Akers and Johnson worked along together and Bert was the boy of the crowd. Johnson killed fourteen of sixteen flushed up, and Akers not one. Among the advantages permanently to the good of the county for C. T. Johnson having resided here is that Harry T. and Frank Johnson are among the present citizenship of Minatare. Harry served for years as county commissioner and Frank once as superintendent and both have been prominent in everything for the progress of the community and county.

The Flowers, and Fowlers, and Norths, and Wrights, the Bloods, and Clarks, and Keelers, and Orr, and Moomaws, and Davis's and Gentrys stand among the old names of quality in the north side east end of the county. While on the south side are the Franklin folks, Ben Roberts, the Hubbards, the Jeffords, the Lees, the Randalls and scores of other excellent names deserving of being perpetuated in the nomenclature of the county they have helped to build. But their names are not so written. Instead, we have Tabor, Minatare, Melbeta, McGrew, Hayward, and other names. Few of our towns mean anything by the names except that some one has permitted us to use his splendid "Andrew Jackson" for our convenience.

The Lost Chain

Near Minatare, the settlers had but one log chain at first, that was in much use dragging logs and posts out of the canyons. It went the rounds that way, and the man to whom it belonged considered it a community chain. He therefore kept it handy on a post so that the neighbor who wanted to borrow it could take and was welcome if he returned it to the post as soon as through with it. One day it was gone and never came back and he considered it stolen as soon as it failed to be returned in a day or two.