Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-30
Cigars

After the cigars, President McNair introduced the mayor of the city, Dr lC. l.. Cayen. In speaking of the Bis bee Chamber of Commerce, the young
 est organization of it's kind in the Territory, President McNair took oc- casion to state that this organization
 responded to the call of the stricken city of San Francisco with s7,500, and that the city of Bisbee, all told, has sent more than s15,000, the largest amount contributed to the sufferers
 on the Pacic coast by any city of the territory. In the name of the Bisbee Chamber of Commerce President Me Nair welcomed the gubernatorial party
 to the city, and closed by introducing Mayor Caven.
 ! Mayor Cayen extended most hearty welcome in behalf of the city, speaking of the rapid advancement
 that has been made during the past | four years and the pleasure of enter taining the chief executive of the ter ] ritory.
 l ScGi etary Nichols. who was punch l ing barro across the Mule Mountains l before Bisbee was on the map, re l sponded to the toast, Twenty Years
 Ago" He was followed closely as
 he recounted the incidents that made history in this county, even before 1 Cochise was segregated from Pima. | Mir. Nichols made his camp in Ram | sey Canyon in the Huachuca moan- tains in the spring of 80. One com
 pany was operating in Tombstone at | the time, and there was one small stamp mill st Charleston, which in a few years following became the De
 serted ViIage."
 There was no Bisbee III those days, said Secretary Nichols. We { knew that Q fellow named George ! Warren was over here in the Mule mountains working on some copper prospects, but not much attention was paid to the camp that year, which to- day has become the biggest producer of copper in Arizona" Continuing the
 secretary favored the guests with sto- ries of the early days, which were highly entertaining and news to a
 great majority of those assembled.
 My Impressions of Arizona" was | the toast assigned Col. L. w Powell, third vice-president of the Calumet & Arizona Company. Col. Powell likes Arizona. After paying tribute to the chief executive of Arizona, the guest of the evening. MT. Powell stated that from his impressions of the mineral re- sources of Arizona this territory was
 destined soon to lead all other states in the Union in the production of cop- per. ''To me this is glorious and
 inviting territory to the new comer," said MT. Powell. While it's noun tains yields its millions in wealth, it is pleasure at the same time to know that in this district the highest wages are paid and the hours of labor are the shortest"
 T find the men broad-gauged, big
 bearted, industrious-typical of the
 true class of western citizenship. And
 the ladies. Mir Postmaster, while
 there are none present, cannot re- frain from paying them my homage. T see great things ahead for Arf zona. It is my pleasure to be a part of Arizona and to assist in placing this Territory in the very first rank of
 the States of the Union-independent and alone" lApplause)
 ColMcClintock responded to the
 toast, "Cochise County Soldiers and
 paid glowing tribute to the soldier
 boys of old Cochise who served with
 him in the Spanish-American war. naming. amid great applause. such
 men as George Wilcox, Tim Rynning,
 Rex Hall, Sam Pate and Jack Foster.
 The worst mistake I made at San
 Juan," said the Colonel. was ap. pointing Jack Foster as bugler He
 was a mighty bugier. Every time wanted him to sound. a call, Jack was | busy with his rife uutiI finally. when
 insisted that he sound the call | Cease firing he blew the cali and
 threw the trumpet away-but kept
 on firing. just the same. That's the
 Cochise county soldier spirit as have found 1t. And in later years I have
 found that this same spirit pervades
 all classes. whether in peace or war
 in good old Cochise"