The St. Johns herald. [volume], May 03, 1917, Image 1

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St. Johns is having a healthy substantial growth. Lands are cheap but rapidily increasing in value. Best climate on earth.
VOLUME 33
ST. JOHNS, APACHE COUNTY, ARIZONA, MAY 3, 1917
NO. 36
LOCAL MENTION
Attorney J. E. Jones is in the
city looking after legal matters.
Chas Wright and Mrs. Wright
iire the parents of a big boy. He
.arrived last Thursday.
TheL- D. S. Conference of the
.St. Johns Stake will convene next
Saturday and Sunday May 5th
land 6th.
The Selective Conscription Bill
became a law last Saturday and
Conscription will start in two
weeks.
Mr. Gordon Gass is the new
Assistant in the St. Johns State
J3ank. He hails from Albuquer-
que, N. M.
Mr. Alex Nicoll and Miss Naomi
Marble both of Vernon were
married Jast Thursday evening
by Judge George H. Crosby.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Knight
were in the city Sunday and Mon
day for a short visit with Mrs.
L. C. Sherwood and others.
Pansy McCray was kicked by a
Ford automobile, last Monday
while trying to crank it and her
arm was broken just above the
wrist.
Dr. Herbert A. Berry will be
at the Saffell Hotel in Springer
ville Ariz., Thursday, Friday,
-and -Saturday- and-will attend vto"
all your wants in the dental line.
Tom Caraway has been busy
this week wiring the academy
building and when completed you
may rest assured that it will be
OK for Tom is IT when it comes
to anything in the electrical line.
The Stockmen's bank opened it
doors Monday morning for busi
ness. Abel Ortega, former as
sistant at the St Johns State
Bank is now holding down that
position in the new bank.
v George Wilhelm and boys were
in the city for a few days last
week visiting with Mr, and Mrs.
A. V. Gibbons. George says
that the people at Vernon are
going to plant big crops this year.
Wm. Harris Jr. who volunteer
ed with the first bunch of volun
teers from St. Johns returned
home last Sunday. When the
commanding officer at Naco found
out that William was not of age
he was at once sent home.
William showed that he had the
true grit at any rate.
Frank Allen wants to sell his
shoe shop and go to farming.
Frank is a first class farmer and
feel that he could do more good
to more people by farming than
he can by fixing shoes. He has a
good trade worked up in St. Johns
in shoe repairing and is willing to
sell cheap to any one who wish
es to get into this line of business.
There is quite a cry for every
man to plant all that he can and
President Wilson in his appeal to
the people of America asks
that everybody help, he also asks
that the merchants be satisfied
with a reasonable profit and quick
sales, but seemingly some of our
merchants do not know or do not
care to help in the great cause
for it is almost impossible for a
poor man to pay the prices asked
for seed corn etc.
i M0RE volunteers.
I Wilford Brinkerhoof of Hoi
brook, special appointed recruit
ing officer for Uncle Sam was
here Sunday and Monday and
again Apache County sent a few
more men into the service. This
time the following are those who
volunteered: Jos. Jarvis, Perry
Plumb, and Ambrosio Armijo all
of St. Johns; Wells Hamblin and
Claude Lytle of Eagar; Jack
Chavez of Springerville and
Benigno Chavez of Concho.
They left St. Johns about 2 P.
M. but before leaving the Band
Boys were out and rendered
sweet music to cheer them on
their way. Apache County now
has thirteen in the service and
most of them are from St. Johns.
Waite-Whiting.
Last Saturday morning at 9.
A. M. Mr. Lynn Whiting, popu
lar son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M.
Whiting and Miss Gladys Waite,
charming daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J . W. Waite were united in
the bonds of matrimony by Bish
op Wm. D. Rencher.
The marriage is no surprise,
for the many friends of the young
couple have long suspected that
the event would soon take place
but as to the exact time they were
kept in doubt.
Immediately after the ceremony
the happy young couple left for
the mountains where they will re
main for the summer enjoying
the cool breezes of the mountains
while Mr. Whiting will attend to
his catttle.
FOR SALE If sold within, the
next few days my Shoe Shop
equipment, building, etc., will go
at a bargain. Half cash, easy
terms on balance.
FRANK ALLEN.
Jim Cullen was in Tuesday
from his ranch on the Blanco and
brought in about 2500 lbs of corn
that he had raised on his ranch
without water. The corn was
the yellow fiint and the ears were
all the way from 9 inches to 14
inches long with good plump
kernels. Mr. Cullen raised about
350 bushels.
NOTICE Every real estate hold
er in St. Johns who hasn't caused
his corral to be cleaned and man
ure removed by May 12 will
brought before court to answer
for a misdemeanor.
T. J. BOULDIN
2t Co. Supt. of Health.
The St. Johns' Drup: Store Tce
Cream Parlor opened its doors
last night and are now ready to
serve the public to -anything they
may wish in soft drinks, ice cream
etc. L. C. Updike is in charge
this insures success.
Maurice Barth son of Mr. and
Mrs. Solomon Barth of this city
arrived from Boulder, Colorado,
Wednesday where he h as been
attending school for the past year.
Jacob, his brother went to Albu
querque N. M. last week to pur
chase a truck for delivering pur
poses for their Merchandise busi
ness here in St. Johns and Maur
ice met him at that point and to
gether they returned to this city
in the truck, which is a "Jim-Dandy".
L. D. S. Conference.
The regular quarterly confer
ence of the St. Johns Stake will
convene here Friday, Saturday
and Sunday and meetings will be
held as follows:
Friday, Stake Board of Educa
tion meets at ,2 P. M. Bishops
Meeting at 5 P. M., and High
Council meeting at 7 :30.
Saturday regular meeting at
10 a m. and 2 p. m. and Primary
convention meetings also be
tween.
Sunday general meetings at
10 A. M. and 2 P. M. and Relief
Society convention meeting be
tween and M. I. A. meeting at
7: 30 P. M. There will be pre
sent Elders btephen L. Richards
of the twelve Apostles who was
recently chosen to fill the vacancy
caused by the, death of Elder
Francis M. Lyman and Joseph
W. McMurrin president of the
Seventies and Mrs. Susan Y.
Gates who comes in the interest
of the Relief Society and there
will also be another lady present
in the interest of the Primary,
but whose name we have not
learned.
Ambrosio Candelaria Dies.
Ambrosio Candelaria died at
his home in Albuquerque, N. M.
last Sunday at the age of 48
years, neiunerai services were,
held yesterday.
Mr. Candelaria was raised in
Apache County and lived a t
Concho for many years moving to
Albuquerque some five or six
years ago. .While in Apache
County he was engaged m the
sheep business at which business
he made good and accumulated a
fortune.
He has several brothers now
living at Concho who are also en
gaged in the sheep industry and
merchandising and men who are
wealthy and prominent in the
business world of Apache County.
They are Juan and Rosalio Can
delaria. In the death of Ambrosio Can
delaria Apache County has lost
one, of her steadfast friends. The
Herald joins in offering condol
ence to those who are called to
mourn .
We are told that Springerville
is to have a big hotel and bank in
the very near future and we are
not surprised, for those who are
looking "into the future some,
know that Springerville will one
day be a city of- importance and
when men like Mr. Gustav Beck
er of the Becker . Mercantile
Company undertake to do some
thing you may rest assured that
it will be accomplished .
We understand that Mr. Becker
is the man that is behind the
Hotel-Bank proposition. It is to
be built on the most modern plan
and will contain 100 rooms. Mr.
J. E. Kennedy of Coxhead
Kennedy Company is there for
for the purpose of submitting
plans and specifications and that
the work will commence imme
diately there is no doubt.
We are imformed, just as we
go to press that Judge Standifird
has reversed himself in the con
test case of the Snowflake voting
precinct and that Tom Campbell
is now Governor of Arizona.
The Bank
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The Third Annual
COWBOYS' REUNION
To be held at Springerville, Ariz.,
June 21, 22 and 23, 1917.
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Better events and bigger purses than ever before. jj
4 Details to be published later. For information write
42 ELMER D. RINEHART,
2 Secretary, The Cowboy Reunion and Amusement
Jjj Association of Round Valley, Springerville, Arizona. js
Big Joe Jarvis, as stalwart a
man as you would often meet
and who volunteered his services
to Uncle Sam last Monday was
sent home after reaching Phoe
nix, because one thumb was miss
ing. Jack Chavez another good
man was also returned because
he had the index finger missing
on his right hand. Well boys
you have shown that you are true
blue anyway.
Prof. Harold Morgan is making
adobes for the purpose of buiding
a home for himself and family on
the old Arnold lot in the west
part of town.
Ex-assessor, C. S. Love is in
the city today.
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Chas. Greighas gone to Con
cho to start work on his contract
for building the school building
in the Concho School District.
TomHannenand Jack Robertson
went over to help in the stone
cutting and construction work.
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