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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1916
Page
2
The Holbrook News reports amendments from the recent election establishing a prima facie rule for unlawfully held game and outlining license duties. Open seasons run for deer, turkey, ducks, doves, quail, trout, and other fish with specified bag limits and license fees for residents aliens and non residents.
A livestock extension report notes Wyoming Montana and other western states sold the remaining classed wool on November 24 at 41 cents per pound grease. Australian expert W T Ritch praised Arizona wool after touring the state in October and cited James Scott of Pinedale as producing wool worth about three cents more per pound. He argues Arizona breeders need proper classing sheds to command higher prices and avoid losses.
Albuquerque dispatch notes L V Slonaker forest service engineer reports wireless gear installed by Ranger Warner on Apache Forest shows growing promise for forest business. Setup cost 125 dollars uses barbed wire antenna, can pick up Sayville to Vancouver signals, with plans to add wireless telephony for Alma and Clifton links and Grand Canyon testing. Separate item lists twelve cities chosen for federal farm loan banks and district coverage.
A passage notes losses for wool growers, estimating last year's drop at just over $100,000 based on prices around twenty cents higher per pound. The amount would fund building a model shearing shed in every district of the state.
The Arizona pardon board recommended commuting six death sentences to life plus granting Sid Henry a sixty day release. Governor Hunt approved the commutations citing the recent abolition amendment. Those commuted include Robert Dayton Talley Frank P Garcia Ben MeKiether Charles Dingle Henry and Willis Arbill. A separate note mentions a wool outlook and political appointment deadlock in Phoenix.
Chamberlains tablets are advertised as effective for stomach troubles biliousness and constipation. The copy claims long standing sufferers have been cured and urges use with bottle directions. An offer quotes savings at Wetzlers in the sale notice.
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