Mohave County miner., 1891-08-08
OFFICIAL PAPER or THE COUNTY.

c.hof Irwin ny tHc nciu andl Marine Club,
says:
In oar news columns to-day will be
found AN Interesting report of dinner AT
the Field and Marine Club last night, in
honor OF John Irwin. governor OF Arizona.
and Of Herbert III Logan, rus,ler i'm chief
Of that territory of ss,ni snn. OF mountain
and valley, Of river and plain, OF timh+r
and minerals and of the picked adyeDtnr-
ers OF courage, capacity and provision
from all parts OF this and other land.
The addresses OF Walter y. Logan. OF
Governor IRWIN, OF Herbert III. Logan OF
ex-Gosernor Waller of Connecticut and
OF Joseph C.. Hendrix Illustrated the cit,.
ability OF American takers not only 10
rise to an occasion, hat considerably
above il. and 10 clutch not merely the
skirts Of happy chance, but also the back
hair Of opportunity, with skill and
Rracefnlness WHICH mo- other nationality
under the moon, with wiIich Eagle re.
porters are acquainted can at any time
exhibit. A gooi dinner needs no exc,is..
or apology and IN thu nei shborhoui OF
these TAO cities rel aires little provoca.
tioa. Ia this case the prosocAiioa was
sappIied by ths pressn:e of q ,yernur
Irsm in ths Eat aud ~ the i,sire 10
shos him msritcl honor Ths happ,
tholght of arranging for The affair in tie
Mp .ciois home OF ths Field and NJ .rine
Ciub was, like virtns, its own reward, AL
though, unlike virtue. that aas not the
only reward il received.
William X. GrI;e at one time thol sl,i
be was interested in Costa Rica, ,lsougl,
aiterward he found he Was not. wniic
un,ier the delusise impress lion, he sent
WiIffed Murray to that air oi iev.r ami
m innfactory Of resolufi,,s ;,ni in his
hsais hs placs ton thJis.1i goli dol
Lars "a the earnest Of book which was
to be written, with observation as basis
and the booming OF the country as pnr
pose. In his first and, we believe, hl-
only letter from Costa Rica 10 Mr Gracp,
Wilfred Murray p4iln.ticaily announced
the exhaustion Of his funds aud supple
mented tender solicitation Tor some
more with the decainaiory statement
This country has "a magnificent future
That Is to say. IL has had "a terrible pasl
and certainly possesses AN rxecrably,
present. Hence the magniiicsncc OF its
future is 4 matter for re4soaAbls infer
escs" TIE proposed volum, was never
written.
No such impression as was thus drawn
Of Gotta Rica conll be deduced roncrrrl-
ing Arizona, from what MAS said ia the
exchange Of wonders into which the din
ner resolved itself last night. II was
clearly proved that religion. art, engineer
ing. war, agriculture, invention. areiii-
lecture and after dinner speeches reacl,e'i
On esante of perfection in Arizona before
the waters OF the Atlantic were vexed by
the kerls OF thel ships vi Columbus; be-
fore D-Soro SKINNED pebbles on tbe
waters Of the Mississippi; before Cortez
grilled Monteznma in Mexico; before
Piz.rr opened - slaughter house in
Peru; before John Smith oslei focahon-
tas in Virginia, aud before the English
pilgrims, in Ditch shoes. began 10 dis.
place the mud in Barnstable county,
Massachusetts,, with determination io
worship God after the dictates Of their
own conscienees and TO gee TO il tha; NO
body else was allowed the same right or
privilege. IL @
No. merely the antiquity but the ex'
cellence of Arizona WAS the theme oi
themes last night. Ii what was said il
to be credited, that domain, under the
hypoiermic Influences Of irrigation, Is
destined TO re lew more than its former
splendors. Tie fruits OF Florida will
then not he comparable with those Of
Arizona. The vintages OF California will
be more than eclipsed. Pllenix will be
the metropolis of the universe. while the |
fimbers oi unused ships rot ia the har-
bors Of Portland and grass grows in the
streets Of San francisco. Western men
and Eastern men interested in Western
developments have great capacity for
belief. The Eiyle trusts that the faith |
and force which breathed and burned in |