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The Snowflake herald., 1915-04-16
Eiehth Grade Exercises

The eighth grade pupils of the
public school gave an entertain
ing program at Social hall last
night. A large crowd of patrons
of the school and others were
out out to witness the young
peoples performance and all
pronounced it good. Today ends
the school term, and twenty-nine
graduates will receive diplomas.
This is by far the largest num-
Der that ever graduated from
this school. More about t h e
closing exercises will be given
in our next issue. The program
last night was as follows:
Class song-Class.
Welcome Address-Roberta
Turley.
Piano Solo-Dora Freeman.
Address to Students-S. L..
Fish.
Chorus Josephine Smith.
History-Blanche Rogers.
Piano Solo-Blanche Baird.
Comic Reading g-Francis Nc
Laws.
Song-Tina Webb.
Original Recitation-Henry
Baird.
Piano Solo -Myreel Potter.
Recitation-Harold Ballard.
Meeting and Greeting Class.
Prognostication-Alice H.
Smith.
Song-Lena Frost.
Recitation-Donna Shumway.
Piano-Eva Owens.
Recitation-Rhea Kartchner.
Piano Solo-Caroline Lund-
quist.
Recitation Caroline Hunt.
Goodnight Song Glass.
Spinster's Conventional Class.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-04-16
Mail Contract Let

The contract for carrying the
mail from Holbrook to Fort Apa-
che was let last Saturday to
Milo Webb and John Flake OF
Snowflake. This contract has
been hanging fire for some time,
no one seeming to care about
taking the job from Uncle Sam.
The new order calling for several
hundred pounds of parcel post to
be taken out of the Holbrook Of
flee each day was one OF the
drawbacks. The new contract
ors will take charge the first OF
next month. 1t is not known
whether they will use the auto
or stage method of carrying mall
and passengers.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-04-16

conducted the water from the
reservoir to the farming dis
tricts where they were divided
i n to innumerable irrigation
bitches. The dam and reservoir
was formerly owned by a rich
Denver syndicate but sold last
year to the people of ST. Johns
Many Of them mortgaged their
homes and farms for stock in
the project.
What the belligerents will do
for crops this season is a ques-
tion. They will, of course, have
some water, but it will be very
little. The fact is, the whole of
these two counties (Apache and
Navajo) will be affected and in
certain portions business will be
completely paralyzed.
Since ST. Johns is distance
of so miles from here and our
only communication with that
place is via the telephone, abso-
lutely reliable and authentic de-
tails cannot be obtained. How
ever, the facts furnished are as
accurate as can be procured at
the present time.
Unaffected persons now have
an opportunity to display their
charity at home. Sympathy is
all right but a little cold cash is
better in such cases. We help
the Belgians, why not help our
nefgnDors! st. Johns was the
first to respond when our
Academy burned. Can we not
return the compliment? Wood
ruff has more old and helpless
inhabitants than capital. What
are you going to do about them
LATER. Since the above was
put in type, word was received
that both county bridges at Hol-
brook were washed out-that is,
the one across the Puerco and
the one between here and Hol-
brook.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-04-16
GOVERNMENT TO GO
AFTER PRAIRIE DOGS

The local office of the Forest
Service has just received infor-
nation from Washington through
the District Forester to t h e
effect the u. S. Biological Sur
vey will begin work in the ex-
termination of prairie dogs on
the Sitgreaves National Forest
on or about July 1. The need
for this work has been felt for
some time, and with the in
creased dry farm settlement on
the Forest, the amount of dam
age caused by these rodents as
sumed alarming proportions.
A petition for this work headed
by James H. Frost and signed
by a number of other settlers in
the Linden and Showlow districts
was addressed to the Biological
Survey a month or so ago and
was supplemented with a favora-
BILE report from the Forest Su-
pervisor's office with the result
that the work will be undertaken
during the coming summer.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-04-16
News Items From Our Correspondents

On April IL Marie Morgan re-
entered school after spending
a pleasant winter in California.
She is a welcome, industrious
student and a worthy example to
her former classmates.
The saw mill is now making
enough "dust" to cover the
Painted Desert, while farmers
are searching in vain for plowers
and planters preparatory to look
ing for reapers and mowers.
Fly traps are being built by
the school children as a change
from attempting the giant swing
on the horizontal bar. A fine
striking bag has been recently
ordered for the larger boys and
girls.
On the 7th inst. Prof. Parkes
of the University O f Arizona
talked to the school on agricul-
tural clubs, and on the 18th an
organization was effected for the
purpose of competing in the pro-
duction of hogs, eggs and corn.
The following officers were elect
ed: Leora Peterson, President;
Don K. Hansen, vice-president;
Arley Peterson, secretary and
treasurer; with Bishop Larson as
Director.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-04-16
Lakeside

h. 0'ean Whipple, of Showlow,
s;a % oeen a busy student here
''te the 23rd of March.
VA april 9th a surprise celebration
C ~ gwen at the home of James
Ds~a u in honor of his big
,.,, ~pF' lst. a little strange boy
Nv 70 the home of Mr.. and
do.;, a. Id' Reidhead whom both
ued to own and raise.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-04-16

George Flake walked into a
barb wire fence Tuesday at his
fathers ranch at Linden, and
as a result is carrying some of
his left ribs around in bandages.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-04-16

The same famous concert COM
pany that invaded the Flower
regions" recently, returned Sun
day from a victorious conquest
of Showlow and Pinedale. This
illegal trespassing on the forest
reserve was attended handsomely
by the unsuspecting victims.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-04-16
HOLBROOk LOCALS
And PERSONALS

| Miss Mary Nal tin has been on
the sick list the past week.
Tom Picket left for Los An.
geles this week for a short visit.
John Buckley, who has been
working for the Santa Fe at
j. R. Hulet left Wednesday to
visit with his family in Snow
flake.
Lou Mickey returned Wednes-
day from the horse roundup at
Adamana.
Rev. White of Winslow held
Episcopal services here Wednes-
day evening.
A. Vandewert and Mr.. Flan-
ders are here to purchase the
spring wool clip.
J. HI. Miller's new residence
in the northwestern part of town
is nearing completion.
Mrs. Clara Tenney has re-
turned to her home in Taylor,
after a short visit here with rela-
tives.
L. S. Howard, proprietor of
the Brunswick hotel, has placed
a cement walk in front of the
same.
Capt. Naegle of Vernon was
a Holbrook visitor this week and
while here purchased a new
farm wagon.
this place for the past four and
half years, will leave within
the next few days for a visit to
Los Angeles.
Riley Gardner and Jesse Kay,
Jr., were here Wednesday after
supplies for S. E. West & Sons
store at Lakeside.
James and George Scott, the
former of Pinedale and the lat
ter of ShoWlow, were business
visitors in town this week.
S. B. Booth of Springerville
is here putting in new telephone
poles and otherwise repairing
the NavaJo-Apache telephone
system.
C. F. Dutton, postofice in
spector of this district, left here
Wednesday to see if anyone over
st. Johns way had the nerve to
bid on the St. Johns-Eagar mail
route.
C. E. Perkins, county engineer,
is sporting a new run-a-bout car.
Mr.. Perkins will now have a
better chance to give his opinion
on the good and bad highways
in his jurisdiction.
Walter McLaws returned from
Los Angeles Wednesday evening
where he w e n t to attend
a banquet given to Ford agents.
He made the trip in his new
racer from Los Angeles to Hol-
brook in 80 hours.
]. w. Lockhart arrived here
Thursday morning from Denver,
Colo, with forty registered bulls
for James Haley, the cattleman
of the Phoenix Park country.
Mr.. Haley is a thorough cattle
man, having been engaged in
the business in northern Yava-
PAL county for many years before
locating in this section, and be-
lieves in raising" the breed
of range stock.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-04-16
Pinedale

.pfIo Goodman and family
ad p in from Walker last
saturday, 8
rider Wilson G. Shumway OF
s,Dmray was a home mission
'n'' .r for the Pinedale ward on
the 11th'
We regret that there is some
.;,Eness among us. Misses Lot
y. ,'D Rrewer and Viona Packer
srs rs too i'll to attend school.
Md residents of Pinedale were
,laospd to welcome back to their
midst their we'll known and hon
n nrpd teacher and neighbor, E. NJ.
Webb.
navid Dalton and son, Willie,
vronk Cheney, Frank Owens and
,bers composed a sheep shear
mo party to Black Canyon. hav-
ing left here Saturday.
parlev Petersen has returned
f,om school and is tilling the
croupd so energetically that we
seldom get a glimpse of him ex-
cent as he follows the plow.
A Anumber of Showlow young
Nks we're in attendance at the
orchestra ball Saturday night.
They all enjoyed themselves. so
hev said, and we invite them to
come again.
High Priests E. M. Webb and
VIII. Shumway of Snowflake
we're visitors Saturday and Sun
day, having been called as spe-
da high priest missionaries for
the Pinedale ward.
A vote of thanks and appre-
cation comes from the people of
Rnedale to the eighteen orches-
aand musical Snowflake Acade-
my members who entertained
here April 10th. We say, come
again. "
Mrs. Harriet Cheneyssand fam
lily have moved into Pinedale
from their former home two
miles east of town. She intends
Ohave a building erected and
make her home permanently in
Pnedale.
A jolly crowd, composed of
Miss Victoria Bryant, Chas. Bry-
ant and friends, Messrs. Tenney
and Gilkey, were over from
Walker Saturday and remained
here the following day to the
chcken roast party.
Ben Hunt of Snowflake has
Oeen pIOwing and preparing his
Pnedale farm for a bounteous
crop Then, too, there is some
nlng else in this story, but |
Was told to keep still. If you
want to know more, look up the
uVTnltlOn of Pearl" in Webster.
HOmesickness is not altogether
desirable feeling, so l am
"ld' but | never before saw it
at on people as it did the school
tacner and her sister who are
S' " walker. They limited that
IVy We're home-sick and said a
'QOII " over the hills would do
uVn good. So they packed
~Vlr dinner baskets and started
vi nelr stroll, which was moth
sS more or less than a hike
.lOm Walker to Shumway, for
I.a' IS where they were last
The Snowflake herald., 1915-04-16
RESERVOIR DAM AT ST. JOHNS GOES
OUT WEDNESDAY--EICHT LIVES LOST
Dams at Meadows, Hunt and Woodruff Are No More
nany Bridges Swept Away by the Torrent-LoSs
Estimated at Nearly Half Million

On the night of April IA oc-
Cured what is perhaps the most
terrible calamity that has ever
happened to this part of the
state. About eleven O'Clock the
dam of the immense Lyman res
ervoir, containing thousands of
acre feet of water, was swept
away at St. Johns, the flood lay
ing waste, houses, lands and
lives. Eight persons are known
to have been drowned Mrs.
Ray, with her seventeen-year-
old son and fourteen-year-old
daughter; three children of Mr..
and Mrs. Ellis Palmer; a Mexi-
can woman and her baby.
Besides the damage done to
the people of St. Johns and vi
cinity, others all along the Little
Colorado river suffered in an
equally severe manner. The
heaviest of these losses was the
breaking of the Meadows, Hunt
and Woodruff dams.
When this immense flood left
it's place of confinement, about
fifteen south of St. Johns, the
first victims were Mrs. Ray, her
son and daughter, and the three
Palmer children. They were all
in the house of Mr.. and Mrs.
Palmer, these two individuals
with their baby being absent at
the time. The house and all
other property of this fssiiiiily family
was likewise taken down the
stream. How the Mexican wo-
man and her child met their fate
is not known.
Yesterday morning the flood
waters reached Hunt, doing con-
siderable damage but no lives
were lost. This dam was washed
out about 10 a. M. having for
two or three hours checked
the terrific flood. The deluge
swept on, reaching Woodruff
last night and tearing out their
fine dam early this morning.
The town was affected very lit
tie and the inhabitants found a
place of safety on the nearby
hills. Nevertheless, this may be
death blow to that town. Ten
times have they built up that
dam and ten times has it been
washed away. The peoples
livlihood has depended totally
upon that structure, and now
they are reported to be disheart-
ened and may leave t n e
valley to seek a location less
disturbed by the elements.
This big body of water passed
by Holbrook at a o'clock this
morning ard ran around both
ends of the county bridge. AT
the hour of going to press it
was reported to be receding
slowly. No other severe dam
age is anticipated, as word has
been received from st. Joseph
that the dams at that place
withstood the mighty force OF
the turbulent waters.
The dam from which caused
this great calamity was owned
by the Lyman Land Company.
It was built across the Little
Colorado river fifteen miles above
st. Johns. 1t is almost the
constant work of twelve years.
Once before, during it's construc-
ton, it washed out. BY Its
means thousands of acres OF
desert were converted into
nroftable farming land. Not
only this, but the land before
cultivated was supplied with an
abundance of irrigation water.
Huge canals, miles in length,
The Snowflake herald., 1915-04-16

A crew of sheep shearers left
here the first of the week for
the Black Canyon where they
will endeavor to fleece the fiocks
of that section.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-04-16

A. Becker, a Denver buyer,
purchased 5000 head of cattle
in Gila county last week.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-04-16
SNOWFLAKE LOCALS
And PERSONALS

Wednesday was a real Arizona
spring day. The wind blew ter
rifc-you may guess the rest.
Lieut.. Tillson, acting quarter
master at Ft. Apache, was here
Tuesday seeing after some
freight.
DR.. Crawford, the dentist, will
make his regular trip to Snow
flake next week the same as
heretofore.
M. R. Tanner, who is erecting
a dwelling house for John Miller
at Holbrook, spent Sunday in
Snowflake visiting his family.
The St. Johns-Eagar mail car
passed through here today, hav-
ing come this way on account of
flood water, no bridges, etc., on
the regular route.
r. D. Rogers and wife came
came down from Linden last
Sunday to attend the birthday
anniversary of C.H. Ballard, Mrs.
Rogers being his daughter.
Yesterday, fifty years ago, oc-
Cured the death of President Alb
raham Lincoln. The local forest
office employees observed the day
by closing up shop"
Geo. A. Smith, in the employ
of the A. G. M. l. at Holbrook
was here from Holbcook last
Sunday, his first visit home since
he took the job in the county
seat.
R. L. Grissom returned Tues
day from Lakeside where he
spent several days in selecting
suitable timber for the new pro-
posed flour mill of Grissom &
Smith.
Last Sunday was C. H. Bal
lard's birthday and many of his
relatives, some of whom came
quite a distance, were present to
assist in making the day pleasant
for him.
Prof. Ernest BramweIl re-
turned Saturday from Salt Lake
City where he visited a week or
so. Bishop Fish looked after
the principalship of the Academy
while the professor was absent.
Ranger John L. Hughes, for
merly stationed at Chevalon, but
who for the past few months
has been attending a school of
forestry in Montana. arrived in
town yesterday. He will soon
take charge of his old station.
Assessor Fay Gardner was cir
culating among the people in this
section this week, having arrived
from Holbrook Monday. The
people seem awfully glad to meet
Mr.. Gardner personally but not
many do in his official capacity.
Forest Supervisor Jennings re-
turned from his auto trip to Los
Angeles Saturday, not going to
Frisco on account Of having busi-
ness matters that needed his at
tention. He made the trip over
with Walter McLaws in a Ford
car but chose a portion of a rail-
way car for the return trip.
Thomas Campbell and Charles
Howe, members of the state tax
commission, with headquarters
in Phoenix, were callers at the
HERALD office Monday. They
are making trips to the different
sections of Arizona in the inter-
est of the commission, hence
their visit here. Mr.. Campbell
carries with him distinction
not equaled by any other man at
present in Arizona-tha of being
the only republican elected to a
state office at the election last
fall. Both are pleasant gentle
men to meet and making excel
lent officials according to all
reports.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-04-16

w. A. Thomas and wife were
down from Pinedale Monday.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-01-08
GERMANS DO NOT
|. BLAME AMERICANS
UNITED STATES NOT EXPECTED
TO PROHIBIT EXPECTATION OF
ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
High Authorities in Berlin Hold That
This Country is Within it's Rights
in Permitting Trade in War
Supplies.

Washington German govern
ment, according to statements before
the house foreign affairs committee,
on Tuesday, does not expect Iegisla-
ton in this country to prevent the ex-
portation OF arms and ammunition to
the European belligerents.
Chairman Flood OF the committee
said he understood that the German
government through its foreign office
had taken this position, and Represen-
tative Metz of New York told the com
mkttee he recently had talked with
high authorities in Berlin, who held
that the United States was within its
rights under international law in per
hitting trade In war supplies with the
belligerents.
Chairman Flood made his statement
In the course of an argument with
representative Bartholdt, who was be-
fore the committee advocating his res
olution which would empower the pres
ident to prohibit such expectation.
He asked Representative Bartholdt ii
this attitude on the part of the Ger
man government would alter his con-
viction as to the necessity for the
proposed legislation. The latter re-
piled thet his opposition to the traf-
fic in war supplies was not controlled
by the German government, but was
based on sense of international
morality"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-01-08
APPROVES
IMMIGRATION BILL
CONTAINS THE RESTRICTIVE LIT
ERAcY TEST FOR THE AD-
MISSION OF ALIENS.
Exemption Made in Case Of 5elgians,
Who Will Be Allowed to Come
to This Country to Engage
In Agricultural Pursuits.

Washington. The immigration bill,
containing the restrictive literacy test
for admission of aliens which has
been the obstacle in immigration re-
form legislation for the greater part
of two national administrations,
passed the senate on Saturday by a
vote of fifty to seven. The overwhelm-
ing majority was recorded despite the
fact that President Wilson had indi-
Gated he would veto the measure, as
did former President Taft, If 1t should
come to him with the educational test
included.
The vote in the senate indicated
that the bin could be repassed by
more than the necessary two-thirds
majority should the president reject
the measure. Senators who voted
against the bill were: Brandegee,
MeCumber, MARITIME, O'Gorman, Rams
dell, Reed and Walsh.
The bill passed the house ON Febru-
airy 4, last, by vote of BAL to 126.
Although the senate amended the
house bill In several particulars, the
literacy test was unaltered, save for
an additional exemption to Belgian
subjects, which was adopted after pro-
longed debate.
Already several American organiza
tions are endeayoring to induce Bel
gian refugees to settle in this country,
The amendment, as finally adopted by
vote Of 81 to %, follows:
THAT the provision of this act re-
lating to the literaey test or induced
or assisted immigration shall not ap,
ply to agricultural immigrants from
belgium who come to the United
States during the course of the pres
ent European war or within one year
after It's termination, owing to cireum.
stances or conditions arising through
the war. If Il is shown to the satisfac-
ton of the commissioner general of
immigration that the said Belgian i'm.
migrants come with the intention OF
engaging In agriculture In the United
States and to become American citi-
zens.''
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-01-08
SHIP PURCHASE
BILL IND0RSED
PROMPT ACTION URGED BY
SENATE BODY TO PUT VESSELS
UNDER AMERICAN FLAG.
Believed That Measure Would Result
In Great Benefit to Producers,
Business Men and Bankers
Of the Whole Country.

Washington the aggres-
sive fight to be waged in congress for
passage of the government ship pur-
chase bill, majority members of the
senate commerce committee on Wed
nesday filed report recommending
the measure.
The report filed by Senator Fletcher
acting chairman, quoted freely from
the report submitted by Secretaries
McAdoo and Redfeld on general
shipping conditions, showing enorm.
oHs increases in ocean transportation
since the European war began.
Internationally, said the report,
If we had additional ships under the
American flag the situation would rap.
idly improve and much Of the distress
Of producers, business men and bank
ers. not only In the south. but through.
out the country, would be relieved
The need is urgent There is no tell.
ing how long the disturbance abroad
will last and ho-7 long, therefore, we
shall suffer unless the requisite action
is taken promptly"
Secretary Redfeld. in a letter writ
ten to Senator Fletcher to accom-
pany the report, declared that for
years the United States had gone
along with its ocean shipping In the
hands Of its competitors, like a de
partment store without any delivery
system except such as our competitors
were willing to supply US"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-01-08
TURKS DEFEATED
BY RUSSIAN TROOPS
ONE ARMY CORPS suRRENpERs,
WHILE REMNANTS or OTHER
ARE BEING PURSUED.
Both Petrograd and Berlin Assert That
Conditions IN Eastern Theatre of
War Remain Practically IN
changed, the Fight Proceeding.

Turkey apparently has suffered one
of the worst defeats of the war Pet
rograd reports that two Of the Ottoman
army corps In the Caucasus have been
utterly defeated in the district Of Sari
Kamysh, Transcauasia, one of them
surrendering, while the remnants OF
the other are being relentlessly pur
sued In addition, still another corps
in the vicinity of Arabian is reported
to be striving desperately to find an
outlet through the snow-filled passes Of
the Armenian mountains to escape
from the oncoming Muscovites. These
Turkish forces evidently had Tiflis,
capital of Transcaucasia, as their OBJ.
iective
That the Russians worked havoc
among the Turks at Sari Kamysh is
indicted by the statement in the of
fetal report that the small bodies of
troops which succeeded In escaping
were vigorously pursued and de.
stroyed."
In the eastern theatre of war both
Petrograd and Berlin assert that con
ditions remain virtually unchanged, al
though the operations are proceeding
without cessation.
In the west the most severe fighting
is taking place on the eastern end of
the line, where the French declare
they have made gains in the occupa7
tion of strategic positions in the yicin.
ity OF Rouvrois and st. Mihiel.
While Great Britain is favorable to
the plan of the United States to GER
tify eargoes destined for European
ports, it is said that she cannot con.
slider such certiflcation an absolute
guarantee and that the right of search
cannot be waived