Arizona republican., 1903-09-11
g A Change Is Ma( zzssl Office of Surveyor 3 gneraI
 ss GEN. PRICE l; 'fMovfD
 
Captain Frank 5. Ingalls, Appointed to Succeed Him-A Result of the Investigation Conducted by In. spector Leonard.

Washington, Sept. 10.-Hugh H. Price, surveyor general of Arizona, has been removed from office as the result of an investigation made by Secretary Hitch cocks orders into charges preferred against Price and his chief clerk, w. E.. Murphy, of receiving illegal fees for eXpediting work in the office Frank s. Ingalls, of Yuma, Ariz., has been ap- pointed surveyor general in Prices place.
 Murphy has been suspended pending the Investigating by the civil service commission into the charges against him. He has sent in his resignation. but it has not been accepted Murphy was appointed from Georgia and Price from Arizona.
 EFFECTIVE AT ONCE.
 Washington. Sept. 10 (SDeciaD.-F. s. Ingalls, of Yuma, Ariz., Was today .p- iCintei surveyor general uf Arizona. to succeed Surveyor General H.. Fl. Price. The appointment becomes effec- tive at once. The new surveyor general was most strongly recommended
 It had been we'll understood that Surveyor General Price was in ill., health and that he would probably sur render lii: office, but there had been lit tie conjecture here regarding his sue oe*aor, and the name Of Captain in gals naG hardly been mentioned in con- ,.ecticn with the cffice.
 The new sur..yor general has been resident O: Yuma for several yeas ana has been pro.rjna3t in every enterprise in that part of tfe territory and iE .e- publican politics. He was .. member os the last legislature from Yuma county ard was regarded as one of the strong es. men in the lower house.
 Surveyor General Price came to the territory several years ago on account of ;ll-healtl:, ard at once bect me close ly identified with the business life O. Phoenix. He was connected with the Home Savings Bank and T-'ust com pany from it's beginning in the capacity of cashier. which position he held until his appointment to the office of sur veYor general
 His former home was 3t Eau Claire. Wis. He had represented that Wis corsin district in congress, filling the unexpired term of his father. MT. Price left here on account of his health a month ago and he is now stop ping on the coast.
 It will be remembered that a month ago, at the time of the suspension oi Chief Clerk Murphy The Republican described the nature of the charges
 which had been investigated by Special | Inspector Leonard. The charges had been filed in the department by eX- Senator R. F. Pettigrew who last l spring, through an agent, applied for the pstenting of a. lot of mining claims near Yuma. It is said that he was told that the work in the office being | behind hand. it would be necessary | that there be overtime work and that the applicant would have to pay for that. The regular fee for an applica- tion was $50 and the agent of the quer- I ulous senator was informed that the | fee. in the case of overtime work. | would be about as much more. It was | then that he referred the matter to | the department, inquiring at the same
 time if it was not a general under i standing that business in the office of the surveyor general should be disposed | of in the order in which it had been presented.
 | This practice of charging for over | time work is said to have been In vogue | in the office for several years. but
 never before was there such an appli-
 cant as ex-Senator Pettigrew encount- | cred.