Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-08-29
From Satusday's Daily.)


 A reform movement in county and ,,ri,,tial affairs was set rolling last ,,sb, ot th. Business Mems Dinner of ,L, yayapai club that Is likely to make ,, politicians do some thinking.
 Briefly stated, the club put itself ,oaa,ely on record in favor of putting ,l. .beriGs office on . salary basis; of ,Odifying the delinquent tax law so .. 10 abolish the fat job of tax at. ,orpey, and have the penalties go into N. county treasury; of increasing thc lquor license.
 in addition, the club passed resolu. tOn. recommending that both party tonvcntious insert blanks in their plat form. covering these refsrUs, and ,l.dsing their candidates to work for bep.
 Altogether it was a memorable meet. Iirr. and one that will cause wide. prad discussion.
 After the dinner th. proceedings op ,red with report from the Publicity committee, Chairman Bork stating tha, an article had been prepared for th' New York Commercial by Miss Sharlo' N Hall. and that negotiations had beer opeped with the supervisors in refer ,pee 10 installing a permanent exhibit representing Yavapai county at th' territorial fair.
 Chairman Leroy anderson Wtated ths hs committee on railroads would mak' h, report at the next meeting, an, Chairman C. T. Joslin of the Trade ES vausion committee. reported progress.
 Then came the main event of the cv ,sing. the report of the Municipal com s,,,ee. l' was read by Chairman J Y. Ro-s, and wns a thoughtful and abl' pSer ina, presented a convincing arrs, .f facts and figures, and it's rccommen daiiops moved the assembly to frequen su,bars,s of appreciative applause. Tn report is herewith presented in full:
 Among ,h. committees appointed som tune since by the president of the c,u' 10 carry on the work which the club m mapped out for itself was the ,non,S,ps n,sn,,np, 4 w rGwards' M E. iiassl,ins. D' ] H Bain and myself Through
 strange mistake of Providence or oi th president or the club. l was appoint" chairman of this committee upon was new and unfamiliar. s''ppin a,ad. from the path of social intel voufsr which had principally containe He activities of the club theretoiot'', determined to embark upon c.ts" public usefulness, e. take up the pr, bsm of doing sovnethinw of practical b' B.hi to the city of Prescott. to our coui l iy and Ia the territory In when
 This held of activity had been veI efficiently occupied by similar orxannIn... tons In other parts of the country II histories of these organizations. aI the story of what they hau sccomp,'r' tS S, onse afforded us . %c.1s. %sn,, ""1 ,h the local conditions which tnis cn. vas called upon to meet were In mar respects singular. and charged with ., heul,y However. it appeared ,o ~. u l ''hb AlbA Ntfttt tNp most of the citizens who are common relied upon to forward public en'' pris.s. and since the work required
 b. done had been for 70 many years II elected, an opportunity was presen'' for a character of work well worthy ths clubs best efforts.
 4 DIFFICULT TASK. ! believe that the duties of th" mui sipal committee and the scope of us ii,i'ies are less definite and arcerumi ab'. than those of any other commute The publicity committee found It's wo r~ss, to It's hand The things whl Was required to do were. to Tar
 utent self-evident, It's work is nrcs
 sarily of such a character that deiln' results from it may reasonably pe hn ..lat'd. In large nessur. th. sai thing K true of the committee on rh roads and the committee on trgdr . pansion. or all. believe there ls closer relation between the latter col
 mitiee and our own than between n other committees. In this at least. u tL' character of the work to be done almost entirely left to the inNen'' genius of the committee.
 lMPiN0INo ON POIlTicS' The work of the municipal commit