Weekly journal-miner., 1911-04-12
INSPIRING TRIBUTE
 TO PIONEERS HOME
(COntribntedl

Arizona Pioneers. It it a massive
 structure from basement to attic
 modern in design, ehaste in outline
 comprising a main central building
 with extensions.
 The front of the main building,
 facing the city, is graced by a noble
 portieo and balcony, extending it's
 whole length, supported by massive
 dorie eOlumns-clustered at the corn
 representing to the eye like a
 beautiful woman-a pleasing, ornate
 ensemble. The interior of the build ! ing IS model of comfort and con- venience, the natural wood being | finished in oil and every room heated
 by steam radiators. On the whole, 1t Is typical of Arizona, and reflects immeasurable honor on the Territory -on the generosity and humanity of its noble citizens. It is a startling fact that Arizona has the honor and distinction of possessing the one and | only institution of it's kind in tSe
 United States-and, as far as I am aware-in the American continent.
 Apropos of this; it may be pertin- ent to state right here-and must never be forgotten-that the Pioneers Home is the result of uneeasing tireless efforts and patient work of two men, Major Doran and George Morris of Prescott; it was a labor of love, and their names and memories will be forever inseparably connected with the beautiful institution their energs has created.
 Major DOran is too well known and hOnored in Arizona and the Paei- fe coast to need any praise or ex tended notice in this connection, fur ther than to say that, as superintend- ent of the Home, his fatherly care of the members is humanely benti- ful and touching, and the solieitude exhibited in their behalf is grate- fully appreciated and reeiprOeated.
 I had the pleasure of meeting MT. George Morris a few weeks ago; there is a bright future for that young gentleman; his handsome and manly face is indicative of refinement and pure noble manhood; Arizona is proud of him.
 MT. Silas St. Johns, the assistant superintendent, is a fine type of the early pioneer; gentle, quiet and un- asuming, endowed with rare mental ability and a desire to please and be just, he commands the esteem and respect of all who come in contact with him.
 Mrs. St. Johns, the matrOn, is an ae- eOmplished, refined, cultured lady; her duties are many and onerous-loOking after the various details pertaining to her spnere-as an officer in the Home; she is respected and honored by all the members and by those who have the pleasure to meet her.
 Dr. W. F. Day, the physician, makes his daily rounds, administering pills and potations; it is a pleasure to meet the genial, kindly old army surgeon, and hear him describe h:s hair-raising stories and his remin- iseenees of frontier life in Arizona; may the closing years of his life be in happy contrast to the vivid tur- bulent scenes of his early manhood.
 Those early pioneers were men of steel and iron nerves; with Spartan courage they held their ground against the most relentless, murder ing horde of savage vipers that ever cursed this planet.
 Along the banks of the Santa Cruz, the San Pedro and the Gila, they are peacefully sleeping; along the Salt River, the Verde, and the turbid Colorado, they fell by the thousands, brovely fighting for empire in the wilderness, and the grassy mounds of spring scarcely mark their lOwly graves. Peace to their shades, no nobler spirits ever went forth to battle and death than those brave men who gave up their lives in the arid wastes of Arizona, and wno have transmitted to this generation the rewards of their trials and suffering. l Yes, they could die-and they died | like men-but they never surrendered | their faith, their hope and confidence, in the ultimate success of the glorious land for whivh they struggled, fought, bled and died.
 The last remnants of the once noble guard are sadly vending their weary footsteps to spend their few remain ing years in the beautiful home erect ed for them by a grateful and loving people. It is due to them, and Ari- zOna-true to its noble manhood 'Ould do no less.