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The Holbrook news., 1919-10-17
HOLBROOK MIDWEST OIL COMPANY IS READY
 FOR BUSINESS

A meeting of the Directors of the Holbrook Midwest Oil Company was held during the present week and mat ters incident to active parti- in the affairs of the Holbrook Field were discus sed. As a matter of prime importance the company has already granted a lease of three sections of its holdings to responsible people for drilling purposes. This com- pany has holdings in the Holbrook Field of more than Il, ,000 acres, located early in the interest which has been manifest in this field, and is both a developing and leas- ing company.
 Officers of the Holbrook Midwest a e, President, Jack Warden; Vice President, Charles Osborne; Secretary Treasurer, Lee Rencher; re- maining Directors, C.. D. Meiklejohn, Jos. F. Woods, H. H. Scorse, Jr., and George Burt.
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-17
INTERNAL REVENUE MEN WILL CHECK TAX
 EVADERS
Phoenix, Arizona,
 October IA, 1919.

OcCODer IA, 1913.
 A special drive to locate merchants and manufactur- CTS who have followed er- roneods methods in making their inventories for the tax able years 1917 and 1918- such methods tending to re- duce tax liability is about to be made by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, it was an- nounced today.
 In cases of voluntary dis closures before investiga- tions of failure to make pro- per return and payment, the policy of the Bureau, it was stated, will be to forego penalties except where there is intentional evasion of the tax. Where discovery S made by Government officers heavy penalties will apply.
 In some cases inventories have been found to have been taken on the basis of average costs, though it was possible to identify the arti- cles remaining on hand at the inventory period, and so determine their exact cost. In others, because of con- servative accounting me- thods, fiat percentages have been deducted after deter mining inventory values. Others use a fixed average, based upon costs of prior years, or fail to include all merchandise to which they have title in their inventory.
 All of these methods, which have the effect of re- ducing tax liability, are con- trary to the regulations of the Bureau and are illustra- tive, it was said, of numer- ous irregularities which have been found.
 A warning issued by the Bureau advises taxpayers who have followed such me thods to file correct returns without notice and without investigation. Some tax payers have voluntarily noti- fled the Bureau of the em- ployment of incorrect me- thods, and are filing amend ed returns. It is only fair to these taxpayers, the Bur eau States, that their com petitors who have made similar errors should be To- cated.
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-17

rive here Sunday next. In the meantime, Secretary Frank Woolsey, on receipt of teIegraphic instructions, left for San Francisco to meet with Mir. Alexander, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Allen com- pany, It is expected that MT. Woolsey will return with President Ritter in order the quick consumnation may be had of the deals tentatively planned.
 The rig of the Zuni Oil company is nearly complete, in fact all the main essential parts are now on the ground and at least two-thirds as- sembled and in place. It only remains for some of the smaller and necessary parts to arrive to enable this com pany to spud in. It is the intention of the management to test the boilers thoroughly this week. From all inform ation obtainable it is thought this we'll will be spudded in about the first of the coming month and operations in this portion of the field will be watched with much interest.
 G. H. Lang, representa- tive of the Carter Oil com pany, spent several days of this week in Holbrook visit ing the field. It is under stood that MT. Lang is de- sireus of getting his com pany into the ranks of active operators at an early date, and is very favorably i'm pressed with the prospects of the field as a big producer.
 Black Canyon Syndicate is working continuously on its we'll on the Richards Owens lease and making consider able headway through the first hard formation.
 Unauthenticated re DOT ts state that the Apache Oil company is either ready to spud in on it's new site or has actually done so.
 Thur Keith of Winslow is a Holbrook visitor this week, making frequent trips to the field in company with those who represent new interests desirous of acquiring hold ings in the field.
 .II EIEI ID
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-17
MAJOR KEENLY
 OPTIMISTIC

Geologist Charles Edward Major, who made the first report on the Holbrook Oil Field at the instance of the Holbrook Oil Company, has been spending the past two weeks in the field engaged in detail work for clients. When interviewed at his hotel last evening, MT Major, while reticent to a degree, in keeping with the etics of his profession, was not averse to stating to the News Reporter that h i S optomism relative to the probable production of the Holbrook Field and created during his first and supple mentary examination of the field, has grown with each additional visit.
 'There is not the slightest
 
 doubt" said MT. Major, "that this field has what is known as the Pennsylvanian Form tion, and this is perhaps akin to an elementary point and conceded by all who have examined the field. This formation is that in which has been found some of the greatest and most profitable oil deposits, and as far as the study of forna-
 
 tions may entitle one to speak with conviction, it is highly probable that with sufficient depth oil in com quantities will be found in this Field. Okla homa and Kansas present the same geological forma- tions as does the San Juan Field of Utah, in the latter of which no wells have been drilled to sufficient depth to get to where the greatest production may be expected. All things considered, the Holbrook Field stands fully as good a chance, geololog- ically of becoming a large oil producer as was ever had in the fields of Kansas and Oklahoma in the first in- stance. There never has been a doubt in my mind since my first visit to this field, where 1 spent much time in careful examination, but that with proper and sufficient drilling the Hol- brook Field would become a producer. My advice is drill deep as in all probability oil will be found in commercial quantities below what is termed the "Redwall Lime stone"
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-17
TO APPLICANTS FOR MOTOR
 VEHICLE CERTIFICATES

Notice.of hearing on your ap- plication for a certificate of convenience and necessity to operate motor vehicle for hire.
 IMPORTANT NOTICE.
 Chapter 130, laws 1919- Section 8 (c) provides as fol- lows:
 "Notice of said hearing shall be given by the appli- cant at least three full days prior to said hearing by pub lication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which applicant desires to exercise the privileges to be granted under said Certificate of Con- venience and Necessity which notice shall recite the fact of the filing of said applica- tion, the time and the place
  of the hearing of the same. "
 If you do not advertise as above required, your applica- tion cannot be heard. Per- manent certificate cannot be issued, and your temporary certificate may be revoked. Do not fail to comply with above provision.
 The following form is ap- proved by the Arizona Cor poration Commission and should be used by you:
 LEGAL NOTICE.
 This is to certify that (in- sert name) has made applica- tion for a license to operate (insert stage, give termini or if service car give town and vicfnity); and notice is fur ther given that'a hearing on said application will be held before said Arizona Corpora ton Commission at the (give in the city of (town), Arizona, at (give time) on the ....... .....-........ ........day of ..................~....., b.. Dated at.,....., Arizona, this ..... day Off,, 19...
 (Signed) ..... ... ......
 Present at time of hearing, affidavit of publication. ARIZONA CORPORATION COM-
 MISSION, TRAFFIC DEPART
 MENT.
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-17
ROBBER CAPTURED AND PART OF LOOT
 RECOVERED

robbery of the Caldwell Tog- gery Shop and the stealing of Attorney Jordan's auto, one Jack Dalton is now be- ing furnished free board and lodging at the hostelry of Sheriff c. w. Harp. Dalton was apprehended at Spring erville and brought to Hol- brook by Constable Alvin Tremmell. When appre- hended the prisoner was in possession of the Jordan aut- omobile and approximately half of the goods taken from the Toggery shop.
 Dalton asserts that he was assisted in the robbery of the Caldwell store by the Can adian soldier found murdered near Seligman on the 4th of the month, and the man who is now in custody at Visalia, California, charged with the murder. Advices from the County Attorney of Yavapai county where the murder oc- cured, toSheriff Harp, are to effect that the Peerless car and the two men mentioned by Dalton passed through on the 4th inst, two days before the robbery at Holbrook and this refutes absolutely the prisoners story as to his ac-I ccmplices. That he was as- sisted in the Holbrook rob- bery there seems to be no doubt but he has refused to- give any version of the rob bery other than the account above referred to.
 Dalton has been in this part of the country sidce last July, working at various ranches and at Cooley.
 The search for Dalton led officers into New Mexico where the robbery car had been reported as having been seen, and when Sheriff Harp returned an aggregate of thirteen hours sleep was all this officer had obtained since leaving Holbrook Tuesday until his return on Saturday last. The Sheriff says that while the "way of the trans gressor is hard" still he has nothing on an officer forced to catch freights, autos, wagons, burros and all mod ern and ancient means of travel to apprehend him.
 Of the three prisoners who broke jail last week, one Adele Thomas, negro, now on probation from the Flor ence Penitentiary, has been recaptured at Gallup and re- turned to the county bastile, where it is quite unlikely that he will, effect another getaway.
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-17

MT. James Osborne of Jerome, arrived in Holbrook Tuesday to enter the employ of the Holbrook Oil company in the field.
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-17
FIELD NOTES


 Holbrook Oil company con- tinues in coconino sandstone. A report was brought to town during the week that this strata had been passed, but was found to be errone- ous information. This for nation, with the attendant difficulties, found at the Hol- brook we'll is by far the thick est yet encountered in the fl e d, but Superintendent Hastings expects to get into the softer formation any day which is a very reasonable expectation considering the excess thickness of sand stone already drilled as com pared to other wells in the district. James Osborne of Jerome, has been added to the crew at this rig and everything is moving along with clocklike regularity.
 The drill at the Adamana Company we'll has passed through the blue shale re- gently encountered and is now drilling in a brown sandy formation. Drilling is being prosecuted every day and good headway being made. Considerable interest was aroused duringthe past week owing to the disclosure, by chemical treatmentof shales taken from this we'll, of con- siderable oil content and many who made their own tests of this shale were high ly enthusiastic over this showing. Itis beIievnd that the samples of sand brought in from the we'll today by Manager Hennessy will have a good oil showing. This is very encouraging as evidence of production which may be expected below. Visitors to this we'll during the week numbered among them G. H. Lang, representative of the Carter Oil company; G. B. Brown of the Constantine Refining company of Burk- burnett, and Judge D.. J. Thomas of HoIbrook.
 Under-reaming at the Hopi-Wind River well was completed yesterday morn- ing, only three days being consumed in this operation. Drilling of new hole com menced immediately and work is being rushed as rap- idly as two towers in charge of experienced drillers can make possible. The area now being drilled is fraught with great possibilities as the first convincing sand strata has been already passed. It will soon be determined whether or not it will be nec- essary to get below the Mis- sissippian formation to find the production so confidently awaited. Supt. Closer is giving operations his minute attention and Senator May field is spending a greatpor- tion of his time at the we'll.
 Detailed selection of land by the Allen Oil company has again been postponed owing to the inability of President Ritter to come to Holbrook as early as antici. natnd Wiro adUicoc hOm.
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-17

Present. at tune of hearing, affidavit of publication. ARIZONA CORPORATION CoM- MISSION, TRAFFIC DEPART MENT.
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-17

Thur Keith of Winslow is a Holbrook visitor this week, making frequent trips to the field in company with those who represent new interests desirous of acquiring hold ings in the field.
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-17

Detailed selection of land by the Allen Oil company has again been postponed owing to the inability of President Ritter to come to Holbrook as early as antici. pated. Wire advices, how ever, state that he will ar-
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-17

Dated at Phoenix, Ari- zona this 10th day of Octo- Der, 1919.
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-17

Unauthenticated re epor t s state that the Apache Oil company is either ready to spud in on it's new site or has actually done so.
The Holbrook news., 1919-10-17

Black Canyon Syndicate is working continuously on it's we'll on the Richards Owens lease and making consider able headway through the first hard formation.
, 1919-10-15

admits it. But to-day she received one
that took her breath away.
Standing on the lobby Of her hotel.
she was approached by a friend who
was accompanied by a 2ray-haired man.
who was introduced as ID. H. Schuyler OF
Philadelphia.
Il have been an admirer OF yours for
many years, declared Mr.. Schuyler II
would like to show my appreciation with
q little gift. 1t is worth $z7. GOO.
Oh isn't that grand" replied the fair
Lillian.
Yes, / think You viii like it. replied
Mr.. Schuyler. It's the most beautiful
ana costly article in my establishment.
| am real proud Of it, and it is my desire
that 1t should go to one whose artistic
temperament would recognize the fine
craftsmanship it represents.
Nov, don't keep me guessing, What
IS it, inquir d the actress.
"A gold tIinneo oofl lerIiec M.
Schuyler.
Mr.. Schuyler is in the undertaking
business. Port-Qf Spain Gazette.
, 1919-10-15

as he knows. but if he was not a:quaint-
ed with the circums ances 30 years ago,
his statement only becomes fact $ far as
his w experiments. are concerned.
We stated it as a fact that tn island
has produced an excellent qua lily of
maize long before the Experiment Sta
tion was established. The Director says
in the issue OF Thursday 9tn, that the
quality IF maize has been raised by the
Experiment S alton. In yesterd avs is
sue the Director tells us that that state
ment is made as a fact. HeIe We are;
both statements are acts.
4. The Director j%ustifes our remarks
that it is strange the plan .ers do not
heed to advice when t is to their benefit.
This is an index finger pointing at the
intelligence OF lhOse planters who are
not the Directors personal friends.
5. We stated: The Experiment
Station is noe what it was intcnded'.
The Director thinks his sounds Strange.
Well, truth is always stranger than
fiction especially when we nix up the
term experiment with what is in reality
demonstration.
The '''intenti0n" Of the Experiment
0IdClOI VII pSNO.iIC huJN Ii IlOA' NIliIC
under the Federal Gov4rane1@. IS it will
not be a lite school for two ar three
planters, BIT one fer the good OF all VINO
plant.
6. We repeat the Experiment Station
at Anna'> Hope is, in our opinion, a
farm in he sense. with this exception,
the manager in charge has d laboratory
10 his command. Now that the Federal
Government has it in charge we hope it
will n t extend the work done under
the former regime, but begi al entire
new work rhaC. will benefit the whole
island, and not one or two OF the special
friends of the present Director.
From what has been dore for Pto.
Rico thro gh the research work on the
island, and the experimer Is " the
Department of Agriculture, We e sure
the work in this island has rec eived a
great push on when it was taIer under
the Federal Department of Agriculture"
, 1919-10-15
The ST. CROlx AVIS
is printed end published daily (S4adayS
and HoJjdoJ IS eGcepted) By g. Johd0Sen
ut the Avjs Office.
T'ERDIS--40 cents monthly IN adUance,
cents per single copy.
Entered as se~cond-cluss matter May
26ih 1911 at the Post Office at CHRISTIAN
sted. st. Cf1ic, Y. L. OF the u. S.. A.. IN
der the Act Of March 3. 1879.

Contribution to this pupe 1OiU be glad
IN received vben the same deals with mat
tens of general interest, md IS dcc0mpa-
MED Nth he authors name, as q quar-
antee OF goo | tojtb. The editor cannot be
responsible or the UjelOS of has correSpon-
beats nor does he HeceSSdfi ty endorse them.
We copy the toJJowjng by request
Of "1be Herald" of the nth Of Oct.
1915:
The A&ronomist in Charge Of the
Agricultural Station, in his reply to our
question in Fridays paper, concludes his
letter by skiing some questions, and
then makir g the assertion that the FIX
pertinent Station is not a farm in he
general Sc Use. In reply we shall be
brief, as it would not do to prolong the
exchange Nnen the arguments OF the
other part7. though very ingeni1usIy
prepared, i sophisticaI throughout. We
put forth Il following to prove THAI the
Director CT the Station new name
Agronomis in charged is trying to get
away from he point at issue.
]. W. asked. How many of the
small grow 4rs received copies of the
Reports! his is answered IN yester-
days letter from Dr.. Longfield Smith by
saying tina the Reports were read to
The Agric lltural Society of St. Croix''
and thai copies OF the printed reports
were sent 10 Council Members and to all
planters. ct.
z. We asked. If the distribution of
tops was qratuitous, now many of the
small ho.dels got Of these valuable tops?
This question the Director answers by
saying that the distribution was partly
gratuitous, but for the main part the
tops we're sold to augment the scanty
income of the Station. Is this answer
ing the ques ion? We only ask.
3. We .>st.ed: Has the Director
seen maize Growna at Est. Green Quay"
20 or 80 yea S ago? This is answered in
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-14
slim 81 coIneIdencs.

Some folk are plastered with gobs
Of hard luck, others have It suddenly
thrust upon them. but 70 have II star
Ing one In the face 10 enough to get
anyone's nanny. That Is what hap
pened to joyrider on the outskirts Of
the city last evening He was bowl
ing along. with i heavy foot on the
gas. when suddenly there was loud
report like that of d French rs and the
flivver came 10 q gtandstilI. The chauf-
feur muttered something, then jumped
out To learn which tire had blown out.
Before he had done 30 there was q
merry chuckle from the young woman
seated Id the automobile she pointed
q finger at q sign on the front of the
building where they had come to q
standstill. Look. Billy.v she called
to him. The sign read. william Hard
lnekt, carpenter. What Billy thought
he said aloud and the maid held her
ears SO as to avoid registering his tenn
perament. New York Sun.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-14
GEN. LEONARD WOOD
DOES NOT EXPECT TO
LEAVE ARMY SERVICE

Major Gen Leonard Wood. u. s. A.,
has been asked to become q regular
contributor to the Metropolitan maya
zine. Its editor denying, however. that
the offer was equivalent to the post OF
contributing editor OF the Metropoli-
tan which was held by Theodore
Roosevelt. The New York World OF
February S quotes Henry ]. Whigham.
who is the editor~of the magazine, as
confirming report to this eiFect. Mr..
Whigham added that no reply has yet
been received from General Wood as
to hts acceptancy 81 the ofFer.
The general has written several ar
ticles for the magazine on the subject
III national service and another ii to
appear IN April Mr.. Whigham said
that it is understood that while the
general remains IN the army his work
as writer must be circumacrlbed, and
thatmof course, he could not write on
political subjects Mr.. Whigham furth-
er said III answer 10 question that he
had received NO intimation that Cen
eraI Wood conteuplates leaving active
service, and that his personal opinion
is that the general has no intention
81 doing So General Wood Is the
senior major general of the army and
does not retire for age until October
8. 1924
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-14
WILL OBSERVE TOTAL
ECLIPSE or THE SUN
IN TROPICS, MAY 90

According to d London dispatch. as.
tronomers are busy making prepara-
tI0ns for their trip to the tropics TO
observe the total eclipse OF the sun
which Is scheduled to take place on
May 20.
The eclipse will Involve big area
OF the earth's surface, partial eclipses
OF varying magnitude being visible
throughout South America and Africa
and small part 81 Arabia. But the
total phase, which is the main thing
for professional astronomers. will be.
confined to q narrow zone across the
center Of South America, through the
Atlantic and then across Africa below
the equator to the Indian ocean.
4 number of stations along the part
of this zone on land Will be occupied
BY astronomers from various parts OF
the world, English expeditions having
chosen the Island 81 Principe. near the
coast of Africa, and an elevated sta
ton In Brazil, about so miles inland
from the Atlantic. AT both 81 these
places the sun will be totally eclipsed
for rather more than fire minutes At
one part og the track. indeed. totality
viii last about seven minutes, but as
this will be In mid Atlantic II will not
be possible to take advantage Of II.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-14
500 re ARD sl00

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there IL I'll least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure Ia all stages and that
ID catarrh. Cafarrh being greatly IN
fluenced BY constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls cafarrh Mediclne Is taken In
tsrnally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces Of the Sys-
TEN thereby destroying the FONDA
ton Of the disease. giving the patient
strength BIZ building up the constikn-
ton and assisting nature iii doing tts
work The proprietors have SO much
faith Ia the curative powers oe Halls
CatarTh Medicine chat they ofgeF One
Hundred Dollars FOR any case that il
faIls to cure Send for list Of teati-
monaala
Address =. ]. CHENEY d CO. 10
aad0. CATO. Said 81 ala dxuRs 75n.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-14
PUT ABAD LUCK IN DISCARD
When the Game Of Life b Analysed
There ~ No such Thing III
BE Found.

There III no such thing as "bad
luck The belief Ia II Is q gross su-
perstition. It is claimed that there is
lot of luck ii poker. Ny observa-
ton has been that the man who wins
at poker consistently Is merely the
best player og poker. There are some
who have d run Of luck. But II
the .srunr lasts three minutes the Op-
poslte 'srun" generally lasts equally
long. If the good luck holds up for =
year, the bad luck appears during tho
next year. Any habitual card-player.
unless ne is . very poor player or
an unusually good one. will tell you
that his winnings and losses just
about counterbalance.
In poker, 40 Ia life, the final deter
mining factor is skill, knowledge of
the game. patience. taking advantages
of opportunities # you haye d pre-
monition that you are going to fail
Ia an undertaking you are promising
yourself disaster In advance, yOu are
merely saying to yourself II know
] am not equal to that. TIL fall down
on 1t, sure. Dismiss the premonition.
Throw away the charms and tails
mans. Get on the job. James Bay,
Jr., In McClure's Magazine.