The border vidette., 1903-07-04
CONCERNING ARIZONA.

Navajo Springs, iR what IS now Navajo county. It was on Tuesday, the 18th day of December, 1863, in the after noon, that Secretary Mccormick, in the presence of other officials, their military escort and certain citizens who accompanied the officers into the territory, made the following brief but appropriate remarks:
 'Gentlemen: As the proper quail fled officer, it becomes my duty to in augurate the proceedings of the day. After long and trying journey, we have arrived within the limits of the territory of Arizona. These broad plains and hills form part of the dis trict over which, as the representives of the United States. we are to form civil government. Happily, although claimed by those now in hostility to the Federal arms, we take possession of the territory without resort to mil itary force The flag which 1 hoist in taken of military authority Is no new and untried banner. For nearly century it has been recognized, the honored, the loved emblem of law and liberty. From Canada to Mexico, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, mil lions of streng arms are raised in its defense, and above the efforts of all foreign or domestic foes, 1t Is destined to live untarnished and traAscendent."
 The flag was raised, ch- CTS given, and prayers were offered. Secretary Mccormick then administered the oath of otfice to Chief Justice Turner and Associate Justices Allyn and Howell and Governor, John N. Goodwin took the official oath before the chief justice in English and Spanish. The weather was cold, and the last rays of De- cember sun fingered upon the peaks of San Francisco mountain when, for the first time, the stars and stripes hoated in the air of Arizona Territory by vir tue of civil authority. In the military escort on that memorable occasion was Sergeant William R. Mccormick, who was an early pioneer into the Clifton mineral district, and whose widow and children now reside there, one of his daughters being the wife of Alexander Mclean, mining superintendent at Matcalf.
 The party proceeded to Fort Whip pie, which had shortly before been established. In June following (lS64 the town of Prescott, mile west of the fort, was laid out and become the capital of Arizona where the first leg islature convened on the 2Oth day of September, 1864, in accordance with the proclamation of the governor Ex- governor Coles Bashford, of Wisconsin, was elected president of the council, and w. Claude Jones, of Alabama, was chosen speaker of the house. Hon. Edward D. Futile, now of Saf- ford, this county, was member of that legislature, representing Yuma county. The legislature adopted d code of laws prepared by Associate Justice w. T. Howell, formerly of Michigan, commonly known as the Howell code. The legislature divided the immense territory into four counties Yuma, Pima, Mejave and Yavapai. Since then the counties of Alaricopa, Pinal, Apache, Gila, Graham, Cochise, Coc- onino, Naval o and Santa Cruz have been created, each of which mbrace more territory and possesses more nat ural resources than some of the eastern states.
 Hon. Charles D. Poston. who had been in the territory long before the al rival of the civil government, was the first man elected as delegate to congress, and he has been succeeded by John N. Goodwin, Coles Bashford, Richard Mccormick, Hiram Stevens, N. O. Murphy, and J. F. Wilson Mark Smith has represented the terri tory in congress for six terms, with an intermission of two. Hon. J. E. Wilson, of Prescott, is our present delegate, having been elected i'll No vember last.
 The following named gentlemen have successively occupied the position of governor of Arizona: First, J. N. | Goodwin; second, R. c. Mccormick; third, A. F. K Stafford; fourth, John Hoyt; fifth, John c. Freenont; sixth, F. A. Tritle; seventh, O. Meyer Zu- lick; eighth, Lewis Wolfey; ninth, J John N. Irwin; tenth, N. O. Murphy; eleventh, L. 0. Hughes; twelfth, B. J. Franklin: thirteenth, M. H. McCord; fourteenth, N. 0. Murphy, fifteenth, Alexander o. Brodie, the present gov ernor--W Williams News.
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