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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1920
Page
1
In Snowflake a Navajo county Democratic gathering depicted a harmonious, no-ruckus “coming out” for candidates aiming for September. Attendees included J. J. Brady, Miss Drumm, Flake, Harp, and Flannigan, with speeches, testimonials, and vows to support the ticket despite contests for assessor and other offices.
The piece notes that Joseph W. Smith may be chosen by Republicans to contest Snowflake in Navajo county. Jas W Scott and his wife visit Holbrook and Scott is touted for state senate on the Republican ticket. Margarite Drumm announces bid for Navajo recorder. she is the incumbent and praised for efficient service. The column pokes at a challenger seeking coverage and dismisses hot air as not news.
Richard Schuster returns from Los Angeles with sister Helen to spend weeks in Holbrook. The eighth annual Northern Arizona state fair will be held October 14 15 and 16 in Prescott with officials predicting the most successful fair yet. S. W. Jacques of Lakeside rode in on the Apache and left for Phoenix. Jack Fish of Castle Butte trading post was in town. Eugene Meyenberg, Swiss native and early Navajo county draftee, applied to change his name to Eugene Robert Miles after discharge from France.
Selia Reservation rights granted for Tucson Ajo highway. Benson builds four sections of Benson Vail highway. St Johns Bankers Oil tests Udall anticline. Phoenix ships 67 cantaloupes to date. Chandler reports cotton crop in good condition. Mesa advances final link of Mesa Tempe highway. Cave Creek district ore discovery progresses with daily expectations. Payson awards contracts for six cottages. Kingman mill produces high grade concentrates. Oatman district mining pushes development. Mineral Park mine uncovers exceptionally rich ore. Tucson Cerro Colorado active after years idle. Spring Creek silver at Pleasant Valley develops. Hot Springs oil start drilling op South of town with $100,000. R R resumes July 15 from Carrizo San Diego. 1919 strikes affect 4,000,000 idle workers amid high wages. Apache lumber mills work done. eight miles railroad to be built past Springerville. Pinton drills locally. Melezar builds a $250,000 building. Union depot plan and $50,000 East Washington Street office building. Apache Trail reconstruction plans at Globe. Aravaipa Leasing takes over Grand Reef mine. Gadsden electric light system. NA declines teachers union. 1920 calf crop largest in years at Payson. Arizona Builders to erect $250,000 brick plant. Shea Copper advances tunnel. new mill planned in Tucson. Nogales road extension campaign continues countywide. Summer rains improve range. state to spend $1,000,000 on schools. Imperial Valleyman set to develop holdings and drill wells at Casa Grande. Horseshoe and Camp Verde reservoir projects $16,000,000 funding at Prescott. Hansen Junction desert land section noted.
Plans completed for a Southern Pacific depot in Casa Grande with a record $70 price noted. Projects include a $750,000 Superior Miami road, a dynamite factory near Land Station, a large oil company by Gila Valley men, six bonded warehouses under the National Warehouse Act, and irrigation schemes for 20 000 acres along Buckeye road. Major buildings rise in Phoenix and a 12 00 ton mill in Globe.
W A Sanders of St Johns. L Cadwell and Mrs Cadwell journeyed to Lake Mary near Flagstaff for a weekend visit, with Cadwell family remaining several weeks. G O Miller home near completion. Joe Lee, nephew of William Lee, travels with Supt Burris to Holbrook. Mrs Harvey Mann arrives from Fresno for a short stay. Judge Crosby presiding in Phoenix. Miss Millie Lee, formerly at Tuba City, hosted by Supt Burris and wife en route to Gallup. Postmaster Osborne and others noted.
Progress at Holbrook Oil Company’s well speeds up with two towers active and new tools en route. Local arrivals include Dolph Thompson to head the second tower and Dan McCloskey joining his brother at the Black Canyon wells. Community events cover church lectures by Orson F. Whitney, baptist missionary visits, surprise birthday party for Miss Millie Lee, and various visits and travel between Winslow, Winslow, and Detroit. William Lee shows slow but steady recovery.
The state tax commission lists Arizona rail road property at 101,064,350.06, up about 1,000,000 from last year. The Pacific Railway company shows a sharp rise as 1919 valuation was 216,000 and 1920 reaches 577,600 due to extended construction.
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