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The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04
TAXED TO DEATH AND
 DAMN NEAR RUnlED'

Business men who are
 squirming under taxation
 burdens will read with keen
 interest the following letter
 sent to an English bank by
 one of its customers, explain
 ing why he was unable to
 reduce his overdraft. 1t was
 embodied in an address by
 Harry Coe, Vice President of
 the Anglo and London Paris
 National Bank, San Francis co. Here is the letter:
 Dear Sir: For the fol- lowing reasons 1 regret be- ing unable to reduce my oyerdraft. Ihave been held up, held down, sandbagged, walked on, sat upon, fiatten- ed out and squeezed by our income tax, the super tax, the excess profits tax, war loans, war bonds, war say ings certificates, the auto mobile tax, and by every so- ciety and organization that the mind can invent to ex- tract what l may or may not have in my possession.
 "The government has gov erned my business so that I do not know who owns it. l am inspected, suspected, examined and re-examined, informed, required and com mended, so that I don't know who l am, or why I am here at all.
 All that 1 know is that l am supposed to be an inex- haustible supply of money for every known need, de- sire or hope of the human race, and because 1 will not sell all 1 have and go out and beg, borrow or steal to give away, 1 am cussed, discussed, boycotted, talked to, talked about, lied about and held LID. hung uD. robbed and damn near ruin ed, and the only reason why 1 am clinging to life now is to see what will happen next"
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04
H. H. SCORSE PLANS
 ON REV BUILDING

Henry Scorse is now busy calling for contracts on 3 new building to be erected on the corner of Station St. and Porter Ave. The plans, as at present laid out, call for one of the most commp- dious stores in the County and in addition there will be built on the north end of the lots new quarters for the Rees Cafe. The original building will be only one story in height, but suffici- entIy strong foundation and first story work will be erec- ted to add at least another floor in the spring. MT. sScorse promises that the store will be second to none in this part of the. country, and as the Cafe quarters are being built under the per- sonal direction of Frank Rees, we can be sure that this part of the building will also have everything that a modern establishment re- quires.
 Slowly but surely the SUD- remacy of Porter Ave. as a retail business street is be- ing established. Let 'em all come. All honor to Henry Scorse!
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04
SCHOOL NOTES By Arnold Lee

Armistice week program.
 Thursday evening, 8 D. m. Nov. 10th.
 Memorial address.
 Selection Orchestra Story Mrs. c. H. Jordan Selection Double male quar- tet.
 Address Hon. E. s. Clark Friday afternoon, Nov. 11tb. there will be a football game, Flagstaff Normal ys Holbrook High School at 2:30 p. m.
 Friday evening a party will be held in the new Gym to celebrate the opening of edifce. Waters Orchestra will attend and the fun starts at nine o'clock.
 The High School football team leaves for Precott Fri day morning where they meet the Prescott Hi Satur- day afternoon.
 The football game at Wins low last Saturday resulted in the defeat of our boys. The Holbrook team was out weiged, and the majority of the Winslow players have had some experience. The game was clean and hard and was enjoyed by all, al- though it was one sided. The local Hi will do battle with Winslow in the near future, and we hope to come out on the long end of the score.
 The girls Basket Ball team l is beginning to show good form. Their first game will be the 18th. of this month, St. Johns to be the opponents. The following morning they go on their three day trip. On the 17th. they play at Flagstaff, the 18th, at Williams and Kingman on the 18th. The girls should have a successful season and come out with many games to their credit. They have been doing hard prsctlce work for the past two weeks, and there are several good players from which to choose. H
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04

ton, state that they were inI- posed upon and believed the re- ports to be true, and that know ing that Mir. Brapigan has made a good principal, they desired to nip in the bud any movement that was almed at the school, and in this 1 heartily support them and hold no i'll will to- wards them for carrying these reports to the people.
 And further, I desire to say that at no time have l said 8 word against any of the teachers of the Holbrook schools and the way they were conducting the schools, but on the contrary, have the highest personal regard for MT. Branigan as an educator and have been proud of his suc- cess achieved in our schools and feel that Holbrook can be proud of him and his corp of teachers, for the efficient work they have done.
 am a strong believer in edu- cation and l stand first. last and all the time for whatever makes for the progress or our commu- nity in an educational. socIal and business way. and nothing can aid such an aim more than fol we as citizens to eliminate all petty factional strife, and unite for a bigger and better Holbrrok.
 Respectfully submitted,
 Signed w. B. FARR.
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04
DR. BROWN SAYS WE ARE FORT
 UNATE IN THE WEST

1 Dr. Oscar s. Brown ot
 Winslow who only recently
 returned from Philadelphia
 reports conditions none too good in the east, especially in Philadelphia where he was doing eye, ear, nose and
 throat work in the various
 hospitals. Dr. Brown says
 that the'City of Philadelphia
 is feeding a large percentage
 of the school children one
 meal a day. The meal serv-
 ed is very appetizing and
 nourishing. Children over
 ten years of age receive a
 bowl of soup richly made from beef stock and vege- tables, butter is served, two kinds of vegetables, either brown bread or white Gall they can eat) and a cup of coffee. The little kiddies under ten years of age re- ceive the above with the adj dition of a cup of milk = no coffee is served to those un- der ten years of age. HeI that before the cityl took a hand in matters itI was discovered that a great of the children were found to be too weak to at
 tend school, due to under nourishment.
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04
So THE PEOPLE MAY KNOW

To The Citizens of Holbrook:-
 view of the many false state ments made concerning myself during the recent school cleo tion. and which were carried to practically every voter in HoI- brook by the various election workers, and the further fact, that If these impressions were allowed to remain unrefuted it would place certain teachers in our public schools at a disadvan- tage and in an unfair light, deem it only fair to the public that they should know the facts in the matter.
 1 have never at any time been candidate for the office of school trustee. nor was 1 ever approached by any one in regard to becoming a candidate. There was no meeting of the Mormon people, secret or otherwise, as was persistently reported. for the purpose of backing me for such position. The report that I was pledged. if elected, to oust the principal, Mir. Brani- gan. and certain other teachers is absolutely false and without any foundation of fact whatso- ever, and those who started this report did so with the malicious intent of creating division a. mong the citizens of Holbrook along religious lines. The ma jority of the election workers. according to their own state ments to myself since the elec-
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04
ADS

The News, on reliable lau- thority, is priyiledged to state that the matter of the Winslow- -Keams'C Canyon road will be amicably settled in the near future. Any points still in dispute will be settled at the next meeting of the Board of Supervisors, Mon- day the 7th. inst.
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04

This week H. w. Hughes the jeweller is specializing on Silver Creme. The silver polish with. out a peer.
 Dan Divelbess returned this week from a somewhat leng- thy trip made in the course of duty. Dan states that the cattle are in fine condi- tion. Most of the shipping is being done to the packers in Los Angeles.
 Upon receipt of a wire from San Antonio, Texas, Sheriff Newman detained two persons who were driv- ing through in a Nash road |ster.
 Mir. and Mrs. F. M. Black. we'll of Heavenor, Okla, who have been visiting Miss Moore here have returned home. MT. Blackwell still retains his interests in the field, and his interest, and plans for active development work are being laid on a sure foundation.
 Springenville have been shipping cattle this week.
 D. J. Thomas went tc Phoenix the first of the week
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04
SENATOR SCOTT IN A
 REMINISCENT MOOD

Senator James Scott drop ped into the News office for a chat before leaving for his winter home in Phoenix. During the conversation, the Senator happened to men, tion that he was one of the first settlers in this country. Harry Scorse arrived here in 1880 and MT. Scott came in at the same time. The rail- road at that time was only a dream; Holbrook, then not named, consisted Of o Il e house.
 Speaking of present day conditions, Mir. Scott was most optimistic. Prices are now at the lowest ebb. The general tendency is upward, as witness the demand for ewelambs. Some Shipments of she stock have been made to Idaho. This demand in itself is very encouraging, showing as it does no lack of confidence. In the early part of the shipping season, steers could not be sold at any price, now there is a big demand for one, two and three year old stuff. Hol- brook is ideally located as a stock centre. Shipments can be made to the Atlantic or the Pacific Coast as the best market develops
 The Salt River Valley as a whole has begun to react to the favorable prices now be- ing paid for cotton. From fifteen to forty cents in the last four months, an increase which enables the grower to sell at least this years crop ata profit, and to break even on the holdover from last cinch tight enough. Then the show was over.
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04
PAINFULLY INJURED

Marsh Flake of the Flake Market sustained a painful injury Wednesday at the Holbrook stockyards. Dur ing a cattle stampede in the yards he was knocked down and trampled by a number of husky steers. While he sustains painful injuries a. bout the head, it is not thought that anything ser ious will develope. Mr. Flake is doing nicely at this writ ing.
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04
LOSSES AND SECH!

Says Ed. 'EIllS I Ou am got a haws in your string that can stay 250 yards with one of my truck hawses. '' Says Shorty McGee, reach ing for his bankroIl "Per- duce yore evidence" And the argument was over.
 Sunday Oct. 30th. dawned bright and shiny, no wind, no rain. Reg Vanderbilt rolled from his bed, called the stable boys together and gave instructions as to how the horse must be groomed, what he must be given in the way of food and drink, adding ''Fll exercise him myself Lucky Baldwin and his retinue, without anxiety followed their re- gular routine. The mare was rubbed down with alco- hol, the retinue made mo- tions that one might take as satisfaction or a rub down. The big day was come!
 One-thirtv. the appointed hour, witnessed a palpitat- ing, seething race crazed mob of the youth, beauty, chivalry and knighthood of our fair County gathered at the course. The raucous cries of the bookies, the Par isian creations which adorn- ed the fair occupants of the grandstand, the exercise lads with blankets on arm added to and made complete the memorable meet.
 They're off, , "Aw hell, why don't he get that horse around" "Three to one, bar one" "Five to four on the mare" 'I'll take some of that - HERE THEY COMET AS they swept by on the first turn, neck and neck, the crowd was breath less. Never had such an ex- hibition of riding been seen. At the half pole, they jock eyed for position; at the three-quarter mark a post age stamp would have stuck them both----but hark! A sigh goes up from the mob : - the mare has faitered, helas for earthly glories, Lucky Baldwin goes down to shocking defeat.
 The show IS over. put NO! Never let it be said. Curley Whitten nobly mans the breach. Bring on that grey hoss" ''Ten dollars says two of us can ride him at the same time" One of us, John Bailey, rode him. The rest of us didn't have our
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04
ADAMANA NO. l

The officials of this com pany authorizes the News to state that the casing trouble have been overcome, entire ly. This glad news gives us another cause for thanks in the Thanksgiving season.
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04
SIGNS OF SPRING

The News have received word that the we'll in the s. w. Colo. rado San Juan field has come in g big gusher. Press reports cre- dit the production as being 5000 bbls. per day. She's got to come to usl
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04

year.
 The Senator and his wife plan to drive down in the car, leaving here today. To them, we extend our best wishes for a pleasant trip, a happy winter, and a return hale and prosperous in t h e early spring.
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04
NEW BOOK ON OIL
 FIELD PRACTICE

Thanks to Dr. Taylor, we have been privileged to make a hasty examination of Dor sey Hager'S latest publica- tion "OiI Field Practice. " One must have certain know ledge to intelligently review a work of this kind, years of study and practical experi- ence on MT. Hager's part have gone into the making up of the book, and while perhaps it may not meet with the complete approval of the producer, driller or geologist,i it will undoubtedly convey to the lay mind a more thorough knowledge of the subject than was before possessed; in fact we have no hesitation in saying that, due allowance being made for our own small experi- ence, the book surpasses and will displace works Ofa simi- lar description. Character istically American, in that useless verbiage is dropped, we feel that this book will occupy an bonored niche in the library of the oil field worker.
 To Mir. Hager we extend our hearty congratulations.
 Dr. s. Earl Taylor left last night for a brief business trip to Phoe- nix, Arizona. Dr. Taylor hopes to return in time to help locate Well No. 1 of the Taylor interests the first of next week.
 If the acreage now pend- ing is secured for offsets, an- nouncement concerning ex- act location of1bhis well will be made einnext weeks News.
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04

cinch tight enough. the show was over.
The Washington times., 1921-07-11
Scant Skirts Must
Go, Mothers
Decide

SMITH CENTER, Kan, July
11.--Growing infatustion Of the
high school girls of this city for
gaudy, abbreviated dress was the
cause of mass meeting of the
mothers, and stern measures were
discussed to suppress the extrava-
gance of their daughters.
Here is the costume future high
school girls here are to wear, as
worked out by the mothers meet
ing, and it is bound to go, for the
board of education and school fac
ulty are scared stiff over the up
rising:
Regulation white MILDLY, with
blue wool collars and cuffs; plait-
ed navy blue skirt, bottom ten
inches from the floor; stockings OF
cotton or wool; shoes with clubs
or military heels, brown or black;
tie any color preferred, but mod
est in cost.
One puritanical woman seemed
to express the sentiments Of the
meeting when she got up and said:
thereafter II any girl comes to
this school all rouged, dyed and
fluffed up just send her home till
she learns some sense"
The Washington times., 1921-07-11
CHR|ST|A NBEG|NS
DRIVE FOR THRIFT
At WHITE HOUSE
Harding's Secretary Orders
Waste Elimination and Adher-
ennce to Dawes Principles.

Economy. like charity, should DE
gin at home says George b. Chris
tian. jr., secretary to President
Harding, who today issued sweep
ing orders for the elimination Of all
waste at the White House and a
strict observance OF the principles
propounded by him of Hell and
Maria" fame.
Save water and electricity" he
told William Pannell, superintendent
Of the executive Offices. and prompt
ly the rotund boss hustled around
and turned off all needless light
and gave the faucets an extra twist.
Mr.. Christian is earnestly deter
mined to economic In every possible
way TO the end that the offices OF
the Executive may be an example
to the various bureaus and depart.
ments. He will endeavor not only
To cut big expenses, but to curtail
in the use OF stationery and office
supplies.
1t is not expected that there will
be any retrenchment in the matter
OF personnel, as the force OF clerks
now works overtime in getting out
the unprecedented volume of cor
respondence. However, Mr.. Chris
tian has let II be known that there
shall be no sluggards on the list
and that efficiency and economy
shall prevail about the offices Of the
President.
The Washington times., 1921-07-11
1920 RENTS COST
GOVERNMENT over
MILLION DOLLARS
Enough Paid Out In Ten Years
to Build Homes for Three
Departments.

Washington property owners col.
lectod $1.100.s35.4l In rent for office
space from the United States Govern.
ment last year. and indications are
that the total will be almost as large
this yer. 1t was stated today by
Treasury officials.
or this amount the War Depart.
ment led with $302.024.1o for add.
uonal office space. while the Treas
ury Department was second with $164,'
s72. Other departments which paid
large rents for office space included
the Department of Commerce, $67.72b;
Shipping Board. sSs.279.40; Interstate
Commerce Commission, $82,06S; De-
partment of Agriculture. Sl64,872; De-
partment Of Justice. $4,000: Post OF.
flee. S23,O62; Interior, $2S,126. and
Labor. $4,000.
Although sites have been acquired
and plans prepared for buildings to
house the Department OF Justice.
Labor and Commerce for the past ten
years. Congress has failed to appro-
pirate the money to carry out these
building projects.
Since the Government acquired the
properties south OF Pennsylvania ave-
nue. for the construction of such build
ings 1t has paid out In rent more than
the estimated cost Of erecting the
structures.
The Washington times., 1921-07-11
UNIONS CONFER ON
NEW WAGE SCALE
FOR DECK OFFICERS
Ship Board to Meet Masters
and Mates on Reductions
Deemed Essential.

Conferences relative to a new wage
scale for deck officers of American
ships will be begun this week be-
tween representatives of American
ship owners and the Shipping Board.
and a committee representing the
unions OF masters. mates, and pilots.
The present wage agreement ex-
pires on August !, and reduction OF
Is per cent in pay, similar to that
made in the wages of engineers and
seamen, is expected.
Although about 5000 men are af-
fected. there is little, II any. likelihood
OF a strike. The attitude OF the off,
GERS is regarded as much more salts
factory than that of the engineers and
seamen, shipping men declare. and no
conflict is looked for. Even with the
reductions the pay of American deck
officers will be much higher than that
paid by British shippink interests.
modification of the rules under
which the deck officers have been
working is also expected. in line with
that already arranged for the engi-
neers and seamen.
The Washington times., 1921-07-11
CRANDALL' s.
1.-THE Old Swimmin' Hole"

Charles Ray has never afforded
such convincing study Of young
American boyhood as in the screen
version OF James whitcomb Rilsy's
beloved "old home" poem. THE Old
Swimmin' Hole" which constitutes
the chief feature Of the bill arranged
for presentation at Crandalrs Theater
the first three days Of the current
week.
"The Old Swimmin' Hole" does
more than merely provide an interval
Of splendid entertainment. 1t re-
creates upon the silver sheet the
most precious years in the life of the
average American-that golden period
of adolescence when love first begins
to bespeak itself to the human heart
and life seems to center In the girl
With the long blonde curls." This. OF
course, results in a sentimentality
peculiarly vulnerable to the taunts
and the jibes of the rest Of the fel-
lows around the "old swimmin' hole"
and many untoward incidents are
consequent.
Then there is the forbidden 'pir-
ates' cave" where dour, experiments
are made with fathers thoroughly
seasoned and deftly purloined pipe
experiments which add new value to
the prophylactic properties of fresh
air. In fact, The Did Swimmin
Hole" brings TO the screen all of the
escapades of typical boyhood with all
OF it's perplexities, all of it's harrass-
ments and all of it's triumphs.
Charles Rays assumption OF the
role of Ezra is one of the best pieces
of casting judgment the ?lns havc
ever afforded. The supporting cast
was chosen with equal care. The
settings are perfect and the pho
Biography of an especially artistic
nature
The supplementary feature for the
week, which lends the bill almost the
dignity of double-feature program,
is Mack Sennett's screamingly funny
two-reel comedy, She Sighed By the
Seaside" in which the stellar roles
ere played by Ben Turpin and Marie
Provost.
The Washington times., 1921-07-11
AT THE THEATERs
Continued from pags BIghtJ

Continued from Page BightJ
Would you believe 1t was the spirit
OF the dead man haunting you or
would you believe 1t a hoax7
We puzzled over the mystery. the
while we pondered how the romance
which runs throught the entire story,
would turn out, and not until the end
of this production. when 4 surprise
climax that brings the story to a
close with a tremendous wallop, is
given. was the situation solved for
US.
An all-star cast that lives up to
Its name helps greatly in putting the
mystery story over. Robert Mckim.
known as the screens greatest VII
llan. is the banker who railroads one
OF his employees to the gsllows; Jo-
seph ]. Dowling IL the employe; Roy
Stewart is the fghting district at
torney. and Fritzi Brunette 10 the
girl who2breaks her engagement with
Stewart after a quarrel and becomes
engaged to the banker out OF pique,
George Fisher plays the part of the
girls brother.
Special orchestral numbers ar
ranged by Claude v. Burrows. and in
teresting and amusing short nlm fea-
tures complete an unusually good bill.