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News A ?o, 28. ST. JOHNS, APACHE CO.. ARIZONA, FEBRUARY 1. 1912 1iA on l YOU REALIZE the marry advantages a Check Account, fully TealTze-i.hat a Check Account will help ymi eon serve your earnings," help you to accumulate a competence for old age, why not come in and start, an . ado.uait!iftliAiS?K," . DISASTROUS FIRE IN SNOWFLAKE. "Too late Thursday for our issue of last week report came rHere that the large mercan tile establishment of Flake Bros, at Sno-wflake was burnt io the grounij. The lire start ed from a stoxcpipe which passed up l'nNni a second ''-Story Worn through thereof of the building.'. Nearly allthemer- Who istes Present Earnings Wastes : -- ?) aaatTtte'fuLll' m6'fit,:Wy.,p4!6ii .will ' Olfl ' ' " ' jLJ:iL.i;' v-t "v'u.f '-;'ai r" . -.. . .;.".v "'sji ' T-fojs5a&fttfTOur otflef at anv tune;. ' " U -J . age lit NAVAJO-APACHE BANK & TRUST GO, chandise on ihs gruud floor We assure you 6f our willingness to assist ou in any W we can consistent witii sound fiankingvprincipJesi f ' - ' , .V- ". No red tape in 'opening an account at fhis bank. Make your deposit, add to ib as Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Priteh ard of Surinsrerville left Mon- L day for Washington, D. C. Mr. Pritchard has been in the Forest Service in Springer villefor the past two and a half years, starting in as aj Forest Guard at &o perj f h QtiH rpt.hMiiof as Forest Hanger at $1200 per annum. He leaves the Forest Service to take a Medical course &t Georgetown University, whiphis located in Washing- ... TT 1 ton. Before leaving noi hrook for the east Mr. and Mrs. Pritchard will fun up to Flagstaff to visit a few days avith relatives and friends, hi Sheriff Peralta left for Hoi ook last week to attend the hearing in the probate court of Navajo county, of a man charged with insanity. The man was arrested at Navajo, this v county, and taken to Holbrook. Married vesterdav. at" Con cho, Rev. F. Deri ch mon t per forming the ceremony, Miss Aixa M&ria Ortega and Mr. Miguel Duran. . After the marriage the happy couple and their many- friends'' re paired to the home of Mr. and Mrs. David' Ortega, the bride's parents, whei e refresh ments were servdd. In the evening a Grand Ball was given by Messrs. Tiofil9 Du ran and David Ortega, 'in honor of their son and daughter. was earned on t to safety. The upper roi-ms were wen pied as lass roomed carpenter shop of the Aoaderhv, and every- . ... thing in them wasdestr. yed, entailing a big loss to the Academy. St. Johns has always been fortunate of late years in es caping fives destruction of property. It is well that our people arecarefuim the mat ter of putting up stoves and stove pipes, and it is also well for all of us to be doubly careful now while the water works are out of commission. Let us admonish one another along these -lines before too late. DEBATE, AT AADDMY. Feb. 2nd, 1912. Jesolved: that the constJ tution vof the United Statesf has done raore for the liberty of its people than ruw theDe claratioii " Independence. Affirria.ti.vt, 'O. E. Overson, Joseph Ricltey. Negative, Geo. W. Williams, jr.,, Levi S. Udall. Th&s(5hool houe at Adam- ana was destrcyed'by fire last Thursday; It is not learned what caused the fire. Official Minutes BOARD OF . vMr: O, P. Greer was in town from- Eagar, Monday, on bus i n ess be f re t h e j roba t e co u r t . The official call for the national democratic convention has been issued. Representation will be on the basis of two delegates for each senator and two ior each representative, from fevejy state. This will allow Arizona sixdele" gates in the convention, Gazette , Theater Manager You say you object to having real food on the table in the .banquet scene, Mr Greesepaynt. Why the rest of the company are delighted at it! Mr. Greesepaxnh Yes; but my part requires me to rise from the table after a couple of mouthfuls and say, "I cannot eat tonight a strange dread comes over me. I will seek the quiet of yonder apartment for a time." -McCaH's Magazine, . . Office of the Bpark of Super? visors. - January The Board of Supervisors Apache County met this aay at 9:30 A.M. in special session, present: Joseph Ddall, chairman, Fred T. .Colter, and David Ottega, members;Sylvester Peralta, sher iff, R.B. Martinez, deputy clerk. The following application for school land lease was examined and is hereby rejected. , , -F.M. Cook, Sec.36, T 16 R. 24 E. . - In the matter ot Ed Milled de puty ranger, the clerk was order ed under authority of the boaftd of supervisors to pay t?he af& ' Tiia "KTi 11 4V SiCA KilfilrMnfc . of the expense fund tor 2(k days5 iseryice and expense thereto.. k j'he tspd .now xqow juwexam . fined, approved and ordered p he following claims oufi of tfie expense fund: A A B Schuster, refund liqiuor cense money . $66. 66 Garcia ArArmijo, refund liginor license money 6666 D G Moliaa, retold liquor, license money 66 66 Julius Cropas, boun'nMW,vld, an- mals tGOO S Peralta sheriff expenses 20.&0 . 9 00 The sheriff was authorized by-. . ... T trie ooara to employ one guaru for the guarding of the courity jail, at a salary not to exceed the sum of $45.00 per month. The board now took a recess till 1:30 p. m. ' The session was now resumed pursuant to recess last taken, fullL board present, sheriff and clerk. Board met for the purpose of considering bids for publishing, printing and printed stationery. and blanks. ' , The folfowing bids having been received were then considered: Bid of the H. H- McNeil Co. of Phoenix, Arizona, for certaih election supplies and blank books, said bid being: accompanied by certified check for $100 00, The bid of Geo. E. Waite, cov ering, printing, publishing and printed stationery and printed blanks. The bids were then, con sidered. 1 - , o Continued on 2nd page