| Show ST JOHNS ARIZONA lIO I ii in lug InK Little Colorado 51 Special lal Correspondence St Johns Apache Co Arizona Jan roWe have hAe had a most mOIL delightful win winter winter ter titus thu far Car sunshine anti and warm wann weather or er have hae prevailed rno mno t of the tinie and It Is no now a 11 noted fact that thal these dr dry warm sand plains and sunny do days are arc Vcr ery healthful so much Sei 80 In fact that many easterners ono one have tome come bern heru and arc now naw apparently well The Tho drouth season and the con ot of It this year make some ome ot of our farmers look forward with sad Bad mill mis as to what hat the future has In store for tor them We Ve hope to secure enough wAter In oUr reservoirs to 10 Ir irrigate the land to this place till 1111 the tho rainy This Is II c A of reser are n as necessary hero here lIB an a 1 burro at n a sheep heep camp hARDShIP OF TJ Fn White While source flouree of oC the tha Little Colorado And Ita It tributaries have been mario a UmbEr timber reserve felen b by tho government the regulation all alle live e stock shall hall bo be excluded from It has a 11 decidedly depressing effect upon the people especially those thole engaged or Inter interested ltd In th the sheep industry It Ito ItI I o Is rumored here that sheep are aro to hI be excluded the reserve tim tho coIn COlli lag Ing season which will disastrous to the Interests tK and I will wIH very retard the tho pro Ira geese or of this and adjoining Many of the will have to go 0 out Or o the business or without the use UIO ot of the ranie on the White Moun laths for tor and summit It will lilI lit bo to graze grate the heer that thal are to now new In the country countr Seals of oC tile the It is IB reported liVing In the mountain wards I within the reserve have already die ot their Inn land 1 to the tho and l Intend to move moYe but your our cor td nt does doe not know where OF PIO WORK It has hilI Loon been very lr to maintain the In this Slits Stake and now it Il seems poem that list many of oC the mastic by quite a number ot of faithful mOl mobil of oC th the Church will be MOiled fulfilled In t the i or remote futuro to Judge juhre the Present Indications remit a human standpoint dla dis dissatisfaction satisfaction lit IK general anti and the Site spirit Of bf unrest Is abroad in the tho lend IlInd Tiis things together with dry spring winds the alkaline water nt at St StJohn John hear heay county taxes and a large county debt of oC about slob slon suppressIon ulon fInancial social and political and outer other kindS hae nil all contributed to brinG about present conditions Our One fine new brick academy build In upon Which line has been ox about now stands with the toot roof halt half completed but there It remains ILS II n ft monument to the tho faith Industry and integrity of oC the people Will It over Oer bo be finished is II often asked 1 by interested ones Some bit have e ventured the prediction that the Iho Stake would be disorganized and the tho called 11 away na as was waK the thc ease with the Muddy udd Can It bo be that such Rueh a 1 mu mi take has bet been n One II by ono many ot of our good haV loft us UK and moved mood on or back Some have hlo gone gono to the tho Salt River al alby 10 by some somo to the Olio Olin seine to New and Colorado some to tn Idaho and athena have hlo returned to OP OF II H J PLATT one to leave us was our et cl cleran eran Patriarch II H J PintS who loft for far the Olin Gifts valley lust host To ru give him n a good send off orr as WO we do 10 doto to all who luave u they may entry carry with them ot of their sta stay with n a number of his friends root met at the of oC hIli Mrs Anglo anti and spent a Very cry evening to gather thor Many Inn remarks vero made mad showing that Brother was appreciated elated by hIs neighbors Ono One very ery pathetic incident occurred Just prior to tile the dispersion of the par lIar party ty Platt Piatt presented a 1 crayon of oC hll hi deceased wife with her babe on knee and said This was In t Is It any wonder I 1 am am pow lOW alone Brother Platt goes gotS with tIme the best wish wishes es Ce ot of ninny friends here hore anti with that his future homo mn may bu bua II a hap happy and pleasant ono one anti that his hili remaining days dara mn may bIJ be cheered II by the I sunshine ot of lIe peace ace find and contentment |
