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The Snowflake herald., 1916-01-21
County Law Library

SEC. 1895. There shall be set
apart fifteen per cent of all fees
collected by the clerk Of the su-
perior court in each county in
civil actions, to be known as the
county library fund; said fund
shall be expended under the di-
rection cf the superior court for
the purchase of books for a coun-
ty library, and shall be paid out
upon the order of the judge Of
the superior court directed to
the county treasurer.
This extract is from the Re-
vised Ststutes of Arizona, and is
the only reference or provision
made for purchasing county
library. 1t says plainly from
what source the money is to be
derived, and it is to be expended
under the direction of the judge
of the superior court. There is
no legal provision for the super
visors including $1,000 in their
tax budget to buy Judge Sapp's
library or any law library what
ever. The judge has the sole
authority to do the buying, and
he directs the treasurer to pay
the bill, and the supervisors
have no right to approve or pro-
test the bills. Who was t h e
legal advisor of the board who
is making of them the goats?
Why don't the supervisors get
the county attorney to hand in
a written opinion, showing them
clearly the provision in the law
where they have the authority
to put $1,000 In the annual tax
budget to buy a law library.
Certainly Judge Sapp knows
enough to realize his position if
he ever accepts that warrant
under the existing conditions.
He may satisfy his conscience
that he can find a technical legal
right to the money, but he had
better heed the suggestion of
the Winslow Mail and take a
broader moral view of the trans
action. Before the chairman of
the board signs the warrant he
had better get a little outside
disinterested legal advice. In
the fund created by the statute
above quoted there may be sew
eral hundred dollars. and this
money Judge Sapp can use to
buy the library of Sidney Sapp,
! or so much thereof as possible
The Snowflake herald., 1916-01-21
ShOWlOW

Miss Alice Brewer is visiting
in town with the family of her
brother, J. L. Brewer.
Among last weeks social
events in Showlow were a select
oyster supper at Mr.. Abner Ellis
VOrth's home, and a supper ten
dered the district school teachers
by Mrs. Maud Oliver.
On Saturday last Misses Julia
and Lydia Rhoton were accom-
panied to their home at Shum-
way by Wallace Ellsworth, who
went on to Snowflake to visit his
TOthers and sisters there, the
party returning late Sunday
evening.
Vne OF the worst storms Show
"" mas ever seen is just over.
rOf over a week we hardly saw
Vile sun, and there was heavy
SNOW and rain. On last Tuesday
evening there was the highest
""'er IN their history in Showlow
''eek and all it's tributary wash
eS.
9. IN Jan. 18th the Showlow
a'ock Growers Association met
ruO elected the following officers:
NJ, ran K Ellsworth, President;
"IIard Whipple, Vice-President;
49, Willis, Secretary and Treas
pn a1F' AS Advisory Board, Frank
=. SS.lSWorth, ]. L. Willis, C. T.
II"se, Harry Ellsworth, and
John Hall.
We Deputy Sheriff Harry Ellis
WY WIN spent several days this
o,. wa IN serving subpoenas for
o.' @,@'u Jurors for the ensuing
,n wv session at the county seat,
nn n0ng those being the follow
NJ, d. "A. Langhorst and j. E.
,N'Ole of Linden, A. j. Merrill,
The Snowflake herald., 1916-01-21
WaShOutS On Santa Fe

Washouts on the Santa Fe
have delayed trains both east
and west since Wednesday night.
Over one mile of track is re-
ported washed out between
Hardy and Winslow and it will
take about four days to repair
the damage. Two hundred yards
of track near Gallup went out
all caused by too much storm.
1t will probably be the first of
next week before trains are
moving as heretofore.
The Snowflake herald., 1916-01-21
S. S. ACADEMY NOTES

Last Friday the Student Body
had the Theology hour for its
bi-monthly meeting. These pro-
grams furnish diversion n d
amusement and also afford our
students the opportunity of ap-
pearing in public which is ex-
cellent training. The following
is the program:
Chorus They That Sow
Choir.
Prayer-Frank Shum way.
Bass Solo-Irving Jennings.
Some Aims of Education "a
talk Principal Johnson.
Soprano Solo-Alice Smith.
Girls Quartette.
Life of Beethoven "a paper) =
Fern Wilhelm.
Violin Solo. Rufus Crandell.
Male Quartette.
Orchestra selection.
Wednesday the Juniors chsl-
lenged the rest of the school for
a basketball game. The chal-
lenge was accepted but with 3
of the veterans Of the main team
on their side the odds were too
great. The final score was 1910
in their favor.
Announcements have b e e n
made for the big Student Body
dance tonight. This will un-
doubtedly be the biggest dance
of the season.
WITH THE SMILES
Seymour: "Say Mat, what's
a sociable student?'
Mathers: Il dom know.
What?"
"A sociable student" he re-
piled, "is one who, when he has
ten minutes to spare, goes and
bothers some one who hasn't. !"
It was at a recent class party.
A prominent student arose and
proposed the following toast:
Long live the teachers. "
Harvey Hansen with his usual
dry wit piped out: "On What?"
The Snowflake herald., 1916-01-21
Reservoir Full

The Daggs reservoir, which
holds the water for Taylor's and
Snowfake's irrigation supply,
is said to be full of the colorless
LIQUID. We didn't think, like
many others, we'd live to hear
of it, but we did. The dam is
withstanding the big pressure
with ease.
The Snowflake herald., 1916-01-21
A Card of Thanks

We wish to thank the good
people of Snowflake and vicinity
for the recent aid given us, in
the way of money donations,
etc. Their kindness and lib
erality will ever be cherished
in our memory.
JOHN I. EAGAR
WILFORD ROGERS
The Snowflake herald., 1916-01-21

Miss Birdie Owenby, who has
been teaching in the Taylor pub
lie school, passed through here
yesterday enroute to her home
near Flagstaff. We are informed
that Miss Owenby has resigned
her position in the above named
school.
The Snowflake herald., 1916-01-21

Stem Frost was in town from
Linden the first of the week.
Stem and his recently acquired
better half will hereafter reside
on their homestead at Linden.
The Snowflake herald., 1916-01-21
HOLBROOK LOCALS
and PERSONALS

-OOA Wv Nv OO0NHAA ONAANoJs
George Sharp came in Satur-
day from his ranch near White
river.
Sheriff Newman made a trip
to Winslow Monday on official
business.
Burton Smith of Snowflake
was in town Saturday for a load
of supplies.
Elmer Gardner has been in
town during the week from his
ranch at Dry Lake.
Leonard Oleson of Sanders and
brother were in town Monday on
homesteading business.
A team belonging to R. S.
Teeple was sold at sheriff's sale
last week to satisfy a mortgage.
j. G. Hansen of st. Joseph
was in town Sunday as a mis-
sionary at the L. d. S. church.
s. W. Proctor, representative
from this county in the last legis-
lature, spent several hours at the
county seat Wednesday.
Work on julius Wetler's busi-
ness block east of the Brunswick
Hotel has been delayed several
days lately on account of the
storm.
Mrs. S. D. Smith of Snowflake
was here Wednesday returning
home from St. Joseph where she
has been visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Randall.
Atty. Thorwald Larson left
for Phoenix Saturday on pro-
fessional business. having a case
in the Supreme court on appeal
from this county.
The suit case lost a short time
ago on one Of the streets in town
by Mr.. Tanner was located by
sheriff Newman at Mr.. Steels
ranch east of town.
George Hennessy and family
left Monday for Long Beach,
Calf, for an extended stay.
They were accompanied by Miss
Vina Brinkerhof as maid.
After three days and nights
of snow and rain at Holbrook
navigation is left in deplorable
condition. The slush in tn e
streets is not quite deep enough
to swim in but too deep to wade
thru.
Wallace Newman was here the
first of the week from his winter
home in Phoenix enroute to his
ranch at Joppa. On account of
the storm and bad roads he was
detained several days, remain
ing at this place.
H. ]. Ramer of Canyon Creek
and Chas. Allenbaugh of Gordon
Canyon have been in town sew
eral days. While here t h e y
made a deal whereby Mr.. Ramer
takes over all of the stock inter-
ests of Conner and Allenbaugh.
The foodwaters in the river
Tuesday night reached mark
nearly as high as at the time of
the breaking of the st. Johns
dam. Some of the good people
became excited and commenced
calling to those slumbering in
the dead of night to get up and
move to higher grounds for
safety.
Judge A. M. Boyer, justice of
the peace, has been unusually
busy since the first of the month.
He has been engaged nearly
every day with either criminal
or civil business. The judge is
always on hand to attend to the
duties of his office and handles
the business with the greatest
dispatch and utmost care.
The Snowflake herald., 1916-01-21

Don C. Smith returned the
first of the week from Tucson
where he attended the farmers
short course at the State Uni
versity.
The Snowflake herald., 1916-01-21
SNOWFLAKE LOCALS
And PERSONALS

were mere IrOIn TlneQdl0 MOnQdy.
w. H. Larson of Lakeside has
been spending the week in town.
Flake Bros. have some inter-
esting and useful things for the
farmer in their ad this week.
The Academy-Snowfake base
ball game is scheduled to take
place next Thursday afternoon.
George Smith, with the A. C.
M. |. at Holbrook, is spending a
few days in Snowflake with
home folks.
Leroy Rogers left yesterday
with four-house outfit with a
rush hurry-up order of freight
for Fort Apache.
The many friends of Miss
Phoebe Miller are pleased to see
her out again after a several
days seige of sickness.
Harvey Ballard resumed his
studies at the Academy yester-
day, after being housed up sew
eral days with an injured knee.
The Seniors of the S. S. A.
are rehearsing "Tony, the Con-
vict, " which they will present
to the public some time next
month.
George Sharp, who is engaged
in the cattle business ear
Whiteriver. passed through here
Monday enroute to Holbrook on
business.
The Mutual gave nice pro-
gram at the Academy assembly
hall Monday night. The band
was out and played several Sc
lections at the entertainment.
Banker Jos. w. Smith was in
Albuquerque the first of the
week to attend a meeting of
the stockholders of the Occi-
dental Life Insurance company.
Senator D. D. Crabb of Linden
passed through here yesterday
on his way to Ell Paso to attend
the National Cattlemen's Asso-
citation which convenes there on
the 9th.
The Forest Service received a
consignment Of snow shoes the
first of the week. They will be
doled out to forest rangers who
have to hit the snowy high places
in the mountains.
z. N. Decker is the only per-
son we have heard of who dared
tackle the muddy road to Hol-
brook, he having left yesterday
for the county seat town after a
wagon load of freight.
c.. D. Taught and family ar
rived in town Tuesday from
Pinedale where they have been
residing for some time. We are
informed they are contemplating
moving to Kingman in the near
future.
Taylor Hunt and family, who
recently went to California to
reside, are located at Wildomar.
Although arriving there in the
midst of snow storm-the first
one in that section in many long
years they were not disheart-
ened and have no intention of
returning to Snowflake anyways
soon.
The Lakeside Farm Improve
ment Association is now holding
regular meetings the first and
third Tuesdays of each month,
SO we are informed. At the
last meeting five new members
were admitted and the farmers
are enthusiastic. Duroc-Jerseys
were adopted as the community
hog, and it is intended that po-
tatoes, beans and onions be
made specialties. The local
boosters there seem to think
that in scenery and BEST Vege-
4ob1oo11 T oLoCido ic NOT oxcnllQU
The Snowflake herald., 1916-01-21
News Items From Our Correspondents

Dan and Ray Mills Of Showlow,
Orson Kay and Eph Penrod of
Pinetop.
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-30
3Ao Z 10 fU rA1ae

It is gratifying to learn from real
estate men in different sections Of the
country that there is ct last . pro.
nounced movement "back to the farm. -
They report large numbers Of city men
Of moderate means purchasing farms
and moving their families to them to
escape the burdens Of the present high
cost Of living.
This is commendable and all right 30
far as it goes, but the movement is not
general enough. And then it is not
owners that is needed on the farm, but
workers.
For several decades past now there
has been rapid exodus from the farm,
until in many sections of the country
it is almost impossible to secure farm
help at any price. This has had the
inevitable result of curtailing the out
put of the farms, high prices naturally
resulting.
| We have seen a table of statistics
1,of the per cent of urban population as
compared to rural, at the present time
and fifty years ago. It showed start
ling growth of the cities and towns
with not nearly an equal growth Of
rural population.
But, you say, those workers who have
deserted the farms for the city are now
engaged in manufactures. Why, then,
are not manufactured articles cheaper
in price instead Of being right up along
side of food stuffs.
The answer is simple, and will have to
be taken into consideration in any
scheme to lessen the cost of living. The
farm is the barometer of the national
life. Touch the farm and you touch
the national pulse. It matters very lit
tie the scarcity or plenty Of manufac-
tured products, if the farm is over-pro
ductive the prices fall; if the farm fails,
all prices rise in sympathy.
We know this is not at all acceptable
to the politician, who would have us
believe that party policies are responsi-
ble-all of which is the veriest rot, as
the American people are fast finding
out
When we as people attack the farm
problem in a sensible way; when we
devise some plan to restore to the farms
of this country the valuable human
Drawn that they have lost-then and
not till then will we be in the way of
reducing the cost of living again at the
normal.
Perhaps the movement reported is
the beginning, and indicates that the
pendulum is at last started on its
backward swing. Let us devoutly hope
that such is the case
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-30
ICONOCLAsM

There is demand in certain section
of the Eastern States to substitute in
the reading course of the high schools,
modern books in place of the classics
which have so long and so successfully
held sway.
The only surprise in this matter is
that it has not come sooner. 1t is real
ly a marvel that anything bearing the
stamp of age and established usage
should have so long escaped the blows
Of the modern iconoclast.
We are well acquainted with the ele-
ment from which this demand springs.
They are the typical exponents of
Modrenity."
They know that wisdom begins with
their generation. They think with a
tolerant pity of such men as Milton,
Shakespeare, Scott, and others as hav-
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-30

ing been deprived Of the many advaa.
tages they, themselves, enjoy. The
wisdom Of Solomon 10 as the babbling Of
a fool to them.
1t would be interesting, though, to
know that these reformers would SUBJ
stitute for the despised classics, what,
for instance, would take the place Of
such Of Shakespeare 8 works as "The
Merchant Of Venice, y" Julius Caesar, !"
Macbeth" and otherss Would Mr..
Dooly and others Of his ilk be the sub.
stitutes!
Possibly these would.be reformers
have lost sight of the two:fold mission
of the classics in the present day read
ing course-the analytical exercise and
the deep insight into human nature
which these works impart. What mod
ern author has painted "Shylock -
more true to life than has Shakespeare
Find, if you can, a more faithful por-
trayal of human passions than in "Mac-
bethe'
| We must go on record as opposed to
the iconocIasts who would destroy our
old classic idols if they were not pre-
pared to give us something better in
| their place. The old works have in the
past turned out some intellectual giants
men who have indelibly impressed
their personality on their age. If our
reformers will convince us that any
modern substitutes can achieve even a
tithe of the success Of the old favorites,
we shall be ready to listen with patience
to their suggestions.
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-30
ACT QUICKLY

Delay has been dangerous in Black
foot.
Do the right thing at the right time
Act quickly in time Of danger
In time of kidney danger Doan s
Kidney Pills are most effective.
Plenty Of Blackfoot evidence Of their
worth.
Mrs. William Ellison, r. F. D. No. l,
Blackfoot, says: 81 hold just as high
an opinion of Doan's Kidney Pills to-
day as when I publicly endorsed them
in 1907 My kidneys bothered me from
childhood and the pain through my
right kidney and side was almost un-
bearable. My limbs became stiff and
numb as though paralyzed. At; night
4 couldn t sleep well, as no position was
comfortable. l had dizzy spells ard kid
ney weakness was a source Of annoy
ance. I finally used Doan's Kidney
Pills and they cured me-
Price so cents at all dealers. Don t
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
cured Mrs. Ellison. Foster -Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. y.
Now whoop little for the town-it
needs it.
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-30

Woman may be the weaker sex, but
she can make fool Of the strongest
man by the wink of an eye.
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-30

Perk up and stay perked. Wen
have another presidential election in
four years.
The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-11-30

Now whoop little for the town--it
needs it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-28
NO CLUE TO
GIRLS MURDER
Police Are BaffIed by Mystery Sur
rounding the Death Of the =
Nur3e.

1United Press Leased Wire Service
DALLAS, Texas. March 2s.-The
police today were without clue to
the identity OF the murderer Of Miss
Zaola May Cramer, "a, trained
nurse. found dead yesterday morning
at the rear of the Oakcliff high school
building. No motive for the crime has
yet been established. Robbery was
not the assassins' purpose. Twenty
seven dollars was found in a pocket OF
the dead girls coat and her watch lay
on the ground near the entrance of
the school building, where it is be-
lieved Miss Cramer was first attacked.
If the murder followed attempted
criminal assault, the assailant was un.
successful, SO far as could be deter
mined by post norton examinations.
Miss Cramer reached Dallas at
o'clock Sunday night from Edom- Tex
where she had attended q patient for
one week. The attack occurred as she
passed In the rear Of tie school build.
ing on her way from the street car to
her home.
An emptied valise which Miss Cram.
er carried, its contents scattered about
near the body. may supply a clue. The
murderer evidently had searched for
something in the bag.
Miss Cramer's body is held at q To-
cal undertakers for instructions from
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-28
PUT CREAM IN NOSE
AND STOP CATARRH
Tells How To Open Clogged Nos-
trils and End Head Colds.

You feel fine IN a few moments.
Your cold in head or catarrh will be
gone. Your clogged nostrils will open.
The air passages of your head will
clear and you can breathe freely. No
more dullness. headache; no hawking.
snuffling, mucous discharges or dry
ness; no struggling for breath at
night.
Tell your druggist you want small
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm. Apply a
little Of this fragrant. antisepttc cream
in your nostrils, let it penetrate
through every air passage Of the
head; soothe and heal the swollen, in
famed mucous membrane, and relief
comes instantly.
1t is Just what every cold and ca
tarrh sufferer needs Don't stay stuff.
ed-up and miserable.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-28
RACING TABOOED
ON RIVER NOW
Rival Excursion Lines VIII Dtscon
tinue Practice-Agree to Respect
Each Others Rights.

Mississippi river navigation is to
lose its last remaining thrill. Steam
boat racing has been tabooed. No
longer will the excursion steamer
provide exhtlarating sport for it's pas
sengers by racing to port with rival
steamer From Dubuque comes the in
formation that the Streckfus and the
Wisherd line ofncials have entered in
to an agreement by which they will no
longer carry excursions out Of the
same port at the same time.
The dfscontinuance of river racing
will increase safety of travel, for In
past years steamer pilots were
tempted to cut the corners short in or,
der to gain distance, which proceed.
ure threatened the Bleaching Of the
boat on a sandbar at any turn.
That the steamboat men found COM
petition a loss to them is also indi-
Gated in their decision to cooperate in
the future.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-28

her father, L. B. Cramer, of Maggie,
w Va
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-28

nowly escaped drowning. He stepped
from the boat to a barge, no. know
ing that the plank connecting the
two had been removed, and fell INTO
the river. One of the boat hands saw
him rise. caught him by the hair and
rescued him. This was the only acct
dent he ever met with during all the
years he was on the river. Naytgat-
ing a steamboat in those days was
no easy job, requiring great skill and
judgment and a thorough knowledge
of the river. The governm ent had
no shore lights for the pilot TO steer
to safely, and many night Captain
Williams has stood on the hurricane
roof and by signal aided the pilot in
guiding the boat in the channel, some
times facing storm, and wind and
cold He aimed to run his boats
strictly by schedule time. and woe be-
tide the chap who was late. On one
occasion he broke the rule and made
an exception. His boat was at Keo-
kuk and had just been heavily loaded
with freight for st. Louis, and had a
big passenger list. She had just
swung out into the channel and was
making the turn for down the river,
when an aged couple from the ooun-
try with the usual number Of bags,
bundles and baskets appeared at the
waters edge, the old man waving his
umbrella at the boat for it's return.
Captain Williams saw them, signaled
the pilot, and the boat was quickly
at the levee, stage plank run out, and
six darkies ran ashore, two hustled
the old man aboard, two the old
woman, and two gathered their
bundles and followed and quicker
than it can be told the boat backed
out amid the applause of the passen-
sengers on the guards who endorsed
this most noble act. In the early
days of his steamboating. the Des
Moines river was navigable for steam
boats clear to Fort Dodge Captain VIII
liams made a few trips occasionally
up that river. but not very far. At
one time he was successful in COM
peting for trade with a rival boat
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-28

O. 7. Caswell Of the Denison Bulle-
tin, field secretary OF the new iowa
Press association, will be one OF the
speakers on the short course program
He will deal with the subject that is
close to the hearts of progressive
newspaper men in Iowa, Newspaper
Efficiency and Cooperation. He VIII
deal especially with the task that ono
Iowa Press association has set FOR It.
self, viz: the close organization or the
newspaper men of the state TO I'M
prove advertising conditions and to Sc
cure more and national adver'
Using at better rates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-28
/" Brought Up" on Father
Johns Medicine, which
Cured Her Of a Terrible
Cough and Built Her Up.

Her. father In a recent letter said:
'My little daughter is certainly pic
ture of health. She was very much run
down and had terrible cough. After
trying a Doctors medicine, which did
very little good, we gave her Father
Johns Medicine, with the pleasing re-
suit that she was soon we'll, and we
know that Father Johns Medicine will
keep her we'll" (SigneO G. o. Krog-
stad, Lanesboro, MINI.
Father Johns Medicine is safe
medicine for children as we'll as older
folks, because 1t contains no alcohol Or
dangerous drugs In any form, but
strengthens and builds UP the whole
system because it is made Of pure and
wholesome nourishing Ingredients.