The Holbrook news., 1919-01-10
SOphOcIes Continues
 His Investigations

While I wuz a settin' in tn
 lobby I hearn two fellers a talk
 in about the fac thet a big an
 goin' oil corporashun has beer
 a tryin' to grab all tn land or
 tn Holbrook Anticline, an how
 they didn't make it work. With
 out mentionin' any names IT
 say right now thet with thet
 corperashun a tryin' to git iu
 here the way it tried, then there
 ain't no manner O chance on tn
 production O this field, fer they
 don't go in on anything but a
 shure thing.
 I also hears about the Carter
 Oil Go. geologists makin' a in
 vestigashun O tn field, an how
 long they stayed here a doin' of
 it, which is shure a good inder-
 cashun. No, sir, there's nothin'
 to it but WIN tn way I figgers
 it out, an soon as l show Mike
 tn field we'll pave the way to
 our future affluence by buyin'
 all we can git O tn stock offer ed fer sale.
 One thing thet appeals to me nightly in Holbrook is tn fac that most O tn people are at temptin' none at all to stage a old time boom, reahzin' thet what wuz the fashion in tn old Nevada days is as obsolete as tn battleship Constitution, an tn few people thet don't yit realize it is a goin to. The real boom thet's sure to kum will kum nat eral and strong an tn people are demandin' nowadays a run fer there muney an effishunt dizziness methods, an so far tn : companies what are tryin' to de- velop this here field have q strangle hold on tn confidence O tn public and are doin' all the kin be done, and doin' it fast as it can be done.
 Just as shore as Bill Hohen- zolleTn is licked, me an Mike intenshuned to go out to tn field last week and peek around abit, but as some Scotch buddy put it, "The plans uv rats an men gang aft aglee", and while 1 don't rightly know what the last of the spiel means, I kinda git tn idea and it fits this here festive occasion.
 Tn difficulties started to be- gin to commence when Mike goes down tn street and spots "Curley", tn old dog thet wuz thru all good ol' Goldfield an Tonopaw days. After huggin this bunch O fur with tail waggin' on tn edge O activities, Mike gets plum sentimental and reminiscent about tn "good old days" an with this fer starter perceeds to hunt up a feller what knows a fren' whose uncle knows a bootlegger, an perhaps it is me dooty as a fren O Mikes to gently draw tn curtain over tn scene fer the next three days, l durin' which he an tn dog re newed old acquaintance an ''Curley" did give evidence al plenty thet he don't approve none O the party Mike is stagin' fer his benefit. Mike amused | 'h populace by buyin' ten dollars Tuth O ham an eggs fer tn log an trying to develop his 'aste fer fried oysters, havin' 10 regard fer tn dogs digestive apparatus. I'll bet tn poor ol' log wuz a wailin' to hisseIf fer lis master to cum back frum Prescott an perfect him frum Mikes generosity O heart.
 Anyways, this put an awful :rimp in our plans an I just set lroun' the hotel listenin' to tn yossip an runnin' out an grab ,in' Mike whenever tn cops be- yan to git peeved.
 Sittin' aroun' tn hotel in this own ain't time wasted as Il, inds, becuz peepul are comin' n her frum all over tn country take a personally conducted l yer tn Holbrook Field. >-I I finds nen frum Moo York, frum Illi- lois, frum Florida, frum Wash ngton state, frum St. Paul and n fac frum all over the whole urn country, an it begins to avn on me that tn fame O his here field is not bounded by he confines O Navajo county I y a danged sight. When yu I egin to roominat on this here z roadcast interest it brings ight home to yu tn strength uv { n' endorsement tn field has ad an tn strength uv tn rep rtashun uv tn gents what has I ndorsed it.