Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-10
THE PIONEERS.
Their Regular Monthly Meelins-sn
 Interesting Occasion.

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 Interesting Occasion.
 The Society of Arizona Pioneers held thelr regular monthly meeting in the probate court room .ast evening and 1t was one ot the most Interesting that has yet been helI. When the meeting opened the following obituary and re- solutions were read Oy the secretary on the death Of James Lee:
 This Society thou- h in Us mcipiency. has been called upon 70 mourn the death Of oLe OF it's oldc.t memccrs and man who was among the first to make hls homa oo Arizona soil. Tins b-o;her over whose memory We aIe now called upon to trace the GrlYery of mourning was James Lee. Hs vas stranger to no one in Tucson. Pima county, and in fac. the entire Territory. He was a pione0r ln every sense of the term and aslde had ali those peasant, genal and rOble qualities that go to make up the true man. There are few of us who have not our f3ults. and when one of us passes to tue uncertain beyond, who has lived life that provides him with the bright crown 0: uprightness, a Eore than ordinary sympathy crowds around the pail that bears him to the tomb.
 James Lee came to this Territory in 1851 and held many positions of im- Dor5ance and trust during his life. He passed through all the vicissitudes of 0 pioneer, and although met on all sides by tue common lndignities and troubles so familiar to those who spent their early days on the frQntier, passed into dotage with an unb'emished character and died the friend of all who had known him in life.
 WHEREAS, In view of these facts which have been SO briefly stated above and the memory which We bear to the deceased be it
 Resolved, That in the death of James Lee a large and generous family con- posed of children Tn theIr infancy and these who have grown to maturity, have lost kind father and the community e generous and popular citizen.
 Resolved. That the members oi this society recognize ID a beittIug manner the proper eN ideEce fl mourning for the usual space cf time.
 Resolved, Ina; a copy of these resO- lutIons and evidence of our respect to the memory of one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Tucson and Arizona be presented by the society to the family of the deceased, and also be spread upon the minutes of this society and given to the papers of the city for publication. ii. $. STEVENS,
 Chairman Committee.
 When the resolutions were read objec- tion was made to the last one fir the reason that theIr publication might en- tail an expense the society would hardly be able to stand. At this point Majos Hayward, who happened to drop in few moments before, arose and stated that the CITIZEN would make no charge for publishing.
 There WAS considerable discussion amo1g the members In regard to dues, and speeches were made oD the poiut by Messrs. Gates, Osborn, Ross, TOO.e and others. On motion 1T was declared that those who dO Lot pay the!r dues before May 20th be dropped from the roll oI membership.
 The special committee appointed to look after the matter ot the lease of the library hall, reported that they had Dot finished the work assigned them, but hoped to be able to call the next meeting in that hall.
 Secretary Osborn stated that the city council had appointed C. 5. Sess. ons and himself as members of the hoard of trustees of the Free Library, and that they would be able to secure the library room.
 The secretary then read the follOwiug communication:
 TUCs0S, Arizona, May 3, 1881.
 W. j. Osborn, Secretary Society of Arlzona PiOneers-Sir: Accompanying this note I present to the Society of Pioneers the following books: Plutarch's $ Lives, 3 vols; Acme Biography, con- taining the lives ot Frederick the Great, Robert Burns, Mahom,t, Joan of AFc, Hannibal, Julius Cesar, Oliver Csom- we'll, V illiam Pitt, Martin Luther, Mary Stewart. Columbus and Nttoria Co., lonua; Works of VirgI!, vol Modern Classics, containing Vicar of Wakefield, Ra-selas, Paul and Virginia, PIcciola, Undne and The Two Captains; Nun chausen ana Guliiyer, l vol; Arabian Nights, vol.
 Hoping these may be acceptable, and help to form a nucleus for the library the society will have at no distant date, I remain yours respectfully,
 WILLIAM J. Ross,
 Member 5. A. r.
 On motion of MT. Cabal'ero a vote of thanks was rendered Major Ross for his generous gift.
 On motion of W. C. Davis, a commit tee of three consisting of E. C. Parker, N. E. Appel and Ii. $. Stevens were appointed to confer with and assist the secretary in sending documents iu- jlcatlve of the objects of the organiZa- lion to all pioneers i'll the Territory. The membership of the committee was subsequently Increased to five by the addition of Mir Davis and Mir. Gates.
 Mir. Mansfield stated that he had decided t. secure, if possible the photo graphs and short biographies of all the pioneers in the Territory and would donate them tO the Scciety.
 President Oury suggested that efforts be made to establish ID the hall photo graph gallery and a library of brief biographies of the members and on motion the suggestion was adopted.
 After the regular business of the meeting had been completed a general love-feast was held and consisted of the bringing mp by the members of reminls- cences of old times in the early days of the great struggle for the Union m America, old events were related by Col. TooIe. W. s. Oury and others and the closing of the meeting was full of in- terest.
 A TenderfO0t Crowd.
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