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VOLUME 38 NO. 37 Local Jottings 0- Dan J. Sherwood of Richville was at the county seat this week Fred T. Colter passed through St. Johns yesterday on his way to Colter. R. C. Reeder, a prosperous farmer of Floy spent Tuesday in St. Johns. Mrs. Ernest J. Whiting has been quite ill this week, but is better at this writing. Walter McClaws of Holbrook was in town Tuesday and Wed nesday. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Waite and chilbren are visiting friends and relatives at Ramah, N. M. FOR RENT A good pasture for cows. Will come and get your cows and bring them home. See Julius Cropas. Mr. and Mrd. Stansell H. Greer were made happy last week when a big baby boy arrived to make his home with them. Marion Gibbons and sister Mrs. Quince Gardner of Woodruff were in St. Johns visiting with their father A. V. Gibbons for severa days last week. W. H. Gibbons, Orson Wilkins and W. E. Wiltbank are the men chosen to represent Apache coun ty at the state democratic confer ence to be held at Tucson May 15. A. . lackson one of Apache county's prominent cattlemen, located near Concho was a busi ness visitor at the county seat during the early part of the.week t V I Miss Carice Connally who has, spent the winter in St. Johns at- j tending school returned to herj home at Bannon last Sunday With her brother John E. Connolly. J. H. Greer and family have returned to their ranch at Hunt. Mr. and Mrs. Greer spent the winter in St. Johns so that their children might have the advan tages of attending our excellent schools. George Patterson, who has been in Los Angeles for some time returned home last Monday and he is now with the Northern Arizona Land Company and . will be a farm hand on the Colter farm at Salado. The St. Johns Store Company is doing considerable renovating both inside and out, and the ap pearances are much more attrac tive than they were formerly. See their ad in this issue of The Herald. - Dr. Junius Gibbons of Ajo in a letter to his father W. H. Gib bons, informs him that he will be in St. Johns not later than May 25th. Dr. Gibbons expected to be here before this but he has been having a round with the flu. Lee Roy Gibbons, Jr. and Guy Richey, who have been at Chi cago during the past winter at tending a business college arrived home yesterday. All their friends are glad to welcome them home. County Road Engineer, Gustav Becker, was in St. Johns for a few days this week looking after road matters. He in company with other road commissioners vwere. going over the Gallup-Zuni-St. Johns project PHOTOS taken at the Fine Art Studio newly opened at the Jarvis old stand. No deposit required on settings see your photo first Open week days and Sundays. FINE ART STUDIO. B. B. Crosby, of Eagar, was in our city this week. Mr. Crosby had his ankle very badly twisted by a Ford car. It seems that he had lost the crank and had jack ed up a wheel and gave it a turn by placing his foot on a spoke; the Henry started and caught his foot. He was laid up about 10 days. David K. Udall is released from his position as President of the St. Johns Stake after 36 year of service. His son, Levi S. Udall is chosen to succeed him. May the prophets of Israel say of President Udall s successor as President Joseph F. Smith once said of him, "There is a man who has always rung true Snowflake Herald. Pres. Levi S Udall who went to Phoenix last week to try the bar examination for the purpose of being premitted to practice law in the courts of Arizona was succeasful in his examination. He was second in the number of 12 who were successful. His grade was 93i while Mr. Ray Mc- Allaster of Tucson, who was first made a grade of This cer tainly speaks well for Mr. Udall. The sad news of the death of Mr. -A. Ei Henning in such a tragic manner, reached us last week. He was up on his wind mill oiling it when a whirlwind came and blew the ladder on which he was standing off. Mr. Henning's skull was crushed and death followed a few hours later. The ladder was blown about 30 feet away from the tower. Ha was one of the pioneers of Apa che county and was 72 years of age. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Friday evening, two special road committees were named: First composed of Joy B. Patterson, Dr. T. J. Bouldin and Monico Garcia to cooperate with citizens of Gallup and Zuni, and promote the building of Gal-lup-Zuni - St. Johns highway. Second Li R. Gibbons, E. I. Whit ing and M.J. Morton to answer certain parties along the 'railroad in Northern Arizona, who have been carrying on a propaganda against Apache county and its highways. WAITE-PLUMB Miss Pauline Waite and Perry A. Plumb were joined in wedlock last Saturday, May 6th at 4 p. m,, at the home of the bride's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Waite. The wedding was a quiet home affair with only a few of the immediata family present. The 3'oung people are Apache county products and have the best wishes of their many friends. Bishop Edwin I. Whiting per formed the ceremony which made these two young people one. Monday evening a large num ber of their friendsgathered and gave them a shower and many valuable and useful presents were giyen them which will be daily reminders of the respect and esteem of their friends. i Twelve Men Admitted to Bar Of the 12 men who passed the state bar examination held at the capitol Monday and Tuesday, five of the number were residents of Phoenix. The successful candi dates yesterday appeared before the supreme court and were ad mitted to practice before the Ari zona bar. The five Phoenix men who passed the examination were Henrv W. Allen, clerk in the of fice of Chalmers, Stahl, Fenne- more and Longan; Edward R. Byers, secretary to the state real estate commission; Frank Dykes, clerk of Judge Joseph S. Jenckes' court; J. Edward Keiley, assist ant cashier of the Phoenix Na tional Bank: and Georere Finlav MacDonald, clerk of Judge Frank H. Lyman's court. The three highest grades in the tests were made in the following order by Ray C. McAUaster of Tucson; Levi S. Udall, clerk of the superior ccurt of ADache ounty, and Clarance Richmond jynch of Tucson. Others who passed the examinations were ouis H. Bunte. Prescott: Win- fred Wayland Carpenter, Tucson; Sidney E. Lefko, Tucson, and William E. Patterson, Jr.. Pres cott, A class of 16 took the ex amination. MESA April 30 the first ward primary conference of the L. D. S. church gave an' interesting program iP which pioneer days in Utah was beautifully illustrated by the children. In the evening the M. I. Asso ciation of the four wards met in the second ward chapel. The preliminary program con sisted of songs, instrumental music and story telling. The boys adjourned to the banquet soon and listened to an able talk on sex by Dr. Frank Brown. The girls were entertained by Dr. Openshaw on the same subject. Pres. Lesueur announced that the work cf excavating for the temple would soon be completed. Men and teams will then be need ed to haul sand and gravel. Ammon S. Tenney,. an early pi6neer of Arizona, has gone to rescott to become an inmate of the home for aged men. A thousand dollar race horse owned by Mr. Klineman was spirited away a few evenings ago. is thought that a Mexican wanted to try its speed across the border. A report is current that warn ing has been given by the Ku Klux for work on the temple to be stopped. Cha3. D. Stoart came in from Floy to attend the democratic I caucus to send delegates to Tuc son May 15th to help make up the state ticket. Woman's Club Tonight Instead of the usual club meet ing tonight there will a social in the club rooms at 8 p. m. All members are urged to be present. "The Littje Minister" will be shown at the Columbia Theater tonight and Saturday night, WHY ROADS ANYHOW Why is Apache County and its roads antagonized by certain people along the railroad in Northern Arizona? Perhaps some are misinformed some are prejudiced and some just naturally unscrupulous. The first two classes should know the facts, and why 95 of the people of Apache county are for the roads as they now run. The facts are Apache county has built and is buildinglOO miles of first class gravel roads running obliquely thru the county, from Navajo county on the west to New Mexico on the east and con nected up with improved roads in New Mexico making a splendid arive irom retrinea iorest via Conchr, St. Johns, Springerville, Quemado, Magdalena, Socorro and Los Lunas to Albuquerque. This road was laid out and gone over by Mr. westgard, recom mended by him, and generally travelled by tourists, as Old Trails Highway, long before any thing was done on the proposed highway following railroad. Apache county was the pioneer county of the state in floating a bond issue for roads, and main road was built to benefit the ma jority of the citizens in the coun ty who lived in the several towns on or near the .Little (Jolorado River, also so as to connect up with roads in New Mexico to create a transcontinental route. This'route is aboutsixty miles or 15 longer than the proposed route along the railroad, but it serves thousand or citizens in Apache county, Arizona, and New Mexico and takes the tour ists by the the petrified forest. thru St. Johns the county seat of Apache county with its Lyman Dam ,jand 20,000 acres aailable farm land's, thru Springerville at the foot of the White Mountains, (which mountains are fast be coming a great summer resort,) then across thru New Mexico, on a road that can be travelled 12 months of the year, 10 months of which it is good. Why anyone in Arizona will direct tourists up the railroad from Holbrook to Gallup over NO roads, when there is a good one already made further south and just a fraction longer, with good accommodations everywhere alcng the line, is a mystery to us. Misinformation or misleading information to tourists is injuri ous and reflects back on givers of such, and many trouists are say ing that they can't pay any at tention to what is told them in some towns, but must find out from Other tourists the condition of various sections. We can understand Gallup's position and appreciate the fact inax inis lltue waius us snare of tourist trade and tourist travel as they are helpful financially, socially and intellectually, and we see its need of an outlet to the pacific coast, and Apache county expects within the next few weeks to begin work on a road connecting St. Johns with Gallup via the historic Zuni village, This road while somewhat long or than the much discussed and cussed Puerco route, will serve thousands locally and take the tourists by Zuni village and petri fied forest, and be an asset to both New Mexico and Arizona. For the people of Apache coun ty to spend hundreds of thous ands of dollars to build a road along the Puerco (fifty miles dis tant from 95 of its citizens) to KEEP THE TOURISTS AWAY PROM US, would be nothing less than suicidal mania. No we like the tourists and we like their business, we want them to come and see us and we are building highways which cost much labor and money to enable them to do so with pleasure to themselyes and helpfulness to us all. St. Johns, Arizona. May 11. 1922 J. B. T. JOTTINGS FROM EAGAR Eagar public schools closed Fri day and about all - of the after math is completed. The weilders of the rod will soon be dispersing to their several places of abode. Monday evening the Mutual of ficers entertained the outgoing members of their staff in the hills. Games and plenty of in ternal packing were the main features of the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nicoll have been visiting relatives here for the past few days. While here the Bntler family have been hold ing a regular reunion. The roll call showed an attendance, count ing the strays who were enticed into the fold by the-fair damsels of this family, of 53. Mr. and Mrs. Nicoll left for their home in Ramah Tuesday morning taking their daughter Verma with them. Verma has been one of the main spokes in the wheel here and everybody regrets her leaving. Byron Heap made a couple of business visits to Eagar this week. At last a few leaves and blos soms have made their appearance here. We are going to have some leaves for the frost to bite on yet if fhe summer lasts long enough. June 1st the Primary of Eagar are giving a basket dance in the Grape Vine hall, the proceeds of which will go to the new church. If plenty of pretty girls, lots of jazz and enough eats to choke a mule are any attraction 5 oil had better figure on taking this event in. Representatives of Veterans Bureau Will Visit St. Johns Treasury Department, United States Public Health Service. U. S. Veterans Bureau, 301 W. Jef ferson St. Phoenix, Arizona, May 3. 1922. Dr. Thomas J. Bouldin, St. Johns, Arizona. Dear Sir: Mr. Fred P. Rowlen and S. E. Hol lister of the Rehabilitation Division of the Phoenix office U. S. Veterans Bur eau will arrive in St. Johns, Arizona, Friday, May 12th. While these repre sentatives are or the Rehabilitation Di vision, they will be pleased to meet any beneficiaries of the Bureau and a3sist them in any way with reference to bus iness pertaining to the U. S. Veterans Bureau. Will you kindly give publicity to the proposed visit of these representatives in whatever manner you may have available. Respectfully, DUSTIN W. GUSTIN, Manager, Sub-Office, U. S. Veterans Bureau.