The Holbrook news., 1921-04-15
HOlbrOOk News
 Notes

It LOOKS as II we are f6V6rClnS back to some of the winter that we did not get.
 Holbrook is stirring things up i; look around you and see who is back in town again.
 Tourists are going through in increasing numbers, which is good for everybody all along the line.
 MT. Paul Vogel, sercetary and treasurer of the Holbrook Busi- ness Institute, has just returned from St. Johns.
 Even the erstwhile most skep- tical are preparing to honor King Oil when he comes to our town, and believe us folks, it ain't going to be long.
 Sale of tickets for the .chau- tauqua is getting on in good shape. Those who have charge of this work have our congratu- lations; it's a tough job, to say the least.
 Elsewhere in these columns will be found 'The Bootlegger's Dream" contributed by the sheriff's office, and taken from the w. O. w. Magazine. Read it; it's good stuff.
 Bud" and Mrs. Waters. spent a few hours in town on Wednes- day. We hope their visits will be more frequent and of long dura- tion. Somehow or other we al ways had a liking for that pair.
 Geologist Hammond is again with us. It is beginning to look like old times in the oil game to see some of the old faces with us again. You are all welcome, boys; come often and stay long.
 Frank Paddock paid the News office a visit on Tuesday, and we had a long chat. Frank is a dyed-in-the-wool oil man, and we like to talk with him, because he knows what he is talking about. MT. A. G. McCloskey, of Snow flake, who for the past nine years has been connected with the forest service, will arrive in Holbrook, Monday, to assume his duties with the Holbrook Busi- ness Institute.
 Eat" Rockwell now thinks he would like to be printer. He has equipped himself with a fountain pen; he has a natural nose for news, so we think he will make a good reporter in ad- dition to printer.
 It would be we'll for those who are contemplating a fishing trip to the Apache reservation to read the notice, elsewhere in these columns, from Superin- tendent Davis, of the Ft. Apache Indian reservation.
 Emil Berling is rapidly get ting his new building ready for occupany. He is putting up a building that will not only serve his needs when the town is many times it's present size, but will be a credit to the town as well.
 Gas which was encountered in the Hennessy we'll in Oklahoma, is gradually growing stronger, until it is now reported to be flowing in the neighborhood of twelve million cubic feet a day. Now, if 1t will only blow in oil
 Mir. w. A. Anderson, outside repfesentative of Babbitt Bros. Trading company, is welcomed this week. Andy" reports i'm provement in general conditions in Northern Arizona, particular ly specifying Cooley and Flag staff.
 Take look at the time hung up by our boys at the track | meet in Winslow last Saturday. | We have as fine a bunch of | youngsters as can be found any where. Give them a little encour- agement.;. they are a fine asset to the town.
 We want to see Holbrook have the baseball team it deserves this summer. The talent is here, so there is no reason under the shining sun why we can't get off to a good start and win a lot of games this summer. Get to- gether, fellows!
 MT. Pinctl, manager of the To- cal branch of Babbitt Bros. company, is optimistic of business revival. He express ed himself as being pleased with the way business is picking up. This sort of optimism is good for all of us. MT. Pinctl is the right sort to be in business.
 Dr. Schell, of Tucson, who will make his first visit to this sec tion next week, has been located in Arizona for the past twenty