The St. Johns herald. [volume], October 11, 1917, Image 1

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St. Johns is having a healthy substantial growth. Lands are cheap .but rapidly increasing in value. Best climate on earth.
VOLUME 34
ST. JOHNS, APACHE COUNTY, ARIZONA, OCTOBER 11, 1917
NO. 7
A lot of patriotic gents
Are selling milk at 14 cents.
E. Dawson, proprietor of the
new pool hall has just installed
two new tables in his hall .
Chas. 'Gardiner of Lakeside is
in the city and working at the
court house cutting stone.
FOR SALE Two horse"colts, 3
years old, will weigh 1500 or moro
when grown. For more particu
lars call or write the St. il Johns
Herald.
The Old Trails Auto Transfer
company are now running their
big CMC truck daily between
St. Johns and Holbrook in addi
tion to the mail cars.
Fred RotKlisberger has resign
ed his position as water overseer
with the St. Johns Irrigation Co.
and has accepted a position with
the Nebo Electric Light & Power
Company.
WANTED One Sub-Agent in
each leading Arizona town to sell
the best all round, low priced
auto on the market. Attractive
Proposition to right party; Ad
dress, Metz Agency, Crown King,
Arizona.
Hon. F. T. Colter spent several
days here this week attending to
business matters. He was on a
retui n trip from Phoenix, where
he had been attending to some
land matters.
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Peterson
areHnltTITa1"City, Utah,
Avhere they went to attend the
L. D. S. conference. They will
remain for a couple of months
and work in' the temple.
L. R Gibbons, superintendent
of the Arizona Co-operative Mer
cantile Institution has been in the
city for several days this week
attending to business pertaining
to the branch here. He returned
to Holbrook Wednesday.
NOTICE Anyone desiring to
haul about 12 cords of long wood
for Apache County, please confer
with Levi S. Udall at the Board
of Supervisors office. The price
offered is $3.50 per cord. Want
delivery at once.
(Signed) Levi S. Udall, Clerk.
Joseph 0. Stradling, Jr., wife
and babies arrived in the city last
Sunday from Bluewater, N. M.
Mrs. Stradling remained here and
J. 0. went back to finish his con
tract of burning lime which will
take him about a month then he
will return to St. Johns to make
his home.
Former State Engineer, Lamar
Cobb spent several days here this
week looking into matters per
taining to the Lyman Reservoir
proposition and from reports we
are informed that he was well
pleased with the project and
thinks that there will be no doubt
as to the loan, which the company
is wanting.
Mrs. J. Fred Johnson and baby
Elvira arrived in the city last Fri
day from Denver where they have
spent the past two months at
tending at the bedside of Miss
Ruby, who has been very ill. We
are glad to state that she is im
proving nicely and is able to bej
about once more and in a short
time will be able to resume her
studies in school with her sister
Ida. Ruby was operated upon
for appendicitis.
Carl Davis is now "carving"
meat at the City Meat Market.
Mrs. Adolf Goesli ng is in from
their ranch spending a few days
in our city,
Fred Neilson of Richville has
been spending a few days in the
city yisiting and attending to
business.
The friends of Mr. John B.
Jolly, who has been very ill, will
be pleased to learn that he is im
proving. Bernard Whiting, son of Mr
and, Mrs. Charles Whiting, of
Columbus, N. M., is at Vernon,
where he will make his home.
Dr. Bouldin and W. P. Love
tried their luck hunting last week
and weresuccessful in killing a
large horned deer of which they
are justly proud.
Mr. Turner, second lieutenant
in the U. S. army from the train
ing camp in California, passed
through our city yesterday en
route to Fort Riley, Kansas.
Chas. Wright made a flying
trip from Holbrook to St, Johns
yesterday in his Ford, to l ave a
short visist with his family. He
drove the 68 miles in 2 hours and
50 minutes.
A. E. Thurber has been at Ver
non for the past ten days gather
ing his crop of corn and beans
which he says are very good.
This is.theiirstjie iias raised on
his homestead.
Heber Jarvis informs us that
he received a telegram from Su
pervisor W. A. Saunders on the
8th inst. stating that he would be
home in about two weeks. He
has resigned his position on ac
count of a bad arm. '
A. E. Johnson's reproduction
of Marguerite Clark in Miss
George Washington, at the Apa
che Theater last Tuesday night
was fine indeed and the character
kept the house in a continuous
convulsion of laughter. The piece
was exceptionally good, and was
put on again last night.
Quince Marquess left Wednes
day.for north Arkansas, down in
the country where the big red
apples grow. Mr. Marquess owns
a farm near the line between Ar
kansas and Oklahoma, while his
home is in Arkansas he gets his
'mail in Oklahoma. J. A. Mar
quess, his brother was in from
the ranch at Salado to see him off.
Mrs. Caroline Jones and her
sons, Hyrum and Thomas, left
Tuesday morning early for
Thatcher, to attend at the bed
side of another brother and son,
David, who is very ill with ty
phoid. At Whiteriver they were
joined by Henry Jones, another
son. David has been ill for some
time and Mond sy word was re
ceived that he was worse.
Sour Stomach.
Eat slowly, masticate your food
thoroughly, abstain from meat
for a few days nd in most cases
the sour stomach will disappear.
If it does not, take one of Cham
berlain's Tablets immediately af
ter supper. Red meats are most
likely to cause sour stomachs and
you may find it best to cut them
out. Adv.
btate Wi.i Lend Money.
M. P. Peterson has returned
from Phoenix where he went with
Judge D. J . Thomas, cashier of
the Merchant and Stockgrowers
Bank of Holbrook, to see about
obtaining a loan from the state
for the purpose oi Lnishing the
Lyman reservoir ana ditches.
Messrs. Peterson and Thomas
spent one day at the capital city
and were in consultation for sev
eral hours with he state land
board and commissioners.
Lamar Cobb, formerly state en
gineer was sent io bt. Johns to
loo over the project and to as
certain whether the estimates
made on the project are correct,
according to estimate made by
engineer Hinderlider.
We are informed that Mr. Cobb
found all as represented and the
estimates correct and we now
have assurance that the money
will be forthcoming at once.
This loan means much to the
Lyman Company, to St. Johns
and Apache County, and will also
add greatly to the wealth of our
state. There is some of the fin
est lands of the state under this
project. Th farmers of St.
Johns have been hard hit by the
numerous streaks of hard luck
that have befallen them, but they
are jubilant now because they
think they can see daylight. Let
us all hope with them and put
our shoulder to the wheel and
push along.
Mrs. Smith Recommends Cham
berlain's Tablets.
"I have had more or loss stom
ach trouble for eight or ten years"
writes Mrs. G. H. Smith, Brew
erton. N. J. "When suffering
from attacks of indigestion and
heaviness after eating, one or two
of Chamberlain's Tablets have al
ways relieved me. I have also
found them a pleasant laxative."
These tablets tone up the stomach
and enable it to pprform its func
tions naturally. If you are
troubled with indigestion - give
them a trial, get well and stay
well. Adv
Bought J;hat Liberty Loan yet?
Some people are too busy to do
anything ever notice it.
The time is short. Better buy
that Liberty Loan buy it NOW.
The proceedings of the board
of supervisors will appear in our
next issue, having come in too
late for this issue.
We are informed that on No
vember 10th the taxpayers in the
Snowflake school district will vote
on bonding that district for $25,
000 to build and furnish a new
school house.
Thos. R. Greer was in the city
Saturday, accompanied by Virgil
Denham, who remained over
Sunday. There seems to be some
attraction here for Mr. Denham
who is a frequent visitor to our
city.
Last week, Wilford Overson,
son of David Overson, of this city,
brought us a sample of corn
which he raised on his father's
lot here in St. John's. The corn
was raised without cultivation or
irrigation, and measured 12 feet
in height and the ears were 7 feet
from the ground. This speaks
well of the soil and climate of St.
Johns, and shows what could be
done in the farming line with or
dinary cultivation.
New Railroad Will Tap
Great Coal Belt.
Tapping the second largest coal
producing district in Arizona and
opening what will he the first pro
ducing coal mines m the state, a
railroad is now under construction
from Holbrook to Guffs Cienega
in the White Mountains.
"A construction gang with 200
mules is now at work on the road
bed of this railroad," said C. M.
Zander, member of the state tax
commission, yesterday. Mr. Zan
der has just returned from an ex
tended trip in the northern part
of the state.
'The road is to be a standard
guage, said Mr. zander, ana
is generally supposed to be built
by the McGaff ey Lumber compa
ny, lney expect to complete tne
road by this time next year when
it will be ready to take out mil
lions of feet of lumber yearly.
'Arizona has the largest un
broken timber belt in the United
States, and this road will tap the
finest part of that belt in the
White Mountains, and under gov
ernment regulation will never he
come exhausted. There is now
being sawed by five big mills at
Flagstaff and Williams fifty mil
lion feet annually. The govern
ment experts estimate that there
is enough timber in that belt in
this state to saw two hundred
million feet of lumber annually
perpetually, and this road now
under construction will make it
possible to reach that maximum.
It also develops one of the finest
dry farming belts in the state.
"Just north of Holbrook they
have a real oil excitement," add
ed Mr. Zander. "The district
there has been passed upon by
sare enough geologists who con
sider the district warrants the ex
penditure of money sufficient to
go down 5000 feet. A company
is now being formed which is be
lieved to be strong enough finan
cially to undertake that develop
ment. "Holbrook is growing rapidly.
At St. Johns progress is being
made in reconstructing the Ly
man dam. Land under this res
ervoir will be in cultivation next
year at which time St. Johns will
begin its long-deferred develop
ment and growth.
"At St. Johns, Apache county
is erecting a little gem of a court
house on a hill overlooking the
town.
It is being built of white .
sandstone obtained a short dis
tance away and from lumber saw
ed in the White mountains twen
ty-five miles away and delivered
at the court house at $27 a thous
and feet. The building is going
up in the most substantial and
economical manner under the able
watchfulness of the board of su
pervisors. "At Springer ville, Mr. Becker,
who keeps record of all motor
cars passing through there; al
ready has recorded for this year
2000 cars He has repeatedly re
quested the city1 of Phoenix to
became actiye in the construction
of the automobile road from the
Fort Apache reservation to Globe
in order that travel could go by
way of the Roosevelt dam and
Phoenix. He has become very
discouraged in the hope that
Phoenix would do anything. He
states that nearly all these cars
would come over the White moun
tains to Phoenix if they could get
through. This travel is increas
ing rapidly, as each year shows
from 20 to 30 per cent increase
over the preceeding year. Being
all transcontinental cars, if di
verted to Phoenix this travel
would mean a large expenditure
in the Salt River valley to say
nothing of other, advantages to
be mentioned. Arizona Republican.
Mormons Devote Tithing Funds
to New Liberty Loan. .
The Mormon church today an
nounced that $250,000 of the tith
ing funds of the organization
would be used to purchase liberty
loan bonds. This is the first time
in the history of the Mormoa
church that the tithe funds have
eyer been diverted for purposes
outside the church.
Twelve thousand Latter Day
Saints raised their right hands in
the tabernacle this afternoon
when the announcement was
made and approved the action oi
heads of the church. At the
morning session of the confer
ence, Presiding Bishop, C. W.
Nibley gave effective promotion
to the liberty bond campaign
when he said:
"Dcn't let your husbands sep
arate themselves from their
money for something they know
nothing about. If you have any
surplus money, and many of you
will have it in these times of
prosperity, buy a liberty bond.
On that you cannot lose. It is
good for all time."
Bishop Nibley had.himself pre
viously subscribed $100,000.
Arizona Republican.
Dr. J. Gibbons Takes Bii
Ari-
zona Practice.
Dr. Junius Gibbons, local den
tist, returned from Phoenix this
morning and makes the announce
ment to the people of Needles
that he will remove his offices to
the Arizona capital the 16th of
this month. Any dental work he
has done which needs adjusting
will be taken care of if his pat
rons will call at his office during
the coming week.
Dr. Gibbons will occupy the of
fice and continue the practice of
Dr. H. H. Braxton, president of
the Arizona state dental examin
ers, he having been called into
the medical service of the United
gtates army
While in Phoenix Dr. Gibbons
also tdok his written examinations
for dental surgeon of the army.
--Needles Nugget.
Dr. Gibbons is one of Apache
county's young men and a son of
Mr. and Mrs . Wm. H. Gibbons
of this city. His many friends
in St. Johns are pleased to hear
of his success and it speaks well
of his ability as a dentist.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
the Most Reliable.
After many years experience
in the use of it and other medi
cines, there are many who prefer
Chamberlain's to any other. Mrs.
A. C. Kirstein, Greenville, Ills.,
writes, "Chamberlain's Cough
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and we always found it a quick
cure for colds and bronchial trou
bles. We find it to be the most
reliable cough medicine we have
used," Avd.