Weekly journal-miner., 1916-09-13

ter of rich agricultural and stock country, Snowflake is one of the most prosperous towns in Navajo county. The majestic Lombardy poplars, the verdure of the fields, the substantial buildings, the comfortable homes, and most important of all to the tray eler, the good meals, make this place welcome spot on an overland trip.
 Tom Campbell, who is touring the State, so expressed himself when he arrived here today from Holbrook. Mir. Campbell was hailed as the next governor of Arizona when he was taken about the town and introduced to the people informally. Snowflake is Republican precinct, although the voters are independent in selecting the men they vote for They know Mir. Campbell better now that he has visited them, and there is no doubt of the vote he will receive here in No vember
 The town of Snowflake did not get its name from an itinerant snowflake from the White mountains On the contrary, the name really means something, and preserves the carly history of the settlement A man named Flake was the first settler in the place, and later on Bishop Snow realized the possibilities of the valley for homemaking and organized an ecclesiastical ward of the Mormon faith here. The settlement grew rap idly and when it began to take on the airs of a real town the people de- cided to pay tribute to the two men who had been its founder, so they combined the names of Mir. Snow and Mir Flake, both of which made 2 Snowflake which the Summer suns can never melt.
 Mir Campbell was surprised to find the academy here with nearly 200 students promised for the coming year. The attendance last year was 125. ]. Edward Johnson is principal of the school, and Samuel r. Smith, well-known in Arizona, is president of the institution. The academy IS entirely supported by the Mormon church, and was built at a cost of S35.OOO. the entire sum having been raised by subscription among the people.
 R. C. Smith is publisher, and De Elmer Jones, is editor of the Snow flake Herald, an enterprising and newsy weekly paper, which claims the largest circulation in Navajo county, and stands ready to furnish the proof, it proclaims. The Herald carried beneath its head the follow ing boost:
 Population of Snowflake, 900: sur rounding population l60OO; compos- ed of prosperous farming and stock raising community; annual sunshine 90 per cent"
 If the Herald would include in this boost: "The most hospitablc people, the prettiest girls, and the best eats" the story would be complete.
 The Campbell party left this after noon for St. Johns the county seat oi Apache county where the candidates will speak at public meeting which | has been arranged by the Republicans of that place.
 Talks On Taxation.
 ST. JOHNS, Sept 4.-The first Re- publican meeting to be held in St, Johns this year occurred last night. | Tom Campbell, Republican candidate for governor, was the principal speak CT. Fred Nelson presided at the gath ering of citizens in the opera house. Doane Merrill, Republican candidate for State auditor: George H. Smalley, | who wants to succeed Tom Camp l hell as member of the State tax com ! mission. and Dr. Nelson, candidate for the nomination on the Republican ticket for congress also addressed the meeting. The people expressed themselves as well pleased with the excellent showing the Republican in- vaders made. Dr. Nelson is travelIng alone in his auto and happened to be in St. Johns when the Campbell party ! arrived and was invited to speak.
 Tom Campbell confined his speech to taxation matters, and the dlsfran- chisement of voters in Arizona by the Democrats. He told of the progress of mine taxation and its effect in re- ducing the portion that other classes of property now pay towards the cost of State government. For years, he said, the mines paid very little taxes, and farm lands and other classes Of property bore the heavy burden. He ! spoke of his own connection with tax