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St. Johns is having a healthy substantial growth. Lands are cheap but rapidily increasing in value. Best climate on earth.
OLUME 33
ST. JOHNS, APACHE COUNTY, ARIZONA, JULY 5, 1917
NO. 45
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Anyone getting dry?
George Wilhelm and sons
Vernon are in the city for
ju few days.
' 'Mrs. Elva Pulsipher of Ver
r.on was a business visitor here
Liis.week.
Judging from the past
month's experience water will
soon be a might 'skeerce' ar
ticle in St. Johns.
Bp. W. D. Rencher is at
iDme again after an absence
i,t several weeks spent in the
south end of the county.
Thos. J. Neal spent a few
days in town this week. He
is holding down a ranch in the
White Mountains.
The postoffice 'was mQved
last Saturday 'from A. & Bf
Schuster Co's. store to the
Chas. Jarvis building.
The next State, Teachers exam
ination will, be held on the first
Monday and Tuesday in August.
J. W. Brown,
County School Superintendent.
6-28-7.26
FLOUR! FLOUR!! FLOUR!!!
I have some Flour and Graham
Four which I will sell $4 to $7 per
100 lbs for a limited time.
. EAGAR FLOUR MILLS,
Eagar, Ariz. 2t.
The editor and Miss Katie
-Karnes made a flying trip to
Holbrook and back last Mon
dayborrowing part of the
night in making the return
trip.
Ramon Garcia and. Selfa
Padilla, two of St. Johns pop
ular Spanish-American young
people were united in mar.
riage by Father. Derichement
at the Catholic church, Mon
day, July 2. Mr. Garcia is a
son of Ermenio Garcia while
Miss Padilla is a charming
daughter of Bictorino Padilla.
Mr. and Mrs. Solomon
Waite and their grandaughter,
Katie, arrived in the city Tues
day morning from Salt Lake
City, where they have spent
the last month visiting among
relatives and friends. They
went to Salt Lake City for the
purposeof having Mrs. Waited
eyes treated. They report a
splendid visit and trip, and
both returns feeling much
better.
Sheriff E. W. Grimes ar
rived in town Saturday from
Springerville, bringing with
him a case of whiskey and a
jug containing whiskey. The
liquor was some that he had
confiscated at a'building in the
above named town and is sup
posed to have belonged to
Homer Dean, but that
gentlemen has "skiddooed."
STAKE ORGANIZATION DAY
The celebration of stake organ
ization day July 23rd progress
ed by leaps and bounds this week.
The invitation committee located
39 of the stake's original officers
and sent them special invitations
to attend, besides sending out 150
other printed invitations, while a
ereneral invitation has been sent
to all of the people of Arizona's
three other stakes.
The program committee is hold
ine- freauent meetings. Elder
David 0. McKay has been re
auested to be the orator of the
dav for July 24th, Judge Crosby
is busy preparing a historical
si. etch of the stake, Greer
is composing r set: - .the oc
casion, and Alfred a.. son is
takins: lead i n preps z the
music.
The visitors from Salt Lake
City are not certain yet, but El
ders Heber J. Grant, Rudger
Clawson and David 0. McKay
are expected, and it is hoped that
one member of the First Presi
dency will attend.
NOTES.
A specially designed badge for
the original stake officers, who
are guests of honor is being pre
pared. It will consist of a rosette
at the top with a blue ribbon ap
pended and a golden fringe at the
bottom. The lettering will be in
pure gold leaf and one will be
presented to each of the original
officers who is living yet.
The academy is to be calcimined
and the grounds are to be gener
ally renovated in preparation for
the celebration.
The old log and lumber amuse
ment hall, in which the stake was
organized, is to play a part in the
celebration. The log portion was
built in the early 80's but the
lumber addition was added in the
spring of 1887 for holding what
proved to be the last conference
of the old Eastern Arizona stake.
The Government needs Farmers
as well as Fighters. Two million
three hundred thousand Acres of
Oregon & California Kailroad Co.
Grant Lands. Title revested in.
United States. To be opened for
homesteads and sale. Containing
some of best land left in United
States. Large Copyrighted Map,
showing land by sections and de
scription of soils, climate, rain
fall, elevation, temperature etc.
Postpaid One Dollar. Grant
Lands Locating Co. Portland
Oregon. 7-5-9.27
Parley Heap, who enlisted in the
First Arizona, some months ago,
was at home to spend the 4th
his parents and brothers. apd sis
ters. He was granted a four day
furlough and to get back to his
company in the allotted time he
had to leave Wednesday night
after the dance. His friends of
whom there are many were all
glad to see him again and pleased
to see him looking so well, but
sorry to part with him so soon
again.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Whiting
and daughter, Minnie 'were busi
ness visitors in St. Joseph last
Monday, where r. Whiting pur
chased a few stands of bees. We
are informed that Mr. W. is going
to try the bee business once again.
Eagar, Arizona, June 18, 1917.
Editor, St. Johns Herald,
Dear Sir: Would you kindly
give space in your paper for this
explanation against the rank in jus
tice that has been dealt me in the
report of our water commissioner.
I wish not only to state a few
facts, but to prove by evidence
that the 8 feet of water mention
ed in that certain citch was being
used as follows when the reduc
tion was made to 2.5 feet.
The party above me interested
in the same ditch was using water
besides myself, and the balance
of this 8 feet of water was going
through a waste ditch that. has
been used for conducting surplus
water back into the river for the
last- 45 years, because of not be
ing able to control surplus water
by the diversion dams now used
in the Little Colorado river.
Now as to the reduction of
above mentioned stream, to 2.5
feet. After the commissioners
had reduced the stream to what
was stated by our county engi
neer as 2 . 5 feet. The party using
water above me declared that he
could do nothing with the 2-5 of
the 2.5 feet which he was entitled
to, as it would not pay a man to
stay with so small a stream.
Consequently what was measur
ed out as 2. 5 second feet was used
on 15 acres during which time.
more water was turned down the
river by the water commissioners
which washed out the diversion
dam twice, eight days beingi;hus
required to water 15 acres.
During Mr. Smith's (Irrigation
engineer connected with the farm
ers extension school held atEagar
June 11 and 12) splendid lectures
and demonstrations in measuring
and regulating water, it was sug
gested that the farmers see a real
Cippiletti Weir in actual use.
Thereupon, being also connected
with the school, I took them to
weir that had been made and reg
ulated by our commissioners and
it was found that with the 4 inch
neaa wnicn our county engineer
had instructed' us would give the
2. 5 second feet, that we were
only getting 1.8 or 1.9 cubic feet
per second, instead of 2. 5 as had
been decreed by the court.
Now with these conditions ex
isting and a ditch that runs over
a porous soil I wonder if it will
still cause one to wonder about
the fellow's method of irrigating
and not wonder a little about our
commissioners method of measur
ing water.
I also notice in Judge Crosby's
illustration of 40; acres being wat
ered in 4 days by a certain man.
I wish to state that by attending
the farmer extension school I was
taught by Prof. Smith that soils
are more porous than others and
some soils required more" water
than others. 1 am acquainted with
this certain man's land 'and will
br pleased to show our commis
sioners that it is located in a some
what swampy region and that a
good deal of it was subirrigated
from the irrigated land above.
Now I am sorry that our pres
ent water commissioners have
completely lost the spirit of
fairness and are not even able to
use a little civilty in picking a
man up before he .fa lis.
I will be pleased to bring evi
dence to their satisfaction in help
ing them to.- realize these few
facts which I have stated.
' J. M. ROTHLISBERGER
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American Mormons Disarmed in
the South.
Mexican residents of the Ba
tepito valley, in the vicinity of
Colonia Moralos, 60 miles south
east of Douglas, disarmed 15
American Mormons who reside
there. At the same time they
took possession of several thous
and acres of irrigated and im
proved land owned by other, mem
bers oi the colony driven out
about a year ago. The Mexicans
announced that they would keep
this larld.
This was the text of a report
received by, ..the Mormons here
late today (June 25). It was
feared by the colonist that they
would also be dispossessed and
driven from the country. Arizo
na Record.
A One Hundred Per Cent People
It is a pleasing coincidence that
the Red Cross campaign for $100,
000,000, which immediately fol
lowed the conclusion of the Lib
erty Loan campaign, resulted in
an oversubscription of practically .
the same percentage as the over
subscription to the loan.
The American people are well
over 100 per cent patriotic and
well over 100 per cent generous.
Frank Gallegos was in from his
ranch east of town to celebrajte
Indepedence Day . Frank says-it
is getting awful dry out his way
and that it must rain before
long.
Dr. Bouldin and others who
spent a day in the White Moun
tains fishing came back with a
fisherman's luck.
John F. Sherwood was in town
from the Lyman Dam and spent
the Fourth here, he reports hav
ing a good heayy rain at the Dam
last Monday.
D. L. Connolly was in from the
Whiting sawmill for the purpose i
naloVivaHnnr fVio zlfVi vF Tiller I
I Jay M., who is holding a position
A meeting of the local Red J wjth the A. C. M. I. there. Mr.
Cross Association is called forL Mrs. Patterson will ae-ain
next Monday night, m the Over
son hall, for the purpose of or
ganizing. A good turn out is
solicited.
The St. Johns Primary Associa
tion will hold its Annual Day next
Wednesday, July 11. The ad-
mission will be 5 cents and the i bout, decided in favor of Jarvis.
event will take the mlacefickBTrujllloTTdShiting eight round
all invited to attend'.
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INDEPENDENCE DAY
Can we say that it was fit
ting celebrated, here. From
our view point, we say no.
It seems to us that some
thing more fittingly couldhave
been arranged so as to have
made the day more enjoyable
to all
The morning program was
exceptionally good and those
having the program in charge
are to be congratulated for
the manner in which they
handled themorning exercise.
The afternoon sports were a
'fizzle' from start to finish.
Tom Carraway was full of
the right spirit and 'showed
the little folks a good time at
the Overson hall, where they
enjoyed a dance and free lem
onade. As a community we are
rather slow in making prepar
ations for our celebrations.
Let us try and do better an
other time.
C. E. Wiltbank of Eagar is in
the city today.
Mr. Smithers one of. Uncle
Sam's Navy . Boys is m the city
spending a few days with his wife
1 Mrs. Annabelle Wright Smithers.
Mr. and Mrs. Hyrum Lee of
Woodruff, are in the city today.
Mrs. Lee was formerly Miss Dell
Harris, of this city.
The board of supervisors con
vened in regular session Monday,
July 2.
Master Don and Misse3 Tern
and Amy Patterson, of San Ber
nardino, son and daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Patter
son are in the city visiting with
their brother, Joy B. Patterson.
Mr. and Mrs. Patterson are at
Holbrook visiting with their son,
make St. Johns their home.
The boxing matches pulled off
Thursday night resulted . as fol
lows: Udall and McCray five round
bout was a draw.
Jarvis and Lucero six round
3iupn4erKniocKea out.
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