Tombstone epitaph., 1899-10-22

At about s 80 burs, of music rom the Copper Queen Band outside AL. nodnced the coming of the guests and soon the entire party filed in to the strains of march from the or hestr. Prec' eding the guests came Mrs Lewis Williams, the hostess of the evening, upon the arm of Prof Douglass. wit. Mr Ben Williams, Mir Rand, M [ Douglas and Mir LewIs Williams. ihis group proceeded to the upper table forming the top piece of t,e letter A. with Prot Douglas in the center, the seat of honor. In he capacity ot usher Dr Sweet. the chief Surgeon Oi the Company, so n had all of the invited comfortable placed Grace was offered by Key J. G, Prit chard and the tal Quet was on. For full two hours the gn-sts discussed the various courses tp the music the hidden orchestra, until the proper moment arriving, PrI. Doug as, the toastmaster of tue ev ming. sssumed d his function.
 Prof. Douglas in hf- speech o' thanks stated that on this occasion ht found himself Tn dual position-thst of guest Ut the Copper Qiern Go and also as its president. 1, was peculiar, he said, to be, in sense, returning thanksto to himself. He remarked that Arizona hal produced not ouly copp'r 'rIt patriotism, and touched feelingi> upon the memory of the late Captain "Bucky" O'Nrl. He remembered him, he said, a. a miner. q writer and . capital story ttli,r. and related say ing oi Capt. O'Neil's when L-, (;h Capt. was asked what were the priu- cIpal things he found necessary when promoting an enterprise. Tie Capt would reply: "Imaginatiou and money. .-he 10 furnish the imagina tion and th- others the money. That. said Prof. Douglas, bears i'm fnediatel, upon this point. Mining at the Cen tral office means mmaginstion, but the successful execution must remaru with those who have ths ii.ec. super. vision fl the mine. The real credi', said the Professor, lies in the mansg-- melt. He said that mCst ol the sue ces-es of the Copper Queen mine were due to the efficient suLerInt .uGent, MT. Ben Williams, ably sec nded b, hIs brother MT. Lewis Williams. Pro Douglas then called upon Prof. Blake for his views on Mines and Mining.
 Prof. Blake, responded bri, fly. II touchtd upon mining mattor5 as the' were in lS49 an,: as they are today. lie insisted that the secret of surces- in mining lay in -inkiug deep and drifi;ng wide. His comments wer. received with marked s,tention.
 Col. Herring WAS then called upon to re5pond tD the tot~t he Teri tory Of A!z)na" ihe Col. was Al hi 1: est anI favor q h listeners with a. eloqu-nteulpsy u.Ion ,h. vast iesoui- ces olthis region.
 Mir. CAlh h'un, on "Coaverting," ih .l followed .nd delivered some pIinv ,e in ria nn Ina, s1yi pi
 Sho.t ad ires;es were rniie by D. FL ming snd ; cro'ary Rand, and Prof Douglas made the closing speech. 4 toast was d .ank to tha Copper Qi.sn Go and iss empl 'yees, and thret cheer, were given 90 ths yoIa, gsntic nor who O:fi,itt-d as wtitefs apI for ali who w-re instrumental il preparing i the entertainment.
 Prof Dorgls- then called attention to the latsne-s of the hour ant the nec' ssity Of adIouEning in order that they nj gin, prepare tD leave.
 After mutual congratul-tions Ihc
 
 soon were spes ding away towards th, ! ColpradD.
 { Among those present were. Piofrs sDT D ,ugla- and wiie Secretary Rand 1; rheo. Dwight; F, F., Pschman;N " Lord II. Reese; ". 5 D. Camp and l daughter; A. ". Sheafer; ". q P.r k a wife and daughter; JDp Cshst, Jr {; Vim Harris; w. F. Crane; Prof Bl.xe snd wife; W. F Down.; E. W. Parker and wife; E Lu flow and wife; Y. R. McElvane; Jno. Lilly; Theo. NJ. Fly non; B. F. Fackenstal and wife Allen Wood the Third; Sam'l Thomas wife and son; Daniel Williams an wife; E R bins; F.. ". Parker aad wife; = N. h. h .rd-on A. Thiss; Daniel Will iiam' and wife; the Mi-ses Rarmer and Bliss.
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