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The Holbrook news., 1920-07-16

raised in Holbrook, and is loved by every one as was we'll proven by the large crowd that remained up for the delayed train to bid her a fond farewell. Miss Buck will make her home with an aunt and cousin and attend school in the city of N. r., for the next year, and while her many friends are re- luctant to give her up they are glad of this splendid op- portunity that has come to her, and the good wishes of all go with her.
 The office force of the Adamana company, Miller, Cook and Teeple claim to have another fine bunch of fish spotted at Lakeside that they want to string Saturday weather permitting.
 J. c. Paulsel made a busi- ness trip to town Wednes- day.
 Mrs. John Funk left We'd nesday for a six weeks visit in Los Angeles with her daughter, Mrs. Hamilton, She was accompanied by her two grandchildren who have been in Holbrook for thepast two months.
 B. Y. Welchel of Fort Apache was in Holbrook Wednesday on business.
 Judge D. w. Easley and wife returned last Saturday from a visit to Cooley, Lake side and Shumway. Mrs. Easley was taken sick while away. and while some better, is still on the sick list.
The Holbrook news., 1920-07-16
PUCNACIOUS PUBLISHER
 PAYING THE PIPER

It's a trite saying that "every dog has his day.
 While it's a little previous for regular dog days, a cou- pie of days of the court cal endar were licked off last week trying the case of J. H. Chapman, erstwhile pug nacious publisher at Win slow, and a has been---who has gone downthe long slide that leads to the back door of oblivion--where the bunch is lined up to receive the devils dues---that, like oth- CTS of his ilk, made it a fast rule to be as nasty as the law would allow in foisting on the citizens of Navajo county large and nauseating doses of cheap Billingsgate and last weeks trial was simply a comeback---backed up on the defendant and de
The Holbrook news., 1920-07-16

funct scribe by Thomas R. Greer in a damage suit.
 Chapman, who had evil dently slipped from his cock sure state, did not take the witness stand, and the jury made a short shift of him in tn cir deliberations an d brought in a verdict for the plaintiff for $735.
 Greer sued for SIP, GOO, but the jury evidently figured that if Chapman was as much of a success financially as he was in running a respectable newspaper, $735 would be $11, 265 nearer the balance he should have according to the law of equalization and compensation and so render ed their verdict.
 Judge A. s. Gibbons of St. Johns was the trial judge.
The Holbrook news., 1920-07-16

put to him by prospective
 candidates during the last
 few weeks, the secretary oi lstate, has issued the follow. ling information for theil Iguidance and that of the general public:
 l July 10th to August 18th, inclusive, are the dates for filing nomination petitions.
 Primary election September l7, 1920. General election
 November 2, 1910. Candi-
 dates must file consent to
 nomination during same per
 iod.
 Registration period closes ten days before primary election and opens again six days after the primary cleo tion and closes on the 18th day of October, 1920.
 Party vote for Governor: Democrat, 25, 588; Republ- ican, 25, ,927; Socialist 444. The Socialist party, hav- ing cast less than five per- cent of the total vote in the state for it's candidates at the last preceding general election is not entitled to re- presentation on the official ballots as a political party.
 sAugust 18th the clerk of the board of supervisors shall prepare sample official tickets.
 Prior to September IT all candidates shall file a state- ment of expenses as provid- ed in Par. 3030, Civil Code, 1913.
 July g to August IS, in- elusive, candidates must file name of agent by or through whom such candidates have expended or propose to ex- pend money in defraying ex- penses of their campaign or should such candidates not authorize or appoint any such agent, he must file a statement to that effect with the official in whose office his nomination petitions are fil- ed.
 Number of signatures ne- cessary for presidential cleo tor, United States senator, representative in congress or any state office except mem- Der of the legislature and superior court, as a number of qualified electors equal to at least one percent of the votes of the party of such candidate in at least three counties, but not less than one percent nor more than 10 percent of the total vote of that party in the state.
 Candidates for a county office, member of the legis- lature, or superior judge, at least three percent of the party vote in such county, but not more than 10 per cent of the total vote of his party in such county.
 Candidates for county pre- cinct committeeman, at least three precent of the party in such county.
 Candidates for justice of the peace or constable, at least five precent of the party vote in the precinct.
The Holbrook news., 1920-07-16
VOTING INFORMATION
 FOR ARIZONA PEOPLE

Phoenix, July 12-In an- swer to a large number of questions which have been
The Holbrook news., 1920-07-16
ARIZONA WEEKLY
 INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

PhoeniX-Assesse valua tion for 1920, $42, 750, ,OO0 in crease of $9, ,5O1, 900 ove- 1919.
 Yuma carries $50,OOO city hall bonds by large majority
 Indian Oasis feet o1 silver ore averaging betweer $700 and $900 to ton opened in Comababi district.
 A j o = Crop conditions throughout Indian reserva- tion reported good.
 San Simon to get cotton gin, approximately 250 acres planted to cotton.
 Tuscon-Tuscon Highway to be completed, right-of- way through Della Indian reservation received.
 Casa Grande- starts con- struction ten stand cotton gin.
 Winslow + Immense re- clamation project forming to cul ltivate approximately 150, 1000 acres in county.
 Prescott - Verde Mi e Company to install plant with daily capacity 50 tons.
 Phoenix-Salt River Val ley Waters Association plan- ming expenditure of many millions during next few years for electrical power development to bring more than 100, 900 acres under cultivation.
 Prescott '- A producing ranches located in Hassay- ampa district, alfalfa main crop.
 Mesa--Arizona Cave Creek Mines Co.,, developing 3 pro- perities, other operations to start.
 Phoenix Chamber o f Commerce making effort to establish local avation field.
 Clifton-$50 ,000 to be ex- banded on Improvements of Potter Hot Springs.
 Phoenix-Ex-service men to have prior right of entry to public lands opened for entry July 14th.,
 Prescott-State Pioneers home to get new addition costing $50,0O0.
 Roosevelt = 5000 k. w. capacity auxiliary electric generating plant to be built here.
 Phoenix Smithsinian in- stitute to erect solar observ- ing station in Harqua Haha mountains.
 Flagstaff = State cattle and wool growers met here July 8 and 9.
 Purchase of 700, GOO ounces of silver at $1 an ounce for delivery at Philadelphia an- nounced by directors of mint.
 Pennington - New com pany formed to work car notete ores in Carrizo Noun tains.
 Flagstaff Logging Co.,, looses property and ten cars lumber thru forest fire.
 Tuscon Fighting for open shop.
 Gila Bend-Work starts on lever for irrigation canal to irrigate 50,000 acres.
 Globe = Iron Cap mill operates continuously. Douglas = Phelps-Dodge snelter receives 10 ears ore per day from Mexico.
 Globe---C Construction work on highway to Geronimo to be completed July 10th.
 Holbrook---$150, 900 coun- ty highway bond issue 2to1.
 Avondale--- Arizona Eas- tern R. R. completes branch line to Litchfield.
 Mayer---One quarter mil lion dollars to be spent de- veloping Solome Verde Cop per properties.
 Globe---Iron Gap Copper mill effects 93 1-2 per cent saving of values in ore.
 Parker---White Star Co.,, starts deVelODment of Rep
The Holbrook news., 1920-07-16

Oscar Bitaner, a federal prisoner charged with horse stealing, was taken to Pres colt Monday for trial.
The Holbrook news., 1920-07-16
WHAT THE JUDGE
 FOUND FOR FOUR

Santiago Boras, arrested for driving stock across the reserve without a permit was fined $125 in the Superior court, which he paid and was released.
 Charles E. Adams, the forney check artist, was giv- en from one to three years at Florence to ponder over what constitutes a perfectly safe checking account.
The Holbrook news., 1920-07-16

Frank Kessler, an alleged I. w. w. agitator, was re- leased by Judge Sawtelle on motion of the United States Attorney.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-06-11

"The Judge kind of half smiles and says
will talk with me in his private room In tlge
| nut the whole thing up to nm III sucn %
Cuaqe as | had, and when he goes OUTSIDE,
announces the verdict that the young man
delivered into the hands of the Texas @ulhol
ties; and calls the next case
"Skipping over much of what happened
the way back, I'll tell you how the lhihe "ou'
up in Pearsall. -
"When we got the prisoner IN inc Sheii'
office. says to Luke
"'Yoa remember that kid Of yours-that
..y.. sway IRON YOU wh
the bust-up cameT
Luke looks black and angry. He neV
let anybody talk to him about that DuSIhe'
and he never mentioned it himself.
"'Too the mark says !. DO you rememo
when he was toddling around on the porch, a
fell down on a pair of Mexican spurs, ana c
four little holes over his right eye? LOOK
the prisoner says |, look at his nose and I
shape of his head and-why, you old fool, dol
you know your own son?-I knew him, 50
l. when he perforated Mr.. Johnson at the
pot
Luke comes over to me shaking all over.
never saw him lose his nerve before
Bud says he, I've never had that boy
of my mind one day or one night since he W
took away. But | never let on. But can
hold him? Can we make him stay? I'll ma
the best man of him that ever put his foot
stirrup. Wait a minute, says he all eXct
and out of his mind-Iye got something he
in my desk reckon it'll hold legal yet
looked at it thousand times. Custody
the child" We can hold him on that, cal
we? Le'me see if can find that decree
Luke begins to tear his desk to pieces.
Hold on, says l. You are Order and 4
Law. You needn't look for that paper, La
II amt a decree any more. It's reQuisition d
pers. It's on file i'm that magistrates off
in New York. ] took it along when we wei
because | was office deputy and knew the la1
GIVE got him back says Luke. He's md
again. never thought
"Wat a minute says l. We've got to ha
law and order. You and me have got a p|
serve EN- both in FRO county according to 4
oath and conscience. The kid shot Pedro Jo1
son, one of Pearsall's most prominent and
ooh. hell" says Luke. That don't amoJ
to anything. That fellow was half Mexid
anyhow
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-06-11
Early Times in Texas
Continued from Page Three

riz up and made it as light cen Almost as day,
and ! thought every mint | would see the var
minis come out and go to work, but fur moren
an hour | didn't see nor hear thing and |
begun to think that maybe so it was beaver
Sunday, and that they wouldn't work that night
at all-but still | KEEP quiet and never budged
except now and again to poke my nose above
the top of the pit to see if anything was gon
on | had jess made up my mind that there
want any use in Stayin longer, when | seed
an ole beaver come outn his house, on to the
top of it, and look all aroun The cunnin
varmint suspicioned something was wrong, fur
he snuffed the wind and looked nifty hard to-
wards the place where | was hived. But at
last he 'peared to think that all was right, and
liftin' his flat tail he brung it down on the ruff
of his house with a loud smack. The next mint
the beavers begun to scOOt outn their houses
and dividin' up into squads some begun to cut
down saplin's with their teeth, whilst other
squads hauled and rolled them into the water
and some drug mud and grass on their flat tails
to a place where others were miXin' mortar
All the time this work was goin' on, the ole chap
that had come out fust and tapped his tail on
the ruff of his house. was flynn round from one
squad to another Orderin' this thing to be did
that way, and that thing to be did this way
jess as if he had been the boss of the whole
layout-and | spose he was 1t was rally di-
vartin' to see the way they carried on, everyone
MoIAH ina OedNeI at HIS own pCIJlChIei
business. Bimeby hearn great racket and
to-do at one eend of the pond, and peeln
roun' that way out'n my hole, ! seed
ten of the beavers with the ole boss drectn
em, workin' at a big sapin' they had cut down.
They had got it to the edge of the water but
there somehow it had stuck fast betwixt two
rocks, and they couldn't move it one way or the
other The ole boss was in tearin rage
runnin' fust to one eend Of the log and then
to the other and cussin' the whole crowd q
know he was, in reason, though / couldn't hear
him) fur lazy good fur nothin' set of vaga-
bonds-but yit the log never budged an inch
By this time I'd got considerable interested in
the job myself and seem how easy it would be
fur me, eff l had been there, to have histed the
log into the water, | sung out as loud as |
could afore knowed what | was doin'
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-06-11

"Ive had these scars ever since l can re-
member says he i don't know how they
came there
"'Was you ever in Texas beforeT says l.
"'Not that | remember Of says he. But
l thought | had when we struck the prairie
country. But l guess | hadn't
"'Have you got n mother? | asks.
"'She died five years ago. says he.
skipping over the most of what followed
when Luke came back | turned the kid over
to him. He had seen Scudder and told HIM
what he wanted; ana IL sociIs VAS. ,ye..~-.--
got active with one Of these telephones as soon
as he left. For in about an hour afterward
there comes to our hotel some of these city
rangers in everyday clothes that they call de-
tectives and marches the whole outfit OF us to
what they call a magistrates court. They ac-
cuse Luke of attempted kidnapping and ask him
what he has to say.
"'This snpe, says Luke to the judge, shot
and williully punctured with malice and fore
thought one OF the most respected and proml-
nent citizens Of the town OF Pearsall, Texas
your honor. And in so doing laid himself liza
BILE to the penitence of law and order. And
! hereby make claim and demand restitution OF
the State of New York City for the said al
legged criminal; and know he done it,
"'Have you the usual and necessary requi-
sition papers from the governor of your
state| asks the Judge.
my usual papers, says Luke was taken
away from me at the hotel by these gentlemen
who represent law and order in your city. They
was two Colts ASS that I've packed for nine
years; and if | don't get EN- back there'll be
more trouble You can ask anybody in Fro
county about Luke Summers. | don't usually
need any other kind of papers for what | do.
Il see the Judge looks mad, so | steps up and
says:
Your honor the aforesaid defendant, Mr..
Luke Summers, sheriff of Frio county, Texas, is
as fine a man ever drew a rope or upheld
the statutes and codcilS of the greatest state in
the Union. But he
"The judge hits his table with wooden
hammer and asks who | am.
bud Oakley says l. office deputy to the
sheriffs office of Frio county. Texas Repre-
senting says |, the Law. Luke Summers,
goes on, represents Order. And if your honor
will give me about ten minutes in private talk
I'll explain the whole thing TO you and show
you the equitable and legal requisition papers
which | carry in my pocket
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-06-11
Law and Order in Texas O. Henry sy

"By and by thinks III shed etiquette and
| picks up one them boys with blue clothes and
yellow buttons in front, and he leads me to
what he calls the caffay breakfast room. And
the first thing | lays my eyes on when | go in
is that boy that had shot Pedro Johnson. He
was sitting all alone at a little table, hitting a
egg with a spoon like he was afraid he'd
break it.
81 takes the chair across the table from him
and he looks insuted and makes move like
he was going to get up.
keep still, son., says l. You're appre-
hended, arrested, and in charge of the Texas
authorities. Go on and hammer that egg some
more if it's the inside of it you want. Now
what did you shoot Mr.. Johnson, of Pearsall,
for."
"'And may ask who you are| says he.
"You may says |. Go ahead
al suppose you're on says this kid, without
batting his eyes. But what are you eating
Here, waterr he calls out, raising his finger.
Take this gentlemans order.
"a beefsteak,' says l, and some fried eggs
and can of peaches and quart of coffee will
about suffice
1--WE talk awhile about the sundries of life,
and then he says:
"What are you going to do about that shoot
ing? | had to shoot that man., says he. He
called me names that | couldn't overlook, and
then he struck me- He carried a gun, too.
What else could | do?
"Well have to take you back to Texas,
says |.
"T'd like to go back says the boy, with
a kind of a grn-if it wasn't on an occasion
of this kind It's the life | like. I've always
wanted to ride and shoot and live in the open
ever since | can remember
"'Who was this gang of stout parties you
took this trip with? asks.
my step father says he, and some bust
ness partners of his in some Mexican mining
and land schemes
al saw you shoot Pedro Johnson, says l.
and | took that little popgun away from you
that you did it with And when | did so
noticed three or four little scars in row over
your right eyebrow. You've been in rookus be-
fore, haven't you?
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Continued from Page Two)


at was at the door of the freight depot,
says l. But the law will not be baked at
bubble like that
1--WE put up at a big hotel on Broad
way. The next morning goes down about
two miles of stairsteps to the bottom and
hunts for Luke 1t amt no use. 1t looks like
San Jacinto day in San Antoine. There's
thousand folks milling around in kind of
roofed-over plaza with marble pavements and
trees growing right out of EN-, and | see no
more chance Of finding Luke than if we was
hunting each other in the big pear flat down
below Old Fort Ewell. But soon Luke and me
runs together in one of the turns of them mar
BILE alleys.
at amt no use, Bud says he. 1 can't find
no place to eat at. I've been looking for res
taurant signs and smelling for ham all over
the camp. But I'm used to going hungry when
l have to. Now, says he, I'm going out and
get hack and ride down to the address on
this Scudder card. You stay here and try to
hustle some grub. But doubt if you'll find 1t.
l wish we'd brought along some cornmeal and
bacon and beans. I'll be back when | see this
Scudder, if the trail amt wiped out
$50 starts foraging for breakfast. For the
honor of old Frio county didn't want to seem
green to them abolitionists, so every time
turned a corner in them marble halls went up
to the first desk or counter | see and looks
around for grub. If l didn't see what | wanted
l asked for something else. In about half an
hour had a dozen cigars, five story magazines
and seven or eight railroad timetables in my
pockets, and never smell of coffee or bacon tc
point out the trail.
"Once lady sitting at table and playing
a game kind of like pushpin told me to go into
a closet that she called Number g. | went in
and shut the door, and the blamed thing lit
itself up. l set down on a stool before a shelf
and waited Thinks |, This is private dining
ROOM But no waiter never came. When |
got to sweating good and hard l goes out
again.
"'Did you get what you wanted says she.
Ono, ma am says |. Not a bite
"'Then there's no charge says she.
"'Thanky ma am says l, and l takes up
the trail again.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-06-11

"'Git prize under the butt eend, ole boss,
and she'll come certain.
But the mint l said that bang went the
ole boss tail on the yearth and quick as wink
every beaver let go all hollis and tumbled into
the water, and in a mint everything was as
quiet roun' the dam, as if there want beaver
in five mics Of it. The last thing | seed
was the ole boss jess flappin' under the water
arter the rest of EN- had all scooted. 1t was
so funny the way the varmnts acted, laughed
till | shuk the dirt from the sides of the pit
Then | crawed out and put off fur camp, and
that was the fust and last time | ever seed
the beavers at their work"
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-06-11

more than half century, Shartel has gained
"A reputation, which he does not deny, for hav
ing saved money enough to make him indie
pendent for the rest of his life. However, Shar-
tel continues to shine shoes
At the age of L. Al Shartel first made his
appearance on the streets of Dayton, as a boot
black. In those days, according TO Shartel
all bootblacks carried their shining boxes under
their arms and hunted up their customers.
Though this custom has changed, "Ole AT
has never forsaken his box to establish bust
ness in any one location From an early hour in
the morning until late at night. often midnight
the now aged bootblack travels the streets
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-06-11
FIND THE GOOD

Find the good that lies below,
Never mind the fault that mars
Or the blemishes and scars;
Let the petty failures go.
See the kindly deeds men do,
Overlook the trivial flaws!
In the battle for a cause,
Be you strong, but generous, too.
Mems opinions may be wrong,
But their motives oft are good
II we only understood.
Much is hidden from the throng.
Honest virtue will not boast
What is best is hidden deep.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-06-11

Kindly lips their secrets keep.
OF itself sin makes the most.
Still in every living breast
CLOVIS the spark of something fine;
Like the jewels in a mine,
We must search for what is best
Find the good that lies below
There arc few so vile and base
But bring smiles 10 some ones GAGE (;
Some will miss them when they go.
Though the scars Of SHINING show,
And shame walks on open ways
Hidden deep Is much TO praise
In the good that lies below.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-06-11

why you must have surprised them when
you sung out" said Mr. Pitt, "as much as Tam
o. Shanter did the witches, when he roared
out 'Weel done Guilty sarkH"
Maybe so" said Uncle Seth, though | never
hearn tell of Mr.. Shanter, and I've Rnowed, one
time or another, purity much all the ole settlers
in this country-but come boys" he said cts
time we were moving and we'd better saddle up
our nags."
Copyrighted. be contnued)
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-06-11
DWARFEST OF ALL DWARF TREES

Alter growing Tor Ten years, The Japan
cypress. one of the smallest specimens Of
horticultural world, reaches the size of a g
ball As if exhausted with this tremendC
effort, the next ten years see it increase OF
a fraction when it practically stops grow
altogether
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-06-11
THE SWEET TOOTH AT HIGH SPEED

Americans are eating Too pounds OF SUI
n person a year says Richard Spillane. \
billion pounds were imported during the
year just to help out our own crop of beet |
cane sugar and it is practically all gone.
many nations the consumption of sugar is
low 80 pounds a person and the average
civilized countries is about 80 pounds Am,
lea is indeed a sweet-toothed nation-but il
paving for it,
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-06-11

hunting his customers or searching for others
whose shoes need Sticking up
At least three Presidents of the United States
have had their boots backened by Sharte
President Hayes was the first, then Grover
Cleveland and later William Mckinley.
Al has shined shoes so long in Dayton that
the older residents of the city never think of
having this work done by anyone else. If their
shoes need shining they wait for Al to make
his appearance, which they know will be within
a few hours, as he manages to visit most offices
daily,
In some families AL has shned the shoes of
four generations, and in few instances five.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-06-11

A professor Of Cornell University is now
vocating the cat-tail as food The India
made from the cat-tail a sort of flour which {
white man never attempted The flour "
made from the root stalks of the plant.
can be used as a part substitute for wheat flo
and rs a complete substitute for cornstarch
buildings.