The St. Johns herald., 1919-07-03

Man street was gwen thoroug
 cleaning Tuesday.
 Frank Gallegos and family are i
 from their ranch enjoying the Big Days
 Henry Acosta and family, of Gallup
 N. M., are here for the big celebration
 Leo Shreeve and George Brown, tw,
 more of Apache county's soldiers, cam
 home yesterday.
 We are glad to note that Dale Parks
 who has been i'll for the past few week.
 is able to be out again.
 w. B. Parks is at home again after an absence of some two or three weeks which time he spent in the east.
 David K. Udall, Jr. and wife who have been at Salt Lake City for the past two or three weeks visiting among relatives and friends arrived home the latter part of last week.
 Dr. G. F. Weaver, veterinary sur geon, will be in St. Johns until July 9th. Anyone needing his services will do well to call on him while he is here. Special arrangements will be made for ranchers.
 MT. and Mrs. Lynn Whiting returned from Los Angeles last Monday, at which place MT. Whiting has been treat ed for stomach trouble. Lynn is look ing a good deal better than when he left here some two months ago.
 A. E. Thurber IS on duty at the A. c. M. l. for few days. He has spent the past few weeks at Vernon planting crop on his farm there. He says that he has about 25 acres planted to corn, beans, wheat, etc., and everything is looking good. His anticipations now are that he will reap fairly good crop this fall.
 According to reports more than four hundred applications for land has been by the state land department 1t Phoenix from soldiers and sailors, md more are coming in every day. The and department is greatly interested in he soldier settlement bill now before | and has sent a man there to watch developments.
 We are informed that a telegram i rom the U. S. government has been eceived at Snowflake bearing the sad lews that Charles Flake had been kill d last week in action in Siberia. Charles was the youngest son of the ate Charles Flake, of Snowflake. He caves a wife an baby besides numerous relatives to mourn his death.
 W. c. Davis and wife of Thatcher, Arizona, who were at one time resi- lents of St. Johns, are in the city for a ew days visit with their son Fred L. Davis and family of this city. Many of he St. Johns people will remember Mir. md Mrs. Davis as they spent the early ,art of their live in this city when times were very bad financially. Later they moved to Clifton and finally to Thatcher where they have since remained. They | lave warm spot in their hearts for he people of St. Johns and have cor this visit for long time. Their son, Abner and wife are here with hem and will remain to take in the big | celebration July 3rd, 4th and 5th.
 John Welsh, of Magdalena, N. M. | anne in from Springerville Monday where he took first money in the bull 'iding contest at the Cowboys reunion. He will enter the broncho busting con est here during the celebration. MT. Welsh was in the great war from tart to finish, and seen some very hard service. He joined the British army n 1914 and was assigned to the 662d leavy cavalry, known as the Kings 'wn regiment. After America enter d the war he was transferred to the 4. B. F. He participated in the battles If Lens, Vimy ridge, Armentierres, Hill TO- Cantigny, and Chantilly while erving with the British and fought at Chateau Thierry and Belleau woods with he Americans. During his services he ost the sight of his left eye, lost his fearing, received sharpnel wound in he right shoulder, had his left jaw broken and was badly gassed. He was lisch arged May IA, 1919.