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The Snowflake herald., 1918-12-20

arrOyas, many of the latter merging
into deep, canyon-like channels, which
have cut into the formation as they
advance toward the north and the
valley of the Little Colorado river into
which they drain
In all the section south and south
west of Holbrook, the Pennsylvania
formation of the carboniferous age
comes to the surface and in many To-
calities is exposed over a considerable
area; in others it is thinly covered
with soil, sometimes but a few inches
in thickness, made up of the decrepl'
tated remnant of the everything Perm
ian beds.
About 20 miles south of Holbrook
is a pronounced anticlinal fold when
forms a broad synclinal trough known
as Dry Lake valley and also the val
ley in which Snowflake is situated
This anticline is traceable for more
than 80 miles. It's strike is about
north 65 degrees west and It's axis
comedies in general with the sIrlhe
of the formation. This forms true
anticline in the formation. The ridges
formed by the folding of the lorna
ton along it's strike, the axes OF which
extend in a northerly direction shou'u
be considered more properly as inonO
clines, since they so generally cO"'
form to the northerly dip OF Ihe ~.
nation.
To the uninformed it is best 70 ca
plain that the greatest oil areas -
the United States have been IounI
in beds of the Carboniferous age enp
older formations, examples OF VIM
are to be found in the great Oh neiu'
of Pennsylvania Ohio, Indiana nan
sas. Oklahoma and Texas. The grea'
Ranger, Texas, oil field, which Ho9
held the headlines of the ne"ap'P',o
during the past 12 months is ID .nlI
same formation and recent geo''Si'"'
The Snowflake herald., 1918-12-20

dent and the curio seeker can find no
place on the face of the globe where
the eye can feast on so many wonders
that furnish food for reflection and
meditation. The sportsman finds here
a paradise. In the cool shade of the
stately pines in the White mountains,
where the crystal waters bubble in
prOfusion from numerous springs, he
finds an abundance of game, such as
deer, wild turkey and different kinds
of bear, while all kinds of small game
is met with. In the White river is
found the best mountain trout fishing
in the West, surrounded with stupen-
dous and picturesque mountain seen
cry. Then northwest of Holbrook is
the painted desert, covered with pre-
historic ruins, ineffacible monuments,
which point with a beckoning finger
to the civilizations buried in the gloom
of the silent past Who were these
people? What became of them? What
caused the change. in the laws regu-
lating the path of the storm clouds,
converting this fertile land into
weird desert? Again still farther
northwest of Holbrook are the Moqui
villages which yearly attract hun
dreds of tourists to witness the
Snake Dances held annually at
those villages by the untutored sons
of the wilderness to pacify the wrath
of their gods so they will not with
hold from them the life-giving rain so
much needed in the desert
New Railroad to the Oil FieId.-Car-
boniferous Formation
The portion of the Holbrook oil field
which is now being drilled, lies from
10 to 20 miles south and southwest of
Holbrook, at an elevation of approx
mately 5000 feet, or about 1000 feet
higher at the most than the town OF
Holbrook. At the present time Hol-
brook is the nearest shipping point of
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7

the north, and tributary to the Little
Colorado river. On the west half
deep canons extending across the for
est make travel very difficult in an
east and westerly direction, except
along the rim, but from north to south
travel is easy between the canons
The surface of the central portion is
comparatively smooth. On the eX-
treme east end the country is noun
famous with an elevation above $500
feet. The area of the forest is 500, 1893
acres.
The headquarters of the Sitgreaves
National Forest are at Snowflake,
where literature and valuable informa-
tion, including maps of trails, water
fire stations, rangers headquarters,
etc., may be obtained. The primary
purpose of the National Forest super
vision is to conserve the timber, regu-
late the cutting and protect the range
against over-grazing.
Camping, hunting, fishing, trapping,
prospecting and mining are free in
the forests. There is no restriction on
mineral development other than those
imposed by the general mining laws
Timber is sold and grazing permitted
on the same terms to all
Water in this part of the country is
a very valuable natural resource. Land
is greatly enhanced in value when
water is available. It's conservation
and use to irrigate land and for live
stock is the first requisite for prosper
ity. Irrigation depends on a perman-
ent supply of water and the destruc-
tion of the forest means it's loss.
The matured western yellow pine
on the forest amounts to two and
half million feet, board measure A
part of this is reserved for local use
and the remainder is for sale.
The Tourists Paradise
The traveller, the tourist, the stu
The Snowflake herald., 1918-12-20

consequence, being situated on the
main line of the Santa Fe railroad and
being the distributing center Of a
very large area, embracing a large por-
tion of both Navajo and Apache coun-
ties; but the Apache railroad, now
completed to point we'll south of
Snowflake and Taylor, passes through
the eastern portion of the oil field,
only a short distance from the rigs
of the Apache Oil and Development
Company, The Hopi Oil Company and
the Adamana Oil and Land Company,
and offers additional facilities for the
shipment of heavy material to the
operating companies engaged in drill
ing that portion of the field. This
railroad was started primarily for the
purpose of transporting the great
timber stand in the White mountains,
said to be one of the most extensive
virgin forests in the United States,
as we'll as to serve the ranchers, cat
tlemen and sheepmen, who are fast
settling up the country between HOl-
brook, Snowflake and the White noun
tains. While those industries will pro-
vide a very large portion of the freight
and passenger business for this new
rail enterprise, it is to the oil busi-
ness that most is to be expected, as
it's development will be much more
rapid and sensational than that of the
more staid enterprises.
The surface of the country south
and southwest of Holbrook gradually
rises toward the south, due to the
uniformly northern dip of the under
lying sedimentary formations and lies
in broad ridges, separated by broad
and shallow valleys whose axes strike
about north 20 degrees east. Over
this entire area, but not numerous,
are found small knolls, buttes and
mesas. The entire surface has been
cut and eroded by washes and shallow
Evening star., 1918-11-18
PEACE WILL N8F HHT'
DUTEsW KDcp1ss
Bulletin Tells Of ]Fisry in Many
CengtEiss Snch Is, WoriH Has.
Fewer Experienced.

Months and probably years. must
pass before the American Red Cross
can think Of letting down. I'M the
smallest degree In. its great world
work, according to q ''arry-on" mes
sage from the war council of the
organization featured in the latest
issue of the Red Cross Bulletin. publ
Iisaaed today.
Until peace Is really here there
eau be no relaxation in any Red Cross
effort iucident to actual hostilitiess'
says the msssUge, which is to be- read
to all the 1857 chapters in the Up'nsza
States, But, even with paacu. let
no one suppose that the work OF the
Red Cross is finished. Our pr6tect-
ing arms must be about our soldiers
and their families over the whole
period which must elapse bsfore the
normal life Of peace cam be resumed
THE cessation OF war will reveal
a picture Of misery such as the world
has never seen before, especially IN
the many countries which cannot help
themselves. The American people
will expect the Red Cross to continue
to act as their agent IN repairing
broken spirits and broken bodies.
peace terms and peace conditions will
determine how we may best minister
10 the vast stricken areas which have
been narrowed by war. and for this
great act ef mercy the heart and
spirit of the American people must
continue to be mobfliZed through the
American Red Cross.
"On behalf Of the war council. we
Evening star., 1918-11-18
WOULD ASSIGN SHIPS
10AIVER|cAN TRADE
Secretary 1eAdoo Supports sugges-
ton Made BY International
High Commission.

Trade between the. United States
and South and Central America
makes necessary the liberal support
fof the United States Shipping
Board. snd vessels should be assign
ed for commerce between the two
Americas, the International high
commission has suggested to the
shipping board. The suggestion has
the support Of Secretary McAdoo OF
the Treasury Department.
Mr.. McAdoo said trade between the
two great divisions Of the American
continent should be carried on with
vigor. He said both the east and
the west coasts of South and Central
America should be visited by Ameri-
can ships loaded with American
goods for consumption by the inhabi-
tants Of the countries visited.
'"The United States section Of the
international high commission" said
Mr.. McAdoo, has ventured to make
to the shipping board a number of
specific, relating to the further
prosecution of it's constructive plans.
as well as to the disposition of ships
now in it's control during their fur
ther operation by the board and
otherwise. These suggestions in
clude the immediate availability of
ships for both the east and west
coasts Of South America. and the
careful planning of freight, alloca-
Evening star., 1918-11-18
RED CROSS RANKS HIGH
AMONG MANUFACTURERS
Has More Than 5000, 900 Workers.
Produces 1900, 600 Necessary
Articles in II Months.

The American Red Cross has become
one of the worlds greatest manufac-
turing concerns. with more than
100000 active workers. many Of
them expert. This statement is made
in the latest weekly installment Of
the Red Cross war council report to
the various chapters throughout the
country.
During the past seventeen months" :"
it says. "the women of the Red Cross
have produced a total of 1,004, 900
necessary articles, as follows: Sur
gical dressings. 253.1s6.ooo; knitted
articles, 14,0s9,OOO; refugee garments,
1.464,o hospital garments and sup
plies, 22,255,000.
working with raw materials valued
at $40,O00,000, these women produced
finished articles valued at s59,000,000
during the past year alone.
'sThat the American Red Cross has
not forgotten our valiant allies is
shown by the fact that France. Eng
land, Serbia. Italy. Palestine and
Russia have received a gross total of
227 7,236,54S garments during the past
year.
Hundreds of millions of yards of
gauze, hundred million yards of fab
rtc and millions of pounds Of yarn
have been purchased since the entry
of America into the war, and made
into 'userll garments of varied sorts"
Evening star., 1918-11-18
A Liberty Monument.
To the Editor Of The star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
The armistice has been signed: the
laundering roar Of the cannon has
ceased: the greatest war that this
world has ever known has ended. and
soon our boys will come marching
home With all this there is one
sad, solemn fact-they will not all
come home. Many, yes, many, have
paid the supreme price Of our liberty
with their lives, and it is to those
that we wish to call attention.
We feel that it is a duty we owe
to them and to ourselves to unite now
as a nation, and erect in Washington
a liberty monument, and dedicate it
to the memory of those noble
heroes who went forth at the call
of our government and fought and
died that we might remain q free
people.
Our government was engaged in
this great conflict for q period Of
584 days, and I offer the suggestion
that this proposed liberty monument
be erected as a memorial of this
most noted event in the history of
height for each day of this awful
carnage. which would make it 584
feet high, and upon tablets of
bronze have the names of each one
who paid the supreme sacrifice with
his life engraven and preserved upon
the interior of the monument
A committee should be appoined to
receive contributions and empowered
to contract and superintend the erec-
tion of the monument.
Every man, woman and child
throughout the United States should
be given an opportunity to contribute
to this liberty monument fund It
will not require large subscriptions
from any one. Any sum from cents
to rs cents would be sufficient, and
when the nickels. dimes and quarters
are all collected and the shaft erect
ed it will stand as a perpetual token
of love and esteem from a united
people for noble and worthy
cause. D. w. CLARK.
Evening star., 1918-11-18
AIM TO RAISE CASH. FOR
COSMOPOLITAN CHyRcM
Mass Meetings to Ra Held This
Week by the Baptist Congre-
CATION in Distress.

Several mass meetings are to be held
this week by the congregation of Cos
mopolitan Colored Baptist Church and
the pastor. Rev. Dr. Simon P. w. Drew
i'm an effort to raise 81 $50, necessary.
to finance the, payment for this year on
the church property on n street. be.
tween 9Th and 10th streets northwest.
/ Rev. Mr.. Drew stated today that $3.50
has been paid on an agreement made
July %. 1918. for $1,000 for this year
toward the purchase OF the property.
He points out that mass meetings. were
to have been held in October whereby
he expected to raise the needed money,
but that the closing Of the church be-
cause of the influenza epidemic pre-
vented this.
A meeting was held at Moses Hail.
9th street and Barry place. yesterday
morning at which Capt. J. Walter
Mitchell. of the Civic Betternent Aseo-
citation. made an appeal for funds. 1t
is stated a number of prominent Wash
fingtonians have already subscribed to-
ward the fund and that it is expected
the rest of the money will be secured
eas a result of the meetings this week
DIR. w. s. Richardson of 1700 18th
street. is special treasurer for the fund
and Capt. Mitchell Is chairman of the
campaign committee.
Evening star., 1918-11-18
WOULD IMPROVE CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION
Federal Employees Federation Sug-
gests Changes in Functions Of
Body Through Legislation.

Among the proposals made by the
National Federation of Federal En-
ployes is a change of the functions
of the Civil Service Commission to
meet the needs of reconstruction, ac-
cording to statement by Luther c.
Steward, national president OF the
federation.
Congress will be asked to enact
legislation under which equality Of
opportunity and compensat ton, to-
gether with an equitable method of
promotion. in the service will be
guaranteed.
1t is proposed to submit measures
to Congress which. If enacted, will
radically change the present civil
service law. 1t is planned by the
federation to give the Civil Service
Commission set of good. wholesome
teeth. The present law, it is claim
ed, reduces that body to a mere re-
cruiting agency, whose recruits can
be accepted or rejected just as the
bureau heads see fit.
Evening star., 1918-11-18
RIFLE MATCHES THIS WEEK.
National Association Events to B,
Held at GIenburnie, Md.

The autumn rifle matches under the
auspices Of tho National Rifle Associa-
ton will be held next Saturday and
Sunday on the Navy rifle range at Glen
burnie, Nd. and will be open to officers
and men Of the Army. Navy and Marine
Corps. to state troops and to all MEM
bers Of rife clubs affiliated with the
association.
Individual matches win be shot at all
distances for medals to be presented by
the National Rifle Association. Team
matches will also be shot for medals.
The entrance fee for each match will
be Is cents. Entries may be made at
any time at the range Office. The in
dividual championship will be deter
mined by the aggregate Of the high
scores in the marksman, sharpshooter
and expert matches.
The club team championship will be
decided by the total Of the eight high
individual aggregates Of each club. Of
ficers on duty at the range will act as
officials.
Evening star., 1918-11-18
REV. w. &. De RIEMER
OF SMITHSONIAN DEAD
Born in Illinois, He Was Graduate
Of Amherst and Had Served as
Ceylon Missionary.

Rev. William Edward De Riemer,
for the past twenty-one years in the
service of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion. died this morning at his homo,
2443 18th street. Funeral arrange
ments have not been made.
He was born in 1889 in Illinois.
studied at Lawrence College, Apple
ton, Wis, and graduated from Am
herst in 1852. In 1868 he married a
daughter of DR.. Charles K True and
went to Ceylon as a missionary. After
ten years abroad he returned to this
country and preached in Illinois and
Iowa before he came here.
He was member of Mount Pleas
ant Congregational Church, the Phi
Delta Theta Fraternity and the Con-
gregational Club. He is survived by
his wife, one daughter and three
sons, one of them, Lieut. Arthur
De Riemer, in France.
Evening star., 1918-11-18
INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC
MORE FATAL THAN WAR
115,OOO Deaths in United States to
November Exceed Ameri-
can Casualties in France.

Reported deaths from Spanish in
fluenza and pneumonia throughout
the nation from the beginning Of the
epidemic to and including November
9 were approximately 115,000, ac-
cording to the United States public
health service.
Since the reports were incomplete
and presented only as a preliminary
compilation of such data, the death
toll may exceed that number. The
number of deaths from the epidemic
estimated casualties in the America n
Army, about 100000, including all
dead, missing and wounded.
Washington had 24.464 cases and
1908 deaths. Baltimore had 21,032
cases and 3,53S deaths.
Evening star., 1918-11-18
MRS. AGNES D. KNOPF DIES.
Was for Many Years a Teacher il
Washington Public Schools.

Mrs. Agnes Dillon Knopf, for many
years teacher in the public schools
Of Washington, died Saturday night
at the homo of her mother, Mrs.
Teresa Dillon. s13s Highland place.
She was a daughter Of the late
Michael Dillon
Funeral services were held at 2
o'clock this afternoon at 313s High
land place Rev. DR.. Carl Bratenahl
officiated. Interment was at Rock
Creek cemetery.
Mrs. Knopf was married in 1908 to
Adolph Knopf of the geological sur
vey and gave up teaching, resuming
it again two years ago. when a cali
was issued by the superintendent of
schools for teachers to take the places
Of those engaged in war work.
She is survived by her husband and
three children.
Evening star., 1918-11-18
ARE YOU WORTH DYING FOR?

The quota Of the fund for the United War Work Campaign
Washington $so0Ooo approximately e for every fan
woman and child n the District of Columbia
If the readers of The Star that for
household least s. is subscribed the
fund will raised the larger subserptions atsady made
or which will be made Offset those others who
help.
This money is to used make life happier and safer
for the BOYS who their lives that lives and
liberties might be safeguarded
How many the 100000 Washingtonians who daily buy
will this appeal? Subscriptions may be sent to
14 Street or will received The Star Office
bank in the city.
WERE YOU WORTH DYING FORe
Evening star., 1918-11-18

ton so as to avoid empty cargo
space on southbound trips.
to develop a broad policy to meet the
rsquirenents Of different Industries
and sections Of both North 1nd south
America, in order that no undue
hardships may be placed On any
given industry or on any on6 Sec
tion.
"ImpFovement Of service for the
West Indies and the avoidance. Of
confusion and crowdings of sched-
ules by a careful adjustment Of call
ing dates are also matters which
have been submitted for the eonsfd-
Evening star., 1918-11-18
MRS. MATTE B. GAINES DIES.
Victim of Pneumonia After Illness
of Two Weeks,

Mrs. Matte Brown Gaines. wife o1
Frank D. Gaines of Washington, for
merly of Denver. Col, died last
Wednesday at Freedmen's Hospital
of pneumonia after an illness Of two
weeks Of influenza. InSerment will
be at Denver.
Mrs. Gaines is survived by her hus-
band and son, Maxwell Gaines: her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. e. Brown
2:37 Elm street; two sisters. Mrs. Nan
ME Outlaw of Los Angeles, Cal, and
Mrs. Eva Dorsey. and q brother
Charles W. Brown.
Evening star., 1918-11-18

divisions in some cases were kept In
line over three consecutive weeks.
The American reser rves then were
thrown in until every division not
engaged on another part Of the line
had been put into action.
Their First Active Service.
It is a fact commented upon with
pride by the American commanders and
complimented by the allies that seven
of these divisions that drove their way
through this hard action never before
had been in an active sector, while
green troops, fresh from home. were
poured in as replacements.
The Associated Press dispatches
from day to day told what these men
did: how the enemy was slowly push
ed back from his strongest and most
vital positions, through one defense
system after another. using his finest
selected troops, which had been with
drawn in many instances from other
portions of the line, in an effort to
said last spring could not be brought
to Europe, and if SO would not fight,
and even II he tried to fight would
not know how to do so.
The attack delivered the morning of
November l, which began the second
phase of the Argonne battle, was the
death blow to the German army. Be-
tween September 26 and October 81
enemy divisions to the number of
thirty-six were identified as being op-
Between November 1 and November
8 the enemy threw in fourteen fresh
divisions. but all in vain.
Fighting every foot of the way, the
American advance averaged five kilo-
meters daily over terrain constantly
growing more difficult, with the lines
of communication and supply daily
lengthening and alternating, while
roadmakers for the transport and 9TH
er supply Organizations worked day
and night at their tasks
Effect Of Yankees Pressure.
Day by day the official communica.
tions and the telephone even to the
farthest advance line told the Amer
gave way before them they were
yielding another mile to the British
and French on the left; that the
American pressure was felt like an
electric current throughout the line.
On the morning Of November 2, the
the Americans they had won, because
for the first time in the war the en-
emy off1c1ally admitted that the Amer.
lean attack had effected a break
through. The Americans knew that
what finally happened on the morning
OF November II when the armistice
was signed was only a question of
days
Last Monday morning the general
commanding certain division was
called to the telephone in a far ad-
vanced position and asked If he had
understood that hostilities were to
have ceased at II o'clock in the morn
ing.
Yes" replied the general, I did.
But at 1888 we were going like hell"
Evening star., 1918-11-18
Chinese Envoy to Peace Conference

PEKING. Saturday. November 1s
(by the Associated Press).-The
cabinet has appointed Foreign Minis
ter Lucheng-Tsiang as envoy extraor-
binary to the peace conference. Dr.
V. X. Wellington Koo, minister to the
United States, and most of the minis
ters to the European countries, will
act as deputies.
Evening star., 1918-11-18
CREDIT FOR ALLIES
VICTORY DUE YANKS
Magnitude Of Achievements
of Americans in Final De-
Z cisive Battles Cited.
ARGONNE DOOMED HUNS

PARIS. November IT Cby the Associat-
&c Press).-Out of the confusion and
daze of the crowding military events
on the western battle line since late in
September, when battle followed battle
from Flanders to verdun, there was
ceaseless action. 1t is now permissible to
outline to a certain extent the part play
ed by the American armies in the final
decisive battle of the war. which ended
with the arruistice of last Monday.
Military reasons heretofore have pre-
vented accentuating the accomplish
ments of the Americans. except in a
most general manner. The dispatches
from the field have been necessarily
fragmentary and possibly were over
shadowed by the accounts of the more
dramatic operations over the historic
battle fronts to the west.
But it now may be stated that twenty
one American divisions, totaling more
than 100000 American combat troops.
participated in the action beginning
September &c. known variously as the
hat tile of the Argonne and the battle of
the Meuse, but which history may call
Sedan-the battle that brought Ger
many to her knees and as far as human
foresight goes ended the worlds blood
lest and costliest war.
Evening star., 1918-11-18

accordingly ask each member CT aiir.
splendid body of workers throaghUut
tho lanxfi to- bear i'm mind the, solemn
obligation which rests upon each' ono.
% carry on We cannot; abate ore
instant In our efrprt8 or In our
spirits"