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The Holbrook news., 1922-03-24
PRELIMINARY W0R K AND TICKET DRIVE FOR CHAUTAUQUA
 NOW ON

Work for the Ellison White Chautauqua Course which will be here beginning April has already b e e n started by the local organ ization responsible for the same. At a meeting held in the Court House or March 18th Mir. Wm. Chamberlin was chosen president and Mir. Jennings secretary of the project.
 The tickets are now on sale. Each person in Hol- brook should avail himself of this opportunity for plea sure and self improvement. The meetings will be held in the school gymnasium and in this manner the dis agreeable weather of our usual spring months will not annoy at the meetings. If you haven't already pur- chased your tickets you may apply at the Holbrook News office and you will be SUD- piled.
The Holbrook news., 1922-03-24
DECISION IN BOYER ESTATE CASE HANDED
 DOWN

Sometime ago, in the Es- tate of Almira Boyer, de- ceased, claim was filed by A.M. Boyer for cash advan. ces made to her during her lifetime. This claim amount ed to approximately 5000. The court approved tn e claim. Harry Fleming and Verde Fleming, heirs of the deceased, protested against payment of the same, and at the hearing the lower court decided in favor of A. M. Boyer. Then t h e Flemings appealed to the Supreme Court and the Sup reme Court recently handed down a decision in favor of A. M Boyer.
 Attornies Thorwald Lar son and Riley Greer repre- sented the Flemings in the Supreme Court and Attorney c. H. Jordan represented the interests of Mir. A. M. Boyer.
The Holbrook news., 1922-03-24
IA CASE OF TOO MUCH TEMPERAMENT AND
 WHITE MULE
Young Mexican's Attempt at Suicide Rolled by
 Sheriff's Office

The usual calm of Holbrook' $ accustomed placidity was rudely shattered last Wednesday after noon by the abortive attempt of young Cipriano Padilla to com- nit suicide.
 The local authorities were seeking him for arrest on g charge of boohegging or disord- erly conduct involving a couple of women, and after a prolonged searched discoyered him in his room at the home of Mrs. Torres on the south side of the river. Az Deputy Sheriff O. c. Will Hams forced an entrance the young man drank the contents of a bottle purporting to contain iodine, and then opened the door and submitted to arrest. saying that he had not long to live any way.
 Sheriff Newman and his de- putty took him at once to the Drug Store and antidotes were being given him by the doctor when he broke away and snatch ing a bottle from the dispensary shelves containing nux vomica, Is supposed to have swallowed some. However, the amount was probably small. He then rushed out of the building but was at once apprehended and treated to complete internal spring cleaning via the stomach pump.
 He was then taken to the coun- ty jail and by the next morning seemed to be feeling no partl- cuIar ill effects. It would seem that the whole affair was brought about by a certain Latin roman ticism of character and a :tGC liberal indulgence in white mule, especially since he gave as his only excuse for the eseapade the fact that "He was lonely"
The Holbrook news., 1922-03-24
NOTES OF METHODIST
 EPISCOPAL MEETINGS

The adult Bible Class car ried off the honors for at- tendance in the Sunday School on last Sunday morn ing. Those who fail to have a part in the discussions in this class led by Professor Bagg are missing something worth while.
 The Flu epidemic is about over. Do not allow your boys and girls to make [ h e mistake of forgetting the Sunday School.
 Our special services have closed but the revival con- tinues. The Pastors sub- ject for Sunday morning will be "Grieving the Spirit there will be an anthem by the Choir and a special in- strumental Offertory. You connot afford to miss this hour of worship.
 Meetings
 Our Sunday evening ser vices are inspiring and help. ful. The first half hour will be devoted to the ministry of song, the new song book; will be used. Following the singing the Pastor w il preach on the "Joy of Serv. ing"
The Holbrook news., 1922-03-24
HELP OUR GIRLS

The Girls Friendly Society of Hclbrook will hold a meet ing on Friday evening to consider ways and means. They have the opportunity to join the Flagstaff Society in an outing to Mormon Lake about the last of June. This is a beautiful camping spot, close to the old prehistoric ruins of what is known as Montezuma's Castle a n d Montezuma's We'll.
 There will be about twen- ty girls to go from Holbrook and the estimated cost for each will be train fare of $8.88 and $1.00 per day for "eats. Babbitt Bros. of Flagstaff have promised to furnish all groceries al wholesale prices and they will obtain milk and eggs at a nominal cost from nearby ranchers. The camping trip will last for a week. There will be plenty of efficent chaperones on the job and a good time will amply repay the faithful members of the Girls Friendly for their hard work during the past year. The Branch Sec. Mrs. c. J. Becker of Flagstaff, a Vel. lesly graduate will be ir charge of the camp.
 Mrs. Larson who h a charge of the Girls Friendly work in Holbrook tells us that the meeting Friday is to discuss entertainments, dances, etc., necessary te raise the requisite amount of money so that the vaca' tion trip for the girls may be assured. Look for fur ther notices on this same subject, and help along.
The Holbrook news., 1922-03-24
ST. PATRICK'S DAY DANCE AT SCHOOL GYMNASIUM A
 SUCCESS

A large and jolly crowd attended the dance given at the High School gymnasium on last Saturday night. The hall, although so large, was comfortably filled. The music was excellent, as is always sure to be when Mrs. Bundy presides at the piano. The sort of dance music that Roy Cross and Ernest Dan- nenbaum can furnish is to we'll known to Holbrook dance lovers to need any comment.
 A very attractive booth provided the proper setting for most delectable baskets and boxes of home made candy. Ice cream was also sold during the evening.
 Everyone had a most de- lightful time, and Professor Branhigan and his efficient corps of teachers, as we'll as the school girls who provid- ed the candy, are to be con- graduated on the success that crowned their efforts.
 Itis understood that about a hundred dollars was clear ed for the school. This sum will be used in beautifying the building by the purchase of some tasteful pictures.
The Holbrook news., 1922-03-24
A LITTLE OPTIMISM

We might paraphrase a little and say "A little ptimism, now and then. is relished by the best of men," That is the reason that we were so glad to hear the statement of MT. Walker, of the Walker and Johnson Sheep and Cattle Go. give it as his opinion that times were going to be bet ter. His sheep were wintered on lower Whiteriver, and did ex. tremely well. and he further says that the outlook for feed is fine. That listens good to US.
 Just arrived a small ship ment of mems BrOgues. l.. Caldwell Co. Adv.
The Holbrook news., 1922-03-24
A FORTUNATE ESCAPE
Auto Overturned But Oc- cupants Uninjured by Fall

On Tuesday evening Mrs. Wm. Chamberlin. while driving her car on the road just north of town met with what might easily have resulted in a fatal accident.
 In some manner her eye was momentarily distracted from the roadway and the fraction of time sufficed to allow the car to slew from the track far enough to put the wheels over the edge of a small bridge. The car fell eight feet and turned turtle. complete ly crushing the windshield. top, and steering wheel.
 Mrs. ChamberlIa and Mamie her daughter, who was with her, luckily escaped serious injury, being thrown to the bottom of the car. Mir. Duran. Mr. Wooster, and several others close to the scene of the acci- dent raised the car body enough to permit the escape of the i'm prisoned occupants. The auto, a large Wiilys Knight, was brought back into town Wednes- day morning.
The Holbrook news., 1922-03-24
PICNIC PARTY TO EX- PLORE METEOR MINE

Nc. and Mrs. Fay, Mr. Me Closky. and Mr. ". R. Scorse made up a party motoring out to Meteor Mine on last Wednesday. Meteor Mine is between Wins. low and Holbrook. and makes a delightful trip Tn such fine weather. Mir. Fay who has been interested in the oil game IT Kansas is looking over condi. tions in HoIbrook, on his way back from the Coast.
The Holbrook news., 1922-03-24
A. AND I. CLUB

The usual weekly meeting of the A. and T. Club was held at the home of Mrs. Jim Scorse during the latter part of the week. The usual gar rulous bunch was present and lived up to their reputa- tion, both in the matter of chatter, and candy eating ability.
The Holbrook news., 1922-03-24
BOULDER CANYON DAM ENDORSED
 BY PHOENIX CONFERENCE
Judge Thomas Reports Details of Mi. Hoover
 Position on this Important Issue

DOCK the WIleelS OI progress by bickerings, feeling assur- ed that MT. Hoover was sincerely trying to do the best for all concerned.
 The Water Commissioners from the seven Basin states together with Mr. Hoover as chairman, will serve as a unit to adjudicate differenc. es arising between the states. The Commissioner of each state will safeguard the rights of his own common wealth and will advise them towards legislation designed to protect them.
 At present the Commiss- ion as a whole favors the use of the impounded waters for irrigation as against power, holding that t h e greatest need of the country is for more fertile farming land, and that the states themselves will profit from this more than from added electric power. The Boulder Canyon dam as planned will hold Is million acre feet of water and will serve to irri- gate 3 million acres of thirsty land.
 But it is not: alone from the standpoint of power and irrigation that Boulder Can yon dam will be of benefit to the Southwest. By hold ing back the flood waters of the river which annually deposit a foot of silt on the river bottom in the southern part of the state it will pre- vent another bursting of its banks at Yuma, such as oc- cured in 1903 when the Sal ton Sea was flooded and many valuable farms in the Imperial Valley were lost by the inundations. It cost the government 8 million dollars to repair this break without regard to the individual losses which resulted. A dam which will prevent a repetition of such a calamity will pay a handsome inter est on the money invested.
 The water power of the Colorado river is the last great undeveloped resource of the United States. It must not be squandered, utmust be spent with judg- ment. The hour and the place are come together and the Southwest is to be con- graduated that the man chosen to cut the Gordian knot is Herbert Hoover. Hoover is an altruistic busi- ness man is Judge Thomas dictum. Clear headed, deep thinking, he goes straight to the giSt of a matter and solves it honestly with his God-given faculty of high. grade uncommon sense. Arizona is fortunate to have such a man sitting at the council table where so much of her future prosperity is concerned. Here's to Her. bert Hoover, the worlds foremost citizen.
The Holbrook news., 1922-03-24

gate from the Holbrook Chamber of Commerce to the meeting held in Phoenix to consider the problems ar- ising from the proposed ir- rigation and power project on the Colorado River, re- turned from that city last Sunday. Judge Thomas has many things of interest to report concerning this meet ing, a conference which will make history for the Basin states.
 The meeting was presided over by Herbert Hoover, we'll known to all Americans for the distinguished work he did in Belgium during the war, as a representative of the Federal Government. MT. Hoover so Judge Thomas says, might be call ed the business man de luxe. As one of the orators at the convention phrased it, "Her- bert Hoover stands today the foremost citizen of the world"
 In addition to Mir. Hoover, who was delegated to repre- sent the wider scope of gov ernment interest in the pro- .iect, there were present at the Phoenix conference, the seven commissioners, one from each of the states vit- ally interested in the mat ter. These states are Colo rado, Wyoming, New Mex ico, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and California. Each of these states has a Water Commissioner whose special duty it is to safeguard and protect the rights of his state to the powers and irri- gation water furnished by the Colorado river.
 The Water Commissioner for Arizona is MT. w. s. Norveil. In addition to these men. there were several hundred delegates present from the regions which will be directly benefited by this gigantic undertaking.
 It was this crowd of con- fiicting interests that Mr. Hoover, in behalf of the gov- ernment, was called upon to disentangle and adjust with fairness and equity. After MT. Hoover had heard the report of MT. Arthur P. Davis, director of the U. s. Reclamation Service, which recommended the Boulder Canyon site for the first dam, Mr. Hoover said that he would also approve this location in behalf of the government. The Boulder Canyon dam site is located about north of Kingman.
 Although northeastern Arizona favored the erect tion of the dam at Glenn Canyon near Lees Ferry, when MT. Hoover expressed his confidence in the acumen of MT. Davis choice of loca- tion, they unitedly assented to it rather than to try to
The Holbrook news., 1922-03-24
ATTENDS BANQUET IN
 PHOENIX

w. w Franklin, our wide awake Overland dealer, was called to Phoenix the early part of the week. He will attend a banquet rendered to John N. Willys, the head of the Overland Co. H e will undoubtedly have a good time, and in all proba- bility will bring back sev- eral new selling wrinkles.
The Holbrook news., 1922-03-24

LOST: 32nd degree Masonic watch charm, Wednesday in HolbrOok or vicinity. Return 10 The Holbrook News. Reward.
 Miss Allie Cross, who has been confined to her room for sometime by a prolong- ed spell of sickness W a S able to be out, and motor ed up to Snowflake on Sun day. We were all glad t o see her able to be about once more.
The Holbrook news., 1922-03-24

Dr. Rehback. chiropractor, has opened his offices for treatment. They are in the new Wetzler Building and his hours are from g to 5. Dr. Rhebach has a pleas ing personality and will prove an undoubted addition to Holbro0k professional circles
The Holbrook news., 1922-03-24
TAYLOR INTERESTS

Dr. s. Earl Taylor states that he had a most interesting and profitable stay in Denver. While there he met several men in- fluential in the oil world who will in all probability visit Helbrook in the near future.
The Holbrook news., 1922-03-24
EVENING CLUB MEETS

Mir. and Mrs. CHI. Jordan entertained the members of the Ace and Thimble Club and some invited guests at their home on Oakland Ave nue on last Friday night with a St. Patrick's Day party.
The Holbrook news., 1922-03-24

Phillip Montana, who i s so smilingly accommodating at his place behind the soda fountain in the local Drug Store, fell a victim to the Flu early this week..
The Holbrook news., 1922-03-24

MT. Chas. Osborne ac companied Mir. Udall and MT. Sherwood to St. Johns on last Saturday on business connected with the mail con- tracts and bonds for that part of the road.
 One of the road contract ors from Navajo County who has been doing work down near Prescott, MT. John Hurley, came up for a short visit with the home folks this week.
The Holbrook news., 1922-03-24
THE OIL COLUMN

if pill be impossible 10 guarantee aH items appear ing under this heading, but the most nedrly authentic neus toill be printed. Should q ruInored item apbedr, it will be labeled as such. Any an- nouncement from any of the company managers Will be so designated. We tUill fry to print all the oil neuus.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-15

was Santa Claus, and as soon as he
was through being Santa Claus they
would be married.
eve always had lots of romance in
my nature" she said to him one eve
ming. 1--WE always thought it would
be awful to be like some folks-some
know and some I've heard talk. One
lady who came to the store with a
friend was telling how she and her
husband got along perfectly. They
each had other friends, and sometimes
they met and embarrassed others when
they told that they were married. For
one time the husband had been having
dinner with a friend, and the friend
had been looking flirtatiously at his
wife who was also in the restaurant.
"The friend had been much embar-
,rassed when he discovered he had been
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GETTING RICH QUICK
MiIIionaires Are Made Overnight in
California.


With most, of it's movie scandals"
properly draped in crepe through the
insistence of Will Hays, chief Of the
"hllums," southern California's metro
polls is entering on new era OF ro-
nance with trimmings never dreamed
of in the days of '49, relates Los
Angeles, Cal, dispatch.
It has a new crop of millionaires
as the result of the real estate orgy
of speculation, reviving Of the motion
picture game, which once again is
getting out of the doldrums, but
more especially as the result of the
oil craze.
The city certainly again is in its
stride as the boom town Of all times,
with its overnight millionaies, its pic
turesque company attracted by the
possibilities OF easy money and IS
setting a pace for the bizarre and un-
usual in all that enters into what is
accepted as romance when embalmed
between the covers of book and
which outtazzes all previous records
of fact and fancy.
When a new oil well roared in Sat
urday with an $500 barrel per day
production of high gravity oil, that
sells at $3.50 a barrel at the well. tie
two brothers who owned it could not
be located. A wise courier hours after
ward found them lodged in a room
at a downtown hotel. They were very
tired, but a half hours work brought
them round to point where they
could listen. Then the courier told the
news. The elder brother asked for
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flirting with the husbands wife. And
she was telling this as good joke.
81 wouldn't want that kind where
one goes one way and the other the
other way. And 1 wouldn't want to
be known as a wife because was
uuarreling with my husband.
"You know how you hear folks say
well, you could tell they were mar
ried all right 1 don't want that
kind"
"And you won't have it, little girl"
Bill said. "I'm for your kind Of ro-
nance every time. I'm for the kind of
a married life where folks won't think
we're married-we'll be so happy! l
had a friend once like that. Why, a cop
called him down because he was max
ing love to his wife and wouldn't be-
lieve they were married cause She
called him darling They found it
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THE ANNUAL
ROMANCE
By Mary Graham Bonner
q, le22, Western Newspnper UniOn.)

. OSALIND was engaged to be mar
IN ried. She was to be married the
day after Christmas. She couldn't
very well be, married before then as
her fance was so especially, unusual
ly busy at Christmas time, and 1t
would have been cruel, too, not 20 have
waited.
Fer Bill, her beloved, 5ook the part
of Santa Claus every Christmas for
one Of the big city stores. He was an
ideal Santa Claus. He wasn't too tall,
he was not too short; he was rather
inclined to a stockiness of build, and
extra clothes made him look an ideal
round Santa. He had Il ruddy face
and swapping blue eyes--and dressed
in a Santa Claus costume he was per-
feet.
How the children did adore him
And how he loved theml They whis-
pered their secrets to him and their
eyes danced with rare happiness when
he waved a goodbye 20 them and
called them:
"Sweethearts, and "My dears," and
children dears," and other affection
ate terms.
Rosalind had. been thrilled when
she had heard him first, in HIS deep
beautiful voice uttering such beautiful
words! For Rosalind had met him
first when he had been Santa Claus
and she had been an extra sales girl
taken on for the Christmas rush
It had been her first meeting with
him. But she had been kept at the
store after the Christmas rush was
over, and Bill had worked for the
store for seven years now. Every De-
cember he was Santa Claus. The 9TH
er eleven months he spent in selling
kitchen utensils in the basement.
They had fallen in love with each 9TH
er, though, at this time when ne had
been Santa Claus. And many a time
when he had said: "Good-by de&rie,"
to child, he had been thinking of the
pretty girl who was at that very mo-
ment selling dolls and giving her
smiles, her beautiful smiles to moth
er or to children.
And now q second Christmas was
coming around, and once more Bill
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pencil. Rough figures-very wobbly
figures they were-made it upwards
Of twenty thousand dollars day.
Hot OIL" exclaimed the beneficiary
"at $40 bottle for the real old stuff
that's L thousand bottles a day" He
rose ald clasped hands with his
brother across the table.
Lets start" he said. Reports Of
fIeetinf' glimpses of the brothers all
that are available today.
But luck is not for all. Take the
case OF Togo, the super poodle. The
story came out when Mrs. Martha
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awkward, but they had the right

awkward, but they had the right
idea"
And as Rosalind listened to Ter
Santa Claus, as she counted the days
before the wedding, she said to her
self:
at will be an annual romance to see
Bill as Santa Claus, for it was as
Santa Claus that 1, too, fell in love
with him as well as the children, and
every year our happy, merry memories
will be revived for us. We believe In
romance and romance believes in us,
for it, too, is going to play it's part"
And someone who knew them both
said:
"It wouldn't be bad idea If every
man could be as he was during his
courtship days for a whole month OF
every yearw
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wood drive. She is the mother of
George Edward, six years old. She
divorced her husband some time ago.
Recently she met a former adnirer
on the streets. He fell in love with
little George. Today she has word
that her son has been made the
beneficiary in the will of the former
admirer, who died suddenly, and the
mother is to administer his estate
so long as she does not remarry her
divorced husband.
The estate only totals some three
million dollars. To show that Los
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Cox applied for a divorce and for
custody of Togo She said she had
been working her head off to main
tain a comfortable home, nice auto
and other necessary comforts while
Papa Cox was known as the best
dancer in Hollywood. Mrs. Cox said
she didn't care for herself, it was
Togo she worried about, and when
the judge took her appeal under ad-
visement she had the open sympathy
of the spectators.
Not so hard was the romance of
Mrs. Hazel r. Devane, of Beach
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PageFive

Angles knows how to treat her new
millionaire:, within the. hour after
the word vas received, Mrs. Devane
had 81 callers. Twelve were auto
mobile statesmen, twenty offered oil
stocks, five were real estate men,
but up to now she has not bought
anything. But-here is the glad
part, the telephone man called up.
Mrs. Devanne," he said, Wen
have your phone installed whiting three
days" 3&
The application had been in for nine
months.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-11
Norwich in First
Workout at Louisville

Louisville, Ky, May lO.--Morvich,
Benjamin Blocks nominee for the
Kentucky derby, was sent five
eighths OF mile at Churchill Downs
yesterday in a workout and at the
finish as one turfwriter expressed it,
"he was not blowing hard enough
to put out match
Hundreds Of critics watched his
stride, which they called faultless.
While he did not appear to be more
than cantering, stop watches caught
him at the eighth of mile in Ill As.
three eighths :38 rs, the half :48 As
and the five-eighths Of mile in
1:04 2-5. Trainer Fred Burlew an
nounced that, the trial had been sat
isfactory and that he would be given
more Of it tomorrow.
After watching the colt work, turf
men again had only one question to
ask, "can he stay for a mile and
a quarter?" the derby distance. Both
Block and Burlew declared they had
no fear on that score.