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The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22

In A recent debate in the Senate,
Senator Beck, of Kentucky, was the
Nemesis of John Sherman's presi-
Dental aspirations-in fact he in
dulged in the refinement Of cruelty.
He charged the Senator from Ohio
with aiding secretly in working
through the bill in 1873 which de-
monetized silver. Senator Sher-
man denied the allegation and de-
fed the alligator, and Indignantly
resented the insinuation in positive
and emphatic language that the
bill was engineered secretly, and
maintained that the work of de-
monetization, was accomplished in
the full sun light of meridian splen-
dor. The Senator from the Bour-
bon State, however, proved his allie
CATION by an overwhelming array
of Republican witnesses, among
whom were Representative Kelly of
Pennsylvania, Senators Stewart,
Allison, Howe, Ingalls, and others,
who had declared on the floors of
Congress that such was the case.
A profound sensation was created
when Senator Beck read from a
speech of the President pro tenn of
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22

the Senate, Senator Ingalls,, of Kan
sas, who declared that the demone-
tization of silver was ''the culmina-
ton of a scheme long entertained
by holders of the public debt, and
devised by them for the purpose of
approaching the value of their in
vestment, regardless of the ruin or
desolation which it would bring on
the productive classes of the ma
ton" Should Sherman be nomi-
mated for president, which we Elm
cerely hope will be the case, he will
look in vain for enthusiastic sup
port from Colorado, Nevada and
California, silver producing States.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22

THE boundary line between the
counties of Apache and Graham,
has never been settled satisfactorily
to the Assessors of the two coun-
ties. A number of persons escape
assessment by claiming residence
in one or the other county, as the
case may be, when the Assessor
calls on them. Judge Goodwin re-
Gently received a letter from a citi-
zen of Graham county, stating that
he was reliably informed that five
or six thousand head of cattle,
which ranged near the southern
line of Apache were not assessed
in this or Graham county last year,
and suggested that the matter
should be brought to the attention
of the Board of Supervisors. We
think the suggestion we'll worthy
of consideration, and that it would
be well for the Board to inquire in
to the matter. The Assessors of
the two counties above mentioned
might have some understanding,
and arrange the matter so that all
the cattle in the section referred to
would be assessed in one county or
the other.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22

est for reform in county affairs.
They seldom subscribe and never
pay for newspapers, yet know all
that is in the local paper, before
paying subscribers read it. They
profess faith in no theology, but
denounce all who believe in a reli-
gion which teaches ''peace on earth
good will to men," They talk
loudly of "rings," and rave about
dishonesty and corruption i'll Office,
and kick themselves because they
are not in airing and have no chance
to steal.
The proceedings of the Board of
Supervisors Is theme of which
they never weary, and in their con-
ception every officer is a thief.
They boast of their individual hon
esty and integrity, as the harlot
proclaims her virtue, as the devil
rebukes sin.
Beecher eliminated hell, and We
are glad of it, or sheol would be
their portion. They are happy, and
why should they not be? ''Where
ignorance is bliss, It's folly to be
wise"
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22
contemporary

WE ADMIRE public spirited peo-
pie, and commend our citizens for
manifesting interest in matters per-
tanning to the public good, and we
especially appreciate suggestions
made, in good faith by non-resi-
dents, regarding all that concerns
the people of the county in which
we live, and for that reason we fire.
quently copy copiously from our
contemporaries, when they give US
good advice, which is always CRATE
fully received, but we modestly
think that when one assumes to
stand ''in loco PARENTS" to the
county of Apache, it would be a
graceful act on his part to become
a citizen of said county, or, at least,
in some manner identified with the
people and their material interests,
and for that reason, in a spirit of
kindness and fraternal feeling, we
suggest that before Col. Lamonte,
editor of the Standard, assumes
guardianship of Apache, he segre-
gate himself from Yavapai county
and pitch his camp on Apache soil.
This is a large county, geographic
cally and otherwise-there is much
unoccupied ground, and the Colo
nel could no doubt find some suita-
bic place, with pleasant surround
ings, wherein to plant his Stand
ard and illuminate mis- editorial lu-
cubrations,
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22

terly Indifferent to public patron
age and supremely superior to all
necessities. We were told it would
be a daily, and that the associated
press would be delivered by special
courier from Navajo. But that we
do not credit, as we think the con-
sentative good sense and business
capacity of those whom we under
stand are at the head of the mat
ter. would prevent such extrava
gance, to begin with, at least. But
whatever it may be, and by whom
soever run, we will give a cordial
and cheerful welcome to our new
contemporary.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22

THE Florence Enterprise says
that James Laboree who, for many
years kept the Desert Station on the
old road from Yuma to Tucson, in
ante-railroad times, and was well
known to pioneers and freighters,
suddenly skipped the country. The
cause of his departure from his old
haunts, was the fact that a couple
of new hides, bearing the brand OF
a neighbor were found in his pos
session, and while James was not
pursued by the officers Of justice,
he yet deemed discretion the better
part of valor, and left for new fields
and pastures green, more distant
from the Yuma penitentiary. "The
wicked flee when no man pursueth
but the righteous are bold as q
lion," so sayeth holy writ.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22
TOWnsite Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the entry
survey and plat of the st. Johns town
site has been duly accepted and ap-
proved as required by law.
Now, therefore, all claimants of lots
In said townsite are by statute required
to file a statement of their claims in the
office OF the Probate Judge of Apache
County, Arizona Territory, at st Johns,
on or before the 10Th day of April A. d.
1888. ROBT. Z. MORRISON,
Probate Judge.
Dated at st Johns, A. t., Jan. Is, 1888.
ia19 God
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22
Party Lines.

We have heard much talk of
drawing party lines at the next
election. That many insist, that,
as We have not the opportunity of
showing our party fealty in nation
al elections, that we should get up
q little hurrah of our own, and thus
experience the exquisite pleasure of
gratifying our party sentiment. We
are not prepared to advance any
very fixed views on this subject
but, it has occurred to us, that if
the good citizens and taxpayers of
Apache county, will all, without re-
gard to party, pull together and in
sist upon an efficient, economical
and honest administration of our
local affairs for about two years
longer after January, 1889, that
then, we can we'll afford to draw
lines. In the meantime, let US de-
vote our attention to paying out-
standing warrants, getting our cred
it upon proper basis and expell~
ing the rustlers.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22
A Reprieye for the Condemned.

Wretched men and women long
condemned to suffer the tortures of
dyspepsia, are nlled with new hope
after a few doses of Hostetter Stom-
ach Bitters. This budding hope
blossoms into the fruition of GER
tainty, if the Bitters are persisted
in. 1t brings a reprieve to all dys-
peptics who seek its aid. Flatu-
lence, heartburn, sinking at the
pit of the stomach, between meals,
the nervous tremors and insomnia
of which chronic indigestion is the
parent, disappear with their hate
full progenitor. Most benefcient Of
stomachics ! who can wonder that
in so many instances it awakens-
grateful eloquence in those who,
benefited by it, speak voluntarily
in its behalf 1t requires a graphic
pen to describe the torments of dys-
pepsia, but in many of the testi-
monials received the proprietors of
the Bitters, these are portrayed with
vivid truthfulness. Constipation,
biliousness, muscular debility, ma
larial fever and rheumatism are re-
lieved by it.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22

N"WE delight to gaze upon its ro-
tund long primer face and the ca
pen-lined proportions of its 5-page
delinquent tax list, fills us with
pleasureable% emotions and bright
anticipations of what the future
may have in store for us."-Flag-
staff-Holbrook Standard.
There now, Colonel, you have let
the cat out Of the bag. You have
shown US the dog" that would be
Gin the manger," and written your
Self down as the cur in the pic
ture-which we doubt not you have
seen-not the dog with the bone,
however, but the other dog, sitting
off to one side, scowling, snarling
and showing his teeth at the one
with the bone.
We are afraid your "pleasureable
emotions and bright a:ticipations"
for the future will never be realized.
We have been engaged in the bust
ness for forty years or more-have
had no inconsiderable experience
know the appearance of a newspa-
per with genuine ''evidences ofpros-
perity" too well, to be taken in by
your boastful language, and refer
ence to your advertising columns.
We have looked them over care
fully, compared them with those of
the Champion, and are forced to
the conclusion that your boasted
''evidences of prosperity" are in
dubitable signs that your bantling
was born with the death rattle in
its throat-that ere many moons
have waned, the ''rotund" form of
its founder will be seeking other
fields, in search Of other suckers
who will guarantee him $3.50 per
month to print them u newspaper
in an adjoining county.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22

AS INDICATED in a previous issue,
we are to have another paper in our
midst. We are not sufficiently in
formed to give the public the poll
cy and plans of the future journal,
but from the hints we have received
as to the parties interested in the
new venture, we feel safe in assur-
ing the public, that only the public
interests will be subserved-only
questions of general concern will
be discussed-that nought of a
purely personal nature will find
place in its columns. That its Jour
nalistic ear will be deaf to the inn
portunities of all rings and cliques.
That armed with its beautiful and
bright scimitar of unselfish devo-
ton to the common veal, it will
stand watch at the doors OF the
public treasury, and all who attempt
to enter there, save under the IL
cense of law, will leave hope be-
hind.
We welcome, in advance, our
contemporary (if We are not too
previous) to the poorly titled fields
of journalism in Apache county.
When they become dull (were that
possible, with the galaxy of talent,
we learn they have engaged they
can abuse us, and we, being always
stupid and bilious, can vent our
spleen on them.
We learn this new enterprise is
backed by ample capital, and will
start upon solid basis-being ut
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22

THE recent experiences with our
new statutes on the subject of col
lecting taxes, shows them to be
complicated and intricate, and
make it difficult and expensive to
collect delinquent taxes. The old
est States have the simplest and
most easily understood and exc
cuted laws on this subject, and
we shall advocate sending to the
Legislature men who will stand
pledged to repeal this chapter OF
our code, and the substitution
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22

THE Standard accuses us of put
ting words into its mouth, and says
very justly that any one who does
such q thing is guilty of species
of journalistic mendacity which
only q journalistic fraud would be
willing to practice" Right here
we will quote a few sentences from
the Standard of March LIST:
"a paper published in the inter
est of alien capitalist who enjoy
the advantages of American insti-
buttons, while they persistently re-
fuse to comply with the laws of the
land, or TO become citizens except
so far as is necessary to maintain a
fraudulent grip upon county affairs,
cannot be expected to interest it
self in the material prosperity of
the county or any portion of it"
It is only the law-abiding, peace
able, God-fearing, who persistent
ly refuse to comply with the law"
Outlaws, not only comply with the
law, but are ever on the alert to
see that all its mandates are strict
ly enforced. 1t is only the honest,
honorable and upright who, by dis
honest means and practices secure
and maintain fraudulent grip
upon county affairs" Desperadoes
never indulge in such questionable
/ proceedings-they are too conscien-
tious. If set of men who "per-
sistently refuse to comply with the
laws, and who by fraud" get con-
troll Of the affairs of county, as is
charged by the Standard, are not
outlaws and desperadoes, then, in
the name of common sense, what
are they?
That paper, on mature second
Thought, evidently concluded it had
gone a little too far, in stigmatizing
some of the leading and best citi-
zens of the county as outlaws
and frauds" changed its tune on
March 18th, and sought to give the
gentlemen thus abused a little
"taffy" as follows:
"This may be the opinion of the
HERALD regarding Messrs. Smith,
Tee, Hunlng and others, but it is
not the language of the Standard"
You may be able, Colonel, to
make some believe you intended to
say something complimentary of
the gentlemen named above, but
we are of the opinion you will never
be able to make the people of this
county read through your specta
Giles.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22

CLIFTON, famous for its copper
production, is experiencing a gene
raj business boom, and seems to be
entering upon a new era of pros
perity. Additional reduction works
and stamp mills are in contempla-
tion-new mineral properties are
being worked-the mountains are
full of miners and the people are
happy. So says the Clarion.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22

GALLUP promises to be one of the
most important points on the At
lantic and Pacific. About three
hundred miners are now employed
in the coal mines-the town is i'm
proving-the Register is live pa
per, and there is talk of organizing
q brass band.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22
{ to extreme measures.

IT is estimated by the New York
papers that the losses sustained by
that city during the unprecedented
storm last week, will amount to
81, 100000, while the whole State
has suffered to three times that
amount. 1t seems almost incredi-
BILE, but it is reported that several
persons froze to death on the streets
of New York. For the first time
in the existence of telegraphs, Bal
timore was cut off from communi-
cation with Washington for twenty
four hours.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22

JUDGE GRESHAM, of the United
States Court, has rendered deci
sion at Chicago, refusing a writ to
restrain the Wabash engineers, hold
ing, justly as we think, that the en-
ployees of that road could not be
compelled to continue in its en-
ploy, if they did not choose to do
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22

We HAVE received, through the
courtesy of Judge D. P. Baldwin,
copy of his brief in the case of the
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Com
pany, plaintiff and appellant, VS.. j.
T. Lesueur, defendant and appellee,
now pending in the Supreme Court
of this Territory. Judge Baldwin
is solicitor for the defendant, and
his brief is in reply to that of So
licitor General, William Cotton
Hazeldine, who has thus far unsuc-
cessfully represented the non-tax-
paying corporation in their legal
warfare against Apache county. We
are not a lawyer, and modesty pre-
cludes us from venturing an opin-
ion as to the brief, but we are in
formed by some who have read it,
that it is exhaustive of the whole
subject, and annihilates the posi-
ton assumed by the Railroad, and
leaves the Solicitor General on I'M
tenable ground. We have an abid-
ing faith that the Atlantic and Pa
cific will eventually be compelled
to disgorge, and pay to Apache
county the full amount of their de-
linquent taxes, and if that corpora
ton would awake to a sense of duty
and decency, it would do so with
out unnecessary delay or further
litigation, but "there are none so
blind as those who will not see."
Judge Baldwin concludes his
brief as follows: "Why, Mr.. Henry
Huning, the chairman of the Board
of Supervisors, to whom Hazel
dimes letter was addressed, lastyea
paid as much taxes into the treas
ury of Apache county as this great
corporation. Mr.. Huning's entire
property would not construct and
equip five miles Of appellants
track. It is just such claims as that
which is now being made, when
successful, that has developed in
our beloved country, the monstrous
industrial system-at one end of
which is Jay Gould, with his $780,
100000, and at the other end a rag
ged, hungry tramp. Mr.. Wander
bits millions pay less taxes than
his pastor, or than his struggling
neighbor, who earns his living by
daily toll. The effort made and the
claim made in this case to ignore
language and we'll settled terms, to
enable a rich corporation to shuttle
its taxes on to the laborers Of this
territory, is something at which the
moral sense Ievolts. Fortunately,
courts OF justice know no difference
between rich or poor, high or low,
learned or ignorant. For this rea-
son law is the States and citizens
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22
Notice OF Dissolution.

Smith, Carson & Co., of Apache
County, Arizona, have by mutual
consent dissolved partnership. The
Twenty-four Cattle Company will
be responsible for all debts and liza
bilities of the said firm.
HENRY Smith,
THOMAS CARSON,
ERNEST TEE.
February 2, 1888.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22

NJ. WILSON. the son-in-laW Of ex-
President GrGvy, who has been on
trial for completely in the Legion
of Honor decoration scandals, has
been convicted and sentenced to
two years Imprisonment, to pay a
fine of 5000 francs, and to be de-
prived of his civil rights for five
raars
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22
SAN D1Eco ;s oxnerienc,nc car

SAN DIEGO is experiencing a car
nival of crime, and a vigilance COM
mittee has been organized in the
City by the Sea. Fourteen MUIR
ders have been committed in the
past three months and lesser crimes
in proportion. The authorities can
not successfully cope with the Grim
inal element. and the citizens are
about to enact a drama similar to
that played in San Francisco in
'56, if it becomes necessary to re-
sort to extreme measures.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22

FORTUNATE l0QCeQ Is the COM
munity, however remote it may be
from the centres of civilization, or
distant from those favored places,
sometimes POLITICALLY denominated
'Edens on earth, where the chronic
kicker does not dwell, and cranks
and croakers have no abiding place.
We wish we could find q land
even "a lodge in some vast wilder
ness"-devoid of such characters ;
but then Garth would be so near
akin to heaven, that sinners would
never sing II would not live al
ways"
Go where you may, there will be
found GROWERS and grumblers-
croakers and cranks-who have
outlived their usefulness, if, indeed,
they ever had any, who hate them
selves and all mankind, and live
seemingly for the sole purpose of
making all about them unhappy
and utterly miserable. For them
there is nothing beautiful in ma
ture-nothing good in man. The
birds have no song, the flowers no
fragrance-every bush has it's thorn.
They are deaf to the music of
woman's voice-blind to the sun
shine of woman's smiles" They
are bilious, jaundiced, dyspeptic,
gangrened, and withal garrulous to
the last degree. They talk with
great assumption of learning on all
subjects, especially those of which
they are profoundly ignorant, such
as tariff reduction and civil SER
vice reform, and seem at home
where angels bashful look"
To such, modesty, the handmade
of merit, is an unknown quantity.
They have large craniums, but lit
tie minds, and vacuity fills the
place intended by nature for
brains.
They are wise in their own con-
ceit-know more law than the law
yer, more medicine than the physi-
cian-more religion than the priest
and all the saints in the calandar;
and Randall Of Pennsylvania,
Mills of Texas, and others who have
made a life study of tariff and rev.
enue questions, are pigmies COM
pared with these erudite political
economists, some Of whom unfor-
tunately are found in St. Johns.
This class can be seen on the
shady side of the streets in sum-
mer-hovering around bar room
stoves in winter, or basking in the
sunshine in pleasant weather, talk
ing-eternally talking of matters of
which they know as little as they
do of the esoteric mutterings Of the
Egyptian priesthood.
They pay no taxes, yet cry loud
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22

NOTHING further in regard to
Marshal Meade and his party who,
at last accounts, were still disarmed
and confined to the limits Of the
town of Janos, chihuahua, Mex
leo.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22

WYOMING has fired the first gun
for Cleveland. Two delegates were
elected last week to the National
Democratic Convention and in
s!ructed for Grover.
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22
st. Johne. Thureday, Ma: Gu IL.

RI. Rev. BISHOP DUNLOP, mis-
sionary Bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in Arizona and
New Mexico, died in Las Vegas last
wpeiy
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22

best birth-right. We are content
to leave it with our judges to say
whether this appellant shall not
bear its share of the public burdens,
and pay for the protection it re-
ceives at the same rate as any other
citizen of this territory"
The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-03-22

therefor of some plain, uncompli-
Gated system, that common plain
folks can understand and enforce.