The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14
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Items from Thatcher.


 Mrs. Aldo Aired, one of the early settlers of St. Johns, has been sick for four months with a complication of disease.
 We are pleased to see George Coleman out again after his siege of typhoid fever. A number of persons are still suffering from this disease.
 The District Schools are in a prosperous condition. For Nov. the total enrolment was 264 and the average attendance was 219I Judge Moody Is wide awake to the interest of the schools.
 Work on the Assembly Hall is being pushed with vigor. The hall is being ceiled, plas1ered and wainscoted. The stage is being remodeled and acetylene gas plant put i'll. When conplet- ed Thatcher can boast of an opera house second to. none in the Territory. -Grahan Guardian
 w. ". Pace has returned from Florence where he was suum0n- ed to act as a juryman. On reaching Florence he went to a hotel and proceeded at once to open his grip in eager anticipa- tion of donning his new $z5 suit but his feelings can bettar be imagined than discribed, when, instead of the new suit, he took from his grip some soiled under clothing, a gentlemans photo and a few cigars. The laugh then burst from his fellow jurymen found no echo Ill the heart of the unfortunate man. Will has de- c;ded, Ill future, to take his wife with him when he travlcs, to identify his baggage.
 The weather is delightful warm and pleasant. The last cutting of alfalfa is being hauled in, and the trees are dccked in gold and greer.
 FERN. Items from L. D. s. A. Thatcher.
 Students are hard at work loaf ing have seemingly died a natur- al death.
 The HERALD as we'll as many other prominent news papers of the territory are read with delight by the teachers and students of the Academy.
 Thanksgiving was spent most lY III eating turkey dinners after which the young people enjoyed themselves at lawn tennis, base ball, etc. The old folks looked on with an eye to pleasure.
 The faculty in connection with the students have commerce ed all educational canpeign in the Gila valley. And are trying to enttuse the people with the spirit of education.
 Polysophical Society will be held this evening in the Assembly Hall under the auspicies of the N. G. A. This will be the fore runner to the grand Military Ball that will be given at the ar rival of the equipment which is expected near the close of this semester.
 Prof. Maeser received chalan- ge from the Globe district school for a number of contests in the gaming line as we'll as in the line of education, oTatory, compost ton, etc, A number of which will be excepted and take place during holidays.
 The Academy and Pima mines contested and the result was r to Is in favor of Pima. But this only caused the school boys" to renew their resolve to beat Pima in the near future. They have organized themselves under the name of Go. A. N. c. A. Base Ball Club and are practicing two and three times a week.
 Several students have been compelled to leave the school room and go to bed on account of having the typhoid fever. We are pleased to see the smiling faces of George Coleman and Mae Curtis once more among the living. Mae says she will start