Arizona republican., 1910-06-10
RALPH 4. CHASE IS
 IN 4 PAUPER's GRAVE
One Weakness, His Desire to Have
 His Doings Chronicled.

Ralph A. Chase advertising himself
 as the Boston mixer, who came to
 Mesa nearly two years ago and who 1 continued to call this his home for a period of over a year, being employed
 at the Holladay and F. P Grover
 fountains, now lies in a pauper's grave at Albuquerque. New Mexico, death ! resulting from Brights disease from
 which he suffered while living in ] Mesa. The information of the death
 and the disposition of the body came
 in letter from the undertaken to Cecil Drew. the undertaken being de- sirous of knowing the whereabouts of the relatives of the young man and also to learn the standing of the de- ceased in the Knights of the Macca- bees, an order which he joined while resident of this place. But later he allowed his dues which were for so- cial membership only, to go unpaid. receipt signed by MT. Drew was found on the body after death which accounted for the letter of inquiry.
 Ralph A. Chase was one of those characters who could arrive in town on Monday morning and be ac- quainted with sevral hundred people Tuesday evening By Wednesday he would in all probability have his name in the personal column of the leading newspaper and by Sunday if all went well he was generally able to get his picture in the. regular issue Not only was he a mixer of fancy drinks at a soda fountain but he was a mixer with people. He made enemies and he made friends but above all he had an appetite for seeing his name in print that was probably never satis- fled. Everything that was ever said about the young man was carefully clipped out and slowed away He had clippings from practically every news paper in every town where he had stopped. and sometimes on blue days when business was dull he could take out his scrap book and get enough satisfaction to put him in a happy frame of mind. He was ambitious; he was generous to a fault and he was honest He took part in a num- Der of the home talent plays put on at this place and finally managed play Of his own later going on the road, finally returning in financial straits but was soon on his feet He went from here to Phoenix where he soon came out in a large sized ad and numerous quarter column articles as the mixer at one of the leading foun- tains of the capital city. He suffered constantly from Bright's disease and he was next heard of as announcing his intention of going to Glendale to pick cantaloupes. It is not believed that he ever arrived in the Glendale field for in that event the Glendale department would have been crowded with the doings of Chase There is hardly doubt but what R. A Chase has received more space in the news columns of the Arizona papers than any other one man who never paid for the many good things said about him for which he never furnished prepared copy and for which he never paid a cent
 If the young man was alive and should come to the valley tomorrow he would probably have a position of some kind within an hour Some friend would see to it that that he was furnished employment if he cared for work If he should be shown an article of this length concerning him i he would in all probability approve of l 1t for that was his weakness