Arizona republican., 1922-04-12

warp and woOf in threads OF silver
and gold. Our vast opulence of sun
shine, is an inheritance beyond the
conquest of Alexander. and would be
pa paradise for Diogenes.
II is true that the pioneers of Ari-
zona have passed through a terrible
night. but the spawn of the dawn of
the morning precedes the sunlight of
prosperity and the noon day of the
Republic will mark Arizona on the
dial of time as the meridional line of
possessions reaching from the frozen
zone to the lotus leaves which will
float upon the canal of Damien.
Hoping that it may be a long time
before the Pioneers are summoned
TO attend a funeral"
Mr.. Hopkins then read poem"
The Pioneer by him
Many interesting remarks were
made by the members present and the
following persons signed the roll
Chas. D. Poston, II. S. Stevens.
Samuel Hughes, Peter Kitchen, Mi
chael McKenna, William S. Curry.
n. B. Appel. James II. Toole, Fritz w
Merlin. P. w. Smith. William J. Os-
born, Geo. Fl. Hand, H. H. C. Waite
math. A. LaZard. Thomas Gates,
Isaac Goldberg. George Martin. Leo
poldo Carrillo, William c. Davis. w.
A. McDermott, Thomas Hughes, G.
Whitfield, Mart Maloney. w. F. Scott,
D. G. Sanford. Horace II. Appel
Thomas Steele, William Zeckendorf
and Ferdinand Frances.
First Officers
The following officers were then
elected permanently
w. S. Curry, president: W. J. Os-
born, secretary: J. H. Toole, treas
urer.
The first meetings were held In
the Probate Court room and on the
9Th of February. 1884, the Constitu
ton and bylaws of the Society were
adopted. The seal of the Society of
Arizona Pioneers was adopted
On the 7th of April 1884 the books
were closed for the enrolment of
charter members and up to that date
73 persons were enrolled.
OF the list of charter members
there remain but two alive; Horace
H. Appel. of Los Angeles and Charles
H. Tully. of Tucson.
Hundreds OF others have Joined the
society and have Joined the great
majority. There are at present, April
9Th, 1922, 426 members living who
have enrolled and are scattered in
and out OF Arizona and an effort
is being made to increase the mem
bership to more, than one thousand
The Society Of Arizona Pioneers
maintained it's organization until
1897, when the territory began to de-
fray the expenses of the organization
and the name was changed to THE
Arizona Pioneers Historical Society
prior to the latter date, the members
were assessed five dollars as admiS-
sion fee
The membership having decreased
from 1895 to 1897, 1t was impossible
to maintain the Society of Arizona
Pioneers was made Territorial
(now a state institution) the sum OF
100000 was appropriated for It's
naaintainance. but unfortunately, the
president during that year ernbezzied
the sum of S2500 and the society
vas crippled in its activities and lost
much prestige for q while, but the
Territory since that time and the
State afterwards continued to sup
port this institution by means OF ap-
preparations varying from Sl2fo.VV 10
$4,000 every year
During the first twenty years OF
the existence of the Society it took
an active part successfully in nauy
matters of vital importance to Ari-
zona. During the troublesome days OF
Apache deviltry, the Society or ATl-
zoua Pioneers took the initiative in
appealing TO the inhabitants or Ar1-
IONA to devise means to put an END
to Apache depradations; meetings
were held in various parts or the
Territory III answer to the call OF
the Pioneers; Hon. Granville III. Oury
was sent to Washington to present
our grievances to the President ana
the Congress of the United States.
Such concerted and energetica action
resulted in the subjugation OF the
dreaded Apache; Geronimo was cap
tured with his principal companions
in crime and the Indian troubles
were at an end.
When an attempt was made to an
neg Arizona to Southern California,
the Pioneers protested and helped to
defeat such scheme. Likewise IN the
attempt to Join Arizona to New Mex
leo. the Pioneers lined up with many
others against such action.
In November Sth, 1887, the Pioneers
took an important part in honoring
brother pioneer Cen. Nelson A. Miles
on the occasion OF the presentation OF
a beautiful and expensive sword IN
recognition of having captured the
last of the foes of civilization-Chief
Geronimo. Upon many other occa-
sions the Pioneers have been awake
and ready to defend the rights OF
our people of Arizona and to aid In
all matters for the welfare Of our
commonwealth.
Those men and women who first
braved the dangers and endured the
hardships of early days, have made
history.
When William s. Curry was asked
why he did not write a history of
Arizona, he replied? Hell, am try
ing TO make, not to write the history
of Arizona Those men and women
made history. and in reading the
names of the few members of the
original pioneers, you win have to
admit that each one of them as we'll
as many hundreds of others who
have crossed the great divide and
many of those who have not yet
Joined the great possession have
made and are still making history. It
is for Others to write it. It is the duty
of every true Arizonian. it is the
duty of the state to honor and perpet-
uate the memory of the pioneer. Let
US do SO.
What 1t Is Doing.
The Arizona Pioneers Historical
Society.
Its object and what it is doing to
carry out the purpose for which it
was created by legislative enact
ment
The office of this institution Is lo-
Gated in Tucson. Arizona, Tucson is
! the logical place as the home of an
/ Arizona historical society It is the
! first TO have been founded in Arizona
It furnished the capital. brains and
! energy To aid the majority of the