The St. Johns herald., 1919-10-16
Local Items
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 Benj. Richey came in from Richville Monday.
 St. Johns is surely growing. She now supports three restaurants.
 Henry L. Jones, of Holbrook, is in the city this week attending to matters in court.
 Dr. Bouldin has purchased new Ford Cupa car. She certainly is a dandy.
 Atty. Fred w. onreturned Tues day from visit to his fruit ranch in California.
 Albert F. Anderson, St. Johns drug gist, has been i'll during the week, but is better at this writing.
 Carl Mineer and Farley Heap are en- gagged to haul lumber from the Whiting saw mill to Edgar.
 Mrs. R. E. Connolly and her son, John, were in St. Johns Monday attend ing to some business matters.
 Chas Whiting has moved his family in from Vernon so that they can attend our excellant schools.
 Rafael Nuanez contemplates moving his family to town next week so that
 
 Word has been received that Fred Schuster arrived in New York We'd nesday, Oct. 18th. Fred is among the last to return. He has been in France.
 E. R. Dewitt, Arizona State Fair commissioner, is very busy just now gathering exhibits. He is soliciting them from all.
 President David K. Udall returned Tuesday from attending the L. D. S. Conference at Salt Lake city He reports pleasant trip and very instructive conference.
 According to the Springerville Hust- Ter, B. L. Gibbons, formerly manager of the Hotel Arizona, has gone to Ajo, Arizona, where he has secured a good position.
 Ralph Whiting was out last Sunday looking over the hills for coal mine when he saw some deer signs. He i'm mediately took up the trail and follow ing it nearly all day he finally succeeded ! in getting a shot at it which brought it down.
 Jesse Jarvis, of Showlow, spent Sat- , day and Sunday in St. Johns visiting with his father and mother, Mir. and | Mrs. Heber Jarvis Some few weeks | ago he had his left hand badly torn by threshing machine belt.
 We are informed that all bids received | for the cleaning of the Lyman canal | were rejected because the state board f considered them too high. It is reported ! that the work will now be done in the | same manner as the construction of the dam.
 We are Informed that number of the | academy students were expelled this i week for breaking some of the rules of ! the institution. We believe that the school IS now getting to where it should have been long ago.
 Mr. and Mrs. B+nces Nuanez are re- joicing over the arrival of new son at | their home. Mother and babe are doing well. Bences tells US that Felipe and [ Lilly Chavez have been chosen as god l father and mother. The christening will take place some time next week.
 We are informed that St. Johns is to have new restaurant and that 1t will | be in the Chas. Jarvis building, in the | part formerly occupied by the postoffice. | Badames Jeffie Brown, Vera Carraway and Mildred Botting are the owners. ! There is no doubt but what the business i will be successful with these popular ! ladies at the helm.
 Government airplanes for the North ern Arizona State Fair will arrive in Prescott approximately October 18th. 1 This information was sent to Secretary Grace Sparkes' of the Northern Arizo- | na State Fair Association by the com manding officer of Rockwell Field, The i landing field for the planes will be at the target range. Exhibition flights will be made daily by the aviators and will prove one of the treats of the fair. The Holbrook Tribune says the contract for cleaning the canal leading from the Lyman dam to the bench lands above St. :! Johns, a distance of about 20 miles, was let by those in charge of the work of reconstruction of tn e Lyman dam. Lorin M. Farr and several other St. Johns parties were the successful bid ders. The contract was let for 23 cents per cubic foot for the main part of the canal and 88 cents for the cleaning of the Berry cut The estimated cost of the work is placed at S92, 900.