Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-02-19
DAYS At
THE CAPITOL
The Governors Office Par
ticularly is a Hive of In
dustry; Many Messages
of Congratulation Both
Personal and Official

The opening days of the first state
administration are busy ones for she
new governor. Be>id, the routine
business il il necessary for him To-
famiIiarize himself with there is a
world Of correspondence attendant
upon the change Of the form Of gov
ernment beside the personal CORE
SDoudrnc. of "a conSratulatory nature
that is coming To him a. the first state
governor. He has received hundreds
of kilograms anJ letters from old
friends. from governors and officials
of other states and from nOtableS in
many places II is his plan as nearly
a. possible To answer all communica-
tions the day they are received. which
accounts for the remarkable squirt
of industry that has been noted about
the executive chambers since We,lnes-
DAY last
That Is no reflection ON the preced-
irg administration. nor is il likely that
Governor Hunt viii Keep mp his own
speed record indefinitely but after
business settles down to a normal state
ne will most likely find th, day long
enough for its duties. though just now
he goes To work unconscionably early
in the morning and also spends his
evenings at the capitol Secretary
Winsor was busy all day yesterday
writing letters FOR the governor To- sign
on his return last night. Many of the
kilograms from o;her governors. and
from other uOtableS were answered by
wire and the rest are being attended
To by letter. He announced last night
that he expected 10 clean his desk be-
fore he retired but this mornings mail
viii doubtless bring another large car
90 of correspondence.
Among the many uotableS who wired
congratulations was Madame Schu-
man Hcipk who recently sang i'm
Phoenix This mentioned only To- show
that the new state is receiving the beS,
wishes or not only the men concerned
in government nut of nOtahlcs in var
ious Sphetas of activity.
Not the least pleasing testimonial of
regard came from the Evangelical
Lutheran mission Indian school at
Globe Mr.. Hunts home town. II was
a package accompanied by a Letter.
The latter was dated Wednesday noon
February n and reads:
The pupils Of the Globe Indian mis-
sion school. serd their greetings To- the
first governor Of tho state OF Arizo-
ma"
The package contained a collection
Of seventeen pieces OF drawing paper
sr,.
on each of which an Apache Indian
pupil had drawn i'm colorS a picture Of
the new rational flag with its Is stars.
The work is crude compared with that
of a professional artist but consider
ing the personality Of those who did
it. it is splendid and iS accorded 7
place Of honor on the governors desk |
In reply Governor Hunt sent the fol- |
lowing hitter:
February l.. 1872.
Rev. J. +. g. Harders.
Superintendent OF Ev. Lutheran !
Mission
Globe. Arizona
Nv Dear Mr.. HardeTS:
Through YOU. aS superintendent of
tho Globe Indian Mission. | desire to !
thank the Indian children attending
your school for the crayon drawings
Of old Glory which they recently |
sent 1o me.
have looked over the drawings !
and consider them excellent |
work while the subject. of course, |
could rot have been better chosen. Tell |
the children for me that the painstak- |
ing nature Of their work in depicting |
the stars and stripes" is thorough
ana that have no hesi- !
fancy in saying SO. Tell Jhem. also. |
that my earnest desire is that they |
may learn to love our cOuntry'S flag |
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