| Show < vFT APART I IS SET iTO i-TO PREPARE FOR ARIZONA POLITICS r George H Crosby to Remove From Utah I INDUCEMENTS OFFERED HIM I I Will Be Only Mormon Lawyer in Territory Upon Eecornmendation of Stake President Pres-ident Young Utah Attorney Gets Call to St Johns Ariz j The authorities of the Mormon church are evidently planning to get control of the politics of rIzona and New Mexico Mexi-co by the lime they arc ready tor statehood state-hood To accomplish this they appear to be adopting the plan of transplanting transplant-ing bright young Mormon attorneys and politicians from Utah to the territories terri-tories that are now lighting for admission admis-sion to the Union These young men fire expected to jump Into public affairs f af-fairs and be ready to be sent to Washington 1 Wash-ington as Senators and Representatives and to take possession of the local offices of-fices INDUCEMENTS OFFERED A clear case In point is the transfer from Richfield Sovler county to St k Holms Arizona of George H Crosby This transfer was decided upon at the went conference David Udall the president of the St Johns stake asked Mr Crosby If 1 he were willing to go He held out the allurement that there was not a Mormon lawyer In the entlrer territory ter-ritory of Arizona that he could start In 1 RS prosecuting attorney of Apache county coun-ty and that there was no limit to the bright prospects ahead of him PREPARING TO MOVE Mr Crosby announced his willingness to go President Udall then consulted with the church authorities and the result re-sult was that the young attorney was glen a call He will clone up his business In Utah ns quickly ns possible nnd movc his family to St Johns Discussing Dis-cussing the matter last evening Mr Crosby said he understood It to bo the present policy of the church authorities to transplant large number of the oung attorneys In Salt Lake who have recently graduated from law schools and whoare finding It difficult to crowd In upon the old lawyers of this city He thought it would be l a good thing for the young men and a good thing for the communities into which they were thrown as their education and training would make them natural leaders MORMON ATTORNEY NEEDED Mr Crosby IK an ambitious young man Just admitted to the Utah bar about two months ago and backed by the 8000 or 0000 Mormons In Arizona and being the only attorney In the entire en-tire territory of the Mormon faith he will have a good swing to start with President Udall represented to the church authorities that a Mormon attorney at-torney was needed In the territory to look after the legal business of the Mormon people and Mr Crosby was the one selected to fill the gap TO HELP HIM ALONG The transfer of other young attorneys attor-neys from Salt Lake to growing Mormon Mor-mon communities In The surrounding territories and States Is expected to If follow Mr Crosby said so far as he knew he would not be given special church work to do although It was intimated in-timated to him that he might be made principal of the St Johns school at 3SO a month while he was building up his law practice and preparing to take the office of prosecuting attorney Apache county Is Republican by 150 majority When Mr Crosby was asked I it he were laying his plans to get into Congress he laughed and changed the subject I |
