Weekly journal-miner., 1911-10-18
SKETCHES OF REPUBLICANS
 WHO WILL PILOT NEW STATE

Twenty-three years ago he was chief clerk in the grocery establishment of Joseph Dougherty and served in the same capacity for Merrill Bros. and the T. F. Miller company in Jerome.
 Superior Judge
 Frank o. Smith one of our well known attorneys, has had a wide ex- perience, being actively engaged in the practice of law in all of the northern counties as well as before the Supreme court.
 Smith came to Prescott from Tucson where he was a member of the facul- ty of the University of Arizona.
 He grew to manhood on a farm in Illinois and acquired his first expert ence in the practice of law in one of the largest law firms in Chicago.
 He has been an earnest and en- thusiastic supporter of progress in the city and county. He is a charter member of the Chamber of Commerce as well as a director, and has always been one of its most active workers.
 One of the pleasing features of Smiths candidacy is the fact that he is a most fitted man for this high office. When he passed the bar ex- animation permitting him to practice before the territorial Supreme court he received the highest average of any applicant ever examined by that body In consequence of his high average of 99.5 per cent the board of examiners paid him the high eompl- ment of having set new record for knowledge of the law.
 Aside from his excellent standing as an attorney Smith has the degrees of Master of Arts and Bachelor of Science from Northwestern Univer- sity and Bachelor of Law from the law school of the same university. His personality and honesty have made large number of friends for him in every part of the county. He is recognized as an able and eonsei entious lawyer and thoroughly fitted by education training and experience for the position.
 Daniel E. Parks. native of New York state, and descendant of rev olutionary ancestry came to Arizona in 1902. From that time until 1906 he was active in territorial mining interests although not a resident of the territory until the latter date.
 He was active in the development of the Cherry Creek district having spent S20.d0O for the erection of a stamp mill there. He took an active part in the fight against joint state hood printing and circulating numer ous pamphlets opposing the bill. He is member of the New York bar. | as well as those of the District of Columbia. Colorado and Arizona, and of the United States Supreme court. | During his career in Colorado he was engaged as counsel in several import ant eases involving the construction of several sections of the constitution of that state in all of which his posi- ton was sustained by the courts. Bond houses throughout the country consider his opinion as valid in points of law concerning their business. At one time Parks had the high honor of being requested by the Supreme court of Colorado to submit a brief regard ing the construction of an amendment involving a constitutional point. Parks opinion was sustained by the court and he was thanked by that body for his able work.
 Parks is well known to everyone in the county and his wide range of friends as well as his long standing legal experience recommend him for the office he seeks.
 County Attorney.
 F.. J. Mitchell, one of Prescott's most promising young attorneys is native of the Empire State, reeeiv cd a public school education at Boston and then entered Fordham Univer- sity. New York. As a result of his excellent work at this institution he received the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts.
 Arriving in Prescott seven years ago he passed his bar examination before the territorial board with the highest percentage in his class. He is qualified to practice before the Supreme and District courts and bears the enviable reputation of having ae quilted himself with great credit in all of the eases in which he has taken part. Mitchell has been a resident