Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-15


 commissioners, F A. Jones, A. w Cole. w. F. Geary.
 The new governor of Arizona is native of Missouri and still on the sunny side of 50. He comes from rev olutionary stock. his groltgrandfatner having been an officer under Capt. faul Jones. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, Shriner and an Elk. Mir. Hunt came into Arizona in the early eighties and punched a burro into Globe, whore his first employment was in a restau- n.nt Later he became clerk in the Old Dominion Commercial company of which ne is now president and larg- est owner.. Seven years ago he mar. ried Miss Ellison, a native of Arizona and a daughter of one of the pioneer ranchers of the territory. They have | one daughter Virginia. Like her hus. band. Mrs. Hunt cures little for dis play. She likes the simple society of the ranch best, is an excellent horsewoman and an expert shot. Her vacations are spent on the Ellison ranch in the Sierra Anche mountains, 100 miles from Globe in one of the most isolated parts Of the state 10 and from which she makes several trips each year on horseback, carry
 ing her little daughter.
 Reception is Held.
 Following the ceremony on the DOT
 tico. the governor with the aid of others held an informal reception in
 his executive offices and nearly all of the. assembled crowd were received. By one o'clock the new state govern
 ment was in working order and prior
 10 his departure for the city the gov
 ernor issued his first commission to c. C. Thompson. a notary public. Sloan Appointed Judge lt was about ten o'clock whey Governor Sloan received official noti
 tication from President Taft of his
 signing of the proclamation in the
 following telegram:
 Hon Richard E.. Sloan.
 Phoenix. Arizona.
 l have this morning signed the procAmation declaring Arizona
 to be a state of the union. l con
 graduate the people of this, our
 new commonwealth, upon the ryAlt
 zation of their long cherished am
 bition Best wishes to the retir-
 ing and incoming officials.
 Signed Vim H TAFT
 Later in the day he was also ad
 vised that his appointment 10 be fed elnl judge had been sent to the sen ate His present plan is to leave for
 Prescott where he will remain until his appointment is confirmed. There is well founded rumor that many plans of the organization of the party regarding appointments will be upset by the new executive. Excite ment appeared to agree with the eX. ecutive for he was up bright and early this morning even before the office
 seekers called.
 Hunts first visit came from a party ! Of union labor men who entereS 0 | complaint that the reviewing stand that had been erected by the loca
 committee for occupancy Of the eE ecutive to review admission day par ade, had been built by non-union la bor. He was urged to gige a promise that if another stand was construct. ed b- union men he .wquld occupy theiF stand instead of >ne already built Evidently their mission me; with success for in less than half an , hour later. twenty members of the - Phoenix carpenters union were busy
 constructing and decorating a second ' stand and it was this stand Hunt oc- 2 cupied during his review of the par 2 ade. The old stand was occupied by 2 other citizens of priuinence, however ! for there was great demand for : seats of vantage.
 One Officer Missing. q With the exception of F. A. Jones > who is in Washington D. C.. all the ' state officials took their oath Of office 0 and entered upon their duties at noon } It was announced that a session oi , the supreme court would probably c convene within fifteen days and an m ! confirmed rumor is that the date fol ? the first session Of the legislatura will DC fixed for March 18th in proclama ; ton to be issued tomorrow z Nearly all members Of various '- boards and commissions of old terri T. tor4Il government appointed by Sloar
 have tendered their resignations tC Governor Hunt who says he will tak' e his time in considering same. e Arizona Brings Wealth ?, Arizona enters the union with l13, 'i O2O square miles of land within hel y borders and a fraction over two in e habitants to the square mile. Int 't land was acquired from Mexico b! e cession in i847 and purchase in 1853 " when 1t was made a county of New D. Mexico and called Dona Ana. IT D. 1851 an effort was made to organlz' al a territory, a memorial being intro 'I duced in tho legis .lture of New Mex ico to that effect. Two years later 't convention was heid at Tucson an' s. Nathan P. Cook elected a delegate t' S. congress. He was not seated. II n 1857 Sylvester Mowrey was elected .e and likewise was not allowed a sebli r. In April 1860 constitutional conven Ie tion held at Tucson, constitution D. drafted and territorial officers elected jr but it was not until Feb. 24, 1863, dur
 ing the strife of the civil var tha ie President signed the act which creai e. ed the Territory of Arizona. An ink y, stand of e, borate design made O a. Arizona silver was fashioned for hi ] use in signing the bill but, it arrives .y in Washington too late.