Arizona republican., 1912-08-09
ST. JOHNS
(CnrreSnon6ence ]


 ST. JOHNS, AriZ., Aug. 7.-The old Armijo block, one of the first busi- ness buildings to be erected in St. Johns, on the northern corner of Commercial and Court streets is be- ing torn down and the owners will begin work on the construction of handsome structure to take it's place as soon as the ground is cleared. The new building will probably consist of number of business suites, but principally it is intended to fill long felt want in the city, that of public hall
 The new Knight block, on West Commercial street, a concrete office building, is now nearing completion and as soon as finished will be oc- cupied by the Lyman Land company and a number of other business con- cernS
 The new Overson building, just across the street from the Knight is now completed and occupied. This is substantial brick structure.
 The magnificent bungalow home of David K Udall. on West Commercial street is just completed. This is a beautiful cement building and is con- ceded to be one of the most magnifi- cent homes ever erected in northeast ern Arizona.
 Many other new buildings are going up in the residence district and the sound of hammer and saw can be heard in every direction. Building is particularly brisk in the out-of-toWn sections, where new settlers, as well as local residents are actively prepar- ing their mesa ranches for occupation. Water is now ready for distribution on much of the land recently brought under a systematic irrigation system and another summer will see many ! beautiful and prosperous farms where sagebrush now holds full sway. John D. Yates, a prominent attor- ney of this section, and a former resident of Phoenix, sprang surprise on his friends few days ago, when 1 he returned from visit to Holbrook accompanied by a most cultured and refined young lady from Indianapolis who now answers to the name of Mrs. Yates The citizens of Apache county regret very much to learr that Mir and Mrs. Yates contemplate 1 taking up their residence in either ] Holbrook or Winslow in the near flu 1 ture.
 l Fruit of every description is now abundant here. Although the season | is somewhat late, it is well Wortf waiting for. Peaches and apples arc i particularly fine this season and the crops of the latter. during the. past few years point to the fact that as soon as this section has the neces' sary shipping facilities it will ranl with the world famous Ozark noun tains in it's production of apples. The quality of this fruit is particularly fine.
 Sheriff Peralta of Apache count! left for Prescott yesterday with th' person Of Ignacio Lopez, held on th' | charge of murder, where habeas cor pus proceedings will be held in thu superior court of Yavapai county or
 the 9th. County Attorney Nelson will also leave today for Prescott t'
 attend to business connected witt this case.
 Many St. John people who hav' been spending their vacation in thu ! White mountains report that tn
 weather has been fine and that tha particular part of Apache county i the long sought for fisherman's para disc. They have experienced more O count of the particularly hard rain that have occurred almost daily fo
 the past month in the higher attitudes