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The Holbrook news., 1920-05-21
PROFITEERING IN SUGAR

The officers and director ate of the Utah Sugar and Refining company have been arrested on warrants charg- ing them with profiteering in sugar. The investigator for the department of justice found TIT, ,0O0- one hundred pound bags of sugar in the warehouses of the company that had cost approximately g 1-4c per pound, which the company was putting on the market at 23c.
 Other investigators of the department found a carload of sugar in the railroad yards of one of the eastern railroad
 
 companies that had been standing on the tracks for six months without unload ing. The contents of the car had been sold 200 times at constantly advancing fig ures.
 It is too bad that men who are boarding foodstuffs and profteering in them while the country is in want can not be treated rougher than the laws of the land contem- plate. The department of justice has asked Congress for a more drastic Jaw, such as confiscation of the hoard ed foodstuffs and the sen tencing of the hoarders to long terms in prison as a pen alty for their unlawful acts. l-Mohave County Miner.
The Holbrook news., 1920-05-21
THE WATER AND SEWER BONDS

The thirty-five thousand dollar bond issue contem- plates building the sewer trunk line on Coronado and Alvarado streets down to be- tween the railroad and river where a disposal plant will be placed. It will also take care of buildings of the dis posal plant at that point and to take care of the north side of town. On the south side of town it will take care of the building of a trunk line and a sewerage tank to take care of that part of town. These trunk lines will be from 10 to 15 inches in size and will take care of a population of ten thousand people.
 For all lateral lines runn- ing east and west in the al leys and connecting to the main trunk lines with neces- sary manholes, assessment will be made against the property served. These lat erals will be six inches and eight inches in diameter and will cost about thirty-five dollars for each twenty-five foot lot benefited by such sewer. These will only be put in when there is suffic- tent buildings to warrant do-- ing so. This cost can be dis tributed over a period of ten years in annual installments.
 The one hundred thousand dollar bond issue contem- the building of a water works complete with wells, pumps, and all necessary piping but connections from streets to houses are made by the property owner.
 J. A. MORROW,
 County Engineer.
The Holbrook news., 1920-05-21
THE ELITE DRESSMAKING SHOP

The attention of our read CTS is called to the adver- tisement in another column of this paper of the Elite Dressmaking Shop, which was opened last Wednesday, and they solicit the patron age of the people of Hol- brook and vicinity. Any one wishing plain or fancy sew ing, altering, cleaning and pressing is requested to call at the Elite shop which will be found two doors east of the Style shop.
The Holbrook news., 1920-05-21
ARIZONA STOCEMEN SEEK
 AID IN NEW MEXICO

The Arizona Cattle Grow ers' association has appealed to the New Mexico Cattle and Horse Growers associa- ton for assistance in secur- ing aid through congress, the treasury and the federal reserve board to relieve an acute situation that has de- veloped from the federal boards stopping of loans on cattle security. A telegram received yesterday by Miss Bertha Benson, secretary of the New Mexico association, states that unless tsome pro- vision be made for member banks to accept sufficient and we'll secured cattle paper to forestall the condition, twill certainly throw many cattle men out of the business and will inevitably bring about an economic disruption"
 J. s. Reynolds, president of the First National Bank here, stated yesterday that the tightening upof the bank situation in the feeding dis tricts, such as Kansas, would, he believed, prove beneficial for the central west as a whole as tending to induce conservation in a situation standing badly in need of it. He stated that New Mexico banks would not be affected, since they were not applied to for loans of this kind. - Albuquerque Journal May 20
The Holbrook news., 1920-05-21
EXTENSIVE COAL DEPOSITS
 IN NORTHERN ARIZONA

Biologists assert that Ari- zona has one of the most ex- tensive deposits of Ignite coal in the country. It lies in public domain lands in the northern portion of Navajo and Apache counties and geologically is a continuation of the Gallup fields of New Mexico.
 The fact that this coal is held by the government and that it is located at a consid- erable distance from rail- roads, has prevented com -mercial operation in the past, but now that the govern ment, through the Bureau of Mines, is planning to en- ter leasing operations on a large scale, it is predicted that there will be little trouble in interesting capital in the enterprise should the territory in question be thrown open to leasers.
 The minimum sized tract which may be leased is 256O acres. Leases may be award ed by competitive bidding or by such other method as the secretary of the interior may adopt. Prospecting permits may be issued by the secre- tary of the interior covering a period of two years, at the end of which time if the ex- istence of coal in commercial quantities has been proven, the holder of the permit is entitled to a lease upon the land covered by his permit. Arizona Mining Journal.
The Holbrook news., 1920-05-21
PROPERTY OWNERS
 FAVOR BOND ISSUE
No Doubt But That Water and Sewer
 Bonds Will Carry By Large Majority.

The proposition to vote bonds in the sum of $135,- OOO.O to install water and sewer systems in Holbrook, will undoubtedly carry by a large majority according to numerous statements gather ed from the taxpayers of community.
 It is not clear where there could be any reasonable op- position to this project. That the town needs a water system and sewer system is a fact so patent that no one could offer a reasonable ob- jection. The cost of the system, stated in taxes, is so small, relatively, that it will be an actual saving to pro- perty owners, as against the cleaning and installation of cesspools, which, we are ad- vised the State Board of
The Holbrook news., 1920-05-21
MAJOR IN FIELD

Charles Edward Major, Geologist, of Prescott, has been in the field for the week in company with a we'll known geologist represent ing large interests. Just what is the particular occa- of this field work is not known but it is a reasonable assumption that it has to do with new development, ru- mors of which have been heard lately.
The Holbrook news., 1920-05-21

Health will hereafter require be made of cement; the cost of pumping water, repair of motors and the reduction in insurance costs, to say no- thing of the increase in healthful conditions.
 Roughly figured, this tax will amount to approximate ly 50 cents per hundred of assessed valuation.
 It is a reluctant admission, but nevertheless a fact, that in the great majority of cases, the water supply in Holbrook is far from satis- factory.
 Health cannot be weighed as against dollars and cents and we are confident that the judgment of the tax payers of Holbrook will be vigorously expressed at the polls Monday in favor of the bond issue proposed.
The Holbrook news., 1920-05-21
ADAMANA OIL COMPANY

With the exception of a short shut down due to a minor repair, this company has been drilling regularly and is making satisfactory progress. T h e depth to which this well has been drilled and the excellent showing of oil encountered has oceasioned much inter est. Drillings taken from the bit have been analysed and found to contain a large percentage of oil. It is not unreasonable to assume that with the next change in for nation the possibility of startling results.
The Holbrook news., 1920-05-21
HOPI OIL COMPANY

Plans for the resumption of work by the Hopi Con- pany are being accomplished as rapidly as possible. Drill CT Cameren is already on the ground and while, no definite announcement can be obtain ed from the management, it looks very much as though this well would be opened up and rushed to completion. As the depth at the time work ceased, was some 2400 feet, it will be seen that a comparatively short time should bring this drill to the oil sands.
 Interest has grown by leaps and bounds during the past month and this is due to the undoubted ability and intention of rushing explor- atfon by the various compan- ies, as with~the showings al-  ready obtained and the en- dorsement the field has re- ceived, there has been no doubt in the minds of those conversant with conditions but that with sufficient depth success is assured.
 The situation is featured by the quiet confidence and the new interests who are be- coming identified with the field, no undue excitement being manifest as the occa- sion as yet does not warrant. Those who come now looking for a boom will be disillusion- ed but prospects are indeed bright for one in the not dis  tant future.
The Holbrook news., 1920-05-21
ZUNI OIL COMPANY

This company, drilling on the north side, has resumed after a shut down of some duration, and aside from natural obstacles has been working continually. Man ager Jordan of this company
The Holbrook news., 1920-05-21
CHURCH NOTICE

Services will be held at the Methodist Church on Mon day evening at 7:30 by o. M. Andrews, Pastor. All are cordially invited to at tend.
The Holbrook news., 1920-05-21
FOR SALE

$1,OOO worth of jewelry with show case and jewelry trays. Will sell for $500.
 w. R. BLACK.
The Holbrook news., 1920-05-21
OIL INVESTMENTS

O1AO OCSA OAA AAO" A- @O A~S$N~
 ing steel in the interest o1
 the investors of the country
 because from it the quickest
 and greatest profits are be-
 ing made.
 Every mechanical advan- cement and expansion in the
 worlds war program just completed depended upon the daily supply of oil. Every industrial and commercial plan of readjusting the world to peace is based upon the oil supply. The oil industry now ranks second in impor- tance in the world, only to steel and it is gaining rapid Iy in the race for leadership.
 Oil is first choice of invest ors because of the immense profits that have been made in the past ten years and are now being made daily from investment in oil fields. There are few towns and cities in the nation in which there are not men and wo- men who have become wealthy from oil invest ments.
 Because they. are becom- ing the leaders in production of oil and because a few i'm mense corporations are not controlling them and shut ting and the smaller con- cerns.
 More than $6O, 900, 900 has been taken in in oil produc- ton from fields caTexas in the past six months of 1919. These figures are not optim- istic estimates. They are taken from the report of the State Comptroller of Texas, to whom statements of pro. duction are made by all pro- ducers quarterly.
 The best informed and most experienced oil men de- clare that the fields so far opened have only b e e n touched, that the creation of wealth from them has just begun and will continue for years as present terri tory is developed. In addi- tion to the present proven fields there are millions of acres on which the drilling tools have not yet reached, under which geologists de- clare pools of oil will be found.
 Nowhere in all the history of mining is there such a tale of quick wealth and immense profits as is being told in the daily report of oil well com pletion.
 Gold of Yukon and Cali fornia was for the men who went where it was found. To win wealth from Texas oil field it is not necessary for a man to come to Texas. Oil is such a commodity that a man may send his money here, as working capital in development of the oil re- sources uncovered and let it work for him.
 Gold of the north or of the western deserts was for the men who could survive cold, hunger and thirst and terrific labor-and for him only.
 Wealth is to be found in Texas for the man who stays at home and lets his savings work for him if he uses judg- in selecting his invest ment. No man can place his money into the first oil investment offered him, risk
The Holbrook news., 1920-05-21

FOR SALE OR RENT-Two room house with garage. Enquire News office. M7-tf
The Holbrook news., 1920-05-21

Present progress ln deve- lopment in this field is in such an encouraging state that random rumors that spring from nowhere when the big event in development is apparently close at hand, have been circulated far and wide. The News is in re- ceipt of a wire from a Coast paper asking particulars as to the oil strike in the Hol- brook Field.
 While, of necessity, we could not accede to the tele- graphic request, still, from the greatly accelerated pro- gress and the certainty of an uninterrupted Continuation of drilling, it is a reasonable supposition that in the com paratively near future a re- quest as above stated can be answered in facts and figures of production. It were a brave man who would per dict with any certainty as to when the big event will oc- cur; whether several days, weeks or months will be re- quired. The reader can form his own conclusions from the following:
 HOLBROOK OIL COMPANY
 This company has received its new cable and has 1t in- stalled a new walking beam is on the ground ready for use should it be required. The drill is plunging regular ly toward the oil sands all though the formation is still difficult.
 This company recently withdrew it's stock from the. market, having financed it's planned operations. The To- cation of the well is on the big anticline so strongly en- dorsed by Geologist Major and others and there is no doubt but that sufficient depth will be reached with. the aid of the standard rig and equipment being used by this company. The haul ing contract has been assum- ed by Messrs. Thompson Bros, owners of the capable White Truck; a plentiful water supply is assured and the we'll will be drilled as fast as two towers can push it down.
 ADAMANA OIL COMPANY
The Holbrook news., 1920-05-21

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ATTENTION FOCUSED ON HOLBROOK
Encouraging Advance In Develop ment Continues. Obstacle
 Overcome.

is confident that this we'll will make a showing that will be surprising to it's most optimistic packers.
The Holbrook news., 1920-05-21
BLACK CANYON SYNDICATE WELL

Manager Ben McCloskey is in town from this well and states that he expects his new driller within the next day or so. This company is operating an O'Kell Core Drill ou the Richards-Owens Lease in the western portion of the field and has has some excellent showings from drillings.
The Holbrook news., 1920-05-21
APACHE OIL COMPANY

Manager Aikens of the Apache Company returned during the past week after a protracted stay in Phoenix where he was incapacitated by yillness. Driller Jim Wolfe has been busily at work at the we'll and good progress is reported. It is the belief of those interested that oil will be struck at a shallow depth in this portion of the field.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-12-18
Ne!Asg
Clean Up.

Six representative Hurley citizens,
sitting as a corOner's jury to inquire
into the manner of death Of All Iron
wood young man fatally shot in a local
gambling den, their senses of propri-
ETY. and decency stunned by the
testimony introduced showing open
violation of laws and the existence of
the gambling evil, drew up resolu-
ton calling upon the authorities to
eliminate vice and gambling in the
city and to enforce state laws and city
ordinances
The action of these men has the
endorsement of the good people of
Hurley. 1t is hoped that they were
sincere in their purpose. They are
preventative citizens and voice the
sentiments of the better element
Lawlessness and crime cannot exist
in community where The citizens
show the proper cooperation with the
authorities. And if the men placed
in Office to enforce the laws are prone
10 wink at lawlessness they should
be replaced by meu who will attend
TO their duties We do not wish to
infer that Hurley officials have been
lax in their duties, but when testi
mony is introduced showing that
gambling has existed III connection
with saloon for eighteen months
aud that the officers deny knowledge
of It's existence it would appear that
there is something rotten some place
Ii the officers are handicapped in
their duties on account Of the lack of
proper enforcement measures, as
charged at the inquest, the matter
should be remedied. Hurley aud all
the evils of crime and vice have so
long been associated that a clean
up" will be welcomed by It's good
people. Already, we understand, an
effort in that line has been made, all
gambling having been ordered stopp-
ed We hope that the evil is kept
down and that it wi II not take another
tragedy to reveal unlawful conditions
and citizens OF the community be
compelled to call the attention OF the
aut horities to the necessity of a
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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-12-18
Citizenship Hearing in April.

Clerk OF the Circuit Court Joseph
Eolant has been advised that the next
date for nnal hearings for citizenship
Iapers in Iron county will be April
l3. 1871
Aliens who desire to secure their
Hoal citizenship papers on that date
must have their applications on lille
before Jan. l3, 1921 as the application
must be on file at least ninety days
before 1t can be heard
Any alien who has had his first pa
pels AT least two years and not more
than seven ears can make application
on such papers for his final or second
papers.
Aliens, however, who arrived
IN this country since June %. 1908.
must also exhibit a certificate from
the department of immigration show
iue that they passed medical exam
iuaton ~ lhe port of entry. Persons
who NAV have lost or mislaid such
certificates OF failed To receive one
may procure duplicate from Wash
lngtou by making application to the
clerk Of circuit court.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-12-18
COUNTY SCHOOL NEWS
Prepared by Miss Ida Bradley, Co. Supt. of
Schools. and Miss Margaret Hardie, SUI
pervising Teacher

Grace Schultz of the Saxon State
/ Graded school, " no was the irst pu-
/ phi IN the school TO obtain reading
circle diploma this year, was also the
first to obtain Palmer Method but
ton.
Every rural school in Iron count y
" hich has sufficient number of pu-
pills above tie primary form has or
gained it's School Society This sOci-
ely is required by the state department
of education and is designed to have
charge of the Red Cross. Thrift, Good
Health, Reading Circle, Relief and
Literary activities of the school.
Since the school children themselves
conduct their own meetings and feel
the responsibility for the success of
the society, work is made interesting
practical and vital. The secretary of
the school society reports directly TO
the county superintendent aud cores
ponds with other societies. within the
county which offers a motive for i'm
proved composition work.
Miss A lice Stureal, teacher in the
South Cary school, reports the school
as being 100 per cent Junior Bed
Cross.
Hot lunches are working out very
nicely in the Mercer State Graded
school. Cocoa is served three times a
week and soup twice. The girls of
the Domestic Science class assist
Miss Davis at cooking, and the girls
and boys of the upper and intermedi-
ate grades have charge of the cleaning
of dishes, The milk and vegetables
ga papf ri hnf aH nv no nnnil Ia
Mr.. Richards of the town of knight
and a member of the school board in
that district made pleasant call at
the office on Monday.
The eighth grades of the Saxon.
Mercer, and Van Buskirk schools
have completed the work outlined in
civics and have taken the final exam
ination. Civics is a third year sub
iect in the state graded schools.
The Cloverleaf Literary Society of
the Mercer school had meeting
Wednesday evening when the follow
ing program was rendered:
Opening Song ....... Cloyerleaf Club
Roll Call ......-,.... Secretary
! Talk, Good Health Club"
Observation-Disclosures. Afford Lee.
Debate. Resolved, That the acquisi-
ton of the Philippine Islands will
ultimately prove of more value to the
United States than the purchase of
Alaska. Affirmative, Frank Brunn-
er, Negative. John Hoffman.
Talk, wv hos Who in America"
Observation-Disclosures. Elmer Leavitt
Parliamentary Practice
.............,. Gaylord Thompson.
Closing Song. ...............M Mem bers
Critics Report H. w. Kuehner.
In the debate both sides brought
forth strong arguments, but the
judges decided in favor of the mega
tive.
The pupils in the Moore school have
enrolled in the reading circle club and
are reading books on the accredited
list. Every child is working for di.
ploma or seal.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-12-18
Starting Up Business.

Many mills and factories are now
shut down for lack of orders. The
pnblic has passed its previous mood
of extravaganza. The question now
arises as to how people can be Undue
ed to start buying again. and who
shall make the first sacrifices to get
the business machine moving.
Many manufacturers are urging
retailers to cut prices to the bone,
clean stocks all out, so they can give
orders for new deliveries. But that
is asking lot. During the boom the
factories had much more than they
could do. Retail trade was constant
ly warned that prices were going
still higher. Merchants were forced
to buy for long distances ahead.
Many of them still have large stocks
bought at top prices. If they had to
clean them ont on basis of present
cost replacement, some of them
would be in difficulties.
There is little evidence that retail
trade made much money out of the
boom times. But the manufactur-
ing and wholesale trades could get
any old price for goods, and mer-
chants did not dare object for fear
their shelves would be left bare.
1t would seem the fair thing now
if makers and jobbers would be sat
ished with handsome gains of the
past two years; and make prices
fairly close to pre- war figures. That
would boom trade. There are many
enterprising advertised stores whose
stocks have been kept we'll cleaned
mp. They could put these goods on
their shelves at the new level of
prices as soon as they could be de-
livered which would stimulate buy
ing.
If the manufacturing and whole
sale trades take that view. the pre-
sent depression will be short lived
I OF course producersstill have high
labor cost. but this apparently has
been reduced in many trades. -Ex.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-12-18
A Good Time To Buy.

There is no reasonable doubt
that. generally speaking, the
shrewd buyer will do we'll to take
advantage OF present prices. News
papers everywhere are crowded
with offers of real bargains, and the
dollar goes further today in pur-
chasing necessities, and many lux
urles, than at any time since the
world war started How long this
conditions of things may continue
IS problem and therefore, it is
advisable for people intending to
make purchases TO make them be-
fore the tide turns and prices take
another upward swing, as it is quite
possible they may do with the con
ditlons of production as they are.
To unduly delay purchasing, to
hold back III expectation of a still,
greater decline, tends to render
more serious the present situation
and 10 lessen production in many
lines While in some instances
there may be surplus Of goods
on the shelves of retailers. general.
ly speaking production has a long
way to go before it makes up for
the losses we sustained in produc,
tioa during the war.
W ( are all in the same boat 10.
gether and in order to keep the
wheels Of industry turning and Ia
Dor we'll employed at good wages.
II Is necessary that goods should
move IN normal way and the
movement not be retarded bv the
unustlhed refusal on the part o,
consumers to buy We have really
been Notwithstanding ike panic
without realizing it. The best jud
ges Of business affairs take the
view that the worst is over. ID
that II the public generally >
act in a normal way aud satisfy
their normal wants, the situation
Will brighten, and we will again
enter period of general prosperity
/ --------s
( WnathAr Eura,u
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-12-18

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