Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-21
lBy chas- A. Dlnsmore.1 ]

tBy Chas. A. DiusmoFe.l
 An appropriation of s25 0a0 was made by the 25th session Of the An zcBa assembly lit win be a legisiat ure hereafter, because this is state5 for the construction of s Pioneers Home at Prescott: and an additionai sum for tiae maintenance or the insti tuition. IL is a aniqae institution. the only one or the kind ia the United States being in no sense q poor house, available to any honorable man of 60 years or more who has been a resi- dent of Arizona for 2l years or more, and where there are all the comforts of a flrst-elass hotel. and with only the restriction of a weli-ordered home and here these old men are kept in comfort through the willingness of the people to pay 8 small tax There is no advertising for bids for foodstufls, but instead tha superintendent goes into the open market, purchasing as he needs aud of the best, including fruits. vegetables, game. etc, in sea son. The history of the Home is rathes interesting
 MaJcr A. ]. Doran. one of the oldest; timers, was elected to the 24th legis- lature. Much comment had beer made during that year because two of the best old-timers had died in the poor house and been buried in the potter field. Doran promised. if elected. 10 introduce and try and pass q bill that would provide for the care of tho aged pioneers who were out Of sun- ming through adversities: and he did this when he got to Phoenix. And when the bill came before the assem. biy for action a wonderful thing hap pened. As the roll was called, man after man rose in his seat and voted for the bill and as he voted stated his pleasure in supporting a measure so entirely worthy. a bin whose passaas should be the heartfelt desire Of every true Arizonan. The bill passed without even 9 dissenting voice. It should have been made a law that session, but it seems that Governor Kibbey and Major Doran had locked horns over some mining :Isztter in which the governor had been worsted. so he sim. ply pigeon-holed the bill till too late for passage. and it went over to the 18th, when il was made a law. Gov. ernor Kibbeg was 8 good man. one Of the greatest factors in the upbuildins of Arizoaa-but he was strong in everything. and he simply hated Do. ran. Let that pass. The bill went through all right in the 18th, and the institution has been a fact for more than a year
 A day at the institution was an edu- cation. There are @ men there. each an honest fellow. whose life has been in the hard places most of the time. but each splendid in his stardiness and his endeavOrs 10 put forward whaf ever tended to the bettermcnt of .lis particular section and business gen erally. The Home Is in a handsome stone and brick building. really hand someiy furnished, no inside rooms and no places to tuck away some guest mr. known to the powers that be-, no favoritism in fact. an ideal home in every sense of the word Every west ener, every one who has been cveTy. where ID the west, and Of coarse caeh ore cri..i aiiy cam from Eolncwhere back in tho aiates.' The ,os, ar foi. owing shcws the lame 7f tho n,fn VI 3. coHits he come fr1r. snd his business ,n lie til health gave way CT reveis@. came. and hCo old aga and dependence:
 Louis B. St. James: Yavapai coun
 
 Norman F. Griffith, Yavapai: miner and carpenter; was in Prescott before a house was built
 Vim Baxter; Ysvapai: miner
 Patrick Don; Yavapai; mining, meF chandising.
 Thos Farrel; Mariccpa: miner, cook.
 Daniel " Holloway: Mojave: min CT; blacksmith.
 Wh. Flanigan; Yevapai; miner; con nected with the military in the earl, days.
 Thos. Wocksted. cochise: miner.
 Geo. H. Chapman; Greenlee; car penter.
 Florence oLeary; Maricopa: news paper man.
 Augustine Caballero: Pima: aS countant and book keeper. interpre ter: he was private secretary 70 Gov ernor Stafford in the early days.