The Holbrook news., 1922-03-03
Boost vs. Boast

While familiarity does not always breed contempt it does often give birth to its hafsister Indifference
 Living as we do in the midst of one of the most vous scenic sections of the country prone take these natural advantages matters of course We fail almost entirely to realize that aside from their aesthetic vue they can be made important asset in furtherng the prosperity of the region.
 It may be that Arzonans slightly deafened by the emorous claims for perfection set forth by western neghbors the Golden Coast But we must admit that they have attained their object and California has built up prosperous commonwealth. But is should be borne in mind that there is difference between boast and boost.
 Last summer widely travelled woman visited in our community. She had been abroad and had a keen ap- precation of the beauties of that older civilization She had been in South America with its age old tale of the centuries set forth in the gigantic remains of crumbng temples. Before she left she asked why did not ad- vertise what there to in this country she was certain that many, many travellers would go far out of their way to what she had seen In her words at the conclusion of her stay she made the statement that her experiences during the three weeks of her stay here had given her thrills sensations, and she had seen more intensely interesting things than in any other like period of time in her entire life This praise indeed
 We should make more definite appeal to the great travelling public The present of local parties to set forth claims for notice of Petried Forest convenient railroad StOpover cannot be too highly mended.
 . No place on the habtable globe possesses a more wierd and fantastic beauty than the amethyst hued dis tances of the Painted Desert. Rider Haggard himself might have drawn his pen pictures of those fabulous rea sure laden cities that crowd the pages of his narratives straight from the casted summts and brilliant turrets of these painted badlands.
 7. The mesa homes of the Hops are remnants of old and unique civilization Their very aloofness has pre- served their centuries old charm Who gaze upon the sky touching Silver Cities of Cboa without thrill of unspoken emotion.
 Along the strated brown rocks of the canons where flow the murky waters of the Little Colorado, cling, like swallows nests upon protected lodges, the rudely built stone houses of prehistoric The house mains the ornaments they found the cobs of parched corn lie meath the dust upon the clay oors and the warriors themselves dust but on the never chang ing rock pages of the walls the mystic hero- gyphcs which tell their history were we but wise enough to read it.
 South andwest of Hobrook are the numerous "snk- holes and "blowholes curious phenomena of unknown origin Then to put ita together, their elusive all pervadlng charm untamed wildness of beauty that breathes through this whole. northern country from Mesa Land at the north to the stalwart singing pines of the Mogollons in thesouth
 Let's get together and BOOST This is our country. We're proud of it. Let's tell the world, especially the sightseeing world.
 It isn't necessary to BOAST, just look around you with seeing eye and tell the truth-the truth will be BOOST.