The copper era., 1903-01-15
AFTERMATH OF
 THE BANQUET
Clifton the Most Entertaining Town
 Visited.

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 west. They were jolly crowd, and il
 judging them a. a sample of Fl Paso'
 business men, one is not surprised q } the wonderful strides Of the yOun! : giant which commands the pass to tn, land of manana. Like the shrewC business men which they are, they ap , preciatc a good thing when they sec it hence they did not hesitate to say tha
 the Cliiton-MOrenci district was the
 greatest mining section of their ex ; perience. Fl PasO will gain much by
 the trip her O! representative bushes, men through the southwest, but south
 ern Arizona will also be the gaincr, a:
 she looks to Fl Paso as all Colorado
 looks to Denver-the financial center
 and supply point. Fl Paso can be Oi
 vast benefit to the Clifton Morenci dis
 trict, now just at the opening of its
 great career, which is destined ere
 many years to startlc the world with
 its wonderful output of copper and
 was greatly to be desired, and it was partly for this reason that grand ban quet was arranged for them by the Arizona Copper company and the
 business men Of the town at the Cliff ton Hotel. The banquet was all that
 could have been desired, and the Fl
 Pase men themselves said that it cX- celled by far anything of the kind
 that had been rendered them on the l trip. They arrived with appetitcs sharpened by the long ride and the keen mountain air. Judge Egan, as l tOastmaster, bid them hearty wei come in the name of Mr. Colquhoun 1 to our little city under the cliffs, togeth- CT with all its dips, spurs and angles. l The first toast was drunk to Mr. Colqu- hOun, the foremost citizen Of Clifton. Judge Egan said that he was asked to take MT Colquhoun's place at the ban quct, but that was impossible, as he could only make the effort to act as chairman during the gentleman's ab sence. He said that Mr. ColuuhOun received his friends with that honest JBy "liANIi " al ilICu Ibpi t Luhi dluICI or wine. In light and shadow always the same-and all wishes for his speedy recovery to perfect health. The toast was drunk standing, while the band played God Save the King
 It would be impossible for the ERA to give space to the many excellent speeches made during the evening, but there was one in particular to which it will refer, because it went back to the pioneer days, to the very beginning of the development of this camp. This speech was made by 5. J. Freudenthal, who is at the head Of the house of II. LcZinsky X Co.,, of Fl Paso. Nr. Freudenthal is yet young man, and still permits his friends to call him Sammy" as they were all wont to do when he camo to the camp, first with the Lezinsky's in the 70's. sammy was here long before the con- structiOn Of the Longfellow baby gaGuc.' which was the first railroad built in the territory. In fact in those early days he enjoyed the honor Of be- ing the superintendent of lOcOmotiOn on the road. He drove the mule that hauled the two empty ore cars from Clifton to LOngfcllOw. He also en- joycd the further great honor of being the postmaster and justice of the peace push in the camp then. At that time, so sammy said, the Justice was ap- pointed by the company, because there was no county seat, ora any other sem blauce of government, within about five hundred miles. He thought the county seat was then at Prescott, but no one knew positively. The justices office then. as now, was a juicy plum, ard was also mark of civilization Of which the camp was justly proud. At one time it was necessary for the jus tice to be absent for two weeks, and as the camp could not possibly get along without the luxury of justice for that length Of time, Sammy" was ap- pointed deputy justice, with full power to fine all trunks and disorderlies, and also to marry and divorce all applicants for such honorS, as was the custom of all justices in those good old days, and to oiiiciate at funerals. Being ambi- tious to do as good q business as the sure enough justice who had been regularly appointed by the company, he opened court every day, and it is said that some of his decisions are still quoted as good laws by the old timers of the territory. He intro duced the ring service" in marrying people, for which he charged S25 in boletas, which was considered q little high, but as il was the latest fad. they all took the ring service" In order to popularize himself with the masses. he granted divorces for the reasonable price of 8. The severing of the bonds of wedlock was a short affair anyway, but the fee was always paid without grumbling. There was no appeal from the decision Of the court There was no higher court, but il there had been the camp would not have stood for it, because they believed in patron izing home institgtionS, and would have considered an appeal as a refec- tiou, not only on the court, but the
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