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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, JANUARY 10, 1918
NO. 20
Local Items
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FOR SALE Team, harness
and wagon. $200.00. For par
ticulars see W. NUANES. 2 1
David Love of Nutrioso is
spending several days in our city
attending to some matters of
business.
Miss Jessie DeFrieze popular
niece of Dr. Jarvis, has returned
to Chambers to take up her school
duties, after spending the holi
days in good old St. Johns.'
The thresher is at work doing
up the small -jobs of threshing in
our town. There is a promise
that more grain will be raised
.next year. A good promise if
onty carried out.
Dr. Bouldin is at home again
pfter an absence of some three
. weeks visiting in the states of
Alabama and Tennessee. The
doctor, reports a very pleasant
trip although he met up with
some disagreeable weather.
Apache County's new court
house and jail is rapidly nearing
completion, the mason work has
been done for some time and the
plasterers will soon be through
with that part of the job. . In all
likelihood we will soon occupy beU
.ter quarters. -' , -;
How often ve hear the remark :
" 'There is nothing in the law to
make me do that' and conse
quently we do as we d want
to, regardless of the consequences
to the life or limb of others.
What a smallness of mind the
above assertion shows. The idea
of anyone taking the stand that
unless the law compels him or her
to do a thing they will not do so
regardless cf the danger to others. I
The long dry spell this winter
has no doubt been a blessing to
the cattlemen of Apache county.
The feed has .been very short be
cause cf so little rain last sum
mer although there has been con
siderable browse which has been
sufficient to keep the cattle in fine
condition. Some of our local cat-
tlemen remark, that cattle are in
better shape than they have ever
.known them to be at this time of
the year and feel that if the good
dry weather will continue for a
, month more and then storm that
cattle will get threugh better
than has ever been known in this
vicinity, with as short a grass
growth as was had last summer.
The farmer no doubt is getting
a' little anxious to see some storms
come as he realizes that without
the snow there will be no water
tb raise crops for another-, year,
but there is considerable tlmeyet
for good snows and we have no
doubt but what they will come.'
Later Since writing the above
this part of the. country has been
visited by a good snowstorn, the
first storm of any kind this win
ter, snow began falling yesterday
.morning and continued until this
morning and from appearances
the storm is not over yet. There
is about 6 inches of snow on the
ground here and according to tel
ephone message received this
morning there was a 15 inch .fall
t at Holbrook. 6 inches at Snow
flake and abour 6 inches at Spring
erville. This looks promising to
the farmers.
Patriotic Offer.
There is always a bright spot
Col. Breen has grown premature
ly gray as the officer in charge of
the selective draft answering let
ters from men wanting to he re
lieved from service on all kinds
of excuses, but the . other day he
received a letter from Miss Jessie
V. DeFriez, of St. Johns, in Apa
che county, who wanted to offer
her service in any capacity open
to her. She explained she was
teaching and would like to finish
her term that ended in May, but
that she would go at once if ne
cessary. It was such a relief
from ordinary letters that Mr.
Breen will probably .take, an hour
off from his regular duties to
write a letter of thanks to the
young lady for her loyalty, even
if he cannot find a place to use
her in the service. Winslow
Mail.
Gustav Becker arrived from
Phoenix Tuesday where he had
been to attend a meeting of the
State Council of Defense of which
he is a member. Mr. Becker is
spending not only much of -his
time but a1 great deal of money
in looking.after war work and he
is going to see that Apache coun
ty is near the head of the list, if
not right at the head, in each and
everything that is done to beat
the kaiser. He feels that we
should all take part and do it will
ingly and without being forced
to and as each one must know
that unless the American people
respond liberally to the issues be
fore them, laws will be passed
that will compel us to respond.
Let us all reach out the willing
hand and put old Apache county
to the front;
Much praise is due to Clara and
Cecelia Barth for their faithful
work in gathering funds for the
local Red Cross society, at the
dances held at. St. Johns and
Concho recently. After all ex
penses were paid they had $150.
70. Misses Clara and Cecelia had
charge of the affairs and were
successful in getting the help of
some of our most substantial cit
izens, who responded loyally.
Win. Davie, who has been at
Ophire, Utah for the past three
years or more working at the
mines there, is in the city visit
ing with his family, who arrived
here last summer.. Bill will re
main with us for some time be
fore returning to Utah.
Miss Charlotte Blazzard is
teaching Domestic Art at the
acaclemy. Miss Althea Greger
son who was the teacher during
first semester, has returned to
her home in Utah and is now liv
ing in wedded bliss. '
LOST Between St. Johns . and
Holbrook, Dec. 31, 1917, amou'ut
ed Good Year tire, size 32x3.
Finder return same to W. W.'
Berry, St. Johns, Arizona and re
ceive reward.
J. O. Gibbons informs us that
his wife, who is visiting with her
parents in Texas, wilf" return to
St. Johns next month.
Mrs. H. A. Bottingof Holbrook
is visiting with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Parks, for a few
weeks.
What does the stranger, who
happen to come into our city,
think when in passing through
the streets see great holes and
trenches dug here and there with
no precaution taken to warn the
traveller that it is there. In some
places ditches are dug across the
road, with no' crossing fixed and
left in that condition for days and
when night comes no light is put
there to show that there is dan
ger. In other instances some peo
ple have dug holes in the street
to get sand and left them' for
some one else to fill or remain.
And further some have even
made adobes on the street, get
ting the consent of their neigh
bors to let them with a promise
that as soon as they were through
they would fill up the holes made,
but the holes are left and no steps
taken to fill them. These are
small things but are at times re
sponsible for the loss of life and
limb and 'other serious injury and
can easily be remedied with a
little forethought on the, part of
those responsible for the condi
tion. If we dig a trench or a
ditch be kind enough to put a
lighted lantern out as a warning.
If we dig a hole for sand or to
make adobes fill the hole up again
before years go by. We do not
think that there is anyone who
would like to have an accident
happen because of their careless
ness. Let us use the safety plan.
Father Derichemont united in
marriage Mr. Viterbo Ortega of
Concho, son of Mr. and Mrs.
David Ortega, and Miss Luisa
Duran of Ojo Bonita, N. M.,
daughter'of Mr. and Mrs. Tiofilo
Duran, at the Catholic Church,
last Monday morning, January
7th, 1918. The best yishes of
town and county goes out to the
young couple in their matrimonial
venture.
The County "dads" have been
in session this week getting
shaped up for the business of the
new year. They let the publish-,
ing of all proceedings of the
Board and all county notices to
The St. Johns Herald. While, the
Observer was successful in land
ing the job work for the county
for 1918.
' Charles L. Day, Justice of the
Peace of St. Michaels, has re
signed and his father, S. E. Day,
has been appointed to fill the
vacancy.
E. J. "Whiting left Tuesday for
the sawmill to start the mill again,
butane returned home last night.
Too much snow.
Dr. Brown made a professional
trip to the Lyman Dam last night.
Tom Carroway is at' home
again.
My Tuesdays are wheatless,
My Wednesdays are meatless,
I'm getting more eatless each
day.
My house is all heatless,
My bed it is sheetless,
They v'e been sent tC the Y. M.
C. A.
The bar rooms are treatless,
My coffee is sweetless,
Each day I grow poorer and
wiser.
My socks, they are feetless,
My pants they are seatless,
But, My Lord, how I do hate
the Kaiser.
Albuquerque Evening Herald.
Income Tax Officer
Will be Here.
In a communication received by
this paper, Collector of Internal
Revenue, Louis T. Carpenter, an
nounces that a federal income tax
officer will be sent into this coun
ty on January 21st and will be
here until January 26, 1918. He
Will, have his office in St. Johns
and will be there every day ready
and willing to help persons sub
ject to the income tax make out
their returns without any cost to
them for his services.
Returns of income for the year
1917 must be made on forms pro
vided for the purpose before Mar.
1, 1918. Because a good many
people don't understand the law
and won't know how to make out
their returns, the government is
sending in this expert to do it for
them. But the duty 'is on the
taxpayer to make himself known
to the government. If he doesn't
make return as required before
March 1, he may have to pay a
penalty ranging from $20 to $1.
000, pay a fine or go to jail. So
if you don't want to take chances
of going to jail, you better call oh
the income tax man. If you are
not sure about being subject to
the tax, better ask him and make
sure. Whether you see the in
come tax man or not, you must
make returli if subject to tax.
Of course, persons resident in
other counties may, if they want
to, come and see the income tax;
man who will be at St. Johns.
The Collector suggests that
everybody start figuring up now
his income and expenses so as to
be ready with the figures when
the experc arrives.. Expenses,
however, don't mean family ex
penses, money used to pay off the
principal of a debt, new machin
ery, buildings, or anything like
that'. They mean what you spend
in making your money interest,
taxes paid, hired help, amount
paid for goods sold, seed, stock
bought for feeding, rent (except
for your dwelling), etc. Income
includes about every dollar , you
got.
Class One to Furnish all Drafted
Men for the Army.
Washington, Jan. 3. All men
for the war v armies still to be
raised by the United States will
come from class one under the
new selective service plan. That
means the nation's fighting is to
be done by young men without
families dependent upon their
labor for support and unskilled
in necessary industrial or agricul
tural work. .
Provost Marshal General Crow
der announced the new policy in
a report on. the operation of the
selective -draft law submitted to
day to Secretary Baker and sent
to congVess. He says, class one
should provide men for all mili
tary needs of the country and to
acompiish that object he urges'
amendment of the draft law so as
to provide that all men who have
reached their twenty-first birth
day since June 5, 1917, shall be
required to register for classifica
tion. Also, in the interest of fair
distribution of the military bur
den, he proposes that the quotas
of states or districts be deter
mined hereafter on the ba&is of
the.nuir.be of men in class one
and not up m the population.
An Ad Man's Story..
During a convention of ad.
writers held in Chicago, someone
told the following:
"A man entered ashop one cold
day and bought a woolen muffler.
When he opened the muffler he
found inside the photograph of a
beautiful girl with a note coached
in these terms:
"If you are single, please write
tome,'
"A name and address followed,
and the man smiled. He was
single He placed the photo on
his library table. In a week he
had fallen in love with the pic
ture of the beautiful girl. So he
wrote to her.
"A week passed, during which
the bachelor was in a fever of mv
patience. Finally he received
this terrible blow in the shape of
a letter:
" 'Dear Sir: The Mary Jones
to whom you wrote was my
grand mother. She died nine
years ago, aged eighty-seven.
Yours truly.'
'Upon investigating this strange
case, the broken hearted bache
lor discovered that he had pur
chased the muffler from a dealer
who did not advertise."
Act Quickly
Do the right thing- at-thef right
time.
Act quickly in time of danger.
In time of kidney danger.
Doan's Kidney Pttl are most ef
fective. Plenty of Phoenix evidence of
their worth.
Oscar C. Bartlett, 642 N. Fifth
Ave., Phoenix, Arizona, says:
"Last year my. kidneys were in
bad shape. My back hurt me
something awful and for about
three weeks I could hardly get
around. When I tried to bend
over it felt like a knife sticking
into my back. I certainly was up
against it. Nights my kidneys
acted too frenquently, breaking
my rest. . Doan's Kidney Pills
cured me of every symptom of
the trouble and made me feel
like a different man."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills the
same that Mr. Bartlett had
Foster-Milburn Co., Props, Buf
falo, N. Y. ,
In One Hundred Years.
Some day, . '!
Dear heart, - -
One hundred years from now-,
. There'll be.no furrows on; -...
Your marbled brow . . ..
Because of pork . at 50 cents a
pound '
And wheat two tvVerity per be
: fore it's :ground; - '
- Nor who " k ."
The prices make,, ' -,
Nor when, nor how
Some day, , .
Dear heart,
One hundred years from now.
Arizona Cattleman.
From a cursory examination of
the proper war diet it would ap-
psar that if you are in a hurry to
get a line on the right course
merely eat what you hate and cut
out what you like and you can't
miss it much. Ex.