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supplement to
THE ST
VOLUME XXXIII
ST. JOHNS APACHE COUNTY, ARIZONA, APRIL 12, 1917
NO. 33
LOCAL MENTION
'The Mid-Western Loan Com
pany Wewoka, Oklahoma, will
loan you money at 5 on real
estate" (
A beautiful wet spell was
appreciated here Tuesday.
A. S. Waite'is doing the
plastering in the new bank
building.
Postmaster C. Scheele was
at Springerville for a day or
so this week attending to
some matters of business.
The shingles are now being
put on the new home of E. R.
DeWitt. When this new home
is finished it will be anpther
great improvement' to greater
St. Johns.
Mr. Purcell, who has been at
Phoenix for the past few
months with his flocks of sheep
is again in the city for a few
days.
A. S. Gibbons has resigned
his position "as school trustee
in school district No. 11 and
a petition is being circulated
to have Mrs George H.Crosby
appointed to succeed him.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thomas
left Tuesday for the Lyman
dam where they will help in
the cooking department of the
boarding house.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Irwin
and Lawrence Sherwood of
Richville was business visitors
last Saturday. Thomas was
looking after some land
matters.
Frank Christensen left Tues
day for the Blanco Canyon
where he has been employed
by James Cullen to run a
gasoline engine for well drill
ing. W. E. Stratton of Snowflake
is given the credit of being
the best witness that has been
on the stand in the Hunt
Campbell contest for the gov
ernor ship of our state. He
does not tell anything but
what he knows and is not in
any way rattled or crossed.
The band boys were out Arithmetic Test Of The Schools
Tuesday rendering some free
mnsic.
. r St. Johns No. 1.
james uunens was m irom; am;--
his ranch, on Blanco this ' Springerville No. 2.
week. Highest Lowest Class Ave:.
Of Apache County,
March, 1917
No report, too
Now and again you will
man living in a community,
though receiving the support
! 5th grade 90
fina 6th grade, 95
'! 7th grade, 96
the people, is knocking them bc--r,atrar.
iiiuu uifir uacK.
75
75
75
5th grade 80
W. H. Gibbons has receiv- j Nutrioso No. 4
ed a telegram that his SOn, ' 5th grade 50
Owen will be at Holbrookir
30
23
25
Cl 1 A Arrttl.
x-iiuay muiimig. uwen 1 s j El Tule No. 5
coming back to St. Johns to
live after trying Los Angeles
for about a vear.
Tule,
5th grade 91' 72 ;
7th grade 50 45
School Average 64
Concho No. 6. No report,
Difficult.
Henry Acosta who has been
at Phoenix for the past two Alpine, No. 7.
months with sheep has re- 5th grade 80 40
turned to St. Johns. Henry 6th grade 95 82 ,
says that it is pretty dry cA72
around Phoenix just now and 5th g;;de g2 72
that there was quite a loss in 7th grade 70 70
the sheep business. ! 8th grade SO 80
' School Average 75
At the meeting of the board of Salado, No. 9.
supervisors last Monday and 5th grade 78 75
Tuesday, it was decided by the 7th ?rade 75 80
board that the court house would Sch5f Average 86
be built on the Patterson block Richville No. 10
on the bench south of town, un
less a majority of the committee
selecting the above named site,
would give their consent to have
it built elsewhere. Why a prom
ise if not intending to live to it?
81
82
78
36
36
'56
81
48
too
7th grade 60
8th grade 60
School Average
St. Johns. No. II
5th grade 100
6th grade 100
7th grade 100
35
25
45
A man's word should be as
as his bond. x
good
Senator Hubbel takes
Big Hauling Contract.
The Navajo Copper company
has let a contract to J. Lorenzo
Hubbell of Ganado, for the haul
ing of their ore from their stor
age bins to Flagstaff. The ore
will be brought across the greater
part of the way to .the bins, over
the heavy sand roads by cater
pillar trucks.
Senator Hubbell says the num
ber of teams he will put on the
haul will depend on the number
of tons of ore the company can
deliver at the bins. He is ready
to put on a hundred teams if
necessary to handle the work.
Many tons of ore have been
stacked up ready for the cater
pillar haul and Senator Hubbell
will soon have teams handling
his end of the work. He will
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69'
59
55
65
61
91
75
70
80
76
92
75
48
43
92
86
83
81
S6
8th grade 98
School Average
Greer, No. 12
5th grade 75 75
6th grade 75 75
7th grade 70 . 60' "
School Average
Hunt, No. 12
5th grade 52 52
School Average
Vernon, No. 14
5th grade 56 40
6th grade 35 35
School Average
Adamana, No. 15. No
Too difficult.
Springlake, No. 16. No report.
Change of teachers.
Concho, No. 17
5th grade 96 96 96
7th grade 82 52 95
School Average 79
Chambers, No. 18, No report.
Change of Teachers.
Cedro, No. 19. No report.
J. W. BRQWN,
County School Superintendent.
75
75
63
68
52
52
1
45
35
44
reports.
Mrs. Zufall who has been at
work at the Lyman Dam re-
alsorun a commissary store ati w frk Cnnnrrnllo WorWc.
WV, onrfc nf tfco haul Hnpntiinri I LW uFnu6mw
Sun,
PROGRAM.
To Entertain Eighth Grade Grad
uates, Thursday, April 12,
1917, at School House.
Welcome, Song by School.
Welcome Address,
Lorenzo Montano.
Vacation Days, Song by School.
Piano Solo, Louise Duran.
Class Poem, Helen DeWitt.
Recitation, Katherine Karnes.
The Boys of Grade Eight;
Lottie Naegle.
The Girls of Grade Eight,
Louise Mow.
Song by Ivy, Gladys, Edith anci
Eliza.
Class History, Violet Overson.
Song, Fern Johnson.
Funnies, Clyde Davis and Joseph
Christensen.
Piano Solo, Gretchen Dannebaum
Address, Principal F. M. Whiting
Duet, Harald Greer and Ove
. Overson.
Valedictory, Pauline Waite.
day,
SPRINGERVILLE NOTES.
The Easter program given east
er morning in the Hunter Hall
was well attended.
Rev. White, a Presbyterian
minister, has arrived to take
charge of the Presbyterian church
in Springerville. Services will
be held hereafter &in the Saffell
Hall. Everybody welcome.
It looks "now as. tho' spring has
arrived and the farmers of Round
Valley are getting busy.
Al Trammell, the painter, has
completed his work on Johnny
Lesueur's house and John and
family have moved in.
Mrs. Neadice Thompson who
has spent the winter at Long
Beach, Cal., has returned home.
We welcome Mrs. Thompson with
us again.
We understand that Mr. Becker
has planed for a new $15,000
hotel to be erected this summer.
Ed Burk has justf inished clean
ing the town ditch so now get
busy and plant your garden.
The stars and stripes are now
afloat in Springerville, just to
show our respect to these dear
old United States of America.
The new Sanchez building is
neanng completion.
Forester Sizer has been trans
ferred to Roosevelt on the Tonto
forest.
Big Harris Miller has sold out
of the cattle business. Harris is
abroad mostly now-a-days.
The Bill Specks pool hall anci
lunch counter in the Saffell build
ing is now in full blast.
P. C. Covington is again in
the city after spending the
winter months at Phoenix.