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VOLUME 34
ST. JOHNS, APACHE COUNTY, ARIZONA, JUNE 6, 1918
NO. 41
Wheat Saved by Women for
Many Years Against Pos
sible Famine Is Turn
ed Over to Gov
ernment. El Paso Morning Times.
One of the most interesting
phases of the food situation was
broucht to El Paso by Bishop P.
P. Hurst, who has just returned
from Salt Lake City, where he
attended a Mormon church busi
ness meeting. Wheat saved by
the Relief society women of the
Mormon church since 1876 has
been turned oyer to the govern
ment for use. According to the
last report of the Relief Society,
there was on hand at the time of
the spring April conference 205,
518 bushels, a greater part of this,
about 5,305,307 pounds, in the
presiding bishop's storehouse and
some 20,000 bushels stored at
Richfield, Utah.
The price given for the wheat
will be fixed by the government.
The money will be put in banks
by the various organizations and
re-invested after the coming har
vest so that the terms of the trust
given the women of the church
will be fully complied with, the
wheat fund being a trust fund
established by President Brigham
Young against days of famine
and for the relief of the poor.
The government has given its
guarantee that the wheat shall
be replaced with the coming har
vest. The gathering of the wheat by
the women of the church has pro
bably been one of the most unique
movements among modern peo
ple. Back of the entire move
ment stands the quantity figure
of Mrs. Emmeline B. Wells, who
was intruded with the starting of
the movement- by President
Young. The wheat gathered was
originally supposed to come from
gleaning, from donations and
from purchases made with funds
devoted to the purpose. While
the need for this sort of charity
work was greater at the time of
its inauguration than for many
years past, the gathering and
storing of the grain has been one
of the most important parts of
the Relief society work.
A special significance of the
turning over of the wheat to the
government was given when it
was announced that some 7,000
or 8,000 Utah boys enlisted in the
national service are among those
for whom the wheat will be used.
"I can recall the work done by
the women in saving wheat when
I was a boy." said Bishop Hurst
in speaking of the huge quantity
of grain turned over by Mormon
s omen to the government "With
every harvest a certain amount
was stored away in the granaries.
From time to time the old wheat
was taken out and replaced with
new. In this manner it has been
kept in good shape. For years
this grain has been accumulating.
Among the people of the church
it is generally felt that this has
been rather forcible proof of the
value of the saving of grain.
The man with the hoe is a back'
number. It's the man with the
tractor and gang plow that this
country is encournging right now.
The long dry spell was broken
last Tuesday. About 14 drop3
of rain fell in St. Johns.
American Forces'
Total Casualties.
Washington, May 27. Total
casualties in the American expe
ditionary forces to date are as
follows:
Reported May 27
Tot.
"548
251
Killed in action
539 9
251 0
226 4
1097 1
! 74 0
191 0
7 0
1435 14
3563 2
67 0
227 3
6342 19
Killed in accident
Died of wounds
Died of disease
230
1098
74
Died, other causes
Lost at sea
Civilians
Total deaths
Wounded
Captured
Missing in action
Total
191
7
1499
3565
67
230
6361
JNo marine casualties were re
ported today.
The Doctor Away From Home
When Most Needed.
People are often very much dis
appointed to find that their family
physician is away from home
when they most nerd his services.
Diseases like pain in the stomach
and bowels, colic and diarrhoea
require prompt treatment, and
have in many instances proven
fatal before medicine could be
procured or a physician summon
ed. The right way is to keep a
bottle of Chamberlain's Colic and
Diarrhoea Remedy. No physician
can prescribe a better medieine
for the diseases. By having it in
the house you escape much pain
and suffering and all risk. Buy
it now; it may save life. Adv.
Must Discontinue Use of Wheat
The Food Administration re
quests that, all the people of the
United States shall cease the use
of wheat flour during the next 90
days. As we of the United States
have all kinds of substitutes for
wheat, there should belittle hard
ship in discontinuing the use of
wheat. All kinds of recipes are
to be had for the making of war
breads and substitutes, and their
use will be rather beneficial in
stead of injurious. Corn meal,
oat meal and potatoes are really
worth more as food than wheat
and our people will be richer and
healthier by their use at the end
of the 90-day period. Tombstone
Epitaph.
Banks and Newspapers.
There are two classes of busi
ness men who give their time and
equipment unstintingly to the
government without hope of
financial return bankers and
newspapermen.
During the Liberty Loan drive
every bank and every newspaper
turns its entire equipment over
to the service of the government
without money and withoutprice.
The newspapers fusnish the
publicity without which no bond
issue of sush magnitude could be
floated in such short time and the
banks furnish the skilled help and
machinery for handling the mil
lions of subscriptions, keeping
books on deferred payments, car
rying accounts, etc., and later is
suing the bonds.
The bankers and newspapers
deserve great credit for no other
line of industry gives its services
absolutely free of charge. The
Manufacturer.
DO YOUR PART
During the period of war there I
should be no idlers at home or
ahroad, but every man, woman
and child should -do their part
faithfully and well.
In the United States there are
over 100,000,000 people and in
tbis great army of people not one
should fail to do his otf her part
in helping to win this war against
Prussianism.
In some instances people seem
at a loss to know what to do. but
it does not seem to us that anyone
should be at a loss to know what
to do while so much help is needed
in every line. There are ships
and airplanes to be builded, fields
and gardens to be planted, culti
vated and marketed.
With the thousands of sol
diers on the battle front, who
must be supplied with the essen
tials to fight and eat, there is
plenty for everybody to do.
All can do sometihng to help.
If not in the service we can be
selfsupporting and perhaps raise
a little more than wecan consume
and thus help some one who did
not raise quite enough .
We can practice economy in
many ways, give up some luxuries
and live and dress more plain and
simple.
Holy writ tells us that, "The
idler shall not eat the bread of the
laborer," and to our way of
thinking, now is a gGi?d time to
put in practice this ancient saying.
It is a foregone conclusion that
if we win this war everyone must
do tl:eir utmost in helping in
every possible way. Let's all get
busy.
Marriages on the wholesale plan
took place during the early part
of the week. The following are
those who were mostly interested
in having the Gordian Knot tied:
Vernon Hamblin and Lillian Big
low of Eagar, Rollin Hamblin of
St. Johns and Josephine Wiltbank
of Eagar,- Harry Reynolds of
Luna, N. M., and Lottie Eagar of
Eagar, J. Smith Gibbons of St.
Johns and Edna Butler of Eagar,
Wm. S. Hamblin and Agnes
Brown of St. Johns. They are
all Apache county products and
their friends are numerous and all
of them wish the brides and
grooms success in the voyage over
the sea of matrimony. All of
them are now at Salt Lake City,
Utah, here they will enter the
L. D. S. temple to have the mar
riage vows solemized.
The Soldier Boy
Has only one chance in 500 of
losing a limb.
Has better medical care at the
front than at home.
Is freer from disease in the
army than in civil life.
Will live five years longer be
cause of physical training.
Has 29 chances of coming home
to one chance of being killed.
Has 98 chances of recovering
from wounds to two chances of
dying.
This war is less wasteful of life
than any other in history. In
other wars from 10 to 15 men
died from disease to one from
bullets. --Ex.
Attorney J. E. Jones, of Flag
staff, came in Tuesday.
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A complete line of accessories always on hand.
Give xs a call and be convinced jlj.
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"Curlew Must Not
Ring Tonight"
St. Johns has a curfew law
which was established some few
months ago, and for a number of
months the ' 'new broom", swept
clean, but of late we do not hear
the bell any more, but we do see
the 'kiddies' unon the street at
all hours of the night and many
of them below the age set.
Several times of late we have
heard gun-shots at night from
some gun in the hands of a night
reveller.
One night this week Deputy
Sheriff Johnson pinched"
bunch tor shooting, the case
taken up and tried and the parties
were let loose without fine or
punishment. We say, why
curfew-law if it is not kept, and
the officers backed up when they
are trying to serye the people as
best they can. We howl like h
if the officers don't do their duty,
then why not back them when
thev do. We should put up or
shut up.
Harvest of Bootleggers.
Friday of last week was Sheriff
Newman's busy day taking in
bootleggers. Early that morning.
he picked up a man at Holbrook
who drooped off a freight train
with a suit case filled with liquor,
The man objected seriously to be
ing arrested, and when he caught
the sheriff off his guard, struck
him a vicious blow in the face,
He is sorry now that he tried it
as he is slowly recovering from
the trimming he got at the hands
of Newman.
A few hours later, the sheriff
nicked up another violator who
had just arrived in Holbrook from
Sorincerville with a stock of
goods. He is resting in jail.
In the afternoon Newman got
on the trail of an automobile that
was supposed to be loaded with
contraband,- He overtook the car
with the two men occupants near
Chevelon. A search of the car
disclosed 18 cases of liquor. They
were anxious to plead guilty at
once, and Judge Sapp handed
them the new prescription of six
months in jail and a fine of $300
each. Winslow Mail.
It is leaking out at Berlin that
the German general staff is "tak
ing the American army very seri
ously, and is determined to force
a decision in France before any
more United States soldiers are
landed there." They probably
will take the Americans "more
seriously" when three or four
millions get into the fight, and the
starry flag begins to move over
Prussian soil.
W. L. Piatt, Owners
When Peace Comes:
Some day peace will come.
Thousands millions of men will
be thrown back again into civil
life. Consider the vastness of the
readjustment that will be neces
sary. Look back at the period of
reconstruction after our own Civil
War. Prepare for this new per
iod of reconstruction. The day
of reckoning is bound to come.
Begin to save now. Thrift is the
need of the present, the hope of
the future, Liberty Loan Bonds,
War Savings, the safest securities
in the world, are a wise provision
for the day peace comes. Tomb
stone Epitaph.
This week has" beentli'g"imM6-
growing weatner we naa tnis
year. In the yard back of the
Herald office we have a Sun flower
which has grown 9-inches in three
days.
Heber J. Connolly was in the
city yesterday for the purpose of
registering. He is now subject
to his country's call.
This is the season of the year
that the garden microbe shows
signs of returning life, and every
warm day hatches out millions of
him.
Do you believe
In signs?
HERE is one you can
bank on the sign of
a company that has stood
between the country and
its fire losses for over a
century.
It is also the sign of a live
agency one that specializes
on insurance one that is
watchful of your interests
as well as the interests of
the companies it represents.
When you see this sign,
think of protection. Think
also of agency service. You
can safely rely upon our
care in looking after your
property and in securing
prompt and fair settlements
in case of loss.
JOY B. PATTERSON
Resident Agent, St Johns, Arizona
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