Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-10-18

Mayer, the monarch of all he surveys, reaching out his broad hand to clasp that of Frank Murphy when the train came to a halt. And as he signallcd the Congressman to come forward, the railroad president introduced the cap tain of industry in these words:
 Gentlemen-This is Joe Mayer, the mayor of Mayer, and the man who owns pretty near the whole town of Mayer"
 And then the crowd cheered, and Congressman Adams by request came forward. Naturally an eloquent man is the Congressman, but this time he bubbled over with enthusiasm as he said:
 "I had no intention of speaking when we started for Arizona, but now cannot help it after seeing your magni- fieent country and meeting your manly people. You want to know what think about joint statehood. I will say that I don't believe in unwilling marriages. The Scriptures say that 'What God hath joined together, let no man put asunder,' but I say that what the Senator from Indiana would join together let every man put asund- CT. I am astonished at your wonder ful resources, and at your great mines. Your air is the purest, and to breathe it is getting nearer to heaven than any thing I ever experienced. Before com ing here, we had no comprehension of the greatness of your cities. I have been in many camps in Arizona that may well stand for model cities of the world. The citizens have met here would do credit to any state in the union, and assure you that I will do my part in assisting you in placing your territory on the starry emblem that we all so love-"
 After the cheering subsided, Con gressman Minor of Wisconsin was introduced, and said that he had met many people in Arizona who had ap- parently come specially prepared to greet the Congressional party, but at Mayer he was glad to see that the men came direct from the mines. from the workshops and their various avoeations, and he was proud to meet them that way, as he himself lad been reared to toil, and his heart with the work ingmen. The chi n, he saw on the platform were tae re faces as those in Wisconsin,; tE ools here were just as good, and -itizenship was just as intelligent aIc riotic. The party came here, he med, volun- tarily, simply to rC sentiment of the people as regar jointure, and he concluded by aring that he would stand for Arsona and fight for her in the coming Congress.
 At Mayer are 200 acres of onyx de- posits, and specimens of the same both in the rough and manufactured state were shown to the visitors, who re- turned to the train with mementoes presented by big Dan Bowen.
 Then the cars whirled by the Tread well shelter, the Rigby Reduction Works, which will soon hum with in dustry, and in the construction of which nearly $1,OOO,OOO have been expended. A short distance beyond, the train backs into the smelter spur, and in a few minutes the occupants are landed at Humboldt, where Man ager Chas. E. Finnie showed them the furnaces already built, the reverberat- ors, power house, concentrating plant, and sampler, all constituting the great est industrial enterprise in the eoun- ty, and planned to become the finest smelter in America. It will begin operations about January l, and will open with a daily capacity of 800