Weekly journal-miner., 1913-12-31
FIF FTY YEARS OF AGE
 TOMORROW
(From Sundays g Daiiy.)

 ing at sunrise. or on December 29, 1905. Arizona came into existence at Navajo Springs. when the proclama- ton was read by Governor Good w:r and the ceremonies cf organiza- t;on were carried out by the handful of officials and others who accompa
 nicd thc expedition from the East
 crn states.
 In selecting this historic point
 for the observance of the congress ional net authorized few months previously. the gubcrnatorial party was said to be in grave doubts as 10 whether they were on the soil To be included within inc boundaries oi inc zone taken from New Mex icn. and before inc matter was off
 cially crystalizcd, the pilgrimage hc,itated in casting the die to mould
 Arizona into existence. The argu- ment was made that the divide hai been undoubtedly passed over the day before. but no instruments be ing available by which the metcs and bounds were to be delincatei, the scanning oi the horizon from an elevated point proved the site as within the sphere oi what was 10 be Arizona aitcrward Another
 feature of Navajo Springs being chosen was the abundance of wa ter for the official party and the
 few troopers of New Mexico cay airy who acted as an escort against a possible ambush of the ApacheS.
 The scene around the circle when the ceremonies began was an in spring one. The echo of the an- vii explosions, the raising of "Old Glory" to the masthead. the mutual rejoicing of the small party was patriotic. simple and yet a glorious one. With Governor Goodwin was R. C. Mccormick, secretary of Ari- zona: Chief Justice Turner and not over half dozen other lesser off cials. There were only three freight wagons. score of followers ol horseback in civil life. who came to grow up" with the country, and the military command under Col
 Frank Chavez of Santa Fe
 After two days of moulding the future career of the ole territory. the customary legal matters were partially placed in motion. A ju- dicial district was formed out of the entire area, but where to locate the permanent scat of government had yet to be proclaimed. On the third day the trcking westward started and when point near and to the south of the Frisco peaks was reached, detour over the Mogollon mountains to the Verde valley was decided upon Reaching the river. climatic conditions were agreeable after wandering tortuously through the snow, and finally Chino valley was reached. where the party went into temporary camp to start the machinery to moving for the future. In the meantime, the body was in doubt as to where they were at officially speaking. Adobe walls were slammed together as a bar rier against being attacked by In dians. camp was crudely built, . and other requirements perfected 10 begin business. Finally the curtain was lifted and from Washington came advlCeS to locate the pcrma- ncnt seat oi government of Arizona at Prescott, and in accordance with the survey made several months before by Surveyor General Clark of Drum Barracks. Cal. now Will mington, who had reported and gave instructions as to inc identity cf the locality he considered as q n yorable one The official order 90 this end was made by Governor Goodwin from his office" in Chino valley, accordingly, and early in lS64 the first contract of Arizona was signed, sealed and delivered for the erection of inc gubernatorial mansion in Prescott The sic chosen was among the pines a few hundred feet 10 the west of the present. Gurley street bridge, where | log building was built and later ; occupied. This historic cdifce has { given way to the ravagcs of time. md while it remains intact, its old | have been effaced from ( memory by being sheated with ouch of the modern adornment. 1 Dan Hatz, who resides in the city, { vas one oi the contractors and IS { till in fine fettle. T
 Before the gubernatorial party (