Notice of Republican Meeting [constructed title], 1924

Abstract

CONTENT: Notice of the Republican County Central Committee of Apache County meeting in St. Johns on July 31, 1924; the purpose was to find suitable candidates for all county and precinct offices. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY: Sam Day, Sr. (1845-1925) arrived in Arizona in 1883 to survey extensions to eastern and southern boundaries of the Navajo reservation for the federal government. At the time his wife, Anna, and their three boys Sam, Jr. (1889-1944), Charles Day (1879-1918) and William remained in Colorado. The family joined Sam, Sr. in Arizona, where they staked out a homestead at Cienaga (Sinagee). He was elected to the Arizona Territorial Legislature in 1906 and served two terms in the Arizona House. From 1920 until his death in 1925 he held the post of United States Indian Commissioner.