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VOLUME 34
ST. JOHNS, APACHE COUNTY, ARIZONA, MAY 30, 1918
NO. 40
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BARTH OF ST. JOHNS.
The following article appears
in The State Magazine, Arizona,
and will, no doubt, be of interest
to a great number of our readers:
"Few men have h;id a more cu
rious history than Sol. Barth. He
was born at North Orange, New
Jersey, seventy-five years ago,
but was taken back by his parents
to the Posen district of Eastern
Prussia when only a few months
old. At the age of 13 he joined
an uncle who had embraced the
Mormon faith and with him jour
neyed back to America. For part
of the distance, on a road that
eventually led to the old Mormon
settlement of San Bernardino.
Cal., he traveled in true Mormon
fashion at the bar of a two-wheeled
push-cart. He left San Ber
nardino in 1862 for the old Colo
rado River town of La Paz, to
work for Mike Goldater. At
this time probably 1,500 men were
washing gold in the creek beds
around La Paz. Among the set
tlers were Miguel Peralta, M.
Goldberg. Levin, later of Tucson,
and Ehrenberg, a German sur
veyor, after whom a nearby town
was .named, In 1864 Barth went
to'the first term of court held in
La Paz, by Judge Allen, to secure
citizenship, for curiously, at that
time he was not informed of the
fact that he had been born in New j
Jersey and thought himself a na
tive of Germany.
He knew Kit Carson when the
famous scout came through Zuni
as a colonel of volunteers to set
tle some trouble among the Nav
ajo Indians. He remembers Car
son as an ignorant and uncouth
frontiersman.
Barth went to St. Johns in 1864
with a prospecting party, though
not to stay. About that time he
was freighting and packing with
a train of seventy burros, which
he later traded to Genunjr & Kirk
land for the Peeples Valley ranch,
though he never occupied the
ranch or gained any benefit from
its temporary ownership. After
freighting around New Mexico
for a year, in 1869 he was sutler
at Camp Apache. In 1874 he lo
cated permanently at St. Johns,
where he still resides.
His settlement in Apache coun
ty was wholly a matter of luck.
He "sat into" a little game of
monte with some Mexican sheep
men at the little settlement of El
Vadito on the Little Colorado
River and by morning was richer
by several thousand dollars and
a large band of sheep. With this
slake he settled down and became
the first settler at St. Johns,
which he named in compliment to
Senora Maria San Juan de Padilla,
its first female resident. Late in
1879 he sold his 1,200-acre farm
for a consideration of 770 cows,
estimated worth $17,000. The
purchaser was the Mormon church
represented by Jesse N. Smith
and D. K. Udall, and the Mormon
element since that time has been
predominant in this locality.
He has had a life of rare adven
ture, with enough incident to fill
a book of melodramatic sort. He
was a storekeeper at the Weaver
diggings in 1864, when the mem
bers of the Weaver party would
spend the rich returns of their
hill-top labors in hours of most
riotous dissipation. He "freight
ed" with a train of burros from
San Bernardino to Prescott, mak
ing no large money on areturnof
20 cents a pound. Some times he
went with his burros after flour
and grain far down into Mexico.
Then he was a mail contractor
through the Apache country, from
Prescott to Albuquerque and from
the latter point to Fort Stanton
and he even took a contract for a
mail route from Prescott to Tu
bac. Hardship was the rule rath
er than the exception. On one
trip from the Zuni villages to the
San Francisco mountians he start
ed in midwinter with two days
rations, to overtake a surveying
party. He failed ard had to turn
back, and for eleven days lived on
vvater and mouldy corn found in
a cache. Even his matches were
exhausted.
At another time he "was cap
tured by Indians, while on a trad
ing expedition near the site of the
present Fort Apache. The lives
of i imself and six companions
were saved by a chieftain's cap
rice, but they were turned loose
stripped of all saye their shoes.
It took lour days of travel to
reach the Zuni village. Of days
the men's bare skins were scorch
ed by an autumn sun, while of
nights they huddled together
around fires. The journey was
done on very light diet, mainly j
the fruit of the prickley pear and (
a scanty sharing of the carcass
of a small dog that had followed
from the Indian camp. On the j
last day Barth, who was well
ahead, was given tortillas by a
Zuni Indian and, refreshed, made
rapid time into the village, from ;
which he sent food and help.
Bad Water Brings on
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so lame, I couldn't sleep and I
could hardly get around. - Sharp
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60c, at all dealers. Foster-Mil-burn
Co.. Mfgrs.. Buffalo, N, Y.
Antelope Meat Proves to be Ex
pensive Luxury.'
Albuquerque, N. M., May 29.
Jake Hulse has been fined $207.50
and costs before the Justice of the
Peace of Magdalene. New Mexi
co for the killing of two antelope.
The evidence was secured and
presented by Forest Ranger Ben
ton S. Rogers of the Datil Na
tional Forest.
Too Heavy a Call on Arizona.
Arizona thus far has sent about
7000 men to the colors in the great
war. She has assessed about 4,
000 for the last draft. There was
protest against what appeared to
be discrimination, but her repre
sentatives were informed the
Census Bureau had figured out
her populations and that the call
must be on that basis. Nothing
availed a plea that the state con
tains 40,000 Indians, on reserva
tinns, and about that same num
ber of alien Mexican laborers, not
to speak of the large alien
strength around the mines. So,
when the exemptions were made
and the aliens all had been set
aside, about 49 more than Ari
zona's just proportion of fine
sturdy young fellows marched
away. The injustice of the sys
tem has been appreciated by Pro
vest Marshal Crowd er, who is
supporting congressional action
that will base the draft quota of
each district on men in Class 1,
instead of on population. Arizona.
All Men Who Have Become of
Age Must Register.
Upon approving Monday the
act of congress bringing under
the army draft law all men at
taining the age of 21 since the
first registration day, June 5,
1917, President; Wilson issued a
proclamation setting next June
5th as the date for new eligibles
to appear before their local boards
Male persons, whether citizens
or not, are required to register.
Exemptions under the original
act, including men already in the
military service, apply and to
these the new law adds minister
ial and medical students.
It has been estimated that about
800,000 men fit for active mili
tary service will be made availa
ble to the army by the next regis
tration. Hereafter it is planned
to have registrations of tener than
once a year, probably quarterly.
Cause of Headache.
By knowing the cause, a disease
may often be avoided. This is
particularly true of headache.
The most common cause of head
ache is a disordered stomach or
constipation, which may be cor
rected by taking a few doses of
Chamberlain's Tablets. Try it.
Many others have obtained per
manent relief by taking these
Tablets. They are easy to take
and mild and gentle in effect.
Adv.
B. M. Atwood. State Engineer,
and F. R. Goodman, Division En
gineer, met with the Board of
Supervisors yesterday for the
purpose of discussing improve
ments of State Highway in Nav
ajo County. Before leaving, Mr.
Atwood stated that he would ex
pend $30,000 on the Petrified
Forest Road this summer and a
little later on would place care
takers on the Holbrook and Win
slow divisions of the State High
way. He will also construct two
concrete bridges over washes be
tween Holbrook and the Little
Colorado River. Holbrook News.
You can read the kaiser's fin
ish in your boon of War Savings
Stamps.
WITH THE RED CROSS.
By G. M. WlLLARD.
Over there beyond the waters,
In the conflict with the Huns.
Where Democracy's brave
"daughters
Match the valor of her sons;
Over there my thoughts go
speeding
With the Red Cross in its work,
Binding up the bruised and
bleeding,
Friend or foe e'en Hun and Turk
Deeds of mercy, help and heal
ing Is its mission every where,
For that brave band 1 am kneel
ing Night and morning in earnest
prayer.
Over there my thoughts go
flying
To our Johnnie with his gun;
Round about him comrades dy
ing The chief mission of the Hun.
Over there our gentle Mary
Is enrolled beneath the cross,
Half ashamed am 1 to worry
Half ashamed to fear a loss.
Sentenced to the rear to lan
guish In the sunset of my years;
Who can guage a parents an
guish? Who can chide me for my fears?
Yet however well I love them;
'Gainst my love my heart is
steeled,
For I'm sure their God above
them
Would not call them from the
field.
Notice the American flags that
are flying over many of our busi
ness houses, and some of our res
idences! in St. Johns. Many of
them are tattered, torn and weath
erstained. It - appears to the
Herald that no person can afford
to allow his patriotism to be tar
nished by lack of consideration
for his national emblem. Flags
may be bought for a very small
sum of money and it seems that
any patriot can afford the outlay
necessary to keep the flag on his
building in such condition that it
will be a credit to his nation and
to himself.
Springerville. Arizona,
May 23, 1918.
The Food Administrator re
quires all manufactures of Ice
Cream, Soft Drinks and anything
requiring sugar, to obtain a cer
tificate from the County Food Ad
ministrator, who will supply
blanks for application.
All merchants are prohibited
from selling sugar to the manu
facturer without the certificate.
GUSTAV BECKER.
County Food Administrator.
Attorney Locates at Holbrook.
Thomas R. Greer, of St, Johns,
has decided to locate in Holbrook
for the practice of law. Mr
Greer is a son of Mr. and Mrs. R.
D. Greer, pioneers of Holbrook.
He recently passed the state bar
examination and has decided to
practice his profession in the best
town in Arizona, which most peo
ple concede to be Holbrook.
News.
Join a War Sayings Society and
make your saving systematic.
Funston Boys -Off For Front.
(Arizona Republican)
Arizona men who were at Camp
Funston are on their way "over
there."
The date of their departure and
the points to which they were
sent are bits of information that
cannot be made public. The cen
sors who supervise every bit of
news that goes out from that big
cantonment will permit no word
as to the number that has left the
camp nor in what size bodies they
departed.
From the little that has trickled
out to the public it has been learn
ed that the great camp has been
a scene of wonderful activity for
some days and nights - Train af
ter train has been loaded, pack
ing has been going on with fev
erish activity and the men have
at last been rewarded with action
for which they have long waited.
The men, themselves, knew
little more than the. outsiders as
to the details of their departure.
All they knew was that the order
came to pack in a surprisingly
short time. As to where they
were going, they wouldn't know
that until they had arrived.
Some of the Arizona men sent
to Camp Funston have been there
for eight and one-half months.
Others have been there less than
a month. But the work has been
fast and thorough, and the 89th
diyision was considered to have
become a splendid unit.
Comparatively few civilians
saw the going away, but the few
who were so fortunate are said to
have witnessed a wonderful sight.
one they will never forget. Bands
were playing, colors gleaming,
rifles glistening, olive drab legs
marching and marching, all with
no confusion. There were few
goodbys, as there few visitors in
the big camp, but there were
many handshakes- among men
who were leaving, and a quiet
"meet you in France."
Boys whose home states were
Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas,
Missouri, Nebraska, South Dako
ta, Colorado have gone and have
left behind them rows on rows of
empty barracks, stripped bunks
and abandoned chairs and tables.
From one of the busiest places in
the land. Camp Funston has been
changed into one of the most de
serted. The Arizona men who were at
Camp Funston have gone, but
where or when or how they went
are bit's of information that the
censor refuses to divulge.
If you would be continuously
happy you must know when to be
blind, when to be deaf, and when
to be dumb.
For Supervisor
To the Voters:
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the nomination of
a member of the Board of Sup
ervisors of Apache county from
District No. 1, subject to the ac
tion of the Democratic party at
the primary election . September
10, 1918.
Wm. H. Gibbons,
St. Johns, Ariz.
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