The St. Johns herald., 1885-07-16

two natural curiosities that have been secured by A. Pechner at his museum on Commercial street, during the past week. Single observations of these specimens fifteen cents; two looks for quarter. Gin and milk free to sight seers.
 GOvs E. G. Ross, of New Mexico, is receiving from the people abundant testimonials of their appreciation of his appointment. We are glad to notice the evidence of the wisdom of President Cleveland to the statements of the Gov ernor's friends. We notice that the Governor and his family were recently royalty entertained by his eminence the venerable Archbishop Lamy of Santa Fe.
 c. 0. Howe, General Superintend- ent of the Wabash Cattle Company, whose headquarters are at the Salt Lakes on the Navajo road, was in town yesterday acting as escort to Judge Bald win, of Indiana, who is largely interest ed in the Wabash Company's enterprise. The Judge is making his first visit to Ar izona, and he is charmed with the climate and satisfied with the prosperous out look of the Company.
 Saving at the spigot and letting go at the bunghole."
 This order to take effect August 1st, 1885. That is the language of the E1- ecutive officer of the post office depart ment in the reduction of the mail ser vice or route No. 40,155 to three times week. The service on this route is now six times week, and is really less than the importance of the business on the line requires. The two prominent points supplied by this route are Spring erville and St. Johns in Apache county, Arizona; Springerville is the de pot for supplies for large area of country south and west of its immediate To- cation. The region is filled with cultl- vators of small farms and proprietors of 8 great number of small herds of cat tie and sheep. It contains several large business houses and has solid popu- lation of about 1900 people. The facil- ities of the U. s. mail is the only means of communication with the business centers possessed by the inhabitants of this quiet industrial locality.
 St. Johns the county seat of Apache county, on the Colorado Chiquito, is To- cated on this route 50 miles south of Navajo, a station on the A. & P. rail- road population about Z, 300 and contains school houses, churches, warehouses, stores, elegant private residences, hotels, court house and jail, shops for all classes of artizans, in wood, iron and leather, boarding and lodging houses, saloons for entertainment and in fact everything denoting the habitation Of thriving and industrious people. It is the headquarters for Q large number of teamsters whose constant industry assists in contributing an animated ap- pearance to the town. The regular and special sessions of the District court of Apache county are held here, and the newly created County court having con- current jurisdiction with the District court in all civil and criminal cases, is always in session. Our merchants car " large and valuable stocks oi goods, and are live men in commerce. Our school houses are we'll attended during the sessions, and public matters both To- cal and national receive their due share of the peoples consideration. St. Johns has two newspapers, each pub lished weekly. that make things lively in affairs of church and state. Like Springerville, St. Johns is without any communication with the outside world other than the United States mails, which have come regular six times weekly from Navajo on the A. & P. rail- road. Probably no less than eight thousand people are living within the sources of supply of route 40, l55, per haps the number will exceed these fig ures. In a county so wide spread ques- tions of great interest, of no mean inn portance, not. only to Apache county, but to the territory at large are constant ly arising that require immediate adju- dication. Who can estimate the damage liable at any time to occur by this in- frequent mail service. Witnesses from 6 distance are liable to reach Navajo too late to take advantage of the departure of the courier; papers are.delayed from 24 to 4S hours at the post office; courts are annoyed, contestants have entailed upon them unnecessary expense, justice is obstructed, commerce is killed and all the people outraged. If there is single hundred miles on the postal map of the United States Mail Routes that requires times week mail, it is No. 40, 155. Suppose it don't fully reim- purse the government in dollars and cents; that the income is not as great as the expense to maintain a daily ser vice-that is not a question to be con-