Arizona republican., 1899-05-29

to succumb with such grace as they can evoke and take the medicine of
 civilization. Jerome has passed the stage of incubation. Quite a number
 of the cid style fire traps and blaze breeders are rapidly going up outside the dead lire, however, but it Is i'm possible to hinder them.
 The preliminary steps looking to ! the organization of a Grand Army post are progressing favorahly, and install l latiCn will probably take place within
 a couple of weeks. A large number Of old soldiers live in Jerome and vicln- l ity. many of them already members of the Grand Army Of the Republic. The following will be the charter members of Jeromes new pest, which will be officially styled George H. Thomas post No II, Department of Arizona,
 Grand Army of the Republic. viz: General R. H. c. Minty, J. T. WhedCn, John Kirwaggen, W. 4. Carrier, James
 Barton, N. s. Hitchcock, J. W. Selsor,
 L. P. Nash, s. W. Landtn, c. 5.
 Smith, James Burke, George ThOmp-
 son. Charles O'NeiIl. L. HCIlinwager,
 J. ShoppertrOut, George Bagnall, N K.
 Burkes, w. Tietge, F. Fisher and Il.
 !. Steyens-twenty-One in all. As
 OI.y ten members are requisite to an
 organization under departmental rules
 the indications of a large, f1ourisEing
 post at Jerome in the near future arc
 very hattering indeed. There are at
 present nine G. A. R. posts in Arizona
 There was formerly ten, but the one at Bisbee has disbanded. Department Commander G. Broughton Of Prescott
 will install the Jerome post when all is in readiness.
 The formation of this post is due al- most entirely to the efforts of General R. H. G. Minty, auditor and general freight and passenger agent of the United Verde & Pacific railway. Gen eral Minty issued a call which result ed in drawing together a number of old soldiers on the 18th of last month
 But for the fire everything now would be in running order. General Minty is an ex-vOlunteer Of the civil war, and his record is part of the history of that great conflict He entered the Union army from the state of Michigan early fn the fight as 9 major of the Second Michigan cavalry (afterwards Phil iSheridan's regimenO: was pro noted to be ieutenant-colonel of the
 ftiird: then to be colcnel of the Fourth, and then brigadieT- general and finally brevet maior-general. and as such was mustered out al the clCse of the war The general is now well advanced in years, but hale and hearty, with a naturally keen interest in all military affairs, and a great af- lection for the Grand Army of the Re public. He lives at JerCme in a hand some residence, surrounded by his large, cultured family, including four generations, and is the center of re- fined and accomplished social circle Prior to his advent in Jerome General Minty was for many years resident of Ogden, Utah, where he owns beau- tiful home, and was prominently men ticned as a likely candidate for United States marshal. But like that other honOred w2rricr, albeit of the sea. George Dewey, politics is not in the generals line, while railroads are to him an old story. There is much local interest in the new G. A. R. post, and the prime mover in it's formation is the recipient of warm congratulations from all quarters.
 Cornelius O'Keefe, esquire, capital ist, miner, merchant, landlord, specu- | latOr, fnancier and progressive citizen ]