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The St. Johns herald., 1886-07-22

all else to be found upon the des- cris and plains of the county The Board are not an "E pluribus unum," and neither the law nor common sense" expects or de- mands 1t. If they should overlook a recently enacted statute, they are at once denounced because they are not learned in the law; if all off cer is negligent of duty or goes be- yond 1t, they are at once put upon trial; because they did not bring to light and punish those things which the law has not committed to their and which they have no legal au- thority to properly investigate. The statutes define their duties, powers and authority, and they have neith- CT the right or the ability to go beyond them. If an attempt is made to carry out their required duties, they are at once opposed and as fur as possible thwarted on all sides, and every step is attended with the most disagreeable personal experiences. The charges that are made are so manifestly unfair and always convey an idea so foreign to the real condition of affairs, that 1t is utterly inconsistent with a theory that they were. made in the interest of the general good. We could extend more tolerance to the mean aspersions and inuendoes of the Critic, if we did not have every reason to believe the writer knows differently from what he writes. Bills are entered upon the minutes in an abbreviated form, and the bill fully itemized and sworn to. is filed with the records, subject to the inspection, at any time. of any citizen who desires to see thcm. Copy the itemized bill if you wish, not short note made of it's presentation to the Board. The allowance of the bill as item ized and presented was the work of the Board, and the minute of the fact which you quote was made by the Clerk as a mere matter of ref ercnce.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-07-22

sponSe to a demand made by the people generally. Some three years have elapsed since the bonds were issued for the construction of the jail. and about TWO years since the letting of .thc contract. In the mean time building las been erected, which has been used bv the officers as county prison, al- though it has never been offered to the Supervisors for acceptance. Thus the matter stands, and no ac- counting has been made of the $10,000 appropriated or the man. ncr of its expenditure. The tax payers have right to know what use has been made of their money, and also how the Commissioners have exercised the trust committed to their hands. Trusteess of a pub lie fund are usually required to make their reports at regular stated periods, in order that it may be learned with what fidelity they are discharging their duties; but in this instance no showing of any character has been made. The building contemplated has not been tcndered the county, and during the two years past not single rc- port has been made. We wish to know how the matter stands, be- fore 1t becomes involved in the ob- scurity of antiquity. Reports are so conflicting as to the status of affairs we shall reserve our com ments until we hear from the re- port called for.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-07-22
Letter from Citizens.
erCnce.

EDITOR HERALD: Davy Jones, writing from St. Johns to the Critic, under date of July 11th, displays in his budget of short meter, a fac ulty unparalleled as a designer for epithets for a country graveyard, and as an imaginary presumptuous original, we, who know of his itin- eracy and involuntary alteration, to this, do heartily commend him, with hope that in these green fields and pastures new, he will be more successful than his weak at tempts and struggles have proven him to be as "vigorous writer" on the staff of the Critic.
 Tie information he seeks to give of the Supervisors is only charac- tcristic of his imaginary wander ings his knowledge of the Nor mon vote; Dionicio Baca, and the falling out of the members of the Board, is likewise a perverted sup position. The Mormons are all registering with a view to vote at coming election. The Board met at this session with all present for the first time in five or six months. We know ot no feeling between them, save that feeling which exists between gentlemen. From the minutes we note they had a ten days session of laborious work. and in which we, as old citizens see that they trahsacted more business than was ever transacted by any prior Board at one session, This would not indicate a falling "out of the Board," but on the other hand an agreeable cooperation of each member in the work to be done. It looks as though the falling out" must have been be- tween the Board and Davy, and not between the Board itself.
 The loQuaciousness of our es- teemed vigorous writer" for the Critic, has caused many of us to investigate the charges preferred, and we find them in reason" ma liciously perverted, and in classic homogeneity to the Zunis. As tax payers we are interested, not only in the doings of the Board, but every county official. The matter with the Board and the Treasurer, Dionicio Baca, to which Davy Jones refers, has elicited the atten- tion of all, however, we have failed to note any advice given Dionicio Baca by the Board, as we under stand 1t the Board is executive, not advisory. Mir. Baca was in formed that he would have to exc
The St. Johns herald., 1886-07-22

TIE Clerk of the Board writes up all the minutes, and the Chair man is the only member of the Board of Supervisors who suh- scribes them, and therefore the other members are not actively or personally responsible for omis- sions. The minutes prior to 1885 are in a very imperfect condition, and but little-can be gathered from them, and from mutilation, ab- straction and other questionable practices, it is equally difficult to say what was entered and what has been taken out. Charles Kinnear who would make the most impor- tant witness, cannot be produced at present, and there is no one who can supply the missing testimony. There is an apparent effort made to make the Board of Supervisors responsible for the short comings and delinquencies of every official in the county. They should it seems embody all the .qualifica- tions, and fill every position; know all the acts; overlook every pro- ceeding, and be responsible for every mistake, omission or commis- sion to be found in the offices of Tax Assessor and Collector, Treas urer, Sheriff, Courts, Clerks, Jus tices of the Peace, Coroners, and
The St. Johns herald., 1886-07-22

IN 1853 the county authorities through the advice of attorneys, and believing 1t to be eventually for the best interests of the county, and a measure calculated to pre- vent long, expensive and doubtful law suits, agreed with the Atlantic and Pacific Railway Company, to accept an assessment from them for a period of five years in a cer- tain specified sum annually as rep resenting the amount of taxable property ill their hands subject to assessment. The Railroad Com pany have since violated the terms of that contract, and claiming ex- emption from taxation carried the matter into the courts. The agree ment of 1889 fixed the compro- mise taxable valuation at about $600,000, and the conditions of that contract having been abrogated by the railroad it cannot bind the county in future. The Assessor has, therefore, returned the prop erty owned, controlled and claimed by the railroad at it's estimated real value, and it reaches the sum ol f,750,000. Notice has, by order of the Equalization Board, been served upon the Railroad Company to appear and show cause why such valuation should not stand as fixed. It seems that railroad companies will always exhaust every possible hope afforded by the law, to avoid payment of taxes, and collections must eventually be made under the judgment of a court. Litigation must be resorted to sooner or later and 1t is to be hoped that the pend ing suit will soon finally dispose ot the disputed question. If tie county wins the case, 1t will prove q very handsome addition to its income.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-07-22
:St. Johne, Thursday, July 22,

QUESTIONS may be asked and false accusations made which may tingc the cheek for moment with the. flush of honest indignation, and provoke an angry answer as the reply to a wanton wrong. The decalogue may be quoted to an honest man without disturbing the 'sercnity of his conscience, although il might impair the evenncss of his temper, but his accuser Is brought-to grief with the one com mand, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor," The pallor of shame is the response to conscious guilt.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-07-22

THE Board of Supervisors have issued an order to the Jail Com missioners to render an account of their doings. This is a move in inc right direction. and is re-
The St. Johns herald., 1886-07-22

A SPECIAL dispatch from Fort Bowie to the Albuquerque Demo- crat of the 18th instant saysa a tele- gram received to-day states that the hostiIes under Geronimo have sent couriers to the troops under q flag of truce desiring barley with General Miles. Orders have been sent to Lieutenant Parker to cease his pursuit of the Indians until the result of the barley is ascertaincd. a GeneIal Miles will go to the front at once to meet the hostile chief and receive the band as prisoners. There can be no question but that the Indian war is now at an end and that Geronimo and his band will be prisoners in the hands ol the government in few hours. The hostiles ran entirely out Of ammunition, and have spent the last few days simply in evading the troops in the mountain Businesses. Geronimo is wounded but it can not yet be ascertained how badly.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-07-22
IT nAs been our endeavor to brin

IT HAS been our endeayor to bring out all the facts ill the matter of the Wagon Road Commissioners, so that injustice might be done no one, and at the same time the peo- pie made secure in their rights. s We call attention of our readers to an interesting communication in to-day's issue from Pedro Montana, Treasurer of the Commissioners. It certainly seems to leave an un- explained difference between him self and the Chairman, but inves- tigation will give a proper under 'l standing of all matters. We ex- tend to all parties the opportunity 10 make any statements calculated to enlighten our readers.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-07-22
&lOG REWARD.

The undersigned will pay the above reward tc any person or persons who will denOunce and prosecute to a conviction, any party or parties (except our own emplOyes), for driving, killing or otherwise handling our stock.
 Cur cattle are branded on the left hip as shown above. with split in loft ear: our horses have the same brand on left shoulder.
 HUNING ,G COOLEY,
 Show Low. Arizona.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-07-22

'.. CHAIRMAN c. o. HoWE in his last letter states that he knew noth- ing about the building of the Hol- brook bridge, at it's present site, for county purposes, until about the last days of April. He also states that at a meeting of the Comnis- sioners January 20th, it was agreed 10 accept plans of NIT. Buck, on condition the Supervisors would open the required road leading to and from it, and otherwise their action in the matter was to be null and void He was afterward in- formed by the Supervisors that they did not lay out q road to the dam.
 a Now he is confronted by state ment certified to by Pedro Mon tana, as taken from the minutes of the Commissioners, dated Feb. 23, 1886, and signed by the Chairman, in which the offer ofthe 'Irriga- gE ting Canal, Dam and Bridge Com , pany" is absolutely and uncondi- tionallyp accepted previous to that sa meeting. The contract price is raised from $4,370 to $4,50O. The letters speak for themselves, and it now appears to be in order that somebody should arise and explain.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-07-22

EMeuI StutlOllS, -" - Through tickets to all principle cities east and west on sale ut the following SiatiOns: uOlbrOOk, WinsloW FIugstaff Peach Springs, kingman, Prescott.
 The Needles, Daggctt AOhays.
 and Alhlin 1lnr1r mn,
The St. Johns herald., 1886-07-22
STAGE CONNEXIONS


 Via Laguna to tho Indian village of Acoma, Is miles.
 Via Wingate to Fort Wingate, miles; Zuni, 45 miles. Via Manuelito to Fort Defiance (NaYaje Agsn- cyl D miles; Canon de Chelle, 65 miles; keaAas Canon, 20 miles.
 Via Navajo, tri-weekly stages to. Sf. Johns, SI miles; Springerville. S5 miles. Via IIOlbroOk, trtweekly stages to Fort Apache, % miles; show Low, 50 miles; Taylor, 35 niles MOqui Indian villages (no regular stage) yU miles Via Mlnslow, to Brigham City and Sunset Via Ash Fork, daily stages t0- Prescott and Wmpple Barracks. 5I miles; daily stages from Prescott to Phoenix, and tri-wcekiy stages from Prescott to Fort Verde. Via Peach Springs to the Grand Canon of the Colorado, Is miles
 Via kinSman, daily stages to Stockton Hill 10 miles; Mineral Park, 16 miles; Cerbat Il miles Ai la Yucca trl-weekly stage to Signal 4O miles, Via The Needles steamer to Yuma, Colorado Hver agency, Fort MOhaYe, MOhavc City Hardy vile, Arizona, and Fl Dorado canon Nevada
 ". A. RESELL, Q. 8. ROBINSCN, Gen1 Passenger Agt. Genl. Manager Albuquerque N Nj.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-08
Sioux City the Real Assassin.

The murder of Rev. G. G. Had
dock, of Sioux City, Iowa, on the
night of August Sd, because of his
vigilance in seeking the prosecu-
ton Of the violators Of the prohibit
ton law Of the State, is one of the
most daring and villainous acts
which blacken the criminal record
of our country. The murder of
Lovejoy, the Abolitionist, in broad
daylight, is lacking the heinous-
ness that is attaching to this. Had
dox is a martyr to the righteous
cause of Prohibition, and his as
sassin is in fact the rebellious city
Of Sioux City, which has set at de-
fance the command of the State
that all saloons shall be closed.
His death is the argument of the
saloons for the sale of liquor 1t
ought to fire the heart of the people
against the damning traffic as new
er before. Let Iowa rally with new
zeal to the enforcement of its just
law against the hellish saloons
Religious Telescope.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-08
The Only Hope.

eff the greatest enemy that
menaces the Republic were fairly
inquired into, the eyes of the
people would be opened to the
necessity of Prohibition. The only
hope of emancipation from the
oppression of the liquor traffic
which scourges US at every turn,
lies in the union of all Tenn perance
men and women to control cleo
tons. The brewers and distillers
and saIoon-keepers laugh at all
kinds of opposition except Prohibi-
ton votes. High license, police
supervision, public prosecutors, and
all the machinery for "strict" regu-
lation Of the liquor traffic, the
trafickers mock at. There is only
one law which they fear, and that
is Prohibition. IN. Y. Mail and
Express.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-08
A Glorious Resurrection.

The present Prohibition move
ment is the most promising and
certainly the greatest epoch in the
history of our country. 1t does not
REQUIRE much of a prophets vision
TO see the bright glimpses Of the
coming revolution that is soon to
sweep the curse of all curses, the IL
nuor traffic, into the deep gulf of
annihilation, and this revolution
will do more to clarity and elevate
the moral tone of the people and
dignity our civilization than all
other influences of a human char
acter combined. This new depar-
ture that is now so certain to Gull
inmate into a grand uprising has
taken most of the politicians by
surprise. This radical and dignifi-
ed crusade for righteous modifca-
ton of statute law to prohibit the
liquor traffic has been the result of
the defiant character of the rum
sellers, and their arrogant demands
for concession and legal claims to
responsibility. The people are
now determined, and their deter
mination is taking a very active
form.-DemoreSt's Monthly.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-08

We would like to place copy of
our whisky contemporaries in the
hands of every minister of the Cos
pei in the land, that they might
see for themselves the unmixed
contempt with which they regard
their calling, our holy religion,
and all things pure and true. 1t
would afford them ample reasons
why they should speak boldly and
constantly tor Prohibition, the
ONLY method of overcoming traf-
fic that makes all concerned in it
regard not the works of the Lord,
neither consider the operations OF
his hands. "-Staunton Free Press.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-08
Jones vs.. Murphy.

A correspondent says this of Rev.
Sam Jones at Urbana, O.:
"Sam Jones raised a commotion
in the audience this morning by
boldly taking his position squarely
on Prohibition. There is no dis
putting the fact that he stirred up
hornets nest, and his usefulness, in
religious sense, has been greatly
impaired by the outspoken and I'M
called for meddling in the third
party prohibition. He referred to
Murphy in q manner that caused
quite a sensation. He said that
Murphy put one arm around the
poor drunkard, and the other
around the rum-seller, and denoun-
ced him for it. There was a spirit
Of dissent prevalent, and the dem
onstration was marvellous, as Sam
said he would rather risk HE chan
ces as a Prohibitionist out of the
Church rather than take the risk
Of non partisan anti-Prohibition-
list Methodist"
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-08
Rhode Island Dry.

A New York Tribune special
from Providence, R, l., says:
Leading temperance men from
all over the State met at Oakland
Beach to-day and compared notes
of the results so far of prohibition.
The gist of the reports was that the
results more than justified the ex-
pectations of the friends of prohibi-
ton. The Rev. Hugh Montgom-
cry, of Worcester, the Rev. DR.. AL
bert Utter, of Plainfeld, N. j., and
many local clergymen, addressed
the meeting. The drift of the re-
marks was to the effect that having
obtained the law, all temperance
people should aid the officers in its
rigid enforcement, and if the officers
were direlict they should be dis
placed"
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-08
Results More Than Could Have
Been Expected.

1t is as much a settled thing as
anything earthly can be, that Pro-
hibition will capture all the
Southern States within very few
years, and for good and sufficient
reasons. Georgia has given the
experiment thorough trial, and
the results have been more than
could have been expected. 1t has
been made manifest in every
county which has adopted Prohibi-
ton that crime has been lessened
50 per cent, that pauperism has
almost disappeared, and that labor
is hundred-fold more steady and
reliable.
All the evidences of prosperity
are more than doub led. The deposits
in the savings banks are trebled,
workingmen in the villages and
cities are acquiring homes for
themselves, and those who occupy
property not their own are much
more prompt in the payment of
their rent than ever before.
Women and children are better fed
and clothed, and the day and Sun
day schools are better attended.
Counties that were noted for
lawlessness and criminality are
now peaceful AID quiet, where be-
fore was squalor and Indebtedness
there is now plenty and thrift, in
short the mental and moral tone of
the State has been elevated wonder.
fully.
The fact is, the whisky and beer
shops which disfgured the State
and made murderers, criminals,
beggars and paupers, absorbing
over a full half of their earnings
and cutting down their capacity
for earning over a halt, have been
wiped out, and the enormous sum
they have absorbed now goes to the
decent support of workingmen and
those dependent upon them
Toledo Blade.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-08
Senatorial Patronage a Public
Scandal.

Senatorial patronage has almost
become public scandal. 1t is the
rule and practice that the Senators
of a State shall indicate to the
President their preferences in the
matter of appointments for that
State, and the President dares not
disregard them otherwise there is
a Conkling-Garfeld row. A public
Office is public trust, but the
average Senator is of opinion that
the Office and the patronage belong
to him as a business investment.
Hence he cares only for his friends,
and by his friends we mean the
leg-gers and wire-pullers who set
up the pins for him and do his
bidding. The Senate is not a demo
cratic body =; it is doubtful whether
it is very useful body and whether
or not the country wouldn't be
better off without it. And the
people of the country have some
rights in the matter of public
appointments that are scarcely
regarded. And these remarks will
do for both political parties
Wetzel Democrat.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-08

There are yet few people in this
county who continue to make fence
rails and stove wood out of walnut
and other valuable timber. A ten
an. on Auditor Duffy's farm has
recently converted into stove wood
a curly ash tree, worth, delivered
on the river bank, 1925 per 1000
feet.-Eg.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-08

Pennsylvania has a standing ar
my of ignorance-325,0OO children
who do not attend the public
schools.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-08
CDMSsBga1spTs

which is Scrofulous Disease of the
Eungs, is promptly ana certainly arrested
and cured by this God-giVen remedy, if taken
before the last stages of the disease are reached
From its wonderful power over this terribly
fatal disease, when first Offering this now cell
ebrated remedy TO the public, DR.. PIERCE
sumption Cure, y but abandoned that name
as too limited for medicine which, from its
wonderful combination OF tonic or strengthens
not only as a remedy for consumption of the
lungs, but for all
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-05-19

The new steamer Ossifrage, which
runs in connection with the Alger
railroad, arrived ut this port on her
first trip last Monday morning. Her
route is between this city ard
Black River and the mail is carried
by her. In length she is 100 feet,
width % feet and draws eight feet Of
water aft and five feet forward. On
the lower deck is small but neat
ladies' cabin. The upper deck is COW
cred but only about half enclosed on
the sides. In that part is an eleg ant
cabin, comfortably furnished and sew
eral state rooms. Her officers are as
follows:
Captain-Byron Armstrong.
Mate-V. Gerard.
Engineer-C. L. Busher.
The boat is we'll adapted for giving
excursions. On her trip here Monday
night, she came from Black River in one
hour and three-quarters. Ossifrage
is an obsolete name for the young of
the sea eagle. She leaves this port for
Black River every morning at 7:15
o'clock, standard time, except on Sun
days. Her engine was formerly in the
tug Laketon.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1886-05-19

Nicholson & Slaght have recently
refitted their photo parlors in the Gull
ligan block and have made many i'm
provements therein. The rooms are
elegant and artistically furnished,
and therein will be found hundreds of
specimens of their skill as artists. 1t
is a comfortable and pleasant place,
where patrons can comfortably enjoy
themselves, while waiting their chance
to have their portrait taken, or while
some friends likeness is being trans
ferred to the negative. The photos
on view range from the card size to
the life size, and are first class photos.