ofthe Masonic Lodge.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08

Lloyd C.. Henning, Clerk of the Superior Court spent Tuesday at Pinedale.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-08

The employees of the Hopi Oil Company came in from camp to vote.