Arizona republican., 1909-05-18
BUSINESS MEMS REQUEST
Favorably Heard by Judge
 Sloan. Mir. Adams Accept
 ance Yesterday --. Rumor and Conjecture Regarding Places on the Commission.

J. C. Adams will again be a mem bar of the fair commission. The posi- tion was rendered him last Friday by Governor Sloan and yesterday MT. Adams sent the governor his accept ance.
 The movement for the appointment of MT. Adams was taken up a few days ago by a committee of business men and petition was put in circu- lation. After that MT. Adams was apprised of the action of the com mittee and at first was disinclined to to take up the onerous duties of this position in which he had had four years experience.
 It was represented to him that probably the success of the fair de- pended upon him and he then took the matter under advisement. The petition was signed by nearly all the business men of Phoenix as well as others interested in the success of the fair, and the request was then laid before the governor who last Friday addressed the following letter to MT Adams:
 Office of the Governor, Phoenix
 May 14, 1909 My Dear Mir Adams:
 have on my desk petition signed by approximately two hundred bus mess men, firms and corporations. requesting me to appoint you as one of the commissioners of the Arizona territorial fair.
 have reason to believe that this petition represents the wishes of the business interests of this valley and that there is a general feeling and belief that the situation is such as to make it desirable that you be ap- pointed. A number of citizens of Phoenix, whose names appear on the petition, have urged me to appoint you to this place in the interest of the fair. I have carefully considered the matter and my conclusion is that you can be of great service to the territory as a fair commissioner at this time, and by giving your well known ability and energy to the work insure that this great public institu tion shall not fail this year, but be carried on with the same degree of success as in the past.
 In response therefore to this peti- tion and to the wishes of so many of
  tender you an appointment as com missionr of the Arizona territorial fair. to fill one of the vacancies now existing.
 Trusting that you may see your way clear to an acceptance of this ap- pointment and that you will notify me promptly of the same, I remain.
 Yours very truly.
 RICHARD E. SLOAN,
 Governor. Hon. J. C. Adams,
 Phoenix, Arizona.
 The following reply was yesterday sent to Governor Sloan:
 Phoenix, May r. 1909. My Dear Governor:
 Your letter of May 14th, rendering me an appointment as commissioner of the Arizona territorial fair. has received my most careful consider ation.
 I accept this appointment and will do all in my power to help make the Arizona territorial fair a greater success than ever.
 I thank you for your kind letter and have the honor to remain,
 Respectfully yours,
 J. c. ADAMS. The Honorable Richard E. Sloan,
 Governor of Arizona.
 No announcement has been made as to the personnel of the other mem- bers of the commission. It is under stood, however, that B. A. Packard will remain on the board. Frank Wright of Prescott had been sug- gested as an appointee though he had failed to qualify under the ap- pointment of Governor Kibbey on the last night of the legislature. Mir. Wright has been reported to have said, however, that he would have served if MT. Adams had been re- tained on the board.
 It has also been conjectured that the appointment would be offered to c. c. Hutchinson and it is further stated that if no man in the north should be named it would go south either to Alfred Donau or J. M. Ormsby of Tucson.
 MT. Adams speaking yesterday of the appointment. said that he had accepted the position with great rellic- tance and he was induced to do so by a sense of his obligation to the busi- ness men who had joined in the peti- tion. He said that the same business men had contributed largely to what ever success the fair had attained. He had never gone to them with the needs of the fair and come away empty handed Ruf having accepted if was