Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1913-07-16
(From Sundays Daily.)


city in the interest of two Yavapa
county requests of the above estate
and is visiting the Pioneers Home
which institution and the McCabe
school district are beneficiaries Of
the generous heart of this pioneer
who passed away about one year
ago.
Associated with Mr. Meredith as
a trustee of the Parsons estate is
G. B. Gilman, of New York City,
both being made trustees OF the
estate under the. will, and both
clothed with sole power 10 manage
and direct the disposition of the
property OF the deceased.
The arrival of Mr.. Meredith in
Prescott is for the purpose of carry
ing out. to the letter the purpose
expressed by Mr.. Parsons before his
death of the requests he desired
to make to these two institutions
when, in the will, he specified that
one-twelfth OF the residue of his
estate was to be applied to the Nc
Cabe public school, and two-twelfths
were to go to the Pioneers Home
in this city. The former will reach
from $4,000 to $4,000, while the
latter will approximately be $4,000.
Mr.. Meredith, in speaking Of his
mission at this time to Prescott,
stated he is well pleased with the
location OF the home, and the senti-
ment which created that institution,
and while non-committal when the
funds are to be available, believed,
however, that in. a short time the
bequest made by Mr.. Parsons would
be forthcoming, and the beautiful
spirit which actuated the gift would
be carried out to the last farthing.
AS to what disposition is to be
made OF this handsome sum was
not outlined, but that the improve
ment contemplated will serve, never
theless, as a monument to COM
memorate the memory of Mr.. Par
sons, IS his belief, as worthy of that
pioneer and his handsome donation.
When his associate is consulted,
and both arrive at an amicable un
derstanding, this matter will be car
ried out as both desire
One feature OF the future home
on the hill, however, is under con-
sideration by the visitor, that Of
establishing another unit to the in
stitution, and which will be devoted
exclusively to the pioneer women of
Arizona. With the funds soon avail
able, splendid edifice can be built,
and the noble women of early days
can also find haven as the men
have, when both sexes can pass
their remaining days on earth with
out enduring the sting of poverty,
not to mention such habitations as
the various county farms of the
State, where at the present time are
many women sheltered because there
is no other place for them to enter.
An Adventuresome Career.
At this time it is proper to again
review the career of Mr. Parsons,
and 10 summon from the past the
memory OF one Hassayamper who
was strong and rugged in his life
of. hardships and privations on sea
and land for over sixty years, and
to place on his mound the laurel
wreath he so richly earned as a
friend to all and an enemy TO none.
He sailed the seas when a young
man, as the captain of ship, plying
from the Pacific coast to China
ports, over sixty years ago.
Abandoning that pursuit, he drifted
along the coast inland, and followed
one vocation and another, finally
taking up mining as a livelihood.
He prospected the various fields
for many years, and about thirty
years ago came to this section from
Mohave county With Frank Nc
Cabe, the Gladstone and McCabe
mines were located, and from the
grassroots the latter proved re-
munerative. Later, Judge E. w.
Wells and Hugh McCrum became
associated with Mr.. Parsons, McCabe
selling out The above trio proved
a splendid business combination and
in a few years the McCabe mine
assumed a rating of the highest
from one end to the other of the
country.
During the early life of Mr.. Par
sons on the coast he accumulated
other property, and when the dawn
of prosperity overlook him in Ari-
IONA, so did fortune favor him in