The Snowflake Herald, 1923-06-29

MED ROPFESSORS WORKING AT WALNUT w grafting in county A<rent Fillerup and F f l '! nrs Kinni-on and Trum Trumf:;; - f:;; Trumf:;; of the State University have t completed a tour of Navajo "tle«or Kinmson was par- L-lv intrested in orchard and ieA t' W ork and in grafting ?al ]mlts Improved walnuts S have been planted from t, *ime at various places produced fruit. Else Elseer, - er, Elseer, in the State the finest jit v of walnuts are growing drafted wood from scions of A English and French varieties. The grafted trees are -uite as hardy *s the original walnut trees and produce frjit in from two to five years. Conditions appear favorable for thus producing walnuts here. Sixty grafts or scions were distributed and grafted into aive black wamut stock in the various communities where such stock could be found. Walnut grafting is difficult compared with the ordinary fruit tree grafting hence great cure was exercised in doing the work. The method used is that known as "Biederman's Bark Er. Biederman origin originated - ated originated the method in the southern part of the State where he has been working with walnuts foi upwards of ten years. The scion wood used cost twenty-five cents per foot and reprebents fc ven of the mist desirable var varies - ies varies of the highly improved sorts. Professor Trumbull, State Club Leader, who has had a wide ex experience - perience experience in grafting walnuts both in Arizona and New Mexi Mexioassisted - oassisted Mexioassisted at grafting, but his thief work was with the mem membirsof - birsof membirsof the Boys' Clubs, inspect inspecting - ing- inspecting Ardens and livestock and encouraging them generally as well as their local leaders. He give valuable instructions rela relative - tive relative to conducting the projects. FIREWORKS FOR SALE! Fireworks-Large and small Firecrackers, Torpedos, Roman Candles, and many other kinds. Oet them of Ralph Smith. SaowflaKe Boy Returns From Utah With Bride F. Bushman and daughters bent °ut invitations to their to attend a reception to e Bwen T hu rsday evening i n hon - Oro ' Martin D. Bushman and J ls who was formerly j, lss Baker of Logan, lhe y were married in ''J- tot Lake Temple on June Hh. J he yaw* couple have the (,f wishes from their 1 fora happy and prosper prospertarried - tarried prospertarried life. Deliveres New Star t ,: e arf l passed through H vr , '* a - v w 'th a Star car for ,n * Rroa dbent at Cooley. Whiting in Cooley is visiting lister ' ! ' s with her rs - Wm. Stapley. Fr(n * St. Johns V; dMrs ' Lawrence Sher Sherover - over Sherover * r om St. Johns * 0 v isit hpre a short W re! »tives and friends

Pres. McMullen of the N.A.N.S. Gets New Job Forest fire burned over about 60 acres southeast. of Flagstaff on Sunday. It was cut-over land but a good deal of damage was done to the pine seedlings and larger reproduction stock. About 25 men were on the job and had the blaze under control about 4 o'clock. M. L. Nichols, in charge of the fire-fighters for the forest office, espied Presi President - dent President L. B. McMullen of the Normal school standing near the fire line and thinking he was one of his crew told him to camp right where he was and not let the fire get past that point. Mac accordingly camped and held the fire at bay. - Coconii o Sun. Former Resident of Taylor Here From Mesa Mr. Edwin Solomon and sons of Mesa passed through here Monday on their way to Taylor on a hurried business trip. Mr. j Solomon was formerly a resident of Taylor and is well known all over this upper country. He will also spend a short time visit visiting - ing visiting his daughter, Miss Besse Solomon, who is employed as stenographer in the Forrest Of-1 fice at Holbrook. -Taylor News Items _ j J. J. Shumway made a trip to, Holbrook on Tuesday in the in-j terest of the School District 1 here. j Mrs. W. E. Baldwin returned; to the Chevelon Ranger Station , Monday after spending a few | days in town. : Mrs. A. F. Standifird has been quite ill this week but is report- j ed much better. i A. J. Palmer of Mesa arrived j here Sunday evening on a busin business - ess business trip. Returns; After Three WeeKs Visit in Utah H. F. Bushman returned Sat Saturdav - urdav Saturdav from a three weeks visit; in and around Salt Lake City. His son Martin D. and wife ac accompanied - companied accompanied him. While away Mr. Bushman had his tonsils re removed - moved removed and hopes to be rid of the rheumatics that that has been bothering him the last few months. He reports a very pleasant trip. M. 1. A. Half Holiday Given Here Satrrday Saturday afternoon and even evening - ing evening the Stake Mutual Officers en entertained - tertained entertained the public by giving a program on the Stake House lawn. In the evening the play "Peg O' My was shown in the Social Theatre. During the afternoon and evening they sold ice cream, the proceeds to be used to defray expenses of the Stake M. I. A. board. Word From Local Boy Leonard Fillerup who is study studying - ing studying electricity in Raton, New Mexico, writes us that he is now doing electrical welding and line work. Leonard is gifted in this line of work and will ifo doubt make an enviable record while there.

Standard Lumber Co's. Logging Wheels Arrive Owen Webb came down from Pinedale this week after the logging cart that was shipped in on the Apache Railway for the Standard Lumber Mills. This is the first logging cart of the kind in the Pinedale dis district. - trict. district. Rumor has it that the Stand Standard - ard Standard Lumber Mills intends to put in a plaining mill here in the near future. Attends Meeting of Child Welfare Board Mrs. Lenora S. Rogers was in Holbrook Wednesday to attend a special meeting of the Childs Welfare boaid of Navajo Coun County - ty County of which she is chairman. The newly appointed State Board was present, their object being to get aquainted with the Navajo County Board members and go over the work with them Judge J. E. £rosby was present to assist them. COUNTY ROADS ARE REPORTED IMPASSIBLE IN YAVAPAI COUNTY Mr. John Hearst and daugh daughters - ters daughters and Mrs. L. D. Divelbess and family motored up from Holbrook Monday. They stop stopped - ped stopped over here a short time. Mr. Hearst is a resident of Cave Creek in Yavapai Country and was a resident of Winslow about fifteen years ago. He was delighted with the; beauty of Snowflake and espec- j ially pleased and. surprised to find the highway in such good j condition. Before leaving Cave Creek he had been told that if he came to Snowflake he would have to leave his car at Holbrook and take the Apache train on up as the highway south was almost impassable. True when our roads were being built they were rough but all they nedded was a little rain to pack the gravel surface but that was two years ago. Crews of men have been constantly at work on the r>ads and while they are not paved roads they favorable with other parts of the State. Mr. Hearst was glad to find that he had been misim misimformed - formed misimformed and thought something should be * change the impression generally given out that Navajo County roads are in bacFeondition. Banker Goes to Heber Jospeh W. Smith and daugh daughters, - ters, daughters, Agnes and Clarissa, visited in Heber Sunday. Enjoying Mountain Air Mrs. C. R. Fillerup is enjoy enjoying - ing enjoying an outing in the White Mountains with her sister, Mrs. Ernest Whiting of Apache County. Sixty Ninth Birthday The children of Mrs. George Gardner met at her home Satur Saturday - day Saturday to celebrate her sixty-ninth birthday with a fine dinner. Here From Mesa Mrs. Ephriam Mortensen came up from Mesa last week and will visit with her daughter, Mrs. Ed Gardner of Snowflake a few weeks.

TAYLOR BOY MAKING GOOD ON STATE DAIRY COMMISSION Riley l Jennings who was re recently - cently recently appointed State Dairy Commissioner by Governor Hunt wasA a Navajo county prod product. - uct. product. He was born and raised in Taylor. The fact he is making good is not a surprise to his friends but many will be glad to read a let letter - ter letter written to Governor Hunt praising his work and ability. . Miami, Ariz. May 16, ,23 Geo. W. P. Hunt, Governor State of Arizona, Phoenix, Ariz. Dear Sir: I thought it would be of inter interest - est interest to you to know of the activi activity - ty activity of the newly appointed State Dairy Commissioner, Mr. Jen Jennings. - nings. Jennings. From observation of his work while in Miami I believe he is the kind of Dairy Commis Commissioner - sioner Commissioner we have been seeking for a long time. 'He seems to com combine - bine combine scientific knowledge with practical knowledge and while in Miami was able to find and eliminate from one dairymans mile live diphtheria bacilli This is only possible by the direct method he is using, it is a big service to any community and if he keeps up as he is starting we will have made a great step to toward - ward toward the ideal state of mild cleanliness of such vital impor importance - tance importance to our children. Respectfully yours, Charles E. Irvin, M. D. City Physician, Dep't County Physician. Well Known Snowflake Residents Leave for Utah to Make Home Mrs. Eliza S. Rogers and sons, Ralph and Paul, left here Thurs Thursday - day Thursday for Salt Lake City, Utah, where they expect to make their future home. It will be recalled that Mrs. Rogers lost her home and house household - hold household goods by fire a short time ago and therefore feels like it is now a good time to leave if ever. Mrs. Rogers is one of the early settlers of Snowflake and can relate many of the intresting events of early pioneer life in Arizona. This family have hosts of friends and relatives in Navajo Conty who wish them success and happiness where ever they may choose to locate. MICKIE SAYS IF \ UOMVsHM' A GARAGR, vo awvery\9E 'n gay cnoff . OVERrHMiU JO&S Yt> LAST KA£ ALL VUIUYIER, \VISYBAD Os HJ&sNMM' YUEVK <?OVAE \V4 VAHVCT YV4AU A YVSVAT ROP& WALKER A 1 * - i - 1 / 1 M <

The Board of Suppervisofs in their meeting on Wednesday took action upon the recommen recommendation - dation recommendation of County Superintendent Mrs. Kate V. Kinney and in increased - creased increased the area of the Snow Snowflake - flake Snowflake School District by adding thereto ten miles off the south portions of the Holbrook, St. Josepe and the Manilla Districts and by the further addition of two miles of the Manilla Dis District. - trict. District. The reported opposition of the districts concerned did not ma materialize, - terialize, materialize, Holbrook finally appre appreciating - ciating appreciating the justice of the peti petition - tion petition of the Snowflake represen representations - tations representations and consented to the transfer from their district in interposing - terposing interposing one suggestive condi condition, - tion, condition, namely, that since the re- 1 adjustment sought was primar- 1 i*y to have way for a Union High School if the establish establishments - ments establishments of the High School was not accomplished the area revert back to that District. Attorneys and tax representa representatives - tives representatives of the Santa Fe Raih*oad were on hand with alleged tech technical - nical technical legal objection to the cnange effecting the two miles of the Manilla District. Attor Attorney - ney Attorney Fenemore of Phoenix made technical argument against the change but was overruled on every contention except as to the actual lapsing of the district. By this readjustment of the District boundaries Snowflake's District acquires ten additional miles of the Apache Railroad

and two miles of the Santa Fe, bringing the assessed valuation of the Snowflake District to a sum which practically assures the establishment of & High School district especially if St. Joseph people eddorse the Union High School proposition. In other words the situation seems to be such that St. Joseph is the balance of power and must largely bear the responsibility for the success or the failure of the Union High School project. One compromise which the Supervisors made with the rec recommend - ommend recommend a ion of the County Su Superintendent - perintendent Superintendent was in the matter of splitting the Manilla District instead of holding it as abandon abandoned - ed abandoned and adding the entire terri territory - tory territory to the Snowflake district as recommended by Mrs. Kinney. This compromise is reported to have come about as the result of some controversity as to the legality of the abandonment of the Manilla district it being con contended - tended contended that it was within the power of the Santa Fe to main maintain - tain maintain enough Mexican families within the Manilla district to prevent its lapsing in which case the legality of adding it to Snowflake's district was doubt doubtful. - ful. doubtful. Among the other minor chan changes - ges changes of boundaries made by the Board ivas the addition of a scetion from the Taylor district to Shumway and a division of the lapsed Grant district be between - tween between Taylor and Joppa.

Visits With Old Friends on Return From Cooley Mrs. James Seorse, Mrs. Cos Cosby - by Cosby and Mrs. L. C. Henning vis visited - ited visited with old friends in Snow Snowflake - flake Snowflake a short time Monday while on their way from Cooley where they had spent several days vis visiting - iting visiting with Mrs. Don Cooley. Mrs. Cosby is a sister to Mrs. Seorse and will spend some time with her in Holbrook before re returning - turning returning to her home in San Fran Francisco, - cisco, Francisco, Cal.v Reception Given in Honor of Newleyweds A wedding reception was giv given - en given Thursday evening at the home of H. F. Bushman in hon honor - or honor of his son, Martin and wife. Many beautiful and useful presents were received and a delightful evening was enjoyed by about forty guests. Deli Delicious - cious Delicious refreshments were served, which consisted of ice cream and cake. Shopping For Fourth Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brewer were down from Pinedale Mon Monday - day Monday doing their 4th of July shop shoping. - ing. shoping. Here From HolbrooK Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hulet and children visited with relatives here over Sunday returning to their Home in Holbrook Mon Monday. - day. Monday. Cooley Ranger Here Mr. and Mrs. William Stapley of Cooley were in town Sunday visiting with relatives. Mr. Stapley who is a ranger at Cooley reports several forest fires in that vicinity the past week.

Senator Ashurst Leaves For Trip Abroad Senator and Mrs. Henry F. Ashurst sailed for Europe Wed Wednesday - nesday Wednesday on tl e President Polk, according to wor received. They will visit London first and itinerary while in Europe include visits in England, Ireland, Scot Scotland, - land, Scotland, Wales, Denmark, Germany and France. Senator Ashurt writes that he expects to return to Arizona early in October, as he wishes to make a visit to Lees Ferry and a number of projects in the state requiring attention. nino sun. Here From Pinedale Kimball Rogers came down from Pinedale Wednesday to as assist - sist assist his mother in getting ready for her trip. Enjoying Trip in Mountains Mrs. C. H. Jennings and children and Mrs. Harry De Grass of Holbrook passed thru here Monday on their way to the mountains for a few days outing. Well Drillers Here Mr. Wilford Brinkerhoff and Walter McLaws were in town last Saturday. These gentle gentlemen - men gentlemen are here in the interest of some water well they are going to drill. Recovers From Cold Miss Vina Freemrn is again in our midst after recovering from a bad cold. To Attend Summer School Professor S. L. Fish left here last Friday for Berkley, Califor California, - nia, California, where he will attend sum summer - mer summer school.