Weekly journal-miner., 1918-01-02
TR|PPE[L NAMED
 HEAD OF HOME OF PIONEERS
TUCSON MAN APPOINTED TO SUCCEED MERRILL AS SUI PERRIN T EVIDENT OF PRESCOTT STATE INSTITUTION.

intendent of the Pioneers Home a
 Prescott. Trippell succeeding ]. S
 Merrill, who was appointed to tha
 position several months ago by Gov
 ernor Campbell. Trippell has already
 taken charge of his new duties. H.
 was formerly deputy commissioner
 in the State land office.
 Having announced that it was hi.
 intention to have the staff of ap
 pointive State officials organized and
 in working order by January l, Gov.
 ernor Hunt has proceeded to make
 his word good. With the list of ot
 ficials made public yesterday a good
 start has been made on the new ad.
 ministration.
 Six appointments of State officials were announced yesterday by Cover
 nor Hunt to replace those who had been named by former Governor Campbell and whose resignations were on file. New superintendents were selected for the asylum, prison industrial school and Pioneers Home, and secretaries were chosen for the commission of State institutions and the State live stock sanitary board.
 Lamar Cobb was named by Cover. nor Hunt to resume his old position as State engineer, a position he has held for five years. Mir. Cobb took office today at the urgent request of Thomas Maddock, the retiring Cir gineer.
 P. H. Benson of Palo Verde. was named as State inspector of apiaric, to succeed J. P. Ivy.
 The new commission of State i'm stitutions held their first meeting yesterday, selecting Homer R. Wood as chairman The commission then elected s. J. K. Mcbride as secretary. Mir. Mcbride, better known as Joe Mcbride has been private stenog rapher for Justice Donnell L. Cum ningham of the State supreme court. Previous to that he was in the supply department of the Phclps-Dodgc cor poration and has had much expcr- fence in the purchase of supplies.
 Doane Merrill. chairman, and A. 4. Jayne of the retiring commission were present at the organization meeting and gave the new commits sion every assistance. It was an nounccd that Charles B. Christy, see rotary of the retiring commission, will be asked by the new commission to remain with them indefinitely.
 Just before the new commission ad- journed at 6 o'clock last night and with little foFmality, supcrintcndcnts were selected for four State institu- tions.
 A. (. Kingsley was given his old place as superintendent of the State hospital for the insane He will re- place Dr. r. C. Norman.
 R. B. Sims, another former Hunt appointcc, was named to resume the superintendency of the State prison. He takes the place vacated by A. 4. 
 w. A. Moody of Thatcher was named as the superintendent of the industrial school at Fort Grant. He replaces F. s. Ingalls,.
 John Hennessy of Flagstaff, Will liam Morgan of Lakeside and E. A. Sawyer of Winslow were named as the new sheep sanitary commission. Mir. Hcnnessy was selected as chair man. The appointments arc effective on January 1. They succeed George Campbell of Flagstaff, N. ]. Ritter of Prescott and w. F. Purcell of St. Johns.
 The State livestock sanitary board 1 held their first meeting yesterday and selecting Lon l.. Harmon. as chairman. Sam E. Brandner was elected secretary, position he has held for five years.
 ]. B. Lyman. IT., consulting ar. chitcct for the retiring commission of State institutions. was present at the first meeting of the new commission yesterday at their request. The con tract made between NIT. Lyman ana the old commission was discussed, but no announcement was made as to the future course of the new commis sion. Mir. Lyman was asked to cX- plain features of the contract, the new commission evidently desiring to learn whether they would be bound by the terms of the contract made with the old commission.
 As to the building plan of the new nothing was said at the meeting yesterday as to whether the, would carry out the plans promulgat- d by the old body or would abandon, hem and prepare plans of their own. The meeting was harmonious and the transfer of the office was made with put hitch Of any sort.
 r. C. Struckmcycr, chief counsel or Governor Hunt in the governor 'hip contest is the attorney member ,f the new commission, and it will ,c left 10 him to decide whether thcyl will abide by the contract made with Architect Lyman or will refuse to